On one hand, Putin became acting president after his predecessor resigned. But had opportunity to be voted for on two consecutive times as president of Russian Federation. On the other hand, Mahama...
Mrs. Charlotte Osei the Chairperson of Ghana’s Electoral Commission has promised to ensure a smooth election in December. No one doubts her pledge to a successful election. However in view of her...
President Koroma of Sierra Leone, President Obasanjo of Nigeria, Governor Ikpeazu, Minister Lai Mohammed, Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija, join 1,000 African entrepreneurs at the 2016 Tony Elumelu Foundation...
The Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD), wants government to expedite processes of providing funding for the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) to meet the new sulphur specification content for imported...
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Mr. Emmanuel Bombande has called on the Council of Bureaux of the ECOWAS Brown Card to address issues of Ecowas Brown Card issued by...
It is commonly said that " it is easy to destroy than to build". Those who built this nation struggled for decades and it would only be absurd preposterous to sit aloof as some unscrupulous political...
A marginal increase in the exports of agricultural products in 2015 helped to push up total earnings of Non- Traditional Exports (NTEs) to US$2.52 billion. The 2015 figure represents an increase of...
Fritz Kwabena Poku assumed duty as Ghana's Ambassador to the United States (with concurrent accreditation to Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Haiti and Bahamas) at the end of July 2004. A career diplomat...
Ghana has been handed a fine of $250,000 by an ECOWAS Court in Nigeria over the death of a 15 year old student Ogukwe Obioma, who was studying in Ghana.
President of the court, Hon. Justice Micah...
The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS on Friday said notable progress has been made in its plan to establish a single currency by 2020 and the adoption of a single biometric identity...
The President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has been elected as the new Chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
She was elected at the 49th ECOWAS heads of state...
Burkina Faso's military colonel Lt. Colonel Isaac Yacouba Zida has declared himself as the country's transitional leader amidst political unrest going on in Burkina Faso after the resignation of...
Mr. Mahama, Chairman of ECOWAS, left Accra on Monday for Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, to discuss with the leadership of those countries on available interventions to support the regional body to...
The Deputy Health Minister Dr Victor Bampoe says the Africa Development Bank has earmarked $60m for countries affected by the Ebola virus.
A further $150 million is available by way of loans and...
Despite a three-month moratorium on all international conferences in Ghana, an emergency meeting of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States...
The government of Ghana has refused a request by Sierra Leone’s national team to play its 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against DR Congo in Accra next month.
CAF instructed countries being...
Amnesty International, Ghana, has called on President John Dramani Mahama to use his current position as the Chairman of ECOWAS to urge President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia to respect and protect the...
The ECOWAS Heads of State and Government summit held in Accra on Thursday has directed the establishment of a solidarity fund to support the fight against the deadly Ebola virus.
Africa's biggest...
Ghana President , President John Dramani Mahama, the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS), will host leaders of the...
