34 Photos From NDC’s G/A Reg Rally
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) brought its 2016 campaign to an end on Monday, December 5 with a successful rally organised by the Greater Accra region branch at the Accra Sports Stadium....
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Stakeholders Schooled On Ghana’s Mining Vision
Investment inflows into the mining sector from 1983 to 2015 has increased the output of all minerals production in Ghana, bringing in about 16 billion US dollars. Gold production increased by 93 per...
Nigeria’s Nuclear Power Plant Option
Just like with most things in Nigeria, today, energy requirements far exceeds the current production levels – and will do so for many years to come. Existing power generating plants are old,...
Why Promise of A ‘Green Revolution’ Post December 7 Election Is A Hoax
Why promise of a 'Green revolution' post December 7 election is a hoax Ghana’s forest reserve currently stands at about 1 million hectares I will want to begin with a ‘shout out’ to all our...
Creating Impact For Smallholder Farmers In Africa Through Mobile Technology.
Africa’s 33 million smallholder farmers feed an estimated one-third of humanity, and are key to mitigating global challenges such as food security and climate change. Recently, smallholder farming...
Four People Dead In Gaza-Egypt Tunnel Collapse
Four men who had gone missing after a smuggling tunnel connecting the Gaza Strip with Egypt collapsed on them have been confirmed dead by a Palestinian official. Emergency workers have recovered the...
WHY PROMISE OF A GREEN REVOLUTION POST DEC. 7 ELECTION IS A HOAX
I will want to begin with a ‘shout out’ to all our hard working farmers for their extraordinary role in helping us keep body, soul, and spirit together all year round. Despite the numerous...
Gov’t Presents Solar Lamps, Generator Sets To EC
The Ministry of Power has presented fifteen thousand solar lamps and 275 generator sets to the Electoral Commission (EC), as back-up power source ahead of the December 7 general election. Speaking at...
32 Reportedly Killed In Mine Explosion
Of the 181 people working in the mine at the time of the blast, 149 managed to survive An explosion at a coal mine in northern China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region killed 32 people on Saturday,...
Gov’t Presents Solar Lamps, Generator Sets To EC
The Ministry of Power has presented fifteen thousand solar lamps and 275 generator sets to the Electoral Commission (EC), as back-up power source ahead of the December 7 general election. Speaking at...
NDC Will Always Stand By People of Volta Region – Mahama
President John Mahama after sod-cutting of phase II of the Ho Airport President John Mahama says the last thing the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) would take for granted is the goodwill...
‘Conspiracy’ To Stir Up South China Sea Trouble Defeated
China's success at turning around relations with the Philippines under its new president Rodrigo Duterte show the "conspiracies" of certain countries to stir up trouble in the South China Sea have...
‘Unprecedented’ Numbers Face Severe Hunger In South Sudan
Some 3.6 million people in South Sudan face severe food shortages - the highest levels ever experienced at harvest time - and the crisis is likely to worsen when food from the current harvest runs...
Open Letter To the Member States of the African Regional Protocol For the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
On 5 December, the Administrative Council of the African Regional Intellectual Property Office (ARIPO) will meet to adopt the draft regulations to the Arusha Protocol for the Protection of New...
More Women In Urban Centers Shy Away From Vegetable Farming
Many women are happy about nurturing the greens but only a few are said to find vegetable farming fascinating. That’s a revelation in a research report published in the Agricultural and Food...
Zongo Communities Will Thrive Under NPP
Parliamentary candidate for the Ofuase Ayirebi constituency in the Eastern region, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has assured residents in the Zongo community of massive development in the area if the NPP wins...
Four Major Cities Move To Ban Diesel Vehicles By 2025
The leaders of four major global cities say they will stop the use of all diesel powered cars and trucks by the middle of the next decade. The mayors of Paris, Mexico City, Madrid and Athens say they...
Ghana and Denmark Sign €7.84m Agreement
Ghana has signed a 7.84 million Euros mixed credit facility agreement with the Nordea Bank of Denmark for the establishment of an Environmental Monitoring Laboratory at the University of Mines and...
UN Chief Apologises For First Time Over Outbreak
Haiti was cholera-free until it was brought to the country by Nepalese peacekeepers in 2010 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has for the first time apologised to the people of Haiti for the...
North Korea Pledges ‘tough’ Response To UN Sanctions
North Korea warned of "tougher countermeasures for self-defence" after the UN Security Council unanimously imposed its strongest-ever sanctions on Pyongyang. The country's foreign ministry issued a...