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UNIDO, Swiss Govt Partner To Open Ultra-Modern Wood & Furniture Testing Center

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) with support from the Government of Switzerland through...

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UNHCR Dismisses Claims By Liberian Refugees In Ghana

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Refugee Agency, has clarified recent claims by some...

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Vice President Bawumia Attends High Level UNCTAD Meeting

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, left Accra on Tuesday September 12, 2017 for Geneva, Switzerland to attend a...

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Ghana’s IMF Deal Extended By One Year

Just like the Ameri Power Deal, Ghana’s IMF Deal is counted among the major controversial contracts inherited by the...

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IMF Urges US To ‘protect’ Gains Won Under Obamacare

The International Monetary Fund on Thursday weighed into the US health care debate, urging the Trump administration to...

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UNIDO Implements Technical Assistance To SMEs In Selected Value Chains

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has started providing technical support to small and...

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UN Accuses Australia of Breaching Refugee Deal

The UN accused Australia Monday of backtracking on a deal to relax its strong stance on asylum-seekers and resettle...

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CSOs Platform Calls For An Extension of IMF Programme

The Civil Society Organisations’ Platform on Ghana IMF programme says an extension of the package will best serve the...

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CSOs Platform Wants IMF Programme Extended

The Civil Society Organisations Platform is advocating an extension of Ghana’s IMF programme, saying the package...

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IMF Approves Second Tranche of Egypt Loan

The International Monetary Fund has approved a second tranche of a $12 billion loan to Egypt, praising the country's...

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WFP Expands Food Aid Deliveries In Syria’s Raqa

The UN's World Food Programme announced Wednesday it has resumed aid deliveries in parts of Syria's Raqa province for...

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Builsa North School Drop Outs Dare To Hope [Article]

It’s not the first time that I had the opportunity to travel elsewhere in Ghana where life was a bit different from...

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Gov’t To Extend IMF Programme

Government has finally communicated to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) its decision to extend the Fund’s...

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Ghana Close To Securing $116m IMF Programme Cash

The country is on track to receive some $116 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in July to support...

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IMF Cuts US Growth Outlook Amid Absent Policies

The lack of details on President Donald Trump's plans to reform the US economy prompted the International Monetary Fund...

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Fresh Med Shipwreck Horror On World Refugee Day

Nearly 2,000 people are believed to have drowned trying to cross the Mediterranean this year, the UN's refugee agency...

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Okyeame Kwame Joins David Beckham, Hugh Jackman As UNICEF Super Dad Ambassadors

Ghanaian award-winning musician, Okyeame Kwame becomes one of the world’s top celebrity fathers on UNICEF’s...

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ITU Awards GIFEC

The Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) has been awarded the 2017 World Champion in ICT...

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IMF: Benin Economy Holds A Lot of Promise

The economy grew by 4 percent in real terms in 2016, overcoming the low-growth environment that resulted from negative...