Tag: regional
AGRA joins the rest of the world to commemorate World Food Day
The COVID-19 pandemic struck Ghana at a time when the country was grappling with youth unemployment, effects of climate change, and 2.5million people (5%...
ECOWAS Launches Joint Analysis and Response Planning Compendium & R/CRVA Reports
The ECOWAS Commission has launched the Joint Analysis and Response Planning Compendium and Regional and Country Risk Assessment Reports.
This event signifies the...
Malawi President Chakwera to visit Zimbabwe as part of regional tour
Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera is due to visit Zimbabwe on a two-day official visit starting Wednesday as part of a regional tour following his...
Egyptian president calls for political settlement of major regional affairs
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said Tuesday that the various hotspot issues that weigh on regional peace and stability should be solved via political...
Kenya says China’s support boosts regional bamboo value chain
Kenya said on Friday that China's support has been instrumental in the development of robust bamboo value chain in the eastern African region.
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Egyptian, French leaders discuss regional issues
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron discussed on Friday the developments of several regional issues, including the situation in...
Kenya signs deal with regional grain agency to boost quality
Kenya's National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) on Wednesday signed an agreement with the Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC) to boost the quality...
Cameroon kicks off drive for women participation in regional elections
Cameroon's electoral body Elections Cameroon (Elecam) in collaboration with UN Women Cameroon on Wednesday kicked off an awareness campaign to have women participate in...
WHO selects Uganda’s top lab for regional COVID-19 genomic sequencing
Ugandan health minister Ruth Aceng said Friday that the World Health Organization (WHO) has selected the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) as the center...
Kenya says to intensify regional counter-terrorism efforts
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta vowed on Wednesday his government will enhance its counter-terrorism efforts in Eastern Africa by working with regional governments and...
Expedite investigation into timber contractor’s murder
The Human Rights Reporters Ghana (HRRG), a media advocacy non-governmental organisation on Wednesday appealed to the Police Administration to expedite investigation into the murder...
Pompeo’s Mideast tour aims to establish new regional ties for Israel: Sudanese analyst
The ongoing tour of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the Middle East, which started on Monday with Israel, aims to establish...
Somali leaders reach agreement on election model
Somali President Mohamed Farmajo and three regional leaders have agreed on a new election model for the 2020/21 polls, which is seen as crucial...
CSOs call for extensive measures to protect the poor and vulnerable in the wake...
In a statement issued by the Ghana Civil Society Organisations Platform on SDGS for and on behalf of its members and non members, in...
Algeria, Qatar share convergent views on regional, international issues
Algeria and Qatar on Tuesday confirmed that they share convergent views on prevailing regional and international issues.
The remarks came as Qatari...
Ghana to begin regional soccer league on March 20
The Ghanaian FA has announced that its planned regional football leagues will kick off on March 20.
The division 2 league, as...
Maghreb countries emphasize coordinating national, regional AfCFTA implementation strategies
Representatives of Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia have called for urgent need to coordinate the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement implementation...
Regional, int’l actors urged to intensify support to South Sudan’s ongoing peace process
South Sudan peace monitors have urged regional and international actors to intensify their support to the ongoing peace process in South Sudan.
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Another Vociferous NDC Deputy Northern Regional Communication Officer Resigns
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Deputy Northern Regional Communications Officer, Malik Basintale has resigned his position as an executive of the party in the...
In 2018 DOVVSU registered 15.21 % Case Increment – DSP
The Brong-Ahafo Regional office of the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service in 2018 recorded a 15.21 per...
Education Directors, Headmasters in Ashanti Region asked to resubmit documents
The Ashanti Regional Education Office has called on Metropolitan, Municipal, District Directors of Education as well as heads of second cycle institutions to re...
ECOWAS to structure framework on Access to Justice
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission is in the process of developing a regional framework on Access to Justice and rule...
Minority leader demands briefing on regional reorganisation referendum
The Minority on Friday drew the attention of Parliament to invite the Electoral Commission (EC) to brief the House on how prepared it is...
ECOWAS team visits Senegal ahead of regional electricity market launch
A high-level ECOWAS delegation on 3rd May 2018 ended its mission to Senegal where it met with key stakeholders in the country’s capital city...
B/A NPP maintains Appiah As Regional Chairman
Incumbent Brong-Ahafo Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Thomas Adu Appiah, has been re-elected to serve another term.
He polled 281 votes...
Fisheries Programme Committees for West Africa inducted
Mrs Elizabeth Afoley Quaye, Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MOFAD) has inaugurated two reconstituted committees for the implementation of the final component of...
Beijing establishes 7th ring road for regional development
A seventh ring road will be completed at the end of June and is expected to further integrate Beijing and neighboring Hebei Province.
The...
GJA Executive of Western Region Takes Office
The newly elected officers of the Western Regional Branch of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) have been sworn into office to serve a three-year...
Togbe Afede worried about self-acclaimed paramount chiefs
Togbe Afede XIV, Agbogbomefia of Asogli State and the President of the National House of Chiefs has expressed worry over the increasing number of...
Ghana gov’t commended for addressing staffing gap in health sector
The Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights (ARHR), an NGO, has suggested that allowances for nurse trainees should be only paid to those willing to...