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The Draft Diaspora Engagement Policy that will provide guidelines on government engagements with Ghanaians in the Diaspora is ready for validation. The draft document will be presented to stakeholders during the 2019 Ghana Diaspora Celebration and Homecoming Summit slated for July 3-6. The policy document is intended to encourage more …

Ghana has been selected as a potential beneficiary of a Regional Compact Programme by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) following the successful implementation of the Ghana Power Compact. Ghana has received more than one billion dollars from the MCC over the last decade, which enabled the nation to distribute excess …

Mr Frank Annor-Dompreh, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament, has appealed to Ghanaians and the Media to refrain from making some prejudiced comments and reportage against Nigerian nationals living in Ghana. Such biased statements and comments, he said had the tendency to damage the long standing and cherished …

The Chamber of Independent Power Producers, Distributors and Bulk Consumers (CIPDIB–Ghana) was on Tuesday launched to reduce the burden on government in the area of policy formulation and regulation of the energy sector. The Chamber among others would help to create a platform for advocacy towards influencing legislation in the …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) Ketu South Municipal Directorate has bemoaned what it calls rising levels of alcoholism and hard drugs usage among the youth in the area. The practice is said to be causing a rise in mental disorders among them in the Municipality. Mr. Joseph Degley, Municipal Director …

Ghana will host the maiden International Coconut Festival in Accra to provide a platform for diverse and high coconut industry players from across the globe to discuss the development and promotion of coconut. The Festival scheduled from 24 to 26 September 2019 would be on the theme: “Promoting Export Diversification …

The First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, engaged with women groups in Accra, to promote the “Free to Shine” (F2S) campaign on HIV, together with related discussions on issues of national development. The objective of the meeting was to provide the women with the required knowledge and information on the elimination …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called for stronger global collaboration to ensure that the downsides of information communication and technology do not negate the gains made in the present universal digital economy. Noting the sophistication of cyber-attacks and digital payment fraud across the world, he said “it was important …

The HIV prevalence rate among pregnant woman in Ghana has increased from 2.1 per cent in 2017 to 2.4 in 2018 according to the 2018 HIV Sentinel Survey (HSS) report. Similarly, the national HIV prevalence rate hit 1.69 per cent in 2018 from 1.67 per cent in 2017 with about …

A bloody clash between the youth of Ayomso and Akrodie, cocoa growing communities in the Asunafo South District of the Ahafo Region, has left two dead, with several others sustaining gunshots and cutlass wounds. Police say, it was yet to identify the dead whose bodies had since been deposited at …