The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Monday, 16th April, 2018, met with the leader of the UK’s Labour Party and leader of the opposition, Jeremy Corbyn, MP, on the sidelines of the 25th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, currently ongoing in the United Kingdom. In the meeting, President Akufo-Addo noted that Ghana and the … Read more
Diplomatic talks and visits by experts are gathering pace in Togo as the former French colony looks to follow another Francophone nation and join the Commonwealth. Rwanda joined the 52-member bloc in 2009, 14 years after Portuguese-speaking Mozambique became the first member never to have had a past link to Britain. Togo, which is home … Read more
Lord Tariq Ahmad, the Foreign Office Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the United Nations will visit Ghana from the 16-18 July. A statement issued by the British High Commission in Accra and copied to the Ghana News Agency said Lord Ahmad’s visit would reaffirm the importance of Ghanaian-UK relations and re-energise the Commonwealth, … Read more
The British Council and the Commonwealth Secretariat recently ran an international short story writing competition based on the theme of ‘Belonging’, which received over three thousand entries from both school children and teachers from Commonwealth countries around the world. Eyako Eli Dzantor from International School of Ahafo, Ghana, is delighted to have been named as … Read more
India has said it may bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games after organisers stripped Durban of the event over its failure to meet key obligations. With memories still fresh of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, which were plagued by delays and corruption, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) said it was considering a repeat … Read more
Australia’s Gold Coast is prepared to host back-to-back Commonwealth Games, the city’s mayor said Wednesday, after scheduled 2022 host Durban was dumped for failing to meet “key obligations”. Mayor Tom Tate stopped short of nominating the east coast tourist hotspot as a 2022 replacement but said if called upon to do so the Games could … Read more
The Commonwealth is looking to increase its membership to 54 with the possible return of Gambia and the inclusion of Togo in 2018. British High Commissioner to Ghana Jon Benjamin, made this known, Monday at the Commonwealth reception to mark the Commonwealth Day, 2017. “We hope by next year that the membership will expand again … Read more
South Africa voiced disappointment Tuesday that Durban had been stripped of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, blaming financial disagreements but vowing to host major tournaments in the future. Commonwealth Games chiefs confirmed on Monday they were looking for a new venue after Durban failed to meet “key obligations” during its preparations. “(The government) wishes to express … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo has appointed Mr. Paul Asare Ansah as the acting Director-General of the Ghana Ports and harbors Authority(GPHA). A statement signed by the president on February 22, 2017 said “pursuant to section 8(2) of the GPHA Act 1986(PNDCL160). I herby appoint you to act as the Director-General of the GPHA, … Read more
Before writing this piece, we were hesitant. Not so much because we were afraid of being inaccurate, but because we didn’t want to hurt the sensibility of our friend, Kwabena Boadu who could best be described as a man of words. He sparingly spoke in public not because he wasn’t a good speaker. He had … Read more
The Province of British Columbia will dedicate the Great Bear Rainforest to The Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy (QCC), a pan-Commonwealth forest conservation initiative in Her Majesty The Queen’s name. The announcement was made today by the Premier of British Columbia, Christy Clark. The Great Bear Rainforest is an iconic and globally significant area covering 6.4 million … Read more