A total of 40 young Ghanaians have left the country to attend the 2017 Mandela Washington Fellowship of the Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) in the United States. The 40 include the Head of Public Relations for the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), in the Western Region, Philip Osei Bonsu. A statement from the US … Read more
The Army will not approve an easement that would allow the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline to cross under Lake Oahe in North Dakota, the Army’s assistant secretary for civil works announced Sunday. Jo-Ellen Darcy said she based her decision on a need to explore alternate routes for the pipeline crossing. This comes three weeks after … Read more
Ghana is to build a $1.5 billion coal power plant at Ekumfi Aboano, in the Ekumfi District of the Central Region, beginning this second quarter. The 2,000 megawatt power plant project is being undertaken by the Volta River Authority (VRA) and China’s Shenzhen Energy Corporation (SEC) with the capital outlay from the China African Development … Read more
There could be more than 100 million additional people living in extreme poverty by 2030 if the international community does not undertake rapid, inclusive and climate-smart development, a World Bank Group report warned Sunday. The report, “Shock Waves: Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty,” said climate-related hazards such as floods, droughts and heat … Read more