US President Donald Trump is to visit the UK on Friday 13 July, after previously cancelling a trip amid claims he would face mass protests. It will not be the full-blown state visit Mr Trump was promised when Prime Minister Theresa May visited the White House in January last year. But an invitation to a … Read more
The Ministry of Works and Housing says it will take swift action against real estate developers destroying a number of river basins in the national capital, Accra. There are nine river basins in Accra which have either been choked or encroached upon. The Works and Housing Minister, Samuel Attah Akyea said he will take up the … Read more
The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a baby boy. The child, who was born in the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital, central London, is fifth in line to the throne and the Queen’s sixth great-grandchild. The new arrival, who is the third child of Catherine and the Duke of Cambridge, was born … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the chiefs and people of the Ngleshie Alata Traditional Area to work together in peace and harmony so as to give Oblempong Nii Kojo Ababio V a peaceful and befitting burial. He said the late chief was not only for the Ngleshie Alata Area but was also for … Read more
Accra is seeking assistance from London to solve its poor urban planning challenges which have been identified as the cause of the capital’s perennial flood and become a headache for governments. President Akufo-Addo and the Chief Executive of Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Mohammed Nii Adjei Sowah, who are in the UK met with the Mayor of … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Ghana Saturday, April 14, to attend the 25th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. The meeting is scheduled to take place in London, United Kingdom, from Monday, April 16 to Friday, April 20, on the theme “Towards a Common Future”. A statement signed by Director of Communications at the Presidency, … Read more
Ghana’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Martha Ama Pobee has called for a concerted and deliberate strategy to ensure diplomatic skills are imbibed in young people from developing nations. In her view, the unique skills offered by diplomacy such as representation, communication, negotiation and training have defined contemporary international relations which … Read more
Chief Executive of Accra Metropolitan Assembly Mohammed Adjei Sowah, Chief Resilience Officer Desmond Appiah, and 100 Resilient Cities – Pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation (100RC) – have released a Preliminary Resilience Assessment of Accra at a convening of strategic partners. The document is a comprehensive analysis of Accra’s state of resilience, a product of a … Read more
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is to face trial for corruption and influence peddling, prosecutors say. The case centres on an alleged attempt by Mr Sarkozy to get a judge to reveal information about an investigation into illegal funding of his 2007 campaign. The judge and Mr Sarkozy’s lawyer have also been ordered to stand … Read more
A cluster of six (6) primary schools in the Bantama constituency of the Ashanti region on Saturday March 17, 2018 benefited from a donation of reading books and computers from Deputy Chief of Staff Francis Asenso-Boakye. The donation, according to Mr. Asenso, forms part of his contribution towards education in a community within which he was … Read more
Government says it owes waste collectors and operators of landfill sites across the country about 800 million cedis, a situation that is crippling waste management efforts. Managers of landfill site claim the financial crisis they are currently battling with has made waste management difficult task for them. But the minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, … Read more
Gunmen have launched attacks in the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, with the French embassy and a military HQ among the apparent targets. Burkina Faso’s government said security personnel had killed eight gunmen in what they said was a probable “terrorist” attack. Eight members of the security forces were also killed, officials said, with 80 … Read more
A leader in the sanitation industry in the country, Zoomlion Ghana Limited has donated 10 brand new Nissan pickup trucks and a number of motor cycles worth over 1.5 million Ghana cedis to the Accra metropolitan Assembly (AMA) in a bid to help the Assembly realize its projection and the president’s vision of making Accra … Read more
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has launched a Youth and Sports Development Sub-Committee to uplift the image of sporting activities in the Kumasi metropolis. Speaking at a ceremony to officially outdoor the committee, KMA Chief Executive Osei Assibey Antwi, said Kumasi is known to be a haven for outstanding sporting talents. He said many talented footballers … Read more
Bollywood superstar Sridevi Kapoor has died of a heart attack, her family says. She was 54. The actress known simply as Sridevi passed away in Dubai, where she was attending a family wedding. From the age of four, she had worked in films in the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi languages. She was considered … Read more
At least four people have been wounded in a series of drive-by shootings in a town in central Italy, and one man has been arrested, police say. All of those hurt in the attacks in Macerata were foreigners, they added. The suspect had an Italian flag wrapped around his neck when he was detained. The … Read more
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly in partnership 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) has officially announced the appointment of Desmond Appiah as Chief Resilience Officer (CRO) of Accra. The appointment of a Chief Resilience Officer is an essential step of Accra’s resilience-building effort and its partnership with 100 Resilient Cities – Pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation. The 100 … Read more
The Union for International Cancer Control, a body spearheading the fight against cancer, has selected Kumasi to be part of the ‘City Cancer Challenge [cican]2025’’ project. This recognition makes Kumasi the first African city and fourth in the world to become part of the project, which aims at increasing access to quality cancer treatment. At … Read more
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has destroyed illegal makeshift structures along the rail lines at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle serving as havens for criminals and prostitutes. The AMA mayor, Mohammed Nii Adjei promised a crackdown on the squatters after TV3’s exposé detailing how the slum there have been turned into a hub for sex trade. … Read more
Twenty companies in the energy sector have expressed interest to invest in a waste-to-energy conversion project under the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA). Chief Executive of KMA, Osei Assibey Antwi, in an interview with 3news.com, said all prospective investors are expected to submit detailed plans of investment, including proof of funding as well as terms and conditions … Read more