The European Union (EU) has invested €120 million to boost the competitiveness of exports on the international market from Ghana and the other West African countries. In Ghana, over GH¢100 million has been injected into three main value chains, namely cassava, mango and pineapple, and cosmetics and personal care products. The investment in Ghana was […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on the global community to inspire new partnerships to deal with global crisis, particularly the COVID-19 pandemic. He said the pandemic had reversed years of progress and revealed critical gaps in infrastructure in areas such as health care and digital connectivity. He also observed that global efforts to […]
Following a successful evaluation of Ghana’s regime against money laundering and the financing of terrorism, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has removed the country from its list of non-compliant jurisdictions. The European Commission on January 7, 2022, removed Ghana from the EU Blacklist by acknowledging that it no longer has strategic deficiencies in its […]
Ghana has been named as one of the possible manufacturing hubs of Covid-19 vaccines in Africa by the European Commission. A press statement signed by the Acting Director of Communications Office of the President, Eugene Arhin said, “At the meeting with the Vice President of the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Commission indicated the […]
Sam Nartey George, the MP for Ningo Prampram, has urged the Foreign Affairs Ministry to extradite the European Union (EU) representatives who aided in the commissioning of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgender and Queer Intersex Rights (LGBT+) office in Ghana. The European Union (EU) on January 31, 2021, aided in the opening of an LGBT+ […]
The European Union (EU) has blacklisted Ghana among several other countries for money laundering. Three other African countries have been blacklisted – Botswana, Mauritius and Zimbabwe. The EU said under the Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD), the Commission has revised its list, taking into account developments at the international level since 2018 and that the “new list is now […]
The European Union (EU) has gifted Nigeria €50 million, the equivalent of 21 Billion Naira to help it fight against the COVID-19 Pandemic. BestNewsGH.com can report that the disclosure of the donation was made when Nigerian President, Mahamadu Buhari received a delegation from the European Union at the country’s State House in Abuja on Tuesday, […]
European Union (EU) member states have unanimously rejected a proposal by the EU Executive Commission (EC) to blacklist 23 countries, including Ghana and territories, it believes pose a high risk of money laundering or terrorist financing. According to the EC, the countries were placed on the blacklist for having strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering […]
By Elvis DARKO, Accra International pressure is mounting on Ghana to do everything possible to apprehend assailants who killed Ahmed Hussein-Suale, an investigative journalist and a member of Tiger Eye PI. In strong statements issued by foreign countries and global international bodies, they consoled the family of the deceased while calling on the Government of […]
The Heir Apparent to the British throne and Head of the Commonwealth, Prince of Wales, Prince Charles, has described the era of slave trade as a shameful period in Ghana’s relations with Europe and in particular the United Kingdom. In his keynote address at the Commonwealth inspired Public Lecture on the theme; “Towards A Common […]
