Ghana and Zambia have signed three memoranda of understanding (MoUs) to reinforce and promote cooperation between the two countries. The agreements — Political Consultation, Defence Cooperation and Agreed Minutes of the Permanent Joint Commission between Ghana and Zambia — were signed at Zambia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Lusaka, the capital, last Tuesday. The Minister […]
The first batch of Ghanaians evacuated from Ukraine arrived at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in Accra on Tuesday morning. Numbering 17, the evacuees were received by a delegation led by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong and Deputy Minister of Information, Fatima Abubakar. They arrived in Accra on board a […]
Ghana will, from today, host the Mid-Year Statutory Meetings of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Accra, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has announced. The meetings will include the 59th ordinary session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government scheduled for June 19. […]
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has commended Libya for putting in place measures to address the problem of instability in the country since the Libyan Uprising 10 years ago. Also, she expressed hope that the new Transitional Government in the country will uphold its declared commitment to organize general elections for a […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has created a Candidature Unit to ensure that more Ghanaians are appointed to regional bodies such as ECOWAS and African Union (AU). The Minister-designate for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, who disclosed this last Thursday, said the unit would scan all international agencies […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration says the perpetrators behind the demolition of the Nigerian High Commission’s property in Accra have been identified. Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey in a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency clarified that the Nigerian High Commission’s Chancery/Residence had not been demolished, contrary […]
The government of Ghana has apologised to the Nigeria High Commission in Ghana following the demolition of a storey building on its premises said to be at the centre of a land litigation. The building was demolished at the weekend. Some men said to be armed with the assistance of a bulldozer broke through the locked gate […]
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has disclosed that Ghana has so far evacuated 856 stranded Ghanaians and brought them back to Ghana. The minister made this disclosure on Tuesday 16 June at a media briefing organised by the Ministry of Information. Ms Botchwey wasanswering a question on how many […]
The Chinese ambassador to Ghana Shi Ting Wang has been summoned over reports that Ghanaians and other African nationals are being maltreated in China in connection with the coronavirus. Chinese officials have started evicting hundreds of African residents and businessmen from hotels and apartments as they are being accused of having the novel coronavirus. The Africans say they are just […]
Fifty-seven (57) parliamentary aspirants of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) filed their nomination papers at the close of nominations on Thursday, February 20, to contest in 20 constituencies of the Greater Accra Region. Surprisingly, the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Anyaa- Sowutuom constituency, Mrs Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, also the Minister of Foreign Affairs and […]
Ghana has pledged its full support for the ‘One Country two Systems’ of China amid the uprising in Hong Kong. Foreign and Regional Integration Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey (MP), in a meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Shi Ting Wang, on Tuesday, October 15, 2019, said the support to China is being done with recourse […]
Ghana has opened an application centre in Tokyo, the capital city of Japan, as part of efforts to improve passport acquisition by Ghanaians living in the Diaspora. Addressing a ceremony on the sidelines of this year’s Tokyo International Conference on African Development (Ticad 7) Ghana’s Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchway said […]
