At critical moment for peacekeeping in Africa, Ghana steps up to host key summit
Sep 23, 2023, at 08:07 pm
The UN and Ghana jointly announced on Friday that December’s UN Peacekeeping Ministerial meeting will be hosted in Accra, at a time when some African nations are questioning the value of having ‘blue helmets’ on their soil.
Ghana: Gunmen shoot down nine people in bus
Sep 22, 2023, at 02:49 pm
At least nine people were shot dead and some others wounded by a group of unknown gunmen on buses in Ghana's Upper East Region, an official confirmed to Xinhua late Thursday.
Ghana peacekeeper named UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year
May 23, 2023, at 07:34 pm
New York: A Ghanaian peacekeeper serving with the United Nations Interim Security Force in Abyei (UNISFA) will receive the 2022 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award, it was announced on Monday.
Ghana villagers ousted for Chinese mine
Oct 01, 2022, at 10:15 pm
Talensi: Ghanaian soldiers have kicked local miners out of their homes to make way for the expansion of a Chinese mine at the centre of a $395 million dispute with Australian mining firm Cassius.
As global economic crises ‘pile up’, Ghanaian leader says it's time for urgent attention
Sep 23, 2022, at 05:56 pm
New York: It was doubtful that any generation of Earth’s inhabitants has ever witnessed “such a perfect storm of global economic chaos, a war with global consequences, and an unwillingness or inability to find a consensus to deal with the catastrophe,” the President of Ghana told the UN General Assembly on Wednesday.
Ghana mining community explosion leaves 20 people dead
Jan 21, 2022, at 02:18 pm
Accra/UNI/Xinhua: At least 20 people died and many others were injured in an explosion at a mining community of Ghana's Western Region.
Three killed in Ghana road accident
Feb 22, 2020, at 04:57 pm
Accra/Xinhua/UNI: Three people were killed and two others injured Friday in a road accident at Nkwanta, a small town in east Ghana, officials said.
Road accident kills 9, injures 51 in Ghana
Feb 16, 2020, at 09:50 am
Accra/Xinhua: Nine people were killed and 51 others severely injured in a road accident in the eastern Ghanaian town of Monkra on Saturday, said local police.
At least 62 arrested for illegal mining in Ghana
Dec 15, 2019, at 09:08 am
Accra/UNI: At least 62 people were arrested on suspicion of illegal mining at the western Ghanaian town of Kenyasi, police said on Saturday.
Ghanaian president offers condolences over Ethiopian airlines crash
Mar 11, 2019, at 09:47 am
Accra, Mar 11 (Xinhua/UNI) Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday sent a message of condolences to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed over the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed the 157 people onboard.
Nine countries join UN-supported network to halve maternal, newborn deaths in clinics
Feb 15, 2017, at 07:00 pm
New York, Feb 15 (Just Earth News): A health network is being created, with support of United Nations agencies, in nine countries – Bangladesh, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda – whose Governments have pledged to halve maternal and newborn deaths in health facilities by 2022.
Dec 11, 2016, at 04:41 am
New York, Dec 10 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has congratulated the Nana Akufo-Addo on his election as President of Ghana and thanked outgoing President John Dramani Mahama for his role in defusing tensions and preserving peace during the election period.
Ghana: Ban urges President, opposition leader to defuse tensions ahead of upcoming elections
Nov 30, 2016, at 01:32 pm
New York, Nov 30 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged Ghana’s President and the opposition leader to continue their role in defusing tensions towards the holding of peaceful and credible elections in the African country.
Ghana: At least 53 dead as bus, truck collide
Feb 19, 2016, at 12:56 am
Accra, Feb 18 (IBNS) At least 53 people were reported dead after a bus collided with a cargo truck in Ghana on Wednesday evening, according to reports.
Closing gender gap, ending child marriage key priorities, says Ghanaian President
Oct 01, 2015, at 02:50 pm
New York, Oct 1 (IBNS): Spotlighting the importance his country places on gender equality, the President of Ghana told the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday that a major priority will closing the "vast" gaps between men and women through, among other efforts, providing decent education for girls and working to end child marriage.