Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Tuesday hailed the good cooperation with his neighboring Sudan, saying that such cooperation has been directed toward ensuring mutual benefits.
At a high-level meeting of the joint Ethiopian…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) on Wednesday tasked the Ghanaian media to devote daily space and airtime for civic education to ensure that citizens were alive to their rights and responsibilities.
"The steady demo…
The Minority in Parliament on Wednesday served notice that they would no longer tolerate the situation where permission has to be granted for another Minister of State to lay papers on the floor of the House on behalf of another Minister w…
Mrs. Justice Joyce Bamford-Addo, Speaker, on Wednesday directed the leadership of Parliament to deliberate on the personal security of members and advise on the way forward, following a 7.45 pm robbery attack at gun-point on a member.
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The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) on Wednesday affirmed the relevance of the National Constitution Week cerebration, which is a process to contribute to the development of the spirit of constitutionalism in the country.
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Dr. Nicholas Westcott, British Ambassador to Ghana, on Tuesday, said British investors in Ghana spent over one billion dollars last year alone, the largest by any country and even a record for the United Kingdom.
"We even look forwar…
Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin on Tuesday signed a decree to set up a special state commission aimed at investigating the causes, conditions and consequences of the violent actions in early April in the capital city of Chisinau.
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UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday expressed his pleasure that the Durban Review Conference in Geneva was able to unanimously adopt a document that calls on states to fight intolerance and discrimination, according to a statement…
U.S. President Barack Obama vowed on Tuesday to continue pursuing Iran diplomacy while criticizing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his latest anti-Israel speech.
Speaking to reporters after holding talks with King Abdulla…
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday softened his tone on the possibility to prosecute officials who were behind harsh interrogation tactics.
Obama has been put under pressure lately since he vowed not to prosecute any Central In…
More than 10,000 supporters of Sri Lanka's Tamil people on Tuesday gathered on Canada's Parliament Hill, demanding Ottawa to take actions against the Sri Lankan government over its handling of the civil war, including economic sanctions.
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U.S. President Barack Obama has invited Israeli, Palestinian and Egyptian leaders to the White House in the coming weeks for separate talks in a bid to promote the Middle East peace process, the White House said on Tuesday.
"Follow…
The Canadian government on Tuesday unveiled a legislation aimed at cracking down on auto theft.
The new legislation will create a separate crime of theft of a motor vehicle that would carry a mandatory six-month sentence after a th…
The Ugandan government has set up a new anti corruption watch body that will involve citizens in demanding accountability from their leaders and government institutions.
Ethics and Integrity Minister Dr. Nsaba Buturo was quoted b…
Indonesian General Election Commission (KPU) told political parties to register their presidential candidates and vice presidential candidates for the July 8 presidential election by May 17, a KPU official said here on Tuesday.
The…
South Korean spokesman said Tuesday that inter-Korean talks to be held in the day were delayed as South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) had disputes over how the meeting should proceed.
After crossing th…
Sri Lanka's Army Commander Sarath Fonseka has said the government troops, not Tamil Tiger rebels, are the true liberators of Tamil civilians, the island's state radio reported Tuesday morning.
Fonseka told the Sri Lanka Broadcasti…
The Cook Islands became the first Pacific island country to lodge its extended continental shelf claim, one of the biggest that will be submitted to the United Nations, the Cook Islands News reported on Tuesday.
Cook Islands Deputy…
Zambia's Communications and Transport Minister Dora Siliya has resigned amid unfavorable tribunal findings over a document signed with an economic partner, the Times of Zambia daily reported on Wednesday.
President Rupiah Banda ha…
South African political party representatives at the Independent Electoral Commission's center in Pretoria were mostly happy with the progress of voting on Wednesday, despite some glitches.
With most voting stations opened by 7 a.m…
The Suhum Kraboa Coaltar District Assembly on Thursday confirmed the President's nominee for the position of District Chief Executive (DCE) for the area.
Mr Samuel Okwabi, 62, a retired educationist, had the endorsement of all the 69…
Two district assemblies in the Upper West Region have approved President John Atta Mills' nominees as district chief executives.
The districts are Lambussie/Karni and Jirapa, bringing to four out of the region's nine districts.
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The Chiefs and people of Nkoranza and Mo Traditional Areas in Brong Ahafo have kicked against the nomination of Mr. Al-Alhassan Seidu Harrison as the Municipal Chief Executive for Kintampo North.
The two sides, led by Okatakyie Agyem…
Dr. Nicholas Westcott, British Ambassador to Ghana, on Tuesday, said British investors in Ghana spent over one billion dollars last year alone, the largest by any country and even a record for the United Kingdom.
"We even look forwar…
The Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah has urged the 850 delegates attending the World Telecom Policy Forum in Lisbon, Portugal, to make affordable access to information…
Ghana's struggle to attain energy sufficiency has been given a big boost following the completion of the first phase of an estimated 600 million-dollar plant being implemented by a joint Ghana-Sino consortium, the Sunon Asogli Power projec…
The GSE All-share index, the benchmark measure of performance of the Accra bourse, fell for the second consecutive trading session this week as bearish sentiments continued to dominate the market.
The index closed down by 5.37 points…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Thursday reiterated Government's confidence in the investor community to assist Ghana's development efforts with an assurance that Government would create the conducive environment for investment developm…
The Brazilian social security system registered revenue of 14.2 billion reais (6.3 billion U.S. dollars) in March, up 7.7 percent from February and 10.6 percent from the same period last year, Brazil's Social Security Secretariat said on M…
Dr Kwabena Duffuor, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, is leading a six-man delegation to attend the World Bank (WB) and IMF Spring Meetings in Washington DC.
A statement from the ministry said on Tuesday that the delegation …
All commercial imports into Ghana through the Port of Lome, Togo, shall enter Ghana through the Aflao border post only with effect from Wednesday, April 22.
Consequently, no Customs, Excise and Preventive Service frontier other than …
Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning (MFEP) on Tuesday gave the assurance that government was taking concrete steps to make available funding for payment of all arrears owed to contractors in the construction ind…
Shareholders of UT Financial Services on Tuesday approved a resolution that will enable the company to purchase its own shares in order to protect the value and shield investors from losses.
The share buy back scheme will enable the c…
Dr. Joe Oteng-Adjei, Minister of Energy, on Tuesday said the government's energy generation programme was on course to delivering 5,000 mega watts in the medium term as promised in the NDC manifesto.
"In terms of energy generation we …
Emerging Asia's capital markets are starting to stabilize and the region's relatively resilient economies will help them recover as the global crisis ebbs and investor appetite returns, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Tuesday.
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The bilateral trade between Vietnam and Belarus reached 5.8 million U.S. dollars in the first two months this year, a decrease of 50 percent over the same period last year, said the information center of Vietnam's Ministry of Industry and …
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut its key short-term rates by 25 basis points each on Tuesday to infuse more liquidity into the system and stimulate lending growth.
The repo rate, at which the Reserve Bank of India infuses cash …
South Korea's trade surplus topped 2.38 billion U.S. dollars in the first 20 days of April with fall in imports exceeding export drops, the nation's customs officials said Tuesday.
Exports stepped down 16.5 percent on-year to 19.92…
Thailand's Board of Investment (BOI) had revised down its targeted value of investments expected to apply for investment promotion privileges and planned to conduct a road show abroad to attract foreign investors to Thailand.
The B…
Japan will issue 10.82 trillion yen (100 billion dollars) in additional government bonds this fiscal year to finance a supplementary budget designed to carry out its record stimulus package, Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano said on Tuesday.
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About 236.82 trillion Vietnamese dong (13.38 billion U.S. dollars) has been injected into the Vietnamese economy at the government subsidized loan program of 4 percent, according to a report of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) on Tuesday.
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Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Glenn Stevens said on Tuesday the Australian economy is already in recession.
"Whether or not the next gross domestic product (GDP) statistic, due in early June, shows another decline, I thi…
Despite signs of a recovery in the country's economy, Brazil cannot fall in the trap of excessive optimism, Brazilian Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles said.
"There is a wave of optimism in the market, but the exaggerated …
The Portuguese government will make the decision on whether to set up embassies in Southeast Asia and the Gulf region by the end of 2009, Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado announced on Monday.
Upon finishing his tour to Russia…
The latest earnings reports of several large U.S. banking groups lend evidence to a recovery in the global financial industry, said a senior official of U.S. banking giant JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Fang Fang, JPMorgan's China managing …
The Brazilian government said on Monday that the National Monetary Committee had approved a credit line of 4 billion reais (1.78 billion U.S. dollars) for the country's 26 states and the Federal District.
According to the governmen…
Microsoft is planning to invest around 300 million U.S. dollars in several Russian projects over the next three years, said the company's CEO Steve Ballmer here on Monday.
The investment initiatives range from raising computer lite…
General Motors Corp. (GM) announced Monday that it would cut 1,600 white-collar workers this week as a step to cut costs that could help the automaker qualify for more government aid.
GM North American President Troy Clarke announ…
Cambodia expects to regain its status of major rice exporter in the region beside the Mekong River in 2010, on basis of more and more surplus production, national media said on Tuesday.
The kingdom has managed to sell rice to Germa…
Brazil's gross domestic product (GDP) will contract 0.49 percent in 2009, said a market survey released by the country's Central Bank on Monday.
This is the seventh consecutive fall in the projections for this year's GDP growth. In…
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