Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) grains futures close higher Wednesday with soybean futures jumping to a two-week high while corn and wheat prices also rising on support from investment fund buying and position squaring ahead of a government crop report due on Thursday. The most active corn contract for March delivery rose 2.25 cents, or […]
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday that greater data transparency could help increase the resiliency of the economy. “Greater data transparency — promoted through the IMF data standard initiatives-leads to a 15 percent reduction in the spreads on emerging market sovereign bonds,” Lagarde revealed the result of a new IMF policy paper […]
The coalition of Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) zone Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has reminded the government to reaffirm its commitment to the SADA master plan. Mr Bismark Adongo Ayorogo, the Executive Secretary, in a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra, said the civil society had developed a Comprehensive Development Blue-Print called […]
Tigo Ghana has launched new exciting combo bundle packages with free YouTube every day exclusively to delight and give value for money to existing and new prepaid subscribers. The bundles also come with internet data, talk time and SMS. Dubbed the Tigo Bingi Bundle, the combo bundle is aimed to create big moments for customers […]
Sanford International Clinic-Ghana, a US-based Clinic has signed a Memoranda of Understanding with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to offer scholarships to health practitioners in the country. The scholarship scheme is to build the capacity of health assistants in midwifery to improve access in health care delivery especially in the rural communities. Sanford International Clinic-Ghana […]
The Burundian government will attend the next round of talks due on Feb. 16-18 in Arusha, Tanzania, in the context of the inter-Burundian dialogue, the Burundian president’s office said Wednesday. “Burundian citizens from political parties or the civil society, media or religious groups will continue to sit together in an inclusive way to address issues […]
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday railed against department store chain Nordstrom over its decision to stop selling his daughter Ivanka Trump’s clothing and accessory line. The retailer said last week that it won’t purchase products from the Ivanka Trump line this fall, based on the brand’s performance. “My daughter Ivanka has been treated so […]
The United Nations and humanitarian partners on Wednesday launched an international appeal for 2.1 billion U.S. dollars to provide life-saving assistance to 12 million people in Yemen in 2017. Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said at the daily news briefing here that “this is the largest consolidated humanitarian appeal for Yemen ever […]
A Tanzanian cabinet minister said Wednesday four countries sharing Lake Tanganyika Basin will next week discuss a joint exploration of oil and gas in the world’s second deepest lake. Sospeter Muhongo, the East African nation’s Minister for Energy and Minerals, told Parliament in the political capital Dodoma that the meeting will be held in the […]
A Tanzanian senior official on Wednesday released a new list of suspected drug traffickers that included politicians and business tycoons. Paul Makonda, Dar es Salaam Regional Commissioner, told a news conference that some of the suspects owned five star hotels, shopping malls, and were former and current Members of Parliament. Makonda ordered the suspects in […]
French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday called for calm after violence spread in northern suburbs of the city amid allegations that policemen had beaten and raped a young man they detained. As quoted by government spokesperson Stephane Le Foll, Hollande said that “in the face of police violence, there are sanctions,” affirming that “justice is […]
Former Tanzanian President Benjamin William Mkapa, as facilitator of the Inter-Burundi Dialogue, announced the formal dialogue would commence next week after completion of consultative talks. According to a statement issued on Wednesday, the session is scheduled for February 16-18 in the Tanzania’s northern safari capital of Arusha. The convening of the session follows rigorous consultations […]
The United Nations (UN) and humanitarian partners launched an international appeal on Wednesday for 2.1 billion U.S. dollars to provide life-saving assistance to 12 million people in Yemen in 2017. This has been the largest consolidated humanitarian appeal for the country ever launched. Stephen O’Brien, UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, said […]
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) condemned an attack on Wednesday in which six of its staff were shot and killed by assailants in the northern Afghan province of Jawzan. “We condemn in the strongest possible terms what appears to be a deliberate attack on our staff. This is a huge tragedy. We’re […]
Scientists in Manchester revealed Wednesday they and their Chinese colleagues had found a new avenue to explore in the search for the causes of neurodegenerative diseases that are becoming big killers in the 21st century. Disabling a part of brain cells that act as a tap to regulate the flow of proteins has been shown […]
The Polish cities of Krakow and Katowice will host a congress of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in June 2018, with an expected 450 delegates from 200 cities attending, the Polish Press Agency reported on Wednesday. The UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) was created in 2004 to promote cooperation among cities that have identified creativity […]
Villages and local councils that owe the Namibia Power Corporation (NamPower) millions of dollars have been spared darkness after the power utility’s board decided not to switch off power. Last week, NamPower threatened to cut off power supply on Feb. 8 to various villages and local councils that owed more than 46 million Namibian dollars […]
Rwanda has serious concerns as Burundian refugees continue to arrive while the country’s largest refugee camp has surpassed its capacity of 50,000 residents. Mahama camp located in Kirehe district, Eastern Province is now sheltering more than 53,000 refugees. It was established to accommodate Burundian refugees who massively fled to Rwanda when political crisis related to […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, discussed Tuesday their shared commitment to combatting terrorism in all its forms, the White House said. In a telephone call between the two leaders, Trump reiterated U.S. support for Turkey as a strategic partner and NATO ally, and welcomed Turkey’s contributions to […]
Wildlife experts on Wednesday called for the expansion of conservancies in Kenya in order to enlarge wildlife habitats. Dickson Ole Kaelo, CEO of Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association (KWCA), told a wildlife forum in Nairobi that the country’s national parks are currently congested with wildlife animals, forcing some of them out of protected areas. “The idea […]
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