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Ghana receives $3.6m donation from UK, US to aid 70,000 drought-affected people
Add a CommentThe United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has announced a $3.6 million (over GH?58.3 million) contribution from the United States and the United Kingdom to provide emergency food and nutrition assistance to 70,000 people impacted by drought in northern Ghana. … Read more →
4 Ghanaians convicted for smuggling £4.5m cannabis to UK
Add a CommentA UK court has found four Ghanaians guilty of smuggling £4.5 million worth of cannabis into the country. The drugs were hidden in sacks of gari powder and shipped from Ghana to south Essex. The National Crime Agency (NCA) and … Read more →
UK returns Ghana’s looted royal artefacts in loan deal
Add a CommentThe United Kingdom has returned 32 royal artefacts looted from Ghana’s Asante Kingdom in the 19th Century. The royal objects were taken from the Palace in Kumasi during the Anglo-Asante Wars, including the infamous Sagrenti War of 1874. They were … Read more →
UK angry at Ghana over passage of LGBTQ+ bill
Add a CommentThe Minister of State of the United Kingdom for Development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell has expressed disappointment at Ghana’s passage of the LGBTQ+ Bill. The reaction follows Ghana’s Parliament’s passing of the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values … Read more →
Sekondi-Takoradi Christmas City Project intensifies promotion in UK
Add a CommentThe Cape Coast Restaurant in Manchester has become the first reference point for the promotion of the Sekondi Takoradi Christmas City project in the United Kingdom. Management of the esteemed African and Caribbean restaurant has also agreed to host discussions … Read more →
‘UK stands with you’ – Prime Minister to Israel
Add a CommentBritish Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday Britain was standing with Israel “unequivocally” following the attacks by Hamas and that London was working to ensure the world speaks in one voice. Israel bombarded Gaza … Read more →
UK hits back at World Bank criticism over aid cuts
Add a CommentDevelopment minister Andrew Mitchell has hit back at criticism over aid cuts for the world’s poorest, saying the UK was still a “very dominant force”. Mr Mitchell said that the UK was the third-biggest donor to the World Bank’s fund … Read more →
IMF defends gloomy UK forecast after government criticism
Add a CommentThe International Monetary Fund has rejected government suggestions that its latest assessment of the UK economy is too gloomy. The influential global group forecasts the UK will have the highest inflation and slowest growth next year of any G7 economy, … Read more →
Asantehene leaves for UK to deliver keynote address at SAASUM
Add a CommentThe King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, left Ghana last week for the United Kingdom to grace the upcoming St Andrews Africa Summit (SAASUM). The Summit, hosted by St. Andrew’s University in Scotland, saw the Monarch delivering … Read more →
UK, France and Germany to keep nuclear sanctions on Iran
Add a CommentThe UK, France and Germany are to retain sanctions on Iran in an attempt to deter Tehran from selling drones and missiles to Russia. In 2015 Iran agreed to a nuclear deal and, under the terms, some sanctions were due … Read more →
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