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Global demand for transportation fuel will remain below trailing five-year average levels beyond 2021, barring a speedier resolution to both the COVID-19 pandemic and trade tensions among the largest oil consuming nations, international rating agency Moody’s has said. “Mitigating these risks effectively would accelerate the oil market’s recovery,” it added. It said the pandemic will have a lasting impact on ...

On August 17th 2020, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Ghana handed over the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat building to the African Union (AU) Commission. Once in motion, the core mandate of the secretariat will be to implement the African Continental Free Trade Agreement which has been described by the World Economic Forum as the largest trade bloc by number of ...

Under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) in collaboration with the Kwahu Traditional Authority and the Kwahu Professionals Network (KPN) is scheduled to commission the upgraded Odweanoma Paragliding Site on Monday, September 21, a statement by the GTA has said. According to the statement, the Paragliding Festival, which is one of ...

The Bolga-Bawku highway is expected to be partially opened to traffic from Thursday, September 17 after the Brazilian construction firm Queiroz Galvao said it is partially done with the reconstruction of the road. The 116 kilometer Bolga–Bawku–Pulmakom was cut off, following the flooding and torrential rains in the area. Work began on Tuesday, September 15 with the contractors clearing and ...

The University of Ghana branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UG-UTAG) is calling for the withdrawal of the Public University Bill (PUB). The Association a press statement on Wednesday, September 16, 2020, said the Public University Bill will create more problems than solving them if passed into law. “The PUB is unconstitutional, unnecessary and deeply harmful to the ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) will from today, September 18 to 25, exhibit the provisional voters register at all 33,367 centres, Mrs Jean Mensa, Chairperson of the EC, said on Thursday. The centres will be open from 0700hours to 1800hours each day to enable the voters to verify their details including the correct spelling of their names, age, sex and voting centres. Mrs ...

The World Bank on Thursday approved a $130 million grant to Uganda for road infrastructure in the West Nile sub-region. The region hosts the bulk of South Sudanese and Congolese refugees. In a statement on September 10, the World Bank said that its Board of Directors had approved the grant, to be financed through the International Development Association’s 18th window ...

Ghana is preparing to roll out auto photo maps to serve as a basis for the digitization of the lands in the country. The country’s capital, Accra has already been scanned and is undergoing digitization. According to the Lands Commission, the land digitization forms part of efforts to address the challenges associated with acquiring and owning land in Ghana. Over ...

Ghana’s former President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings, has urged the new leadership in Mali to use the transition period to exhibit exceptional leadership for the country and usher her into a prosperous era. The former President made the call when a four-man delegation of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP) led by its Chairman, Colonel Assimi ...

Over 750 residents from nine communities in the North Gonja District of the Savannah Region have been displaced as a result of the spillage of the Bagre Dam. Some of the victims have been moved to the Wasipe Senior High School while others are seeking shelter with family members. Since the spillage of the Bagre Dam in August this year, ...