The value of outbound shipments from Japan declined 4.2 per cent year on year to 6.1 trillion yen (59 billion dollars) in November, the government said on Wednesday, as the COVID-19 pandemic decreased demand in many parts of the world. The reading represented the 24th straight month of fall, according to a preliminary report issued … The post Japan’s

Australia will take China to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to challenge tariffs placed on the country’s barley exports earlier this year, trade minister Simon Birmingham announced on Wednesday. “This is the logical and appropriate next step for Australia to take,” Birmingham told reporters in Canberra. In May, China announced it was imposing anti-dumping and … The post Australia

Ghana’s economy contracted by 1.1 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter (July to September) of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic. In the same period of 2019, the growth was 5.6 per cent. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate without oil and gas (Non-Oil GDP) for third … The post Ghana economy contracts 1.1% in third

The Assembly Press in Accra has gazetted the 2020 presidential election results declared by Mrs Jean Mensa, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), who is also the Returning Officer of the presidential election. This gives legal backing to the results as declared by the EC Chairperson and paves way for any person or group … The post 2020 presidential election

The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has urged the Electoral Commission (EC) to hold a public event to properly address computational errors in the presidential results it declared. It described as unfortunate the EC’s press release where it said: “The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission inadvertently used 13,433,573 as the total valid votes cast. … The post EC

The 25 alleged secessionists, standing trial at an Accra Circuit Court, have been admitted to bail. The accused were granted bail in the sum of GH¢100,000 each with two sureties. The Court, presided over by Mr Emmanuel Essandoh, ordered that the sureties be public servants earning not less than GH¢4,000. The accused were also ordered … The post Twenty-five alleged

The case of Anderson Ofosuhene, the administrator of Empressleak, who is being held over publication of pornography, has been adjourned to February 24, 2021, by an Accra Circuit Court. Ofosuhene’s case was adjourned after he appeared before a different Circuit Court Judge on Tuesday.   The substantive Judge is said to be on leave. In … The post Court

A Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has called for investigations into incidence of electoral violence recorded during and after the December 7 polls. The CSOs Coalition, in a statement issued on Tuesday and copied to the Ghana News Agency, condemned the acts of violence and recommended that security services immediately launched investigations into all … The post Coalition

Construction of the China-aided future Headquarters of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) commenced in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa on Monday as part of the ever-growing Sino-Africa cooperation in the public health sector. The landmark project, covering an area of 90,000 square meters and with a total construction area of … The post Construction

Cote d’Ivoire’s President Alassane Ouattara officially inaugurated on Monday his third term as head of Cote d’Ivoire at the presidential palace in Abidjan. This is the first time that an elected president has been sworn in on the Constitution in Cote d’Ivoire. The oath-taking hearing was conducted by the President of the Constitutional Council, Mamadou … The post Alassane

Chinese and Ugandan engineers are putting the final touches on the Karuma Hydropower Plant, Uganda’s flagship project that promotes clean energy and limits its carbon footprint on the Nile River. Kenneth Kiyingi, a Civil Engineer at the 600MW power plant in the northern part of the country, told Xinhua in a recent interview that the … The post Uganda

The Sunyani Technical University (STU) at the weekend held its 13th congregation and awarded Bachelor of Technology degrees to 389 graduates. They successfully underwent four-year programmes in Engineering, Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET), Applied Science and Technology, Applied Arts as well as Business and Management disciplines. The graduates comprised 226 males and 163 females, with 65 of … The post Sunyani