HARARE, Feb. 21 (Xinhua/GNA) - Zimbabwe has established a foreign exchange inter-bank market to formalize trading of foreign exchange and bring stability in the forex market.Presenting the long-awaited 2019 monetary policy statement, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya on Wednesday said the trading of Zimbabwe's Real Time
LAGOS, Feb. 21 (Xinhua/GNA) - Nigerian Army has said it would deal decisively with anyone planning to disrupt the rescheduled presidential and national assembly elections, no matter how highly placed.Aminu Iliyasu, spokesperson for the army in southern oil-rich state of Rivers, gave the warning in a statement sent to Xinhua in Lagos,
ABUJA, Feb. 21 (Xinhua/GNA) -- Nigeria on Wednesday warned against foreign interference that could fuel crisis in the most populous African country, saying the forthcoming poll would be fair and credible.Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama, who made the government position known in Abuja, Nigeria's capital, urged the interna
ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 21 (Xinhua/GNA) - Collaboration among key stakeholders in the climate information services value chain is crucial for Africa to achieve its development agenda, African experts said on Wednesday.African experts, who have gathered under the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) umbrella, have stressed that Africa ne
MOGADISHU, Feb. 21 (Xinhua/GNA) - Somali Deputy Attorney General was shot dead by two armed men while driving a car in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, officials said late Wednesday.Hassan Gelle, a police officer told reporters that two armed men with pistols shot Mohamed Mursal, a deputy attorney general in Sigale village in Mogadishu's
NAIROBI, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) - The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) late Wednesday donated assorted wildlife crime scene forensic kits to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) to boost protection of endangered species.Philip Muruthi, the president of AWF donated scene of crime kits, forensic bags and hand books to strengthen Kenya's anti-po
By Christopher Arko, GNA Accra, Feb. 21, GNA - Mr Yaw Buabeng Asamoah, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Director of Communication, has commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for being bold and decisive in his effort to stamp out political vigilantism in the country.
UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 21 (Xinhua/GNA) - The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported 537 deaths among the 844 cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since last August, a UN spokesman said on Wednesday.Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said OCHA r
GENEVA, Feb. 21 (Xinhua/GNA) - About 100 million people worldwide are pushed into extreme poverty each year by health spending, despite government coverage of an average of 51 percent, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.In its latest report, the WHO reveals that health spending is growing faster worldwide than the
ARUSHA, Tanzania, Feb. 21 (Xinhua/GNA) - Tanzanian government on Wednesday expressed determination to achieve its target of connecting all villages to the national grid by 2021.Medard Kalemani, the east African nation's Energy Minister, made the statement during his official tour in north-western Tanzania's district of Geita.
By Joyce Danso, GNAAccra Feb. 21, GNA - A Police Officer has told an Accra High Court hearing the National Communication Authority (NCA) four-million-dollar case of how William Tevie, former boss of the Commission wrote a letter to Ecobank to keep the transaction on the cybersecurity equipment confi
By Desmond O. Nyarko, GNAAccra, Feb.21, GNA – The President Akufo Addo on Thursday, declared that the amount of money, time and emotional stress expended to resolve the Dagbon conflict, has yield positive results in making Ghana a prosperous country.
By Emmanuel Asante Attakora, GNAAccra, Feb. 21, GNA - Black Stars forward Emmanuel Boateng, has moved to Chinese club, Dalian Yifang on a four year deal.The move, is to grant his more playing time ahe
By Emmanuel Asante Attakora, GNAAccra, Feb.21 GNA - Madam Yvette Brown, Director at Seven Great Princess Academy School, has said they are waiting for the completion of the renovation works at the Kaneshie Sports Complex, which has compelled them to defer their sporting activities for the year.
By Godwill Arthur-Mensah, GNAAccra, Feb. 21, GNA - Professor John Gatsi, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Cape Coast, Thursday, said asking the two major political parties to resolve political vigilantism in the country is a narrow approach.
By Stephen O. Appiah, GNAAccra, Feb. 21, GNA – President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said government has fulfilled its promise to the military personnel by increasing the United Nations Peacekeeping Troops contribution allowances.
By Iddi Yire, GNAAccra, Feb 21, GNA – President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says he will, happily, assent to the Right To Information (RTI) Bill as soon as it is brought to his table. “I am
Accra, Feb 21, GNA - The Ghana Police Service has prepared to enforce the compliance of preventive measures to maximise security before, during and after the flagbearer election of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) slated for Saturday, February 23, 2019.A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency and signed by the Assistan
By Gifty Amofa, GNAAccra, Feb. 21, GNA – Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the President has stated that the ban on illegal mining, popularly known as “Galemsey” was still in force.He, however, said
By Lydia Kukua Asamoah, GNAAccra, Feb 21, GNA - Ghana will in September 2019, roll out a new standards-based curriculum from kindergarten to Class six in primary schools intended to make Ghanaian school children well-rounded and creative thinkers, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo–Addo has said.
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