The 16th Chinese Bridge Competition for Foreign College Students took place at Stellenbosch University near Cape Town on Saturday, giving a boost to enthusiasm of Chinese learning among South African students. Twenty participants from six South African universities took part in the competition, co-hosted by the Confucius Institute Headquarters and the Confucius Institute at Stellenbosch […]

The 16th edition of Chinese proficiency competition for foreign college students was held on Saturday in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. The annual competition dubbed Chinese Bridge is held every year with participating students from different universities of the East African country. Outstanding performers would participate in the international competition held in China. Organized by the […]

The Burundian opposition living in exile has said the facilitation’s suggestion of concluding inter-Burundi talks meant to settle the country’s 2015 crisis by June is impossible, the opposition leader told Radio Isanganiro on Friday. “The facilitation timetable is unrealistic. Until this time, the East African Community-led facilitation has so far organized at least four sessions […]

The Ghana police Service has instituted measures to stop instant justice or mob action in the country, the Inspector General of Police David Asante-Apeatu announced on Friday. The measures include stern enforcement of the law, liaising with other relevant institutions to embark on massive public education, strengthening criminal investigations, and taking community policing to a […]

A team of Chinese medical doctors working in South Sudan on Thursday marked the International Children’s Day by donating assorted items and offering free medical service to children at the state-owned Juba Orphanage. The 15-member team distributed food items, scholastic materials and sports gear to all 48 children living at the orphanage. Angelo Kenyi, Director […]

Burundian peacekeepers serving in the African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) are to receive their salary arrears as the European Union (EU) has peacekeepers’ salary arrears for six months, the Burundian army spokesman said Wednesday. “Our peacekeepers in Somalia had spent over one year without getting their salaries. But we got them on Saturday last week. […]

The federal government has decided to close its embassy in Sri Lanka, Per Second News exclusively gathered Monday. The Federal Government recently announced its intention to shutdown five foreign missions and embassies, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama. Mr. Onyeama, did not name the affected embassies or missions, but Per Second News gathered […]

The untimely death of Captain Maxwell Mahama of the Ghana Army, through mob action, is a sad event that will linger on our minds for a long time to come. The memory of Denkyira Obuase in the Central Region where the heinous crime was committed would not go away soon. While worrying   over the negative […]

The acting Ashanti Regional Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Mr. Arthur Wilson, has rallied Ghanaians to be patriotic and accept to live up to their civic responsibilities. They should put the national interest ahead of personal convenience or any other consideration. He was addressing separate meetings with the security agencies in […]

A total of 1,887 candidates from 72 schools are writing the on-going Basic Education Examination (BECE) in the Sunyani west district. The candidates are made up of 991 boys and 886 girls from both public and private schools. Mrs Veronica A. Adu-Saforo, the District Director of Education, made this known when she and Mr Martin […]

The chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat arrived in Niamey, Niger, on June 3 2017 as he embarked on five-nation tour in the Sahel Saharan region until 10 June 2017 to reaffirm the African Union’s commitment and solidarity with the region in its fight against terrorism and criminal networks in order […]

The Akrofuom Teachers’ Co-Operative Credit Union continues to show strong performance, posting a net surplus of GH?151,848.02, last year. This represented an increase of GH?32,761.64 over the previous year’s figure of GH?119,086.38. Mr. Jonathan Kwaku Acquaye, the Chairman of the Union, who announced this said its total assets hit GH?2,842,968.40 from the 2015 total of […]

On June 5, 2017, we celebrate the World Environment Day. The environment is essential in every aspect of life. The air, water, soil, food we need for survival, all depend on the environment. On this occasion, the Delegation of the European Union to Sudan announced € 8.5 million for projects addressing climate change in Sudan. […]

The first university satellite of Mongolia which is named after the Mongolian endangered Gobi bear — Mazaalai — was sent off into space in the United States on Sunday. The launch took place at 5:50 am Ulan Bator time on Sunday ((2150 GMT Saturday) from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United States. The Mongolian […]

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said Friday that it was shocked to hear about the reported deaths of 44 migrants and refugees in the Sahara Desert this week, mostly from Nigeria and Ghana. Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said at the daily briefing that survivor accounts suggest a group of 50 […]

Mrs Victoria Ametefe,  the Sekondi -Takoradi Metropolitan Coordinator of Examination has cautioned candidates writing this year’s BECE not to use the rains as an excuse and report late to examination centres . “Regardless of the rains, the examination will not be postponed or unduly delayed…report and sit down by 0830 hours every morning”. she stressed. […]

The value of Ghana’s total gold output in 2016 rose 55 percent to 5.15 billion U.S. dollars, a report by the Ghana Chamber of Mines released here on Friday stated. Total gold output for the West African country rose 46 percent to a 40-year high of 4.13 million ounces, compared with the 2.84 million ounces […]

Professor Kwesi Yankah, Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, has called on graduands to serve Ghana and humanity at large with integrity and with the fear of God. He noted that faith-based training and discipline had been broadly considered as a way of changing the value system of societies; whereas, it also considered […]

The author of ”A Call For a Ministry of Ghanaians in Foreign Lands with Two Subsidiary Parliamentary Seats From Each Continent” Mr. Osei Mensah Michael who is also the Founder of OGHA, Organisation of Ghanaians Abroad,and GHACIF, Ghanaian Community in France Council, last 22/05/2017 paid a working visit to the office of Mr. Akwasi Awua […]

Government of Ghana raised successfully 705.15 million Ghana cedis or 163.60 million US Dollars (4.31 Ghana cedis = 1 US Dollar) in a three year domestic bond, transaction advisors said here late Thursday. The Three-Year GhanaCedi Denominated Treasury Bond numbered GOG-BD-01/06/20-A4476-1540 which was issued here on Thursday is part of government efforts to extend the […]