Ghana

Ghana's government and international bondholders are pushing forward with formal debt talks after advisors to both sides signed non-disclosure agreements, ...

US Vice President Kamala Harris has met with Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo in the first stage of an Africa trip, announcing a bilateral aid package and ...

"China is one of the many countries with whom Ghana is engaged," Akufo-Addo said, dismissing concerns over China's investments. Akufo-Addo said the bill was still under discussion in parliament and had been reviewed by the attorney general, and "substantial elements of the bill had already been modified". Harris said the Biden administration would invest $100 million as part of a plan to help Ghana, Benin, Togo and Ivory Coast in stabilisation, governance and countering the threat of jihadism. Ghana is one of the Gulf of Guinea nations, along with Ivory Coast and neighbours Benin and Togo, suffering from the fallout from jihadist violence over their northern borders in Burkina Faso. "This trip is motivated by the importance of the direct relationship between the United States and Ghana, and as I travel the continent, those countries as well," Harris told reporters. US Vice President Kamala Harris has met with Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo in the first stage of an Africa trip, announcing a bilateral aid package and $100 million to shore up security in coastal West Africa.

Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday pledged more than $100 million in U.S. assistance to Ghana and stressed that U.S. interests in African nations extend ...

"The president and I had a conversation on this very topic, but the conversation was not about China as much as it is about the enduring and important direct relationship that the United States has with Ghana and with African nations," she said. "I will tell you that we are very clear -- and I will speak for myself and on behalf of the Biden-Harris administration -- that the relationship between the United States and this continent and African leaders is an important one. "Last week, President Joe Biden announced a strategic plan for coastal West Africa as part of the United States Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability. Harris is the fifth top U.S. Harris said Monday that the U.S. assistance to Ghana and stressed that U.S.

US vice president, Kamala Harris is currently on Ghana where she announced a donation of $100 million to five West African nation to battle.

“I have no doubt that the parliament of Ghana will show as it has done in the past … Parliament held public hearings on the bill starting in 2021. Ghana’s draft bill would make it a crime to be gay, bisexual or transgender.

Kamala Harris met with Akufo-Addo, arriving with a $139 million package of bilateral security, economic and development assistance.

In addition, substantial elements of the bill had already been modified. The relationship between America and Ghana is a relationship which has its own dynamic," Akufo-Addo said, dismissing concerns over China's investments. Asked about a bill currently in Ghana's parliament that critics say will severely restrict LGBTQ rights, Harris said she had addressed the issue with Akufo-Addo and said the US considered it a matter of human rights. Ghana is one of the Gulf of Guinea nations, along with Ivory Coast and neighbours Benin and Togo, suffering from the fallout from militia violence over their northern borders in Burkina Faso. "This trip is motivated by the importance of the direct relationship between the US and Ghana," Harris told reporters. The trip to Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia until April 2 follows a December summit hosted by President Joe Biden in Washington with leaders from Africa, where the US hopes to balance the rising influence of China and Russia.

The visiting Vice-President of the United States (US), Kamala Harris, has given an assurance that her country supports Ghana's engagement with...

“Mr President, under your leadership, Ghana has been a beacon of democracy and contributor to global peace and security. We support Ghana's engagement with the IMF and will continue to push for all bilateral creditors to provide meaningful debt reduction for countries that need it, including Ghana,” Vice-President Harris said. Ms Harris added that hundreds of thousands of Black Americans came to Ghana in 2019 to participate in the Year of the Return and more continued to return every year as a reminder of the history of slavery to honour their lineage and understand their ancestry. Your leadership in particular and personal engagement have strengthened the ties between the Diaspora and the continent of Africa and President Biden is grateful to have you as a partner,” she indicated. “African voices, including that of Ghana, are critical to global peace and security, including the defence of the United Nations Charter and African ingenuity and innovation, which I’m certain will shape the future of the world,” she added. Ms Harris also announced a $100-million support for Ghana, Benin, Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire and Togo to help them address the threats of violent extremism and instability.

Kamala Harris delivered another halting, repetitive speech, this time in Ghana as part of the Biden administration's push to build closer ties with Africa.

"Think about the fact that by 2050, one in four people occupying a place on Mother Earth will be on this continent, and what that means." and a lot of that work is the work that I am here to do on the continent," Harris said during a joint conference with Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo. "I do. [KAMALA HARRIS' LATEST WORD SALAD HONORS 'WOMEN WHO MADE HISTORY THROUGHOUT HISTORY' FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH](https://www.foxnews.com/media/kamala-harris-latest-word-salad-honors-women-made-history-throughout-history-womens-history-month) Think about what that means in terms of potential," she said. China has increased its influence on the continent as part of President Xi Jinping’s

Vice President Harris began a week-long tour of Africa on Monday by announcing the United States plans to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in the ...

Francis Kokoroko/Reuters Nipah Dennis/AFP/Getty Images

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke Tuesday in Ghana from a monument, called Black Star Gate, that commemorates the nation's independence from colonialism.

She spoke of the “intertwined” history of the U.S. Harris spoke of the vast capabilities of the continent's youth, calling them “dreamers and innovators;" Africa’s population has a median age of 19. “The empowerment of women is rooted in the concept of freedom, not just freedom from violence or want, but freedom to create one's own future.” outreach is part of the global competition over Africa's future, with China and Russia each defending their own interests in the continent as well. But Harris has been careful to play down the role of geopolitical rivalries during her travels here. Harris stood in front of Black Stone Gate, the stone monument bearing the words: “Freedom and Justice" and 1957, the year the country became independent. Tracy Sika Brobbey said “it's a special moment" to see the first woman vice president. Harris also planned to deliver remarks there. It's something that Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo said he hopes to see after years of being overlooked. [part of a weeklong trip](https://apnews.com/article/kamala-harris-africa-ghana-tanzania-zambia-china-a1ecb70d87bfecf3b983d15afc498379) that will include visits to Tanzania and Zambia. escalates its outreach](https://apnews.com/article/kamala-harris-africa-ghana-tanzania-zambia-739eefcd5790e60c7f3a09ff1b9fdfa6) to the continent. Thousands of people gathered in Independence Square, many waiting hours for the vice president, waving U.S.

Ghana's military is training to crack down on illegal overfishing in the Gulf of Guinea, much of it by Chinese-owned boats. But China holds great influence ...

Vice President Kamala Harris discussed human rights with Ghana's president Monday during the first day of her week-long visit to Africa as the nation's ...

"We must work together as an international community to ease the debt burden that is facing far too many countries." Harris also thanked Akufo-Addo for his work to "defend and advance democracy in West Africa and to hold anti-democratic governments accountable." "I feel very strongly about the importance of supporting the freedom and supporting the fighting for equality among all people, and that all people be treated equally," she said. When asked about the sincerity of U.S. Charter amid Russia's war on Ukraine, the White House said. to shore up security in Ghana, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea and Togo as China was growing its footprint across the continent.

By Victor Kanayo Chelsea Football Club will be auctioning jerseys worn by players in their game against Everton few days ago. The decision, according to ...

Atsu, the former winger for Chelsea and Newcastle United, was finally laid to rest on Friday, March 17, 2022, in his hometown of Ada. According to a statement from Chelsea, “money raised will also be going to Arms Around the Child, a charity for which Christian was an ambassador, and it will fund the completion of the school they had started building in his native Ghana,” the club announced. The decision, according to Chelsea management, is to raise money to fund the completion of a school that the late Christian Atsu was building in Ghana.

'We are all in' on Africa, Vice President Kamala Harris says on second day of her three-nation Africa visit.

"The president and I had a conversation on this very topic, but the conversation was not about China as much as it is about the enduring and important direct relationship that the United States has with Ghana and with African nations," she said. "I will tell you that we are very clear—and I will speak for myself and on behalf of the Biden-Harris administration—that the relationship between the United States and this continent and African leaders is an important one. “I would also say that this is an issue that we consider and I consider to be a human rights issue, and that will not change.” "Last week, President Joe Biden announced a strategic plan for coastal West Africa as part of the United States Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability. “I am optimistic about the future of the world because of you, the woman who will shatter every glass ceiling.” “We are all in because there are longstanding ties between our people,” Harris said.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris challenged Africans to step up innovation and the empowerment of women in order to play their full part in the future of ...

"Women are entrepreneurs, yet have limited access to capital and markets. politics and elections in recent years. They represent a majority of frontline healthcare workers, but face disparities in health outcomes," she said.

Ghana's government and international bondholders are pushing forward with formal debt talks after advisors to both sides signed non-disclosure agreements ...

Ghana recently said it owed to Chinese creditors $1.9 billion. The report said Ghana, which is struggling with its worst economic crisis in a generation, has already struck a deal to write down its domestic debt and has also requested to rework its bilateral debt under the common framework platform supported by the Group of 20 major economies. "The government and the bondholders are sharing sensitive material through the advisers, like the revenues that could be used to service the debt and the restructuring parameters the creditors are aiming for," said one of the sources, who asked not to be named because talks are private.

Vice President Harris on Tuesday reflected on the horrors of slavery and the need to learn from history in emotional remarks after touring an old slave ...

She met with Ghanaian leaders and community members on Monday and will travel this week to Tanzania and Zambia. “It must be taught. “Being here was immensely powerful and moving,” Harris said as her voice cracked. “The horror of what happened here must always be remembered. “When we think about how human beings were treated by the hundreds of thousands in this very place that we now stand, the crimes that happened here, the blood that was shed here. Vice President Harris on Tuesday reflected on the horrors of slavery and the need to learn from history in emotional remarks after touring an old slave trading post on the coast of Ghana as part of her weeklong visit to Africa.

ACCRA, Ghana. US Vice President Kamala Harris pledged a new era of partnership with Africa during her visit Tuesday to Ghana, expressing her vision for "a ...

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. Her visit is part of a weeklong trip that will also include stops in Tanzania and Zambia as the US escalates its outreach to the continent. US Vice President Kamala Harris pledged a new era of partnership with Africa during her visit Tuesday to Ghana, expressing her vision for "a future that is propelled by African innovation.”

The vice president visited a castle that was one of the last stops before enslaved people were transported across the Atlantic. "The horror of what happened ...

"We must then be guided by what we know also to be the history of those who survived," she said. She noted that the descendants of enslaved people went on to fight for civil rights in the United States and all over the world. "All of us, regardless of your background, have benefited from their struggle and their fight for freedom and for justice." It cannot be denied. It must be taught. Vice President Harris wiped away tears as she toured the dungeons of Ghana's Cape Coast slave castle on Tuesday, and said the experience underscored that the history of enslaved people must be taught and remembered.

'What happens on this continent impacts the entire world,' US Vice President says.

"It cannot be denied, it must be taught, history must be learned, and we must then be guided by what we know also to be the history of those who survived on the Americas." "We must invest in the African ingenuity and creativity, which will unlock incredible economic growth and opportunities, not only for the people of the 54 countries that make up this diverse continent, but for the American people and people around the world," she said. In a speech in front of Black Star Gate, a monument built on the site where Ghana declared independence from Britain in 1957, she said that by the middle of the century, one in four people in the world will be African.