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Business booms as Togo reopens border with Ghana

Brisk business along border communities in Ghana’s Volta, Oti, Northern, North east and Upper East regions are expected to bounce back following the decision by the Togolese government to reopen their side of the –Ghana –Togo border. Ghana and Togo…

Nigeria to increase investments in aviation safety, security

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed Nigeria's committment to further invest in the provision of infrastructure and facilities for safe, secure, environmentally friendly and sustainable civil aviation. The President said this when he received the Secretary General of International Civil Aviation…

Guinea junta bans political protests

The military junta ruling Guinea has banned political protests after announcing a three-year transition period before civilian rule is restored. Opposition political and civil-society groups in the world’s top exporter of bauxite rejected the timeline, saying that it was adopted…

Mali withdraws from G5 Sahel

Mali said Sunday it was withdrawing from a West African force fighting extremists. According to a statement, the withdrawal is to protest its being rejected as head of the G5 regional group, which also includes Mauritania, Chad, Burkina and Niger.…

Ghana hosts 13th WTPO conference tomorrow

Over 57 countries will converge in Ghana on Tuesday, for the 13th World Trade Promotion Organization conference led by the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) and the International Trade Center (ITU). Heads and senior representatives of Trade Promotion Organisations from…