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Ghana And EU Sign Agreement To Allow Ghana To Issue Africa’s First Timber Legality Licenses
07 Nov

Ghana And EU Sign Agreement To Allow Ghana To Issue Africa’s First Timber Legality Licenses

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In a historic move, Ghana and the European Union formalized an agreement in Accra on November 6, 2024, positioning Ghana to become the first African country and second globally to issue EU-approved export licenses verifying the legality of its timber products. This milestone follows a Brussels meeting of the Ghana-EU Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance, and Trade (FLEGT) implementation body, which unites Ghanaian forest authorities, the private sector, civil society, and the European Commission to combat illegal timber trade through sustainable practices. In an interview with JoyNews, Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Jinapor, emphasized…
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“Assist ECOWAS With Resources In Terror Fight, Like You Do For Ukraine” – Pres Akufo-Addo To UK, US, & EU
12 Oct

“Assist ECOWAS With Resources In Terror Fight, Like You Do For Ukraine” – Pres Akufo-Addo To UK, US, & EU

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The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has called on leaders of the global community to put into full effect the provisions of Chapters Seven and Eight of the UN Charter and provide proportionate support to Africa’s fight against terrorism and violent extremism. According to President Akufo-Addo, despite the considerable economic difficulties confronting ECOWAS Member States, eleven (11) Member States of the fifteen (15) Member States of ECOWAS, the four (4) military-led States having been suspended, have made clear their willingness to take the fight to the terrorists, if they were sufficiently empowered. “Comparisons, they say, are odious,…
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Ukraine Sues EU Neighbours Over Food Imports Ban
19 Sep

Ukraine Sues EU Neighbours Over Food Imports Ban

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Ukraine has filed lawsuits to the World Trade Organization (WTO) against Slovakia, Poland and Hungary over their bans on food imports from Kyiv. It said such restrictions were a violation of international obligations by Ukraine's EU neighbours. They say the bans are needed to protect their farmers from cheap imports. Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year all but closed the main Black Sea shipping lanes and forced Ukraine to find alternative overland routes. That in turn led to large quantities of grain ending up in central Europe. Farmers in those countries have since held protest rallies, saying that Ukrainian…
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EU Deploys Election Observers To Monitor Ghana’s Polls
31 Oct

EU Deploys Election Observers To Monitor Ghana’s Polls

Jackson Odom KpakpoNews
EU Deploys Election Observers To Monitor Ghana’s Polls The European Union (EU) is set to deploy an EU Election Observation Mission (EOM) to monitor Ghana’s general elections scheduled for December 7, 2020. The members of EOM are expected in Ghana on Saturday, October 31, 2020. Josep Borrell, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, has appointed Mr Javier Nart, Member of the European Parliament, as Chief Observer. High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell said the deployment of the mission confirms the EU’s long-term commitment to supporting peaceful, credible, and transparent elections in…
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