Month: October 2010

Germany has announced that it will give Uganda a $207-million grant to help develop its renewable energy sector, expand regulation for its financial sector, and increase accountability, according to a statement released by the Ministry […]

ENVIRONMENT: An early warning system for droughts Aid agencies will soon be able to learn about the onset of a drought two to three weeks after it starts, giving them a heads-up to plan relief, a […]

CLIMATE CHANGE: Adaptation Fund starts delivering In what is being hailed as a breakthrough for a “collective effort” by developed and developing countries, the Adaptation Fund set up by the UN to help poor countries […]

The recent arrest in Europe of a senior Rwandan militia leader is a welcome step in the fight against impunity in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) but real progress in the protection of civilians […]

Mandarins in Information Technology and Security Brainstorm in the German Capital Under the patronage of the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, the first conference on IT and security began in Berlin today. High-ranking […]

Heute wird die Konferenz “IT und Sicherheit – 1. Deutsch-Afrikanisches Wirtschaftsforum” des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Technologie (BMWi) gemeinsam mit der deutschen Wirtschaft durch den Staatssekretär im Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie, Dr. Bernd Pfaffenbach, […]

Dr. Oscar Deborah, Head of Eye Care Unit at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, on Thursday said that cataract was the leading cause of blindness, recording 50 per cent of the disease among Ghanaians. She announced […]

This year`s German-Africa Prize has been awarded to Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, secretary general of the African Caribbean and Pacific Group of nations . An impressive ceremony attended by parliamentarians, business executives, diplomats and German […]