Brazil backs Ghana’s UN resolution on transatlantic slave trade

Els: MBN360 News Brazil has thrown its weight behind Ghana’s campaign at the United Nations to have the transatlantic slave trade declared the gravest crime against humanity. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, announced on his Facebook page that Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had formally expressed support for President John Dramani Mahama’s […]

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Minority Rejects Revised Lithium Lease Agreement over Lack of ‘Value Addition Clause’

Els: MBN360 News inority Caucus in Parliament has rejected the newly presented 12-page lithium lease agreement between Government of Ghana and Barari DV Ghana Limited over what they described as lack of value addition clause. The caucus through Hon. Samuel Abu Jinapor, the former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources  argued that the document fails to protect […]

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Ghana to engage Burkina Faso over tomato export ban

Els: MBN360 News The Government of Ghana has announced plans to engage authorities in Burkina Faso following that country’s decision to suspend the export of fresh tomatoes, a move expected to impact supply on the Ghanaian market. In a statement issued on Friday, March 20, the Ministry of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry said the engagement […]

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Ewoyaa Lithium Lease Agreement Report Laid Before Parliament

Els: MBN360 News Hon. Collins Dauda, Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Lands and Natural Resources, has officially presented the committee’s report on the Mining Lease Agreement between the Government of Ghana and Barari-DV Ghana Limited. The report covers the proposed extraction of lithium and other associated minerals at Mankessim, situated within the Mfantseman […]

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