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‘World Bank hasn’t dumped $125m in my office’ – Sanitation Minister.

The Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Freda Prempeh, has dismissed reports that her outfit has received an amount of $125 million from the World Bank to support a five-year initiative to train environmental inspectors to prosecute sanitation offenders. According...

Ghana makes progress with debt situation – World Bank.

Ghana has made progress with its debt burden, says, Mr Ajay Banga, President, World Bank Group (WBG). “Zambia got out of the debt situation after a long process but we’ve seen progress with Ghana and other countries,” Mr Banga said. Mr...

The World Bank Accepts to Help Ghana Avoid a Power Crisis

The World Bank Group has pledged to support Ghana to prevent a dire energy crisis that could hamstring the economy. Anna Bjerde, the World Bank Group’s managing director for Operations, made this pledge at a press briefing held Friday in...

World Bank’s Managing Director for Operations visits Ghana

Ms Anna Bjerde, the World Bank’s Managing Director for Operations will pay a three-day working visit to Ghana from July 12 to 15 to deliberate on ways to support the country’s economic recovery efforts.  Ms Bjerde would meet with Ghanaian...

Russia is considering opposing the US nomination for World Bank president

Russia is consulting with its allies about challenging the United States’s nominee to head the World Bank, Moscow’s top representative at the bank has said, a move that could complicate what was expected to be a smooth succession process. Russia...

World Bank worried about sub-Saharan migrants in Tunisia

The World Bank has decided to suspend "until further notice" its partnership framework with Tunisia, deeming "completely unacceptable" the remarks of Tunisian President Kais Saïed who, denouncing the "hordes of illegal migrants" at the end of February, stirred up...

World Bank supports 35 secondary cities

The World Bank has approved an additional US $145 million in International Development Association (IDA) credit for the Ghana Secondary Cities Support Program. This builds on an existing program of support to secondary cities agreed in 2018 and enables...

World Bank announces $170bn fund to address global financial challenges

The World Bank Group has announced that over the coming weeks it will be discussing with its Governors and Board of Executive Directors a 15-month crisis response financing package of around $170 billion to help countries address multiple overlapping...
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“Ghanaians make up a notable portion of US visa overstayers.”

Ghana has emerged as one of the African countries with high visa overstay rates in the United States, according...
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