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BY ANIN AGYEI- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Accra- GHANA CASE involving the commercial release of the first batch of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in three crops in Ghana, is scheduled for hearing at the Accra Human Rights Court on Thursday, January 30, 2020. Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG) and three others are sued the government of Ghana represented by the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, the National Biosafety Authority and the Attorney-General’s Department. It would be recalled that attempts to throw out this case in which one of the defendants sought to challenge a High Court ruling on the court’s jurisdiction to hear a petition brought before it, was rejected by the Supreme Court in a ruling which upheld the fact...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- RWANDA, President of the African Export Import (Afreximbank) – Benedict Oramah, has pronounced $500 million in support to the production and trade of African cultural and creative products over the next two years. President Oramah intimated his audience at the Creative Africa Exchange Weekend (CAX WKND) that was held in Kigali that the funds, would be directly directed to build on what the bank has been already doing. And would be obtainable lines of credit to banks, direct financing to operators and as guarantees. He stated that, the creative economy was additionally recognized as an important sector and meaningful contributor to Africa’s Gross Domestic Product(GDP) and that the cultural and creative...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- ZIMBABWE has surrendered six new projects for serious consideration by China to improve on economic cooperation between the two countries. The projects were given through a ministerial team chaired by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister – Dr. Sibusiso Moyo which was authorized by President Mnangagwa to find ways of focusing the country’s economic cooperation with China.The committee also worked with Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and the Chinese Embassy. Speaking at a dinner hosted in honour of Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Mr Wang Yi, Acting President Chiwenga said it was his hope that, these projects would receive Chinese aid to accelerate the two countries’ economic cooperation...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- MOROCCO, Rwandan embassy was officially opened in Rabat, Morocco, last Wednesday. The ceremony was prettified by Ambassador Oliver Nduhungirehe – Minister of State in charge of the East African Community and Nasser Bourita – Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan people residing overseas. This is a landmark that tailors with sequences of serious meeting of the minds approved between the two countries. Twenty-three inclusive in the presence of the two heads of state on the occasion of the visit of the King of Morocco in October 2016 to Rwanda. The covenants catch several sectors including Agric-industry, pharmaceutical industry and economy. “The opening of the Embassy of...