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BY ANIN AGYEI- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Accra, Ghana- ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES, one of the leading airlines in Africa has announced its expansion routs to the United States of America and Asia this year. The Country Manager of the Airlines, Ms. Genet W. Michael says the airline is working hard to get partnership with many different airlines to increase its reach. Ms. Michael said the expansion will see Ethiopian Airlines take passengers to Chennai, India and Houston Texas in the United States in line with its strategic plan. “We have been signing a lot of commercial agreements and co-share agreements with various airlines around the world, hence the opening of new routes,” she said. Ms. Michael was speaking at an award and dinner event to reward the company’s top selling agents, media...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- LIBERIA, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Country Representative – Njie accepts the MOU from Kaspers – EU Head for Cooperation for Implementation. The European Union (EU) Delegation to Liberia has gave two million Euro to rejuvenate extension services and research for smallholder farmers throughout Liberia as a way to guarantee sustainable agriculture and food and nutrition security. This was disclosed, when the Government of Liberia via the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) approved a Memorandum of Understanding on January 14th 2020, at the Ministerial Complex in Congo Town, Monrovia. This project has clocked three has the...

BY ANIN AGYEI- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Accra, GHANA- COCOA FARMERS across the country have been advised to trade with the Produce Buying Company (PBC), the leading cocoa buying company in the country to enjoy the services of a new pension scheme instituted by the government of Ghana. According to the Human Resource Manager in charge of the Central Region’s PBC, Ms. Andrea Franz, the only means to sustain the Company was for the farmers to continually patronize its services. Ms. Franz made the call in the Central Region during her New Year message to cocoa farmers across the country.. She said the PBC, with almost 80% shares by government, had put in place comprehensive mechanisms that would cater well for the welfare of cocoa farmers. Ms. Franz stated that the farmers could enjoy the...

BY ANIN AGYEI- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Accra, GHANA- CONSUMER Price Index (CPI), which measures the change over time in the general price level of goods and services that households acquire for the purposes of consumption, in the month of December 2019 went down to 7.9%. Briefing the press in Accra, Government Statistician of the Ghana Statistical Service, Professor Samuel K Annim, said the year-on-year inflation rate as measured by CPI dropped to 0.3 percentage point from the 8.2% recorded in November 2019. For the food and non-alcoholic beverages group, the Statistician pointed out that the year -on -year inflation rate recorded 7.2%, which is 1.2 percentage points lower than the 8.4% recorded in November 2019. “Between November 2019 and December 2019 the price level of Food and...