Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the agreement reached by the Gambia and Ghana to end tensions that emerged after the deaths and disappearances of Ghanaian nationals on Gambian territory in 2005.

The Ghana Narcotics Control Board has launched year-long activities to raise people's awareness on the harmful effects of illicit drugs on the economic, social, political and cultural aspects of a country and its security.

Accra, Ghana – The two-day ECOSOC Ministerial Meeting on e-health has ended in Accra with a call on participants “to avoid the creation of a new divide between the developed and developing nations in the attempt to adopt e-health solutions.”  This was contained in the closing remarks of Ghana’s Minister of Health, Dr. George Yankey.