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Director of Crops at the Ministry of Agriculture, Mr. Seth Osei Akoto has confirmed that Ghana is indeed importing cassava as claimed by Ranking Member on the Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee in Parliament, Eric Opoku. He however indicated that what is imported is for industrial purposes adding that …

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Russia asked China to give it military equipment and support for the war in Ukraine after President Vladimir V. Putin began a full-scale invasion last month, according to U.S. officials. Russia has also asked China for additional economic assistance, to help counteract the battering its economy has taken from broad sanctions imposed by the …

A rise in use of Chinese traditional medicines in several African nations have created a new crisis as it is fueling demand for endangered species whose body parts are used to make certain ingredients. The Chinese government has been ramping up the export and production of TCM products in Africa …

Late last month, a topping-out ceremony was held in Addis Ababa in respect of the building of the headquarters of Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Africa CDC. “This event is following the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the African Union Commission and the Ministry of Commerce of …

China’s Wuhan city will test its 12 million residents for the coronavirus after confirming its first domestic cases of the highly transmissible Delta variant. Wuhan, where the virus first emerged in late 2019, had reported no local coronavirus cases since mid-May last year but on Monday authorities confirmed three cases …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERSimage captionChina has rejected any link between Covid-19 and a virus research lab in Wuhan China has denounced US efforts to further investigate whether Covid-19 came from a Chinese lab. US President Joe Biden has called on intelligence officials to “redouble” their work to find out how the virus …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTSTR/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGESimage captionHigh winds and freezing rain hit participants of the race Twenty-one runners have died after extreme weather struck a long-distance race in north-western China. High winds and freezing rain hit participants in the 100km (60-mile) ultramarathon in the Yellow River Stone Forest, a tourist site …

Business mogul, Sam Jonah has described news about China producing its own cocoa as terrible news to Ghana. The Asian country is reported to have exported to Belgium its first batch of cocoa beans weighing 500 kg worth about $3,600. In an article, Sam Jonah said “Ladies and gentlemen, I …

News earlier this week of China having started exploration of growing cocoa for export had lots of tongues waging over the potential impact that the edevlopment could have on major producers like Ghana and cocoa. Notably, the Agric Minister, Hon. Afriyie Akoto, commented on the development earlier this week stressing …