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The 8th Africa Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Seventh High-Level Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction has ended in Kenya with a virtual High-level Ministerial session. The event, organized by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) was on the theme: “Towards Disaster Risk-Informed Development for a Resilient Africa in a COVID-19 Transformed World”. The Deputy Minister for the Interior, Hon. Naana Eyiah, in her address, stressed the need for a collective effort to eradicate hazards and climate change and not...

The Italian Ambassador to Ghana H.E. Daniela d’Orlandi, has called on the Minister for the Interior Hon. Ambrose Dery at his office in Accra to strengthen the bilateral relationship between the two counties. Welcoming the Ambassador, Hon. Ambrose Dery said Ghana and Italy have a cordial relationship and that it was heartwarming to host the Ambassador to discuss matters of mutual concern between Ghana and Italy. Hon. Ambrose Dery called for investment in various sectors of the country to boost Ghana’s economy. He said in today’s world of business, technology is the order of the day and that is...

The Annual Coordination Meeting of the Economic of West African States (ECOWAS) National Commission on Small Arms opened today Wednesday 17th November, 2021 in Accra to discuss and review ECOWAS Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons. Addressing the meeting on behalf of the Minister for the Interior, the Chief Director for the Ministry of the Interior, Mrs. Addelaide Anno-Kumi, said peace, security and development remain the three most important priorities of the ECOWAS Region and must ensure that necessary measures are put in place to sustain that. She noted that the security landscape within the Region has changed...

Ghana’s Minister for the Interior, Hon. Ambrose Dery has urged His Excellency the Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, Ibas Ibok-Ete Ekwe, to work together as one people to ensure peace and security in the sub-Region. He said peace and security are very paramount to the development of any nation and therefore, there is the need to ensure peace, security and safety of the citizens because as ECOWAS countries anything that affects one country affects all. The Hon. Minister said this when His Excellency the Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, Ibas Ibok-Ete Ekwe paid a courtesy call on him at...

Her Excellency the British High Commissioner to Ghana, Harriet Thompson called on the Minister for the Interior, Hon. Ambrose Dery at his office in Accra.  The visit was to introduce herself to the Minister and discuss issues of bilateral relations between the two countries and how to collaborate in the area of security and other areas of importance for economic development. Hon. Ambrose Dery gave her a warm welcome as the first female British High Commissioner to Ghana and expressed his gratitude for the visit. He said Ghana and United Kingdom (UK) has a special relationship which must be...