March 8 is International Women’s Day. We celebrate the day because the pursuit of equality is just, fair and necessary. We celebrate the day because the shattering of the false assumptions of patriarchy and the progress women and girls have made in male-dominated societies mark an...
Ghana’s Foreign Minister & Commonwealth Secretary-General-elect, Hon. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has paid courtesy calls on some key personalities to express gratitude for their towards her election in Samoa last month as head of the 56-nation organization. Hon. Botchwey visited former President John Kufuor at his residence at...
Following a historic milestone at the 27th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM 2024) in Apia, Samoa, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of the Republic of Ghana, Hon. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey and now the newly elected Secretary-General of the Commonwealth has returned...
I am honoured to have been elected today as the 7th Secretary-General of our Commonwealth by Heads of Government, meeting in Apia, Samoa. I am humbled by their trust and confidence in me; and I thank them profoundly. This election would make me the second successive...
Today at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Apia, Samoa, leaders announced the selection of Honourable Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, currently Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ghana, as the incoming Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. Please click here to read more....
Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, received a rousing welcome by the people of Malie, a picturesque fishing village on the island of Upolu, at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Apia, Samoa. The reception is significant in strengthening cultural and diplomatic links between...
International relations experts have tipped Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, as the likely successor to the outgoing Commonwealth Secretary-General Madam Patricia Scotland Baroness Scotland of the United Kingdom. Please click here to read more....
Ghana has signed two communiques establishing diplomatic relations with Madagascar and St. Lucia, and reached a bilateral investment promotion and protection agreement with Trinidad and Tobago. Ghana’s foreign minister Shirley Botchwey, signed the diplomatic relations communiques with Madagascar and St. Lucia at brief ceremonies on the...
Ghana’s Foreign Minister Shirley Botchwey delivered a splendid performance in London on Wednesday when she debated two other African candidates contesting for the position of Commonwealth Secretary-General. Ms. Botchwey who is considered the front-runner in the three-way contest, gained momentum from the start when she focused...
Ghana’s Foreign Minister and candidate for Commonwealth Secretary-General, Ms. Shirley Botchwey, has concluded three days of meetings in Tonga with leaders of the Pacific Islands, and addressed a plenary session of the Region’s Leaders. Ms. Botchwey also shared her vision for “a new Commonwealth that works...