WHO Launches Strategy To Vaccinate 40% Of World Against COVI...
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus - Director General of WHO
The U.N. secretary-general and the head of the World Health Organization launched an ambitious strategy Thursday to have 40% of the world’s population vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of this year, ... Read More
Burkinabe Ex-Leader Compaore To Snub Sankara Assassination T...
Compaore was forced to resign in 2014 after 27 years in power
Former Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore is the main defendant in the trial on the 1987 murder of his predecessor.
Burkina Faso’s former President Blaise Compaore, the main defendant ... Read More
Nigerian Central Bank To Launch Digital Currency Within Days...
A view shows Nigeria's Central Bank headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria November 22, 2020. Picture taken November 22, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will launch the eNaira, its digital currency, in a couple of days from now, ... Read More
South Sudan Flooding Affects More Than 600,000: UN
Four out of five of South Sudan's 11 million people live in 'absolute poverty', according to the World Bank in 2018
At least 623,000 people have been affected by widespread flooding in South Sudan since May, with many forced to ... Read More
Nigeria Rescues 187 People From Kidnappers
Nigerian security agents on Thursday rescued 187 people who had been abducted by armed gangs in the northwestern state of Zamfara, police said, after authorities launched a sweeping security operation against the kidnappers.
Since December last year, Zamfara has been at ... Read More
Google To Invest $1 Billion In Africa Over Five Years
Google said an undersea cable being built by Google to link Africa and Europe should come into service in the second half of next year.
Google plans to invest $1 billion in Africa over the next five years to ensure access ... Read More
Nobel Literature Prize 2021: Abdulrazak Gurnah Named Winner
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature, it was announced on Thursday.
The Academy praised Gurnah for for his "uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee ... Read More
Chinese Embassy Offers Technical Assistance To Ghana News Ag...
The Chinese Embassy in Accra has donated some digital equipment to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) to facilitate its role of delivering quality information, which aids the building of an inclusive prosperous nation.
The items are 10 HP Desktop Computers, 10 ... Read More
Texas Abortion: Judge Temporarily Blocks Enforcement Of Law
The new law has faced opposition both in the courts and on the streets
A US judge has temporarily blocked a controversial new law in Texas that effectively bans women from having an abortion in the state.
District Judge Robert Pitman granted ... Read More
WHO Backs Malaria Vaccine Rollout For Africa’s Childre...
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday the only approved vaccine against malaria should be widely given to African children, potentially marking a major advance against a disease that kills hundreds of thousands of people annually.
The WHO recommendation is ... Read More