ECOWAS States Should Create Country-Specific COVID-19 Measur...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Thursday urged ECOWAS member states to create country-specific COVID-19 measures, and not imitate the methods being adopted by other nations.
“I think it’s very, very important that we tailor a specific Ghanaian, African response to the ... Read More
German Government Supports Ghana’s COVID-19 Response Measu...
The German Government is supporting COVID-19 rapid response measures in Ghana with up to 13.4 million Euros, the German Embassy announced on Thursday.
A statement issued by the Embassy and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra said the German ... Read More
UN Picks Accra, Three Others For Covid-19 Regional Humanitar...
The United Nations has selected Ghana’s capital, Accra, along with a few others to set up Africa-wide regional hubs for its humanitarian operations in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19).
Other hubs will be established in the Ethiopian capital Addis ... Read More
UK Urged To Keep Trade With Africa Flowing Amid COVID-19
The UK government has been urged to keep trade with Africa flowing in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic that experts say is threatening to destroy 20 years of economic progress on the continent.
The call comes from Erastus Mwencha, the ... Read More
Global Hunger Could Double Due To Coronavirus Blow – UN
The number of people facing acute food insecurity could nearly double this year to 265 million due to the economic fallout of COVID 19, the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) has said.
The impact of lost tourism revenues, falling remittances ... Read More
Sierra Leone coronavirus: President Quarantines After Guard ...
Julius Maada Bio
Sierra Leone president Julius Maada Bio is to undergo 14-day self-isolation after one of his bodyguards tested positive for COVID-19, reports from the West African country indicated as of Monday evening.
The president’s spokesperson confirmed the development to journalists ... Read More
Coronavirus: US Green Cards To Be Halted For 60 Days, Trump ...
President Donald Trump
President Donald Trump has said he will halt applications of foreign nationals seeking permanent residence in the US because of the coronavirus crisis.
A day after he announced the move in an ambiguous tweet, Mr Trump said the ... Read More
Ghana Tops Africa’s Ranking For COVID-19 Testing
Ghana has since its first two recorded cases of COVID-19 infections, traced a total of 86,000 contacts, out of which the test results of 68,591 had been received.
Out of the number 1,042 persons, representing 1.5 per cent have been confirmed ... Read More
Lifting Of COVID-19 Lockdowns Not End Of Pandemic – WH...
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus - Director General of WHO
The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he is encouraged that several countries are now starting to plan how to ease social restrictions that restricted ... Read More
President Buhari’s Chief Of Staff, Abba Kyari Dies After C...
President Buhari's Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari dies after contracting Coronavirus
Official Spokesperson to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Garba Shehu announced the death of the Chief of Staff to the President.
The late retired Brig.-Gen. Mallam Abba Kyari tested positive of ... Read More