Russia’s Wagner mercenary force has attempted to hide efforts to obtain military equipment internationally for use in the war in Ukraine and is seeking to transit such supplies through Mali, the United States State Department said. The private mercenary force, which is fighting alongside Russian troops in Ukraine, is willing to use false paperwork to ship […]
Most filmmakers in the Cannes Film Festival’s top-rung competition are well-known directors who have been around for decades. One dramatic exception this year is Ramata-Toulaye Sy, a French-Senegalese filmmaker whose first film, “Banel & Adama,” landed among the 21 films competing for the Palme d’Or. “It’s only now that I realize that being in competition […]
– A Ghanaian peacekeeper serving with the United Nations Interim Security Force in Abyei (UNISFA) will receive the 2022 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award. Captain Cecilia Erzuah, 32, who has served in Abyei since March 2022 as the Commander of the Ghana Engagement Platoon, will receive the award from Secretary-General António […]
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Japanese Government on Friday handed over a laboratory facility to Ghana at the Kotoka International Airport, Accra. At a short ceremony, Dr Patrick Kuma Aboagye, Director-General Ghana Health Service (GHS), on behalf of the authorities of KIA symbolically received the facility, which is to support the effective […]
The COVID-19 health declaration form for international travellers to Ghana has been suspended with effect from May 20, 2023. Also, pre-departure testing and tests at all points of entry are no longer a requirement for all passengers. These were contained in a letter addressed to all media houses with the headline “lifting of COVID-19 restrictions […]
The Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, Shlomit Sufa, has said Israel’s economic and trade mission’s operation in Ghana has led to a record $140 million worth of business deals and investment among their private sector companies. She said such collaborations had opened new markets and opportunities for Israeli businesses and strengthened Israel’s ties with Ghana. “This […]
The provincial health department in the South African province of Gauteng on Sunday announced 19 new cases of Cholera in Hammanskraal, including 10 deaths. South Africa reported its first cholera death in February, after the virus arrived in the country from Malawi. It was unclear how many cholera cases there was nationally as of Sunday, […]
Sudan’s de facto leader, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, sacked his deputy-turned-rival Mohamed Hamdan Daglo on Friday, as forces loyal to the feuding generals pressed on with fighting in both Khartoum and Darfur. The United Nations meanwhile warned that humanitarian needs are increasing in Sudan, with aid chief Martin Griffith allocating $22 million in emergency funds to […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) eventually approved the long-awaited $3 billion Extended Credit Facility for Ghana in the last week, but the country’s economic crisis won’t be over soon. In its full report, the IMF has among other things projected that the country’s public debt would rise above $98 billion in 2023. Inflation is currently […]
Wrapping up a three-day summit with allies of the Group of Seven leading democracies, U.S. President Joe Biden sought to reassure China that conflict with the West is avoidable, even as the G7 ramps up pressure to push back against Beijing’s rising military and economic security threats. “I don’t think there’s anything inevitable about the […]
