Ghana has taken delivery of an additional 1.24 million doses of Pfizer vaccines from the United Kingdom as cases of COVID-19 increase steadily. The doses arrived at the Kotoka International Airport over the weekend bringing the total UK bilaterally donated COVID-19 vaccines to 2.64 million. A statement issued in Accra and copied to the Ghana […]
Malawi’s National Organization for Nurses and Midwives says about 2,000 nurses will leave the country this year for jobs in Saudi Arabia and the United States. The group says the nurses were forced to take jobs abroad due to high unemployment in Malawi. Health rights campaigners say the brain drain is alarming as more than […]
The U.S. and allies on Tuesday called for the governing bodies of sports in Russia and Belarus to be suspended from international sports federations over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Russia’s unprovoked and unjustifiable war of choice against Ukraine, facilitated by the Belarusian government, is abhorrent and a flagrant breach of its international obligations,” according to […]
Boris Johnson is fighting for political survival after two of his top ministers attacked his leadership and resigned. Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid quit within 10 minutes of each other, followed by a flurry of junior ministers and aides. Critics said it was “over” for the prime minister, while Labour said the […]
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame said he did not mind his country being excluded from a regional military force battling rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, removing a potential stumbling block to the initiative. The seven countries of the East African Community (EAC) agreed in April to set up a joint force to try to end […]
The United States has supported the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to print 139,000 copies of the country’s current and only Maternal and Child Health Record Book. It offered support through the Advancing Nutrition Ghana Project of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), one of the USA Government’s flagship interventions, to help the country […]
Ethiopia’s leader reported a massacre Monday allegedly by rebels in a restive region where a rebel group opposed to his government is accused of targeting civilians amid fighting with government troops. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s office didn’t provide fatality figures, but the Amhara Association of America told The Associated Press, quoting sources on the ground, […]
The Canadian government said Monday it had signed a $15.5 billion agreement to compensate First Nations children and families harmed by chronic underfunding of child welfare. The Assembly of First Nations and plaintiffs in two class action lawsuits agreed to the deal. Indigenous Services Canada, a government agency, said the settlement is the largest in […]
The West African bloc ECOWAS has lifted economic and financial sanctions against Mali’s military government after it vowed to hold elections in February 2024. The move was welcomed by many Malians who have been struggling under the restrictions and the global rise in fuel and food costs. Early Monday morning, Bamako’s grand marché, or central […]
U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner sent a letter to President Joe Biden asking him to “do all you can” to bring home her and other Americans detained in Russia. Griner’s representatives shared parts of the letter Monday. “As I sit here in a Russian prison, alone with my thoughts and without the protection of my […]
