AstraZeneca has reiterated its commitment to expand and accelerate its COVID-19 vaccine supplies to the African region through 2022 and beyond. This is to help governments across the continent reach their vaccination targets. In Ghana, the government has set for itself a target of at least 17.5 million people who should be vaccinated. In a […]
Mali’s former Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga died on Monday in the capital, Bamako, a close relative of his family announced. Maiga, who served as prime minister of Mali from 2017 until 2019, was 67. He remained an influential figure in security policy in Mali and the surrounding Sahel region and had been detained since […]
In the first of four days of scheduled hearings to discuss the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, members of the Senate Judiciary Committee revealed that their treatment of Jackson would break along partisan lines, with Democrats highlighting her qualifications and Republicans raising questions about her record. Currently a judge on […]
A Ukrainian man who survived the Nazi Holocaust during World War Two has been killed during a Russian attack on the eastern city of Kharkiv. Boris Romantschenko, 96, died during Russian shelling of his apartment block on Friday, relatives said. Russian forces have been relentlessly shelling Kharkiv, which lies just 30 miles (50km) from the […]
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been dancing with locals and sampling chocolate at a cocoa farm as they explored Belize. “They were shaking their waists like nobody’s business,” said Laura Cacho, a local festival organiser who danced with William. On the second day of their Caribbean tour, the royals visited the Che ‘il […]
Media watchdogs in southern Africa are calling on the governments of Angola, Eswatini and Zimbabwe to do more to protect press freedom following the publication of the Freedom in the World 2022 Report which says those countries are among the most oppressive authorities to media in the region. The Media Institute of Southern Africa said it was […]
UN scientists are likely to weigh up technology to remove CO2 from the atmosphere, as they gather to finalise a key report. This idea will be one of many solutions considered over the next two weeks by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Also in attendance will be government officials from all over the […]
Ukraine has rejected a Russian ultimatum offering people in the besieged city of Mariupol safe passage out of the port if they surrender. Under Russia’s proposal, civilians would be allowed to leave if the city’s defenders laid down arms. But Ukraine has refused, saying there was no question of it surrendering the strategic port city. […]
US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been hospitalised with “flu-like” symptoms and will work in absentia for several days. In a statement, the court said Mr Thomas was taken to hospital and diagnosed with an infection. It comes one day before the Senate begins confirmation hearings for court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. Mr Thomas, 73, […]
Mr Jeroen Verheul, Netherlands, Ambassador to Ghana, says the cocoa industry remains essential to boost the national economy. He said it was time various stakeholders in the sector leveraged on the growing interest of the populace in cocoa products and created more jobs to grow the local economy to reduce the unemployment rate. Ambassador Verheul […]
