Sweden’s first ever female prime minister has resigned just hours after she was appointed. Magdalena Andersson, was announced as leader on Wednesday but resigned after her coalition partner quit the government and her budget failed to pass. Instead, parliament voted for a budget drawn-up by the opposition which includes the anti-immigrant far right. “I have […]
Tawanda Carter is a school librarian in New Orleans, Louisiana. She said preparing for the holidays has presented a unique set of challenges this year, a sentiment shared by millions of Americans. “Food prices are higher, and a lot of items aren’t even in stock,” she said, as she gets ready to celebrate Thanksgiving with […]
When relationships end it might be because the spark has disappeared, or maybe you just can’t make time for one another. But can climate change cause break-ups? It might do, according to a new study which suggests albatrosses – some of the world’s most loyal creatures – are “divorcing” more. Research published in the Royal Society […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday received letters of credence from seven envoys at the Jubilee House, Accra. They are the ambassadors of Israel, Ms Shlomit Sufa; Mrs Anette Chao Garcia from Cuba; Egypt’s Aldesouky Mahmoud Youssef; Mauricio Mauro Epkua Obama Bindang of Equatorial Guinea; Japan’s Mochizuki Hisanobu; the Ambassador of Greece to Nigeria […]
A further 700,000 people could die of Covid by March in Europe and parts of Asia, the World Health Organization has warned. The death toll already exceeds 1.5 million in the 53 countries of what the WHO terms as its Europe region. The WHO warned of “high or extreme stress” in intensive care units in […]
The U.S. State Department is stepping up its push for Americans in Ethiopia to leave the country immediately, amid fears the country’s internal war is about to escalate. At a news briefing Monday, Senior State Department officials said U.S. citizens in Ethiopia should leave the country now while commercial flight options are still available. “Our […]
Economists say China’s model of investment in Africa is gaining public support, despite the debt burden it imposes on many countries. According to economic experts and the locals, the United States’ multibillion dollar investments in Africa are less visible and make less of an impact on people’s daily lives. Catheren Kiura’s electronic business is one […]
Ms Mette Frederiksen, the Prime Minister of Denmark, will embark on a two-day official visit to Ghana from Wednesday, November 24 to Thursday, November 25, 2021, the Danish Embassy in Accra has said. An official statement issued by the Danish Embassy, and copied to the Ghana News Agency, said her visit would mark the 60-year […]
West African countries should use universal jurisdiction to prosecute those accused of the murder of over 50 migrants from Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo and Cote d’Ivoire in The Gambia in July 2005, a former Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, has said. The Ghanaian victims, who were […]
More than 1.7 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Ghana, bringing the total of U.S. donated vaccines to Ghana to more than 4.2 million doses since September. U.S. Ambassador Stephanie Sullivan was joined by Deputy Minister of Health Mahama Asei Seini, representatives of the Ghana Health Service, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs […]
