Germany is in the grip of a “dramatic” fourth Covid wave, Chancellor Angela Merkel has said on the eve of a crisis meeting with regional leaders. Daily infections hit a new German record of 52,826 on Wednesday as European governments responded to a surge on much of the continent. Belgium announced a series of measures in […]
The United States continues to be a top destination for international studies among Ghanaian students. For the most recent (2020-2021) academic year, 4,229 Ghanaians studied at colleges and universities in the United States, a slight increase over last year. Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, Ghanaians showed strong interest in studying in the United States. In […]
Mr Albert Kofi Owusu, the General Manager of the Ghana News Agency (GNA), has urged the European Union to provide technical assistance to aid the Agency’s digitisation and capacity building agenda. That, he said, would enable the Agency to satisfy its subscribers with diversified news content to serve their multimedia platforms. Mr Owusu said this […]
Forty eight Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) from Ghana are exhibiting at the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) 2021 which opened Monday (November 15, 2021) in Durban, South Africa. The one-week fair which is being organised by the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement secretariat has “Building Bridges for a successful AfCFTA” as theme. It aims at […]
The United Nations expressed alarm Tuesday at surging arrests in Ethiopia since the country introduced a state of emergency November 2. The U.N. human rights agency said most of those detained in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa as well as in Gondar, Bahir Dar and other locations were of Tigrayan origin. “According to reports, […]
In an upper-class estate on the northern fringes of Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, a black gate with iron bars leads into a cream-colored duplex that offers a good view of the city. It is home to businesswoman Torkwase Kuraun and her husband Jeffrey Kuraun, a geologist with the Department of Petroleum Resources. And for two months, […]
Suicide bombers have targeted the Ugandan capital Kampala, killing at least three people and injuring more than 30 others, police say. Three attackers on motorbikes blew themselves up near parliament and the city’s police headquarters. The number of dead is likely to rise, with the blasts leaving body parts strewn in the streets. The Islamic […]
Eastern commander Khalifa Haftar will run in Libya’s presidential elections due next month, he announced in a televised speech on Tuesday. “Elections are the only way out of the severe crisis that our country has plunged into,” said Haftar, who was expected to formally register later on Tuesday at the election centre in Benghazi. Haftar, […]
Naquetta Ricks was 13 years old when three soldiers came to her family’s home in Monrovia, Liberia, searching for her mother’s fiancé, a government official. “They held my mother at gunpoint for over two hours while my sister and I watched,” Ricks said, cringing at the memory. The soldiers found the official, Cyril A. Bright, […]
U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths allocated $40 million on Monday to support life-saving aid and civilian protection efforts in Ethiopia amidst ongoing conflict and drought. According to an announcement from the U.N., $25 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund will be allocated, as well as $15 million from the Ethiopia Humanitarian Fund. The funds […]
