On Thursday, May 12, 2020, the Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, Shani Cooper-Zubida called on the National Chief Imam, Sheik Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu. The meeting was to celebrate with the muslim community in Ghana as they observe the Holy Month of Ramadan and prepare for Eid al Fitr. On behalf of the State of Israel in Accra, Ambassador Shani Cooper-Zubuda […]
Ghana has received samples of Madagascar’s highly publicised COVID-19 remedy and preventive herbal medicine, known as ‘Covid-Organics’. The Ministry of Information announced this in a tweet on its official Twitter page.The Ministry made reference to Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah as the source of the information.It said the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), through the […]
Tanzanian in the midst of COVID 19 has reopened its flight for International flights which was closed on April 12, 2020, due to COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement was made by Isack Kamwelwe, the Minister for Works, Transport and Communications on Monday after president Magufuli on Sunday said statistically, COVID-19 infections have been dropping as informed by […]
Mr Edmund Amarkwei Foley, the Director of Programmes of Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) in The Gambia, has called on the African Union (AU) to take steps to offer direct financial support to its member States as the continent battles the spread of the novel COVID-19. Mr Foley, made the call […]
US President Donald Trump has sent a letter to the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) threatening to pull US funding permanently over Covid-19. The letter outlines a 30-day deadline for the body to commit to “substantive improvements” or risk losing millions and US membership altogether. Addressed to WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, it […]
Global health leaders are meeting for the first time ever virtually to review ongoing international response to the Covid-19 pandemic. On Monday and Tuesday envoys from 194 of the World Health Organization’s member states will meet virtually for the 73rd assembly of the UN body. Over 4.5 million people have been infected with Covid-19 since December last […]
The head of the World Trade Organization has said he will step down a year earlier than planned, at a crucial moment for the global economy. Roberto Azevedo’s surprise departure comes as the WTO faces the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and criticism from US President Donald Trump. Global trade has slumped and the world […]
The United Nations is projecting a tough 2020 for emerging economies like Ghana. Accordingly, the current fiscal situation brought about by the coronavirus is “tighter now” for most developing countries than it was during the global financial crisis a decade ago. Ghana is expected to lose about GHS9 billion in tax revenue alone this year. This […]
The China International Water and Electricity Corporation has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worth about GH¢100,000 to the Ministry of Energy to help in the fight against COVID-19. The items were 20,000 pieces of face masks, 450 bottles and 20 small pieces of hand sanitizers, and 300 packs of tissue. This was in a statement […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that it will probe Ghana’s COVID-19 data to see whether claims that country has peaked are true or not. At a press briefing on Tuesday, May 5, 2020, Dr Badu Sarkodie, Director of Public Health at the Ghana Health Service stated that Ghana was at its peak of […]
