An Ivorian court on Tuesday sentenced former Prime Minister Guillaume Soro, who has been living in exile since December 2019, to 20 years in prison for corruption. This ruling is likely to end Soro’s political ambition with seven months to go before the presidential election, for which he has assured to remain a candidate. He […]
“The number should stay below one, that is the big goal,” the country’s disease control chief says of the virus reproduction rate. Germany faces the prospect of having to restore stricter lockdown measures as its number and rate of coronavirus infections grew again. Hailed as among Europe’s most successful in tackling the pandemic, the country […]
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set for an unusually busy few months in office. The 55-year-old and his fiancée Carrie Symonds, 32, welcomed a baby boy on Wednesday morning, a spokesperson for the “thrilled” couple announced. The child was born at a London hospital, the spokesperson said, adding that mother and baby are doing very well. “The […]
Saudi Arabia will no longer impose the death penalty on people who committed crimes while still minors, the country’s Human Rights Commission says. The announcement, citing a royal decree by King Salman, comes two days after the country said it would ban flogging. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child – which Riyadh […]
The United States Government has delivered medical supplies to its Ghanaian counterpart in support of its COVID-19 response efforts. The delivery included approximately 2,500 kilograms of medical cargo and supplies provided by the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit Three (NAMRU-3) Ghana Detachment.A statement issued by the Public Affairs Department of the Embassy said a United […]
Rwanda has donated $1 million to continental efforts to combat the New Coronavirus outbreak in Africa. President Paul Kagame made the pledge on Wednesday during a Teleconference Meeting of the Extended African Union (AU) Bureau chaired by President Cyril Ramaphosa. During the meeting which brought together Heads of State and Governments of Democratic Republic of […]
To the Muslims of Ghana, I want to wish you a blessed Ramadan. We are living in unprecedented times, and it is important that we all take the necessary precautions for the collective good. This means adjusting to new ways, even as we practice deep-rooted traditions in keeping with our religious faiths. And so I […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Thursday urged ECOWAS member states to create country-specific COVID-19 measures, and not imitate the methods being adopted by other nations. “I think it’s very, very important that we tailor a specific Ghanaian, African response to the handling of this pandemic, and not necessarily copy blindly the methods that are being […]
The German Government is supporting COVID-19 rapid response measures in Ghana with up to 13.4 million Euros, the German Embassy announced on Thursday. A statement issued by the Embassy and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra said the German Government was providing funding for the set-up of a Covid-19 Unit at the Effia […]
The United Nations has selected Ghana’s capital, Accra, along with a few others to set up Africa-wide regional hubs for its humanitarian operations in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). Other hubs will be established in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, the Egyptian capital of Cairo and Johannesburg in South Africa to serve three […]
