Germany’s Rate Of COVID-19 Infections Grows After Lockdown...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel
“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 ... Read More
Boris Johnson And Carrie Symonds Announce Birth Of Baby Boy
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, ... Read More
Saudi Arabia Ends Executions For Crimes Committed by Minors,...
Saudi Arabia executed 184 people in 2019, compared to 149 in 2018, according to Amnesty
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 ... Read More
COVID-19 Testing: USA Delivers Critical Medical Supplies To ...
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 ... Read More
Paul Kagame Pledges $1m To Africa’s COVID-19 Fight
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 ... Read More
A Ramadan Message From The U.S. Ambassador To Ghana Stephani...
Ms Stephanie Sullivan - U.S Ambassador to Ghana
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 ... Read More
ECOWAS States Should Create Country-Specific COVID-19 Measur...
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 ... Read More
German Government Supports Ghana’s COVID-19 Response Measu...
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 ... Read More
UN Picks Accra, Three Others For Covid-19 Regional Humanitar...
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 ... Read More
UK Urged To Keep Trade With Africa Flowing Amid COVID-19
The UK government has been urged to keep trade with Africa flowing in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic that experts say is threatening to destroy 20 years of economic progress on the continent.
The call comes from Erastus Mwencha, the ... Read More