African Health Ministers and representatives from countries gathered on Tuesday August 24 for the Seventy-first session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa, the preeminent meeting on public health in Africa. During the annual gathering, the Health Ministers set the health agenda for the next 12 months. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic […]
Ghana winger Yaw Yeboah says he draws inspiration from football stars Lionel Messi and Neymar after his stunning solo goal in the Polish top-flight league. The former Manchester City man’s goal helped his side Wis?a Kraków beat Gornik Leczna 3-1 on Saturday to move up to fourth on the league table. In the matchday 5 […]
The Director of Elections for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Evans Nimako, has expressed optimism that the electorate will vote for his party again in the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections to enable the NPP continue implementing all the developmental projects. According to to him, several projects and interventions instituted by both the first […]
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) says there is always value for money when it comes to developmental projects and management of the economy under an NPP government as against that of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). According to the NPP’s Director of Research and Elections, Evans Nimako, several projects and interventions instituted by both […]
The family of slain social media activist, Mohammed Macho Kaaka, has expressed displeasure with the manner in which the Ghana Police Service is handling the investigation and prosecution of suspects in the case. According to the family, the police have “deliberately peddled misinformation” to achieve a premeditated outcome in the trial of Baba Iddi, a […]
Bread bakers in the Northern Region are set to begin a sit-down strike from Wednesday, August 25 over the increase in the price of bread flour. According to them, the strike is necessitated by the frequent increases in the price of not only bread flour but also other products used in the baking of bread. […]
Kumasi-based lawyer Akwasi Afrifa has filed a suit at the High Court challenging disciplinary proceedings brought against him by the General Legal Council (GLC). Lawyer Afrifa was reported to the Council by his former client, Ogyeedom Obranu Kwesi Atta IV, after failing to return the balance of about $75,000 as legal fees collected from the […]
US President Joe Biden says the US is “on pace” to meet a 31 August deadline for evacuations, despite previous calls from allies for an extension. “The sooner we finish the better,” he said. Some American troops have already been withdrawn, US media report – although evacuations are not affected. At least 70,700 people have […]
The governor of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, has approved a local measure that prohibits spitting in public and the blowing of noses without a handkerchief. The new rules also ban the playing of loud music in public spaces, terming it as public nuisance. They criminalise urinating in undesignated places and discharging dirty water or effluent into […]
Former South African President Jacob Zuma is asking the public to donate funds to support his legal battles – he is facing trial for corruption linked to a $5bn (£3bn) arms deal. A post on his foundation’s official Twitter page asks South Africans and the world to “lend a helping hand” to cover legal fees. […]
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