The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ashaiman Constituency, Ernest Norgbey, has served notice he will challenge the drone-for-medical deliveries deal in court because the government flouted procurement regulations in awarding the contract to Fly Zipline. The government, Mr Norgbey explained, breached Section 40 (2) of the Procurement Act by failing to publish the drone deal in the national dailies [...] The post MP
Burundi’s authorities have dismissed a BBC investigation into alleged secret torture sites as “fake news”. The BBC Africa Eye report said the government was running secret detention houses to silence dissent. It showed footage, widely shared on social media, of blood flowing from the drain of a house in the capital. Prosecutor General Nyandwi Sylvestre maintained that the blood came [...] The post Burundi
At least 15,000 children remain separated from their families or missing, five years after conflict first broke out in South Sudan in 2013, the UN children’s fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday. According to the UN agency, more than 4 million people have been uprooted by the fighting, the majority of them children. “Every reunification is the result of [...] The post UNICEF:
Fire has gutted an electoral commission depot in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the violent run-up to a presidential vote. More than two-thirds of the electronic voting machines allocated for Kinshasa had been destroyed, an official said. The cause of the fire has not been confirmed. Black smoke could still be seen over the site on [...] The post Blaze hits DR Congo electoral
THE government on Wednesday laid a bill in Parliament seeking to introduce two new holidays to the list of holidays observed in Ghana. They are Founders’ Day to be observed on August 4 and Constitution Day slated for January 7. It also seeking to scrap the observation of three public holidays in the country. The three are the African Union [...] The post Govt lays bill for two new holidays
A self-style police man has been arrested by the police at Achimota, in Accra, for police enlistment fraud. Samuel Oduro Ayeh, 25, unemployed, was reported to have taken GH¢4,000 from Nathaniel Ocloo, a driver, to enlist him into the police service, but failed to deliver on his promise. The Tesano Divisional Police Commander, Chief Superintendent (Chief Supt) Oduro Amaning, who [...] The post Man
THE decision by the government to use technology, especially drones to deliver medical supplies and products to remote and inaccessibly areas across the country is indeed, a novelty for inclusive healthcare delivery. There is no doubt that technology is necessary in our quest for Universal Health Coverage so that basic healthcare is affordable, equitable and easily accessible by all. However, [...] The post FURTHER
A motor mechanic, who allegedly defrauded a police officer of $7,600 under the pretext of purchasing a plot of land and renting two apartments to her in Accra, but failed to do so, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Fuseini Alhassan charged with two counts of defrauding by false pretences pleaded not guilty. The court presided by [...] The post Motor mechanic defrauds
Matthew Amponsah, a Chief State Attorney, yesterday told the Accra High Court that Gregory Francis Afoko and Alangdi Asabke poured acid on Adam Mahama, former Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). He said Afoko and his alleged accomplice, Alangdi Asabke, now on the run, went to the house of the deceased on a motorcycle on May [...] The post Adam
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