India and Bangladesh are evacuating millions of people from coastal areas ahead of a super cyclone which is approaching from the Bay of Bengal. Cyclone Amphan is expected to make landfall in an area near the border of the two countries later
France and Germany are proposing a €500bn ($545bn; £448bn) European recovery fund to be distributed to European Union (EU) countries worst affected by COVID-19. In talks on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron and German
Thomas Thabane has formally stepped down as prime minister of Lesotho following months of pressure after he was named as a suspect in the murder of his ex-wife. The 80-year-old’s current wife, with whom he was living at the time of the murder, was charged in connection with the killing in February. The pair have … The post Lesotho PM resigns amid ex-wife’s murder case
Sudan is required to pay punitive damages to some of the victims of the 1998 embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania carried out by al-Qaeda, the US Supreme Court has ruled. More than 200 people died and thousands were injured in the attacks. Sudan
The Vice-President of South Sudan, Riek Machar, who was part of a taskforce to fight coronavirus, is in self-isolation after testing positive for COVID-19. Mr Machar said as several other members of the taskforce were infected, a new team was taking
All Members of Parliament and staff of the Parliamentary Service will undergo compulsory testing for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) today. The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, who gave the directive explained that doing this would ensure that no Member of Parliament or staff of the Parliamentary Service harboured the virus and infected others … The post MPs,
The Auditor-General has once again revealed a harrowing tale of payroll fraud involving 21 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) which has resulted in the state losing GH¢467,634,792. According to the Auditor-General, a study conducted between June 2018 and January 2020, discovered that 7,823 ‘ghosts’ names were on the public sector payroll of the MDAs. Contained … The post Time
The security agencies in the Ketu South Municipality in the Volta Region have foiled another attempt by the notorious cross-border drug cartel there to cross into Togo with a huge consignment of dried leaves suspected be to marijuana, otherwise known as ‘wee’. This time, three men who were spotted with
Four persons, including a woman, have been arrested by the police for allegedly possessing 138 slabs of cannabis at Hydrofoam Estates near Spintex in Accra last Tuesday. The suspects, Emmanuel Foli , Juliet Asempapa, George Dzamesi and Prosper Tobo are currently in police custody assisting in investigations.
A security guard at Green House Company Limited at Shai Hills, Kwame Huzzey was on Wednesday, May 13, allegedly shot and killed over an alleged land dispute. The deceased had gone to the disputed land to inspect some projects being undertaken by his company when the suspect, Thomas Kwaku Oppong allegedly shot him to death. … The post Security guard gunned down over
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