Zimbabwe miners told to pay utility bills in foreign currency
Mining companies in Zimbabwe will have to use foreign currency to pay for power but can make their own arrangements for imports from foreign suppliers, the country’s energy minister said. The order comes just weeks after the government outlawed foreign currency as legal tender and officially reintroduced the Zimbabwean dollar a decade after it was […]
Six countries call for immediate end of Libya violence
France, Britain, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the United States and Italy, have called for an immediate end of hostilities around the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and warned, terrorist groups are attempting to exploit the country’s security vacuum. In a rare joint statement issued, the six countries urged Libya’s warring parties to return to a […]
WHO reports new Ebola incident in Uganda
GENEVA – A fishmonger vomited at Mpondwe market in Uganda on July 11 before dying of Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo, an incident that could spread the disease in Uganda, the World Health Organization reported on Wednesday. WHO said in a report that about 590 fishmongers at the market could be targeted for vaccination, and it […]
Johnny Clegg, South African musician and activist, dies aged 66
One of South Africa’s most celebrated musicians, Johnny Clegg, has died at the age of 66, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Known as the “white Zulu”, he was a vocal critic of the apartheid government which ruled until 1994. The British-born musician, who uniquely blended western and Zulu music, was diagnosed with cancer […]
French inventor’s ‘flyboard’ draws attention at Bastille Day celebration
A French inventor stole the show at Bastille Day celebrations in Paris when he flew over the Champs-Elysees on a flying board of his own invention. Franky Zapata drew attention during the military parade Sunday when he took to his “flyboard” device and zoomed above the proceedings. Footage of Zapata, who was holding a rifle […]
WAHO deliberates to reduce non-communicable diseases
Members of the West African Health Organization (WAHO) have begun a consultative meeting in Accra to fashion measures to reduce the increasing burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) which cause more than 1.2 million deaths in the region annually. More than 50 stakeholders, including experts from the 15 member country organization including Ghana, are attending the […]
Take interest in your pensions – ICU tells workers
The Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) has asked its members and the Ghanaian workforce to take special interest in pension issues whilst formally engaged in employment. This is to prevent the inconvenience and frustrations they have to go through in the event of retirement. General Secretary of ICU, Solomon Kotei told an audience made […]
87 to contest NDC primaries in Northern, Savannah, North East regions
Eighty seven aspirants have filed their nominations to contest the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary primaries in three Regions of the North. The regions are the Northern Region and the two newly created regions of Savannah and North East which were carved out of the Northern Region. Until the creation of the Savannah and the […]
NHRC appeals for funds to run centre efficiently
The Navrongo Health Research Centre (NHRC) is appealing for funds to conduct research into Malaria and to maintain its facilities. In an interaction with Chiefs in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality and West District of the Upper East Region, the Director of the NHRC, Dr. Abraham Rexford Oduro appealed for support to get the centre to run […]
GUTA reduces prices of goods
The Ghana Union of Traders Associations (GUTA), says prices of goods of its members have been reduced between 10% and 15%. This follows the 50% reduction in benchmark values on imported goods and 30% on calculated value of vehicles. According to GUTA, the reductions could have been more, but for other factors such as balancing […]
