First Lady pushes for advanced technology in health care delivery
The First Lady of Ghana Mrs. Rebecca Naa Okaikor Akufo-Addo has called for the application of advanced technology in delivering potent health care in the country, emphasising that with the constant mutation of diseases, it was imperative to apply advanced technology to combat diseases. Mrs. Akufo-Addo made the observation when she visited the Headquarters of […]
Ghana hosts ministerial round table Confab
Ghana will host the 3rd round table conference for African Ministers responsible for libraries in Accra from October 29-30 this year during which the ministers will deliberate on developments on the provision of library and information services in Africa. The conference which will be on the theme, “Libraries on the African Development Agenda : Progress […]
King Faisal and Olympics return to Ghana Premier League
Delegates at the Extraordinary Congress of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) have accepted a proposal by the Normalisation Committee to increase the number of clubs who participate in the Ghana Premier League to 18 from 16. For over two decades, 16 clubs have contested for honours in Ghana’s topflight but this will change heading into […]
Lovesick teen scales German prison wall to see ex-girlfriend
A lovesick German teenager outdid Shakespeare’s Romeo by scaling a 4m (13ft) prison wall and climbing up to his ex-girlfriend’s barred window. But the 18-year-old refused to come down and the fire brigade in northern Germany used a ladder to rescue him. German media report that the ex-girlfriend, also 18, had broken up with him […]
Twitter shares plunge as ad bugs see profit fall short
Twitter shares tumbled 17% in early trading as quarterly profits came in at less than a quarter of what analysts had predicted. The company said it made $37m (£28.7m) profit in the third quarter. Product bugs and unusually low demand over the summer hampered advertising sales. Revenues were 9% higher than the previous year at […]
Zlatan Ibrahimovic may have played final MLS game after LA Galaxy defeat
Ibrahimovic’s Galaxy suffer 5-3 defeat to Los Angeles FC (LAFC) Zlatan Ibrahimovic has said “nobody will remember what MLS is” if he leaves the league following LA Galaxy’s MLS Cup Play-Off exit to rivals Los Angeles FC. The former Manchester United forward also appeared to have a confrontation with a fan after his side were […]
Government releases funds for 2020 Census
Government has released GH₵25 million towards the 2020 Population and Housing Census scheduled for March 2020. The amount is part of the GH₵45 million allocated in the 2019 budget which has been approved by the Ministry of Finance for the preparatory phase of the census. Government statistician, Prof Samuel Kobina Annim, made this known at […]
Iran cuts off man’s fingers for theft
Amnesty International has condemned Iranian authorities for cutting off the fingers of a man convicted of theft. The rights group said the amputation, carried out at a prison in the northern province of Mazandaran, was “an abhorrent form of torture”. Iranian officials said the man was found guilty of 28 cases of theft. Iran’s Islamic […]
Tanzania arrests four Chinese workers for slow work
The authorities in Tanzania have arrested four Chinese contractors because of slow progress in a state-funded project in the coastal city of Dar es Salaam. The three men and a woman are employed by two companies contracted to build a canal and a section of road after it was washed away following heavy rains. The […]
Libya move quickly to reappoint Faouzi Benzarti as coach
The Libyan Football Federation (LFF) has reappointed Tunisian Faouzi Benzarti as national team coach on a six-month renewable contract. Benzarti was previously in charge of Libya from 2007 until 2009. His first task will be to lead Libya in two Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against his native Tunisia 16 November and Tanzania three days […]
