COVID-19 latest: Greece confirms first case as coronavirus spreads across Europe
Greece confirmed its first case of COVID-19 and a teacher in France died on Wednesday as Europe scrambles to deal with the biggest cluster of infections outside of Asia. The Greek health ministry said a 38-year-old woman in Thessaloniki, who had recently travelled to Italy, tested positive for the virus. It comes after Switzerland, Austria, […]
UE/R: 2020 Census Committee Inaugurated in Bolga
The Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly, Chiefs and people have been called upon to support any effort of the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) to strategically improve the timelines of census results, by mobilising their people during the Census period. The call was made by the Municipal Chief Executive, Joseph Amiyuure Aturah, during the inauguration of a seven-member […]
COVID-19: First French citizen dies as German man remains in critical condition
A man has died in France after contracting coronavirus, making him the first French national to die from the illness. The French health ministry announced on Wednesday the 60-year-old had been tested while in a serious condition in a hospital in Paris, before dying overnight. An 80-year-old Chinese tourist had already died in the country. […]
Civil Society advocates constant pressure on persons in power to act responsibly
Civil Society Organisation, IMANI Africa is advocating constant pressure from all Ghanaians to make persons in positions of power to act responsibly and be accountable to the people. Vice President of IMANI, Kofi Bentil said this at the 3rd Star-Ghana annual strategic learning panel discussion in Accra. He said the rate at which persons in […]
Outrage after same-sex couple effigy burned at Croatian festival
Activists and politicians across Croatia have condemned the burning of a carnival effigy, which showed a same-sex couple with their child. The festival took place on Sunday in the small southern town of Imotski in front of hundreds of people. A large effigy showing two men embracing each other was torched in front of a […]
Algeria confirms first case of coronavirus
The Algerian health minister has confirmed the country’s first case of the coronavirus in an announcement on state-owned ENTV on Tuesday evening. The minister Abdel Rahman Ben Bouzid said the patient is an Italian man who arrived in the country on 17 February, Reuters news agency reports. The patient has been placed in isolation. Algeria […]
135 Children out of 150 test positive for Malaria
Merging Mites Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) with focus on education and health has organised a health screening exercise for about 150 children at the Otwetri community in the Akuapem North District of the Eastern Region. Out of the number, 20 were at the Boahemaa Orphanage Centre also in the community. The children, who were […]
A-G should retract my name from GETFund scholarship beneficiaries- Kennedy Osei Nyarko
Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture and MP for Akim Swedru, Kennedy Nyarko Osei has given the Auditor-General a 24-hour ultimatum to retract and apologise to him for publishing his name among GETfund beneficiaries. Mr. Nyarko’s lawyers in a letter said the Auditor General, Daniel Domelevo should have known there was a problem with his […]
Anyamam Community School appeals for help
The Anyamam Community School building in the Ada West District of the Greater Accra Region is in dire need of renovation and expansion as it has become a death trap. The roof of the School was ripped off during a rain storm in 2017 and has been replaced with palm fronds, compelling the pupils to […]
Volkmarsen attack: Almost 60 hurt after car drives into carnival crowd
The number of people confirmed as injured after a car ploughed into a carnival crowd in western Germany has risen to almost 60, police say. Eighteen of those hurt in Monday’s incident are children. In total 35 people remain in hospital. Frankfurt’s general prosecutor’s office announced that the victims were aged between two and 85 […]
