Lean On Me singer Bill Withers dies at 81
Bill Withers, the acclaimed 1970s soul singer behind hits Ain’t No Sunshine and Lean On Me has died from heart complications aged 81, his family said. The singer died on Monday in Los Angeles, the family told the Associated Press. They described him in a statement as a “solitary man with a heart-driven to connect […]
Lockdown: Rebecca Foundation launches Relief Boxes Challenge to assist vulnerable
The First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has launched an initiative for Corporate institutions, to provide food and other essentials to the less privileged during the lockdown. The Initiative, referred to as the Rebecca Foundation Relief Boxes Challenge will focus on identifiable groups such as Kayayei, the aged, the destitute and single mothers who live in […]
Kpedze Polyclinic calls for PPE amid coronavirus outbreak in Ghana
An Administrator at the Kpedze Polyclinic in the Ho West District of the Volta Region, Mr Bernard Ayivor is appealing to the District Health Directorate of the region and government to provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for health personnel of the facility amid the coronavirus outbreak in Ghana. Making the appeal in an interview with […]
Coronavirus: US set to recommend wearing of masks
The White House is expected soon to advise Americans living in coronavirus hotspots to wear cloth masks or scarves in public to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. President Donald Trump said “I don’t think it will be mandatory – if people want to wear them, they can”. Residents of New York, the outbreak’s […]
COVID-19: Enforce directive on lockdown tactfully – CHRAJ tells security personnel
The Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice, CHRAJ, has called on security officials enforcing the President’s directive on the partial lockdown to do so humanely, tactfully and professionally, giving regard to the rights and dignity of citizens. CHRAJ says the exercise of the powers conferred on the COVID-19 Security Taskforce, should be consistent with […]
Burundi ‘blocking aid to Covid-19 quarantine sites’
The authorities in Burundi have blocked humanitarian aid to people in Covid-19 quarantine sites across the country, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). The country’s “usual denial and deflection approach to crisis management” was worrisome, Lewis Mudge, HRW’s central Africa director, warned. The government needed to be “transparent and work with international partners” to prevent […]
Drogba and Eto’o slam ‘Covid-19 test trials on Africans’
Two African football legends have condemned comments by two French doctors who recently suggested, in a TV discussion about medical trials for a Covid-19 vaccine, that they be used on Africans first. Didier Drodga said that the suggestion was taking “African people as human guinea pigs,” adding in another tweet that “Africa isn’t a testing […]
Buhari’s daughter meets family after self-isolation
A daughter of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has completed two weeks of self-isolation and been reunited with the first family, a spokesperson said. She had returned from the UK last month and gone into isolation in compliance with the country’s directive to passengers arriving from countries with confirmed coronavirus cases. Aliyu Abdullahi, the spokesperson for […]
Coronavirus: Half of humanity now on lockdown in 90 countries
More than 3.9 billion people, or half of the world’s population, have now been asked or ordered to stay at home by their governments to prevent the spread of the deadly COVID-19 virus. Data from an AFP database collated compulsory or recommended confinements, curfews and quarantines in more than 90 countries or territories. Due to […]
Locally-made nose masks to be distributed to vulnerable groups
The Stop Coronavirus Ghana, a coalition of private-led professionals’ initiative against the spread of Covid-19, has partnered with Jeanie JQ, a fashion accessory firm, to launch the Free Locally Made Mask to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The drive is aimed at manufacturing and distributing free locally-made nose mask to the vulnerable in society. Jeanie […]
