South Africa escape: Manhunt launched for inmates on the run
A manhunt is under way in South Africa after inmates awaiting trial escaped while being transferred to court. The escape in the south-western town of Malmesbury was caught on camera by a member of the public who was sitting in his car. Separate footage shows some of the prisoners being recaptured. It is unclear how […]
Photographer living in camera-shaped house names sons Canon, Nikon and Epson
According to local news blog All About Belgaum, Ravi Hongal has been obsessed with photography since childhood. He wasn’t the best student, but he was always out an about with Pentax and Zenit cameras shooting pictures, and was always confident he could make a living as a photographer. He was right, and as business picked […]
US consulate: China orders US consulate closure in tit-for-tat move
China has ordered the closure of the US consulate in the south-western city of Chengdu, in a tit-for-tat escalation between the two countries. China said the move was in response to the US closing its consulate in Houston, and accused staff in Chengdu of meddling in its internal affairs. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said […]
Contact tracing app ‘working in Ireland’
This week, we have been looking at contact tracing apps using the decentralised Apple Google toolkit which the NHS in England has now adopted. We concluded there was little evidence they were working because no country could supply data showing how many people had received alerts telling them they may have been in touch with […]
Wa MCE promises open door policy for successful implementation of GPSNP
The MCE for Wa, Tahiru Issahaku Moomin has assured the chiefs and people of communities benefitting from the Ghana Productive Safety Net Project (GPSNP) that his doors are open for any discussion and advice towards successful implementation of the initiative. The MCE gave the assurance when he symbolically presented cashew seedlings to some of the […]
Former President Jerry John Rawlings pays respects to late Atta Mills
Former President Jerry John Rawlings on Friday laid a wreath at the tomb of late President John Evans Atta Mills at the Asomdwe Park in Accra. Former President Rawlings in a tweet said: “This morning, I visited the resting place of the late President Atta Mills to pay my respects.” “I had differences and misgivings […]
8th Anniversary of passing of former President Atta Mills marked
A wreath laying ceremony has been held at the Asomdwe Park to commemorate the eighth anniversary of the passing of President John Evans Atta Mills. It was attended by family, friends and leading members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Speakers at the solemn ceremony eulogized the late President describing him as a peace maker […]
Mali scrambles for political stability after mediation talks end in a deadlock
The volatile nation of Mali on Friday was scrambling to maintain political stability after high-stakes mediation efforts by a group of West African presidents failed to resolve the rifts between rivals. Senegalese President Macky Sall, President Alassane Ouattara of Ivory Coast, Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana […]
President Akufo-Addo presents ¢2 million to 1,000 disabled male entrepreneurs
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has presented GH¢2 million to one thousand (1,000) disabled men entrepreneurs, under the Presidential Empowerment for Male Entrepreneurs with Disability (PEMED). Launching the event at Jubilee House, on Friday, July 24, President Akufo-Addo stated that the funds would provide some relief, and also empower persons with disabilities to improve […]
Veep to inaugurate country’s first-ever Infectious Disease facility in Accra
Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia is expected to inaugurate the country’s first-ever Infectious Disease facility in Accra this afternoon. President Akufo Addo cut the sod for the more than five-million-dollar project, located at the Ga East Municipal Hospital in April this year. The Centre is expected to Treat and take Care and patients who contract infectious […]
