The new coronavirus outbreak in Beijing which we reported about earlier has been described as "extremely severe" by a Chinese official.
"Beijing will take the most resolute, decisive and strict measures to contain the outbreak," a spoke…
Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Academic and Students Affairs, University of Ghana, has appealed to students of the institution to keep visitors out of campus, as part of measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19 …
Arrival of Students of the University of Education Winneba (UEW), Winneba Campus was not encouraging when Ghana News Agency (GNA) visited the three campus (Central, South and North) in Winneba.
About 50 students had reported, as per sur…
The Nigerian government says it is developing a three-year action plan for its response to the pandemic.
It also said it is not yet safe to reopen schools and other places where large gatherings could take place.
Health Minister Osag…
Mr Moses Frempong Manso, the Constituency Chairman of Okaikwei South in the Greater Accra Region, has assured delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) that the necessary arrangements have been made to ensure smooth electoral process come…
The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) is operating at half capacity after majority of its doctors and nurses were exposed to a COVID-19 case.
A memo dated Friday, June 12, from the Head of Directorat…
Women in northern Ghana who have been accused of witchcraft are slowly reintegrating back into society after they were banished into isolated camps.
The practice of isolating women accused of witchcraft has been made illegal.
The accus…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has received 50 vehicles from the office of the President to enable the commission to intensify its campaign against the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
The 50 vehicles which have been …
BOK Africa Concern, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) based at Berekum in the Bono Region, has completed and inaugurated a ‘gari’ processing factory for the Mesidan community in the Techiman Municipality of the Bono East Region.
The…
The Ministry of Health has been given clearance to employ 8,076 nurse assistants who completed in 2017 in both clinical and preventives.
Their employment, according to a letter dated June 9, 2020, from the Ministry of Finance and signed…
Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has announced that the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has been discharged from the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) and is continuing his treatment at home.
Mr Oppong Nkrumah, res…
Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) employed "intellectual dishonesty" in downplaying the achievements of the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP) government.
He insisted that the NP…
Since the emergence of COVID-19 in Ghana, a lot has been said about its impact on the creative arts industry with the focus mainly on music, movies and events.
However, there are other sectors also feeling the effect of COVID-19, one of…
Chinese internet giant ByteDance has announced plans to discontinue two of its apps in India, its biggest overseas market, and urged users to move to TikTok.
Vigo Video and Vigo Lite, two apps that allow users to create and share short-…
Singer Barbra Streisand has made George Floyd's six-year-old daughter a stockholder in Disney.
Gianna Floyd posted a picture of her new shares on Instagram, thanking Streisand in the caption.
"Thank you Barbra Streisand for my packag…
A week before kicking off WWDC, Apple introduced a pair of upgrades to its pro-level hardware lines. Both the 16-inch MacBook Pro and the Mac Pro desktop are getting select internal upgrades, starting today.
On the notebook front, the 1…
The IDP Foundation, Inc. (IDPF) , a private nonprofit foundation dedicated to encouraging and supporting the development of innovative and sustainable solutions to complex global issues, has named Corina Gardner as Executive Director of Ed…
Weekly Highlights
? May’s inflation rose to 11.3 percent
? Yields on GOG treasury securities eased.
? The GSE closed in the red.
? Global equity markets tumbled on fears of a second wave of covid-19 infections.
? Cedi appreciated a…
U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc’s China car registrations in May jumped 150% month on month, data from auto consultancy LMC Automotive showed.
Tesla’s China registrations, including imported cars, grew to 11,565 in May from 4,633 …
Finland’s Nokia Oyj said on Monday it had partnered with Broadcom to develop chips for 5G equipment in its third such deal following ones with Intel and Marvell.
Nokia initially chose a type of chip — Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPG…
Dozens of soldiers and civilians are reported to have been killed in twin attacks by Islamist militants in north-eastern Nigeria's Borno state.
Fighters attacked Monguno, a garrison town where UN and other aid workers are based, and a v…
The Nigerian president has ordered an investigation after security guards reportedly shot into the air at his presidential palace.
The incident happened at Aso Rock following an altercation between one of the president's aides and his w…
Morocco's King Mohammed VI has undergone "successful" heart surgery at the royal palace's clinic in Rabat, the state news agency MAP reported.
MAP said the king suffered from arrhythmia, which was tackled using radio frequency treatment, …
The organization that hands out the Academy Awards said Friday it would form a group to develop diversity and inclusion guidelines that filmmakers will have to meet in order for their work to be eligible for Oscars.
The Academy of Motio…
The courts in Malawi have issued two separate orders stopping the government from sending the country's Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda on leave pending retirement.
By law, judges in Malawi have to retire when they reach 65, but Mr Nyiren…
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa is hosting a church service at his official residence in the capital, Harare, to "ask for wisdom" to overcome the coronavirus pandemic
The service is being aired by the state broadcaster on televisi…
The Ghana Arts and Culture Awards (GACA) organized by the Arts and Culture Company, has officially opened nominations for this year's awards to acknowledge and honour stakeholders and key players in the industry.
The awards nomination, …
Construction work on the administration block for the Keta Harbour project is to begin in September, this year, Mr Godwin Edudzi Yao Effah, Keta Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) has said.
"The dream of the government to have a harbour co…
One of Ghanaian Highlife's legends, Nana Tuffour has passed on. He was 66.
He reportedly died in the early hours of Monday, June 15, at his home. Nana Tuffour had been unwell for some time and had not been active for a while.
Nana Tu…
Much of Europe is emerging from sweeping travel restrictions today.
The European Union is encouraging member states to get people moving across borders, and police who've been enforcing border closures have been withdrawn.
Germany li…
Ride-sharing giant Uber is to make it mandatory for passengers and drivers to wear face coverings from Monday in the UK.
The minicab app firm said it was taking measures "to help everyone stay safe" and had introduced measures to give d…
A Chinese industrial trawler which was fined one million dollars for using under-size mesh nets and taking fish below minimum landing size has been re-arrested for the same offence after failing to pay the fine.
The vessel, Lu Rong Yua…
Authorities in the southern Indian city of Chennai are to reimpose a lockdown on Friday after a surge in new coronavirus cases.
The Tamil Nadu state government said the lockdown would also apply to several neighbouring districts and wou…
Pop star Beyoncé has demanded justice for a black woman killed by police in a letter to the attorney general in the US state of Kentucky.
The singer urged Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron to bring charges against the three offic…
Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has said he will be "ready to take action" to help the UK economy weather the coronavirus crisis.
He was speaking after figures showed that the country's economy shrank by 20.4% in April - the larg…
The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations is currently addressing the menace of Child Labour through the implementation of the National Plan of Action Phase II (NPA II),launched in May 2018.
The Plan is towards the Elimination of …
Two political giants of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Navrongo Central Constituency in the Upper East Region are lacing their boots for a showdown in what promises to be one of the keenest contests in the forthcoming NPP parliamenta…
Mr Bernard Mornah, the spokesperson for the Interparty Resistance Against the compilation of a new voter register, has said the 1992 Constitution in article 6, spells out clearly as to who is a Ghanaian, which must not be ignored.
He sa…
The leadership of the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI) has paid a working visit to some member businesses in Takoradi to ascertain the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their activities.
The visit also enabled th…
Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp messaging service rolled out a system across Brazil on Monday that will allow users to send money to individuals or local businesses within a chat, attaching payments as they would a photo or video.
WhatsApp is …
Youth Rise International, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) with focus on poverty eradication through education and decent work has called on the Government to prioritize its cash transfer programme – LEAP for poor single mothers in ru…
Government is awarding 36 additional road projects as part of efforts to improve on the poor road network in the Upper West Region.
These, in addition to the 78 already existing projects, brings the total number of road projects to be d…
Mrs Kate Quartey-Papafio, the Chief Executive Officer, Reroy Cables has called for a framework to enable the electrical industry have a hub of excellence for cable manufacturing in the country.
The hub according to her would serve the e…
The Twifo Atti-morkwa District Assembly (TADA), on Friday, presented cash and various items to 68 of the 1,200 Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in the District to help them to be economically self-reliant.
Fifty-six of the number were …
Togbe Afede XIV, Agbogbomefia of Asogli and President of the National House of Chiefs, has asked chiefs to comment more on national issues to reduce partisanship and political tension in the country.
He said their views as neutral expre…
Ghana has been appointed as a member of the Independent Advisory Committee (IAC) of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFTC).
Dr. Albert Antwi-Boasiako, the current head of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), will rep…
The Agricultural Engineering Services Directorate (AESD) of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture has taken delivery of new farm equipment to support the operations of the small, medium, and large-scale farmers to enhance efficiency and boo…
Ghana's veteran female boxer Yarkor Chavez is set to make a return to the ring in a post-COVID 19 bout against Diana Tursi of Switzerland, at the Trust Sports Emporium, at Bukom, in Accra.
The bout under the auspices of Dons Promotions …
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has developed guidance for health facilities and community activities on maintaining essential care and services for women, newborns, children and adolescents and safeguard them against infecti…
The Ghana Swimming Association (GSA) has announced new guidelines for operators of swimming pools across the country.
These guidelines follow the green light for the resumption of non-contact swimming activities by Minister for Youth an…
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