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Ghana records 26 new COVID-19 cases; total count now 313

citinewsroom.com - Apr 8, 2020

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Madina main market closed until further notice

Ghana News Agency - Apr 8, 2020

Headlines

COVID-19: President directs cabinet to come out with broader stimulus package

Headlines

COVID -19 cases in Ghana rise to 287

Here are the Board of Trustees for Ghana’s COVID-19 Trust Fund

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ABSA Bank supports Ghana’s COVID-19 Fund with US$173,000

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COVID-19 FIGHT: WAHO assures continued medical supplies for West African states

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Ghana to produce face masks locally in COVID-19 combat

BUSINESS NEWS

Business

NLA activates Short Code *890# to mitigate sales shortfall due to...

Ghana News Agency - Apr 7, 2020 0

The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has said the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has greatly reduced its sales as the jurisdictions of the lockdown...

COVID-19: Standard Chartered PLC commits US$1 billion to finance companies

Apr 7, 2020

Security Council closes down Kumasi Central Market

Apr 7, 2020

PIAC calls on government to reduce 2020 ABFA expenditure

Apr 7, 2020

Public urged to restock food from community markets

Apr 6, 2020

GENERAL NEWS

Education

COVID-19: Private School Teachers Disappointed In Government Over Neglect

Ike Dzokpo - Apr 8, 2020 0

Coalition of Concern Private School Teachers Ghana (COPSTEG) says, it is disappointed in the President for failure to factor teachers in the period a...

Migrants In A Detention Centre In Tripoli Photo Iom Safa Msehli

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Over 200,000 Libyans displaced amid fighting as COVID-19 threat increases- IOM...

Ike Dzokpo - Apr 8, 2020 0

More than 200,000 people have been displaced in the year since conflict reignited in Libya according to new data compiled by the International Organization...

EIB Group contributes € 5.2 billion to EU response to Covid-19...

Apr 8, 2020

UN regional arm urged to increase spending on managing...

Apr 8, 2020

Effutu MCE applauded inhabitants for successful disinfection Exercise

Apr 8, 2020

Shops and markets lockdown for disinfection at Suhum

Apr 8, 2020

COVID-19: Bongo Youth advocates nationwide mass testing

Apr 8, 2020

Pensioner calls for support to survive corona virus scare

Apr 8, 2020

NEWS PHOTOS

Pharmacists at a traditional Chinese medicine hospital in Nantong, east China’s Jiangsu province dispense medicines according to prescriptions of a kind of Chinese herbal tea which has proven effective on the prevention of COVID-19, March 5, 2020. Xu Peiqin/People’s Daily Online

News Photos

Photos show how China works amid epidemic outbreak

China's medical supplies for 18 African countries arrive at the Kotota International Airport in Accra, capital of Ghana, April 6, 2020. China's medical supplies for 18 African countries have arrived here on Monday, and are scheduled to be delivered to the other 17 countries within a few days. The beneficiary African countries are Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Gabon, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire, Gambia, Liberia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Togo, Benin, Cape Verde, as well as Sao Tome and Principe. (Xinhua/Xu Zheng)

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Ghana Covid-19: Africa-China Supplies

Constructors of China Railway 19th Bureau Group work at the site of the Xinmiaohu Extra Large Bridge in Duchang county, Jiujiang, east China’s Jiangxi province, Feb. 23, 2020. Photo by Fu Jianbin, People’s Daily Online

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Major projects accelerate resumption of work

ENTERTAINMENTS AND ARTS

Peking Opera artist Dong Fei started sharing his stories of the traditional Chinese art form on Douyin since 2018, taking the opera closer to more young Chinese. Photo is a screen capture from the Douyin app

Entertainment

Short videos drives spread of traditional Chinese culture, art

People's Daily - Apr 7, 2020 0

By Yang Chenghu, Cui Li Traditional Chinese culture and art has gain a foothold on short video platforms and attracted a large number of young...

COVID-19: Kwame NV debuts ”Heal the World” single

Apr 6, 2020

Relentless Shatta Wale delivers stunning virtual concert

Apr 6, 2020

Partial lockdown imposed on Havana’s entertainment district

Apr 3, 2020

StarTimes rolls out home schooling programs in Kenya amid COVID-19 pandemic

Apr 3, 2020

BREAKING NEWS

Breaking News

COVID-19 death toll exceeds 6,100 in UK

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Breaking News

South Africa’s number of COVID-19 cases rises steadily amid massive testing

Editors' Pick

An open China contributes greater momentum to world economy: experts

Editors' Pick

China’s economy resilient despite short-term COVID-19 impact

xinhuanet.com - Apr 8, 2020 0

Japanese media and experts have noted that people and logistics in China have begun to regain vitality, as the economy is showing signs of...

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Opinion

Yesterday’s aid and trade policies won’t work for tomorrow’s problems

News Ghana - Apr 8, 2020 0

Better late than never. After weeks of neglect, the global spotlight is finally on Covid-19’s devastating social and economic impact on the world’s most...

Opinion: We should not go back to business as usual after...

Apr 8, 2020

LatAm countries turn to face masks to contain pandemic

Apr 8, 2020

Cambodian peacekeepers prepare to leave for Mali and South Sudan, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, April 7, 2015. Cambodia sent 461 military personnel on Tuesday, including 29 females, to join a United Nations peacekeeping mission in the conflict-torn West African nations of Mali and South Sudan. (Xinhua/Sovannara)

UN suspends peacekeeper deployments until June 30

Apr 8, 2020

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TRAVEL

Travel

Global aviation industry to soon heal COVID-19 wounds – Kadri Samsunlu

xinhuanet.com - Apr 7, 2020 0

The aviation industry across the world would soon heal its wounds caused by the outbreak of COVID-19 and rise again from where it left...

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