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AGRA joins the rest of the world to commemorate World Food Day
The COVID-19 pandemic struck Ghana at a time when the country was grappling with youth unemployment, effects of climate change, and 2.5million people (5%...
Uganda arrests security officers after fire guts country’s top university
Ugandan police have arrested security officers who were on duty when a fire gutted Makerere University, Uganda's top university on early Sunday, a...
Zimbabwe Ruling Party Says There is No Crisis in the Country
Neighboring South African ANC delegation visits Harare for high-level talks on attempts to destabilize the SADC region
Over the last two decades the western imperialist...
Cuban agriculture official says country bets on organic farming to increase national food production
by Yosley Carrero
Organic farming occupies a key position in the Cuban government's strategy to increase national food production, a high-ranking official at...
World Bank appoints new country director for Kenya
The World Bank announced on Monday it has appointed Keith Hansen as the new country director for Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, and Uganda effective Sept....
Zambia conducts fourth survey on access to financial services
Players in Zambia's financial sector have embarked on a survey aimed at establishing the access to financial services in the country, the central bank...
No country can just pretend pandemic is over – WHO chief
The World Health Organization (WHO) wants to see children returning to school and people returning to the workplace, but at the same time, no...
6 killed as armed group, security clash in South East Nigeria
The Nigerian police on Monday confirmed six people were killed following a clash between a local rebel group and security operatives in the country's...
67 illegal immigrants rescued off western Libyan coast
The Libyan Interior Ministry said Thursday that 67 illegal immigrants have been rescued off Abu Kammash, a town some 120 km west of...
Britain allocates US$33 million for most vulnerable in Lebanon
British Ambassador to Lebanon Chris Rampling said on Thursday that Britain allocated 25 million pounds (about 33 million USD) to help the most vulnerable...
Ghana’s confirmed COVID-19 cases surpass 43,000
Ghana registered 101 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, bringing the caseload to 43,094, according to the latest government update.
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Latest count of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide
The following are the latest updates on the COVID-19 global confirmed cases in hardest-hit countries by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at...
What A Funny Country We Live in
Students in some Senior High Schools in Ghana expressed their frustrations over how difficult some of their WASSCE papers were, the actions of these...
The EC is Back to Square One but Ghana Should Move Forward
10th August 2020, Accra.
In this statement, IMANI will go over the claims and the evidence step by step to kill this pernicious idea...
GCB donates GHC100,000.00 to Upper West Health Directorate
The Management of GCB Bank Limited has approved a donation of GHc100,000.00 for the fight against cerebrospinal meningitis (CMS) and COVID-19 in the Upper...
U.S. COVID-19 deaths near 150,000 amid calls to shut down country
The death toll from COVID-19 in the United States has neared 150,000 with daily deaths continuously passing 1,000, while some health experts are calling...
DRC announces lifting of state of health emergency across country
The state of health emergency against the COVID-19 pandemic across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will be lifted from Wednesday, President Felix Tshisekedi...
South Sudan and FAO launch project to tackle animal disease
South Sudan's Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Tuesday launched a...
Namibia’s US$5.4 billion development expenditure positions country as a regional hub
Namibia's development expenditure of 90 billion Namibian dollars (5.4 billion U.S. dollars) in 30 years has strategically positioned it as a southern Africa transport...
CSOs call on President Nana Akufo-Addo to reconsider his decision on Auditor General’s...
Over five hundred CSOs across the country have described the President's decision to ask the Auditor General to proceed on a as regrettable and...
Factor Artisans in your policy formulations: AAG to g’ovts
We all know the importance of Artisans to every economy. Their projects can be valuable form of grassroots development for indigenous people, simultaneously serving...
NFPA throws support behind government to salvage the vulnerable in society
The UNFPA Deputy Country Representative for Ghana, Dr. Agnes Ntibanyurwa, has stated that UNFPA remains committed to support government to explore innovative means to...
Who is the EC Serving, Government or Country?
It is important that every country’s electoral commission is seen as free fair and credible an organisation to be trusted well enough to be...
Put more money into social protection -Ghanaians demand in new survey ahead of 2020...
The coronavirus pandemic, which is ravaging the world has shown, yet again, the critical need to invest in social protection as a country.
As...
China likely to emerge from virus-triggered downturn as strongest growing country in the world
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted economic growth in an unprecedented way not only in China but around the world. Despite the global downturn,...
GCB donates veronica buckets to Sanitation Ministry
GCB Bank has presented 100 veronica buckets and their accessories to the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources as part of the Bank’s commitment...
All coronavirus information open to every country from beginning – WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday said that it has been worked closely with experts from the United States, especially after the coronavirus...
Teenage Pregnancy, Still a Prevalent Challenge in the Country
It is not surprising that teenage pregnancy, one of the social issues in both developed and developing countries has received much attention in recent...
Iran FM calls for Afghan parties’ unity to restore peace, stability
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday called for unity among Afghan political parties and establishment of peace and stability in the country,...
U.S. becomes country with most COVID-19 cases, highest death toll
The United States has surpassed Italy in the total number of deaths from COVID-19 on Saturday, becoming the country with the most confirmed cases...