Tag: COVID-19 pandemic
Ghana ports record increase in transit traffic
Ghana’s Sea Ports recorded an increase in transit traffic last year despite the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and its related restrictions.
The Ghana Ports...
Europe stumbles through COVID-19 pandemic after 1 million lives claimed
For Danica Angela Marcos, the weirdest yet saddest scenario was to watch her grandfather's funeral live on Zoom, seeing her cousins crying on the...
UNHCR proposes new resettlement plan for refugees in Kenyan camps
The United Nations refugee agency said Friday it has shared with Kenya a proposed set of sustainable and rights-based measures aimed at identifying solutions...
World Health Day focuses on eliminating health inequities amid COVID-19 pandemic
World Health Day, which falls on Wednesday, is focusing on building a fairer, healthier world for everyone. This World Health Day, WHO is calling...
Vaccine nationalism stalling global fight against COVID-19 pandemic – Kenyan expert
"Vaccine nationalism is the biggest risk to the global effort to counter this pandemic," a Kenyan expert has told Xinhua ahead of Wednesday's World...
Zimbabwe suspends June 2021 school examinations due to COVID-19
The Zimbabwean government on Wednesday announced the suspension of the June 2021 locally-run Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) examinations, citing disturbances due to the...
Kenya’s air travel industry to take 3 years to recover to pre-COVID-19 levels
Kenya's domestic air travel operators on Wednesday said the industry could take up to three years to recover to pre-COVID-19 levels.
Eutychus Waithaka, executive secretary...
Life expectancy falls across European Union amid Covid-19 pandemic
(dpa) - Life expectancy across the European Union dropped last year amid the Covid-19 pandemic, interrupting a decades-long trend upward, official figures show.
The starkest...
New Ebola outbreak kills 3 in Guinea – Africa CDC
The West African country of Guinea has detected five Ebola virus cases and three Ebola-related deaths over the past one week, the Africa Centers...
Deeper cooperation needed to end COVID-19 economic scarring
The economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic has begun in some parts of the world but many vulnerable nations remain in recession with rising...
The year of roads, myths or reality?
An expository tour of Accra brought to memory the old song literally translated “movement across has exposed me to things”. ...
The Upper East and North East Rice Valleys: The Hub of Food Basket of...
Despite the huge agricultural potentials of Ghana, there has never been a year without the country facing food and nutritional insecurity problems.
In fact, research...
School children defy COVID-19 protocols during Easter break
Children in Koforidua in the New Juaben South Municipality of the Eastern Region, during the Easter school break have been found to be playing...
Christians in Sekondi-Takoradi mark Good Friday without street procession
The usual street procession held after the Good Friday church service in Sekondi was absent this time due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The principal...
Biden unveils major infrastructure plan amid opposition to tax hike
U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday unveiled a 2-trillion-U.S.-dollar infrastructure plan, touting it as a "once-in-a-generation" investment in America and proposing a corporate...
WHO warns slow vaccine roll-out prolonging COVID-19 pandemic
As the European region currently fights a resurgence of COVID-19 transmissions, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe on Thursday called upon...
More than 25 leaders back idea of pandemic Treaty – WHO boss
More than 25 leaders from "the G20, G7 and from every region" have united in urgent call for an international treaty for pandemic...
South Africa approves Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) on Thursday said they have approved the use of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine with certain...
Why Kenya must not relent on climate action despite COVID-19 pandemic
They say life moves in a cycle and indeed the coronavirus global pandemic episodes is proving it so, given that most countries including Kenya are finding...
MTN Ghana Foundation gives to Effia NKwanta hospital
The MTN Ghana Foundation has presented quantities of COVID-19 supplies to the Effia-Nkwanta Regional hospital in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Chinese medical team deserves appreciation in fight against COVID-19
The Chinese medical team in Ghana deserves appreciation for its immense contribution to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, a Ghanaian diplomat said here...
MTN donates PPE to Zuarungu Health Centre
MTN Ghana Foundation has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the Zuarungu Community Health Centre in the Bolgatanga East District of Upper East...
Plastic pollution threatening livelihoods of marginalized communities
The growing crisis of plastic pollution has threatened vulnerable communities of their health and livelihoods, says a UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report launched in...
Jumia Ghana launches food festival to support local restaurants
Africa’s E-commerce platform Jumia has announced the launch of another exciting Food Festival Campaign which kicked off on Monday 29th March 2021 and runs...
Kenya’s rural community health volunteers on frontline of saving lives
Jael Onditi is a community health volunteer (CHV) who supplements the formal health system in promoting disease prevention in remote villages in western Kenya.
She...
Kenya’s open-air market traders count losses amid pandemic
Margaret Mackenzie is one of the traders at the open-air Maasai market located in the downtown section of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, which operates...
Anxiety grips Kenyans amid revised COVID-19 measures
As Kenyans thought they were shrugging off the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus fastened its firm grip on the east African nation...
Two NGOs to provide entrepreneurial skills to 500 women
Global Affairs Canada in collaboration Plan International, Non-Governmental Organisations are funding implementation of GHC40,000 project to provide entrepreneurial skills training to enhance the socio-economic...
Executive Women Network empowers members to be influential
The Executive Women Network (EWN) has organised a webinar for its members to inspire, empower and support women...
Liberia Business Woman Appeals For Soft Loan
The owner of an uptown Mini-restaurant in central Monrovia, Madam Wango Moserat Feaflen has make a passionate appeal to banking institutions , international financial...