Tag: COVID-19 pandemic
Uganda postpones reopening of schools due to COVID-19
Uganda's schools and institutions of higher learning will remain closed amid the lasting COVID-19 pandemic, a senior education official said here on Monday.
Only candidate...
United States still in brutal battle against COVID-19 with infections top 25 million
A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States is still fighting a brutal battle against the virus as its total number of infections...
Oguaa host Maiden Osabarimba Royal Awards
The maiden Osabarimba Royal Awards which was inaugurated in January 2020 but was put on hold as a result of the outbreak of the...
Kenya launches robots to cushion health workers from COVID-19 risks
Kenya's health ministry on Friday launched smart anti-epidemic robot technology to reduce exposure of health workers to COVID-19 patients under their care.
Mutahi Kagwe, cabinet...
Right to Play prepares schools for safe reopening
Right to Play Ghana has supported some schools in the country to adopt strict safety measures to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The...
85th ECOWAS Council of Ministers meeting ends
The 85TH Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers has ended ahead of the Summit of Heads of State.
The two-day meeting, via videoconferencing,...
COVID-19 pandemic is no respecter of political colour
Mr Bright Nyatsikor, Adaklu Constituency Secretary of the New Patriotic Party on Tuesday said the COVID-19 pandemic is not respectful of political boundaries or...
Five MMDAs launch COVID-19 Recovery Plans and Integrated Assembly financing frameworks
The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) and the Ministry of Finance in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), have supported five Metropolitan,...
Biden unveils national anti-COVID-19 strategy, strives to restore public trust
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled his national strategy for addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, while public health experts said that restoring people's trust...
Sale of face mask up as cases increases
In the wake of the current upsurge of the COVID-19 pandemic, the sales of face masks has jumped up, as most of the principal...
Uganda briefs diplomats on just-concluded elections
Uganda on Wednesday briefed foreign diplomats on the just-concluded presidential elections.
Despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, government ensured favorable space for free,...
Parliament stands down motion to suspend payment of university fees
Parliament on Wednesday stood down a motion by Mr Mahama Ayariga, Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central, calling on the Government of Ghana...
COVID-19 Trust Fund accumulates GHC57 million – Chief of Staff
As of December 15, 2020, the COVID-19 National Trust Fund had received a total of GHC57.1 million in cash donations alone, Madam Akosua Frema...
Students in Sekondi-Takoradi go back to amid mixed feelings
Many school children in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis on Monday morning returned to school to begin an academic work after ten months of break due...
Ghana: Massive turnout of students despite pandemic
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Dekoa, Headmistress of Philip Akpo Junior High School (JHS) in Ho, has disclosed that there was an encouraging turnout of students...
Stakeholders call for collective effort to ensure Students’ Safety
Teachers and Parents in Cape Coast have called for a collective efforts to ensure students’ safety amidst the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic...
Benin’s Q3 exports up 1.7 percent amid COVID-19 pandemic
Despite the COVID-19 impacts on Benin's economy, Benin's foreign trade volume in the third quarter of 2020 experienced a slight increase compared to the...
Reopening of schools: Booksellers bemoan low patronage of products
Some booksellers have lamented on the low patronage of their products after the government’s decision to reopen public and private schools.
A visit by the...
COVID-19 Pandemic affects registration of marriages in Cape Coast
More than 300 couples who published bands to register their marriages at the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly (CCMA) last year failed to turn up...
Ablekuma South basic schools ready to reopen on Monday
Basic schools at Ablekuma South are ready to reopen on Monday, January 18, after staying home for almost a year due to the COVID-19...
NGO calls for protection of girls amid COVID-19 pandemic
Girls Not Brides (GNB) Ghana, a National network of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) into eradicating child marriage, has renewed its call for protection of girls...
Stationary dealers at Nima complain of low sales
The patronage of stationery at Nima, a suburb of Accra, is low even though basic schools will start academic work from Monday, January 18,...
Ugandans go to polls amid raging COVID-19 pandemic
Ugandan presidential and parliamentary elections kicked off on Thursday as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rampage across the country.
Incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, who has...
COVID-19 posing multiple challenges to West Africa, Sahel regions-Dr Chambas
Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), says...
COVID-19 affected food production in UER – Director
Agriculture production in the 2020 farming season, in the Upper East Region has been largely affected by the outbreak and spread of the COVID-19...
Schools in WR prepare for full reopening
Schools in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis are preparing earnestly for the full reopening of schools after ten months of closure due to the outbreak...
Education Cannot Wait to support education needs in Burkina Faso
The Director of Education Cannot Wait(ECW), a global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, Yasmine Sherif, is on a three-day mission in...
Fortitude Child Support Foundation donates to Orthopedic Training Centre
The Orthopedic Training Centre (OTC) a non-profit organisation with a mission of enabling the handicapped in Ghana, mainly children, to gain independent and live...
Parents laud government on re-opening of schools
Scores of parents and guardians in the Shama District of the Western Region have lauded the government’s decision to re-open schools despite the second...
Donors announce loan facility for Africa’s private healthcare providers
A consortium of donors, investors and philanthropies have launched a 3.29 billion shillings (30 million U.S. dollars) emergency loan facility to help five...