Tag: Feb. 20
Coronavirus outbreak: Protective Face Masks selling like hotcakes
The protective face mask has now become the fastest and most lucrative commodity on the shelves of pharmaceutical shops at Okaishie in the Central...
Tullow Ghana provides Punpunie Community with modern kindergarten
Tullow Ghana Limited has constructed a modern kindergarten for the Punpunie Community in the Ahanta West Municipality to facilitate teaching and learning at the...
Huawei to provide 5G training to South African university students
As South Africa is preparing for the fourth industrial revolution, Communications department and Huawei Technologies South Africa would collaborate to provide Walter Sisulu University...
Repo rate cut expected to bring marginal relief to Namibian loan holders
Namibian banks decreased their prime lending rate, following the decision on Wednesday by the central bank to cut the repo rate by 25 basis...
Ethiopia blames technical problem for internet, phone network blackout
Ethiopia's telecom monopoly, Ethio-Telecom, on Thursday blamed "technical problem" for a nationwide internet and phone network blackout earlier this week.
In a...
Kenyan official says not to evacuate 100 citizens in China’s Wuhan
Kenya will not evacuate its 100 citizens comprising 91 students and nine artists in China's central city Wuhan, where the Covid-19 originated, as they...
Namibia’s initiative avails more affordable housing to low-income communities
Namibia's Deputy Minister of Urban and Rural Development Derek Klazen launched the construction of 26 new Buy-a-Brick houses at Aranos in the Hardap region...
Experts call for strengthening of trade blocs in Africa
Strengthening regional trade blocs is key to perfecting the art of trade and reaping maximum benefits, experts said Thursday.
The experts also noted that regional...
Scientists dispel theories on COVID-19 origin
Health experts from multiple countries have rejected claims that COVID-19 does not have a natural origin, and condemned related conspiracy theories.
"We are public health...
WRCC trains planners on Local Economic Development
strong> A two-day workshop has been held for planners within the Western Region to equip them with relevant information on the Local Economic Development...
EPA, US Embassy and one other, conduct research on air pollution
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is jointly conducting a research at Jamestown in Accra with the United States (US) Embassy and an NGO,...
OPEC daily basket price increases
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) daily basket price increased to 58.35 U.S. dollars a barrel on Wednesday, compared with 56.68 dollars...
Nine killed in German shootings, shooter had “xenophobic motive”
The alleged gunman that shot and killed nine people in twin shootings in the western German city of Hanau late Wednesday had a "xenophobic...
Israel resumes agricultural imports from West Bank
Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett said Thursday that agricultural imports from the West Bank to Israel will be resumed.
The...
Turkish forces shell Syrian government forces in Idlib
The Turkish forces heavily shelled Syrian government forces' positions in the countryside of the northwestern province of Idlib on Thursday, a war monitor reported.
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Russia launches military satellite after delay
Russia successfully launched a Soyuz-2.1A carrier rocket with a Meridian-M military communications satellite on Thursday, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
The launch,...
Bushfires distracting Australian troops from training for war – Rick Burr
The head of the Australian Army has warned that the nation's combat capabilities will suffer if troops are repeatedly deployed to fight bushfires.
...
Namibia to phase out Export Processing Zone
Namibia will soon phase out the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) and replace it with the Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Finance Minister Calle Schlettwein said...
5 killed in Uganda road accident
Five people were killed and 10 others injured in a road accident Wednesday night in the western Ugandan district of Kagadi, said district police...
Tech billionaire rolling out renewable energy for Aussie bushfire communities
Australian technology billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has revealed a plan to provide 100 bushfire-ravaged communities with renewable energy within 100 days.
Cannon-Brookes, the...
EgyptAir to resume weekly flights to China from Feb. 27
EgyptAir, the flagship carrier of Egypt, announced on Thursday that it will resume flights to and from China starting from Feb. 27.
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Ghana is in good health – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, delivering his fourth State of the Nation Address to Parliament Thursday, said Ghana is in good health and...
2 passengers from virus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship die in Japan
Two Japanese passengers from the novel coronavirus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in Yokohama have died after being infected with the virus, government officials...
Lenovo registers record high quarterly earnings
Chinese tech giant Lenovo reported record highs of quarterly revenue and pre-tax profit in the third quarter of the 2019/2020 fiscal year as its...
Somali and U.S. airstrike kills 3 terrorists in Mogadishu
Somali and U.S. forces conducted a targeted airstrike in the Somalian capital here on Wednesday, killing three al-Shabab terrorists in the vicinity of Wadajir...
Paramount chief commends government for road contract
Naa Seidu Abdulai Nawologmo, the Paramount Chief of the Bulenga Traditional Area, has commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for fulfilling his promise he...
Top cyber spies to be enlisted in search for Australian paedophiles
The Australian government will consider enlisting the nation's cyber intelligence agency to track down online paedophiles, terrorists and other serious criminals.
Under...
Air raids kill 4 IS militants in eastern Afghanistan
Four militants affiliated with Islamic State (IS) were confirmed dead as fighting planes struck the hardliner group's hideout in Chawkay district of the eastern...
“Virus hunters” behind China’s fight against epidemic
Over the past weeks, Feng Limin has been working at least eight hours a day and making his contribution to China's fight against the...
Australian PM announces national inquiry into devastating bushfires
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a national inquiry into the "Black Summer" bushfires.
The Royal Commission into the bushfires which...