Tag: this year
No Homowo in London this year, we are shielding from Corocoro
Awo Awo Awoo! Agban Ei, Bleku Tsɔɔ, Esu esu, Enam enam, Manye, Manye, Adiban Kpɔtɔɔ
On Christmas Day last year I was challenged by a...
Why is the first U.S. hurricane of this year’s season called Hanna?
The first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season has made landfall in the U.S. state of Texas on Saturday, with maximum winds of...
North Macedonia’s economy projected to contract by 3.4 percent this year
North Macedonia's economy is projected to shrink by 3.4 percent in 2020, with the worst effects due to coronavirus outbreak expected in the second...
Malawi parliament agrees fresh presidential poll scheduled for May this year
Malawi Parliament Monday agreed that the country's fresh presidential poll should be held on May 19 this year following the constitutional court's Feb. 3...
Malawi to receive high cotton yield this year
A recent report from Ministry of agriculture in Malawi shows that Malawi is going to harvest a lot of cotton this year.
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Malawi to hold fresh presidential poll in May this year
Malawi Parliament Monday agreed that the country's fresh presidential poll should be held on May 19 this year following the constitutional court's Feb. 3...
1.2 million students to benefit from free SHS this year
Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Minister of Information, has said about 1.2 million children will be benefiting from the Free Senior High School (SHS)...
Namibia records 18 poaching cases this year
Namibia has recorded 18 poaching incidences since January, spokesperson of the Environment and Tourism Ministry Romeo Muyunda said on Monday.
Five rhino...
Reviewed National Youth Policy for Ghana ready
Mr Isaac Kwame Asiamah, the Minister of Youth and Sports, says government is ready to outdoor the reviewed National Youth Policy to guide the...
MTN Ghana Plans on Improving Customer Experience
MTN Ghana, the multi-award winning telecoms giant, is to spend $160 million dollars in improving network technology and Information Technology Systems this year to...
Ghana Expected Gain 10% Growth in Cargo Quantity
Ghana has projected an overall cargo throughput growth of 10 per cent this year due to aggressive trade and industrial policies being rolled out...
Namibia says to stick with electronic voting machines in this year’s elections
Namibian Chief Election Officer Theo Mujoro said on Monday the country will continue using electronic voting machines in the forthcoming general and presidential elections.
Opposition...
Anne Hathaway Suggests No Host for 2019 Oscars
The Academy Award-winning actress believes the upcoming ceremony might actually benefit from having multiple presenters, rather than a main host, after comedian Kevin Hart...
2019 Academy Awards: The Favourite and Roma Could Win Big
The Yorgos Lanthimos-directed drama movie - which stars Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz - has been nominated for a host of gongs...
Critics’ Choice Awards:- ‘Roma’ Swept Away 4 Gongs
The Netflix drama scooped Sunday (13.01.19) evening's biggest honour at Santa Monica's Barker Hangar, beating off competition from the likes of 'Black Panther', 'BlacKkKlansman',...
Property Market in the UK Unresponsive
UK property market has been lukewarm this year, with house prices rising 1.02 percent across the country, according to a latest study by property...
Namibian economy expected to contract by 0.2 percent this year
Namibia's domestic economy is expected to contract by 0.2 percent in 2018, the Bank of Namibia (BoN) said Friday.
The central...
China’s SPP Charges 710 People with Online Crimes
In the first nine months of 2017, a total of 710 people were charged with committing online crimes, an increase of 80.7 percent year-on-year,...
Ghana Assured Of Bumper Harvest This Year – Afriyie Akoto
Ghana is expected to experience excesses in the production of the five main crops being cultivated under the pilot phase of the Planting for...
Typhoid kills 6 in Zimbabwe this year
At least six people have died from 78 confirmed cases of typhoid since the beginning of 2017, a government disease surveillance report has said.
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Nearly 200,000 South Sudanese flee to Uganda this year
Since the start of the year, some 192,000 South Sudanese have fled to neighboring Uganda, a country currently hosting 832,000 refugees from South Sudan,...
Ghana to introduce biodegradable plastics this year
Ghana is going to introduce biodegradable plastics this year, the Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng said on Thursday.
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China Plans on Sending to Space Chang’e-5 Lunar this year
China is expected to send lunar probe Chang'e-5 to land on the moon and return with lunar samples within this year, according to the...
340 die at sea in attempt to reach European shores this year
After the latest shipwreck this past weekend, so far in 2017 a total of 340 people have died attempting to reach European shores through...
MTN Assist Teachers To Upgrade Their Education
The MTN Ghana Foundation has awarded 20 teachers with scholarship under its “MTN Teachers’ Improvement Awards Programme”, to pursue undergraduate and graduate degree programmes...
A/R: Reports says fire damages have been high in 10 months
The Regional Fire Officer, Semekor Fiadzo, who announced this said, there were also 41 fatalities in the 1,205 fire incidents recorded during the period.
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Jamaica on track for record year in tourism
From January to October 2016, Jamaica recorded tourism earnings of 2.06 billion U.S. dollars, up 5.7 percent over the same period last year, a...
Ghana’s Elections 2016: Visually impaired will be able to cast ballot
Head of Gender and Disability at the EC, Abigail Nutakor said that the Commission had procured enough tactile ballot jacket for all polling stations...
ECG retrieves money lost through illegal power connection
This followed a special exercise carried out by the Loss Control Unit of the company.
The power had been stolen...
Road accidents kill 223 in Jan.-Oct. in SW Nigeria state
Clement Oladele, State Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, who disclosed this to reporters in Abeokuta, the state capital, added that over 1,143...