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Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to house staff and visiting diplomats...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...
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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

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Opinions & Features

Women Rising: Meet Africa’s only 2 female finance ministers

Leadership in Africa is taking a different dimension. We have seen the rise of accomplished women taking up prominent positions and using it to...

Opinion: ‘Will I keep losing opportunities because of my hijab?’

Most often at times when people talk about being discriminated against based on their skin color, religion, tribe or even sexual orientation, you may...

Why Africa Is Poor Despite Having The Most Diamonds

Over the past years, poverty reduction has been accelerating in the poorest countries of the world, but not so fast enough in the so-called...

Opinion: Covid-19 is a chance for Africa to have its own Marshall Plan

After the nightmare of the Second World War, the economies of Western Europe were on their knees. And so, on 3rd April, 1948, the...

6 Brilliant Ways to Use CBD Oil

What is CBD? Well, CBD is quite a versatile product. It can be ingested, absorbed through the skin, or even taken under the tongue...

World

China to build Africa’s CDC headquarters ahead of schedule

China says it will start ahead of schedule the construction of the Africa Centres for Disease Control headquarters this year. In June last year the...

China to prioritize Africa once Covid-19 vaccines are ready

China has promised to give priority to African countries once COVID-19 vaccines are ready to use. The Chinese President Xi Jingping was quoted by the...

African countries push for U.N. inquiry into racism, police brutality in US

Following weeks of protests and agitations over racism and police brutalities in the United States, African countries are pushing for a U.N. inquiry. They want...

WhatsApp now allows users to send and receive money

Facebook's messaging service WhatsApp on Monday announced that it has launched its own payment system for users. In a blog WhatsApp said "We’re excited to...

Business
Business

Tips for launching a business in Africa

You would be amazed to know that 22% of African young adults are venturing into business, making Africa the world's leading destination for entrepreneurship...

China to cancel ‘interest-free’ loans given to African countries

China has said that it will cancel certain loans it gave to some African countries which are due for repayment this year. Particularly loans with...

[Photos]: The Volkswagen cars assembled in Ghana

German car-maker, Volkswagen has started putting its car assembling plant in Ghana to good use with pictures emerging of some of the cars already...

Africa Free Trade Zone could launch at the start of 2021

The much anticipated African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) would not become operational this year anymore due to the coronavirus pandemic. Officials of the secretariat...

Malawi: Hundreds of young people injured in stampede for jobs

Hundreds of young people were injured in a stampede over job interview sessions in Malawi. Health authorities in the country say the incident occurred in...

Sports

Follow livescore for today matches at any time of the day

The time has come for decisive matches of the season, and many of them will be held simultaneously. It’s now most convenient to monitor...

Bayern Munich clinch eighth straight Bundesliga title

Bayern Munich celebrated in a near-empty stadium after securing an outstanding eighth successive title. Robert Lewandowski chested down Jerome Boateng's chipped pass to net the...

South Africa marks 10-year anniversary of 2010 World Cup

South Africa marked 10 years since the 2010 World Cup kicked off on Thursday with a flood of memories and an insistence that the...
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Religion & Culture

Covid-19 and challenges to teacher education in rural Ghana

Ghana recorded its first case of the coronavirus on March 12. By March 16, President Nana Akufo-Addo’s government had put in place a series of...

Opinion: ‘Will I keep losing opportunities because of my hijab?’

Most often at times when people talk about being discriminated against based on their skin color, religion, tribe or even sexual orientation, you may...

Special Reports

Africa backs off call for U.N. inquiry into racism, police brutality in US

African countries are reportedly backing off calls for an inquiry into what they had called “systemic racism” and “police brutality” in the United States. This...

Scientists found life-saving Covid-19 drug which is also cheap

Scientists have announced that a drug called dexamethasone has proofed effective in saving lives of patients seriously ill with coronavirus. The drug which is reportedly...

British PM says Africa’s problems are because ‘colonialism ended’

British Prime minister, Boris Johnson is coming under intense pressure to clarify his position on colonialism and racism due to a comment he made...

Gambia halts sale of assets belonging to ex-leader Jammeh

Gambia’s government has halted the sale of assets belonging to former leader, Yahya Jammeh and his associates. The government of President Adama Barrow sanctioned the...

WHO says Covid-19 spread by those without symptoms ‘appears to be rare’

The World Health Organization has revealed that the spread of Coronavirus by people not showing symptoms appears to be rare. Maria Van Kerkhove, the World...
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Relationship & Lifestyle

Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Health & Environment

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

China to build Africa’s CDC headquarters ahead of schedule

China says it will start ahead of schedule the construction of the Africa Centres for Disease Control headquarters this year. In June last year the...

Showbiz
Showbiz

Covid-19: Queen of England honours Ghana’s war veteran

The Queen of England has honoured Ghanaian second world war veteran Private Joseph Hammond for his efforts at raising funds to help frontline health workers in Africa fight the...

Tips for launching a business in Africa

You would be amazed to know that 22% of African young adults are venturing into business, making Africa the world's leading destination for entrepreneurship...

Ghana: Journalist questioned by police for ‘predicting president’s speech’

Police in Ghana on Wednesday questioned a journalist for reportedly predicting correctly the content of the president's speech. Ghana's President, Nana Akufo Addo on Sunday...

Nigerian reggae legend Majek Fashek dies at 57

Nigerian reggae legend Majek Fashek has died at the age of 57. The performer, popular for hits such as Send Down the Rain and So...

Travel & Tourism

Uganda to lose $1.6 bln in tourism earnings due to Covid-19

Uganda will lose $1.6 billion a year in earnings from tourism as visitors stay away due to the impact of the coronavirus, President Yoweri...

Gambia rejects ‘Africa’s biggest sex tourism destination’ label

For years many have referred to The Gambia as a place where sex tourism booms. The country has very nice beaches and has become...
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Tech & Science

WhatsApp now allows users to send and receive money

Facebook's messaging service WhatsApp on Monday announced that it has launched its own payment system for users. In a blog WhatsApp said "We’re excited to...

The best platforms for publishing indie games

Building a game can represent a viable career or just a simple passion project. Indie developers get to have a closer relationship with their...

America takes a page from Rwanda’s drone tech playbook

Since 2016, Rwanda has been exploring the use of drone technology to address many of its developmental challenges. First the country adopted drone technology to...