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Ghana: 10k cops who enforced lockdown rules to test for covid-19

Ghana has ordered that some 10,000 police officers who took part in enforcing recent lockdown regulations over coronavirus test for the virus. The Inspector-General of...

Ghana: CSM kills 40 as health officials focus on COVID-19

At least some forty people have been confirmed dead from over 400 infections of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis in Ghana. The disease is an acute inflammation...

Ghana deploys drones to deliver covid-19 test samples

Ghana has deployed drones to deliver coronavirus test samples to health facilities across the country. Zipline, the world's only national scale on-demand drone delivery service,...

Ghana lifts covid-19 lockdown on cities despite recording 1,042 cases

Ghana has announced a suspension of its three week lockdown on major cities in the country despite the tally of coronavirus cases hitting 1042. The...

Ken Ofori-Atta: ‘What does an African finance minister do now?’

Economic activity has been massively disrupted; hotels are closing, industry is tottering, airlines are grounded, and our toast-of-the-region airport lies asleep. The Bank of...

Morgues in Ghana congested as families shun private burials

Emmanuel Akorh's 85-year-old mother passed away months ago. But her body still lies in the morgue. Like many families in Ghana, Akorh refuses to carry...

COVID-19: The vulnerable in Ghana offered food in exchange for sex

Some sex predators in Ghana are reportedly targeting vulnerable people including the disabled who are bearing the brunt of the coronavirus outbreak. They are reportedly...

What COVID-19 reveals about educational inequality in Ghana

Kwabena Opoku-Agyemang, a lecturer at the University of Ghana, is looking for new ways to carry on teaching his students. He has no other choice....

Ghana’s Covid-19 case tally among the highest in West Africa

Ghana's COVID-19 case tally has now hit 566, a figure that means it is the second country with more cases than in West Africa. The...

Ghanaian scientists make ‘genetic material’ analysis of Covid-19

Scientists at Ghana's premier University, the University of Ghana have successfully sequenced genomes of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the global COVID-19 pandemic. What the...

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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...

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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