“The memorandum of understanding is with the legal office at the AU (African Union)”, John Nkengasong, director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), told an online media briefing on Thursday. The agency is a unit of the African Union. The announcement comes within days of Moderna signing a deal with Kenya to build … The post Africa CDC
Sudanese security forces have raided the premises of a commission investigating a June 2019 massacre of protesters in the capital city of Khartoum, forcing it to suspend operations. According to Nail Adeeb, the commission’s chairperson, the building was raided on Monday by uniformed men who came in, kicked out the workers and took over the … The post Sudanese authorities
South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has appointed experienced jurist, Raymond Zondo, as the country’s new chief justice effective April 1. The announcement was made in a statement released on Thursday after a public seAlection process. Zondo, who has served as deputy chief justice at the Constitutional Court since 2017, became the public face of Ramaphosa’s … The post South
Nearly two million people have fled the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv’s mayor has said as Russian forces advance on the city. “From our information, one in two Kyiv residents has left the city,” Vitali Klitschko told Ukraine television on Thursday. The greater Kyiv area had a population of about 3.5 million people last year, according to citypopulation.de, … The post ‘Half of Kyiv population
Israel and Turkey have announced a new era in relations following more than a decade of diplomatic rupture, as Israeli President, Isaac Herzog, made a landmark visit to the Turkish capital, Ankara. Herzog’s Turkey trip, which included talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday, was the first by an Israeli president since 2007, when the … The post Israel, Turkey hail new
United States Vice President, Kamala Harris, has stressed that the United States and Poland are “united” on policy towards Ukraine during the Russian invasion after Washington rejected an offer by Warsaw to transfer its MiG-29 through an American airbase in Germany. Harris told reporters at a joint news conference with Polish President, Andrzej Duda, in Warsaw on … The post Kamala
About 50,000 youth are set to receive entrepreneurship training to help support skills development and job creation in the country. Under the implementation of entrepreneurship training, women would constitute about 50 percent of the beneficiary target, whilst priority would also be given to persons with disability. The 5-year initiative is dubbed ‘Ghana Jobs and Skills … The post 50,000
The Adentan Municipal Assembly (AdMA) yesterday inaugurated and handed over a maternity block to the Frafraha Health Centre in Accra. The block is to provide care for women during pregnancy and childbirth as well as for new born infants. The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Adentan, Daniel Alexander Nii-Noi Adumuah, in his remarks at the … The post AdMA hands over
Boxing Promotion firm, Bazooka Promotions and Management Syndicate (BPMS), yesterday officially unveiled Ghana’s bronze medalist, Samuel Takyi at the Accra City Hotel. Dubbed ‘Unveiling Samuel Takyi to the World,’ the Olympian becomes the first boxer to be signed to the fast-rising institution which is under the auspices of former World Boxing Authority (WBA) featherweight champion, … The post Bazooka
The Ghana Deaf Sports Federation (GDSF) has announced its participation in this year’s 24th summer Deaflympics to be staged in Caxias do Sul in Brazil from May 1-15. Ghana will join other African countries including Senegal, Mali, Kenya and Egypt at the showpiece and has confirmed participation in six events. Ghana will feature in the … The post Ghana to participate in 24th
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