Russian police have cracked down on a large protest in the far eastern region of Bashkortostan after an activist was jailed. The protest broke out after a court in the town of Baymak sentenced Indigenous rights activist Fail Alsynov to four years in a penal colony on Wednesday. About 3,000 supporters were involved in the […] The post Protest turns violent as
The School of Continuing and Distance Education (SCDE), College of Education, in collaboration with various partners and institutions has planned the 75th Annual New Year School & Conference (ANYSC) on the theme ‘Nurturing Resilience: Adopting Technology and Embracing Humanism for Sustainable Development in Ghana’. This 2024 edition of the ANYSC was a special one geared […] The post
Artificial intelligence will affect up to 40% of jobs worldwide, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned. This could rise to 60% of roles in advanced economies like the UK – but it is believed that, in half of these cases, AI will benefit the workforce. In a new report, the IMF warned that AI’s […] The post Artificial intelligence
Zambia is set to receive 1.6 million doses of cholera vaccines on Monday as the country suffers one of its worst outbreaks. More than 350 deaths and 9,000 infections have been recorded since the outbreak started in October last year. The vaccines have been secured by Zambia’s government in collaboration with the World Health Organization […] The post Zambia to receive
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday, according to the Pentagon, two weeks after he was admitted for complications following prostate cancer surgery. Austin will work remotely “for a period of time” before returning to the Pentagon, the Pentagon statement said. He has “full access” to […] The post US
The U.N. Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific, Khaled Khiari, has warned against the escalation in the Red Sea following the US and UK airstrikes on Yemen. He has called on the Security Council to prevent the escalation of conflict in the Middle East as Yemen’s Houthis vowed fierce retaliation for […] The post UN
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Airline regulators will not be rushed into clearing grounded Boeing 737 Max 9 planes after a mid-air blowout, the US government has said. The aircraft, which were suspended in the US following an incident on an Alaska Airlines flight “need to be 100% safe”, said Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. It is unclear when the planes […] The post US official says Boeing
A state of emergency has been declared in Papua New Guinea’s capital after at least 15 people were killed in rioting. More than 1,000 troops are on standby “to step in wherever necessary”, Prime Minister James Marape said on Thursday. Shops and cars were torched and supermarkets looted after police went on strike on Wednesday […] The post Papua
More than 5.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines bought on loan by the Ugandan government have expired, an audit report has said. The vaccines are valued at 28.1bn Ugandan shillings ($7.3m; £5.8m) and were purchased using a World Bank loan. Authorities say the expired vaccines will be withdrawn from health facilities and destroyed. In the […] The post Uganda to destroy expired
Liberia’s former Chief Justice Gloria Musu Scott and three of her family members have been sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. The four were arrested and indicted in June last year in connection with the death of Charlotte Musu, who was reportedly Ms Scott’s niece. In February last year, Charlotte was murdered by unknown people […] The post Liberia’s
Zambia expects to receive one million cholera vaccine doses from the World Health Organisation amid an outbreak that has killed 249 people since last October. Roma Chilengi, the health adviser to President Hakainde Hichilema, said the doses will be deployed to the most at risk regions and are due to arrive by Saturday. “But we […] The post Zambia to receive cholera
Rishi Sunak is facing a significant rebellion from Tory MPs over legislation to revive his plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda. Over 30 backbenchers on the right of the party are backing plans to change the bill next week to make it harder for people to appeal deportation. The amendments underline the scale […] The post Rishi Sunak facing major Tory revolt over Rwanda
The Director of the Ghana School of Law, Barima Yaw Kodie Oppong, has appealed to the government to waive the requirement for the school to give 25% of its internally generated funds to the government. This appeal was made at the induction of the 2023 batch of Part 1 students of the Ghana School of […] The post Ghana School of Law wants 25% govt demand from IGF waived
Africa50 Group, the pan-African infrastructure investment platform, has announced the successful first close of the Africa50 Infrastructure Acceleration Fund (Africa50 – IAF) on December 29th, 2023, securing $222.5 million in commitments. In an African first, Africa50-IAF secured participation from 16 African institutional investors, including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, social security funds, insurance companies, banks, […] The post Africa50
President Joe Biden was only told that US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin was being treated for cancer on Tuesday, the White House has said. Mr Austin, 70, was admitted to hospital on 1 January and then to the intensive care unit for complications following surgery in December. He has faced criticism for not telling senior […] The post US defence secretary
Businessman-author Robert Kiyosaki, known for his ‘Rich Dad, Poor Dad’ series of personal finance books, recently shared that he is under a debt of $1.2 billion. “…so all the money I make, if I buy something with debt, I am a billion too in debt. Because if I go bust, the bank goes bust. Not […] The post ‘Rich Dad, Poor Dad’ author Robert Kiyosaki reveals
The Minister for Education and Bosomtwe Constituency Member of Parliament, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has dismissed the call by the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) to allow schools to handle their feeding systems. The minister cited the complex challenges associated with the school feeding programme as a reason for maintaining centralized control. […] The post Education
Minister of Youth and Sports, Mustapha Ussif, has officially launched the National Invitational Schools Athletics Championship (NISAC). This comes on the back of Citi TV signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ghana Athletics last month to promote athletics in Ghana. The NISAC is scheduled to be held in Accra from February 5 to February […] The post Sports
French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed Gabriel Attal as the country’s new prime minister, making him the youngest and first openly gay official to hold the position. The 34-year-old education minister was named to the post on Tuesday, and is one of the country’s most popular politicians, according to recent opinion polls. ‘’I know I […] The post 34-year-old
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