ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari said that Pakistan and Ghana enjoyed cordial relations, which needed to be further strengthened for the mutual benefit of both countries. The president, in a meeting with Pakistan’s Ambassador-designate to Ghana Najeeb Durrani, who called on him at Bilawal House here, called for a focus on promoting economic and trade … Read more
Ghana hit by nationwide blackout due to gas shortage for electricity generation. GRIDCo reports a 550MW supply gap, equal to 10% of total capacity. Outage began Thursday evening, with more expected on Friday. Numerous regions in Ghana plunged into darkness as a result of insufficient gas to fuel the electricity generation machinery in the country. … Read more
Christian Atsu remembered as a philanthropist. He was 31, when he dies in Turkey. More than 54,000 people were killed in Turkey. Ghanaians gathered outside the country’s parliament building in Accra on Friday for the state funeral of Christian Atsu, the national soccer team’s winger who died in the earthquake in southern Turkey last month. … Read more
Chris Hughton has been chosen as the new manager of Ghana. Otto Addo resigned after their World Cup group-stage exit. Hughton won two FA Cups and a UEFA Cup while playing for Tottenham. Chris Hughton, a former Ireland defender who previously served as technical advisor, has been chosen the new manager of Ghana. Hughton, whose … Read more
Turkaslan has been verified as having passed away in earthquake. Ahmet Eyup Turkaslan is the goalkeeper of Yeni Malatyaspor. Christian Atsu had been pulled from the wreckage. Second-tier Ahmet Eyup Turkaslan, the goalie for the Turkish team Yeni Malatyaspor, has been verified as having passed away in the earthquake. “Ahmet Eyup Turkaslan, our goalie, perished … Read more
Christian Atsu had been rescued from the rubble of the earthquake debris. Atsu signed with Hatayspor in September and is receiving treatment. He won final of his 60 Ghana national team appearances in September 2019. Ghana’s Football Association announced on Tuesday that football player Christian Atsu had been rescued from the earthquake debris that had … Read more
Ghana is seeing its worst economic downturn in a generation. The local cedi experienced a significant decline in value versus the US dollar last year. Government spending cuts and interest rate increases failed to control inflation. As the nation battles excessive inflation and debt reduction, the government of Ghana and trade unions announced in a … Read more
Burkina Faso’s mines minister refuted Ghana’s claim. He claimed that his country gave Russian mercenaries a mine. Akufo-Addo said a mine in southern Burkina was given to them as recompense for their services during the US-Africa Summit. Burkina Faso‘s mines minister refuted Ghana’s claim that his country gave Russian mercenaries a mine. “We have not awarded … Read more
More than eight million unregistered Sim cards were disabled across Ghana. Owners can’t use mobile money, make calls, or access the internet. Many of Ghana’s 31 million inhabitants don’t have IDs. More than eight million unregistered Sim cards were disabled across the country after their owners missed a last registration deadline, stated Ghanaian officials. Due … Read more
Portugal defeated Ghana 3-2 on Thursday, and Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to score in five FIFA World Cups In the 65th minute of the Group H match, Ronaldo converted a superb spot-kick to put his team ahead Although Ghana equalised through Andre Ayew, Portugal responded with two goals in as many minutes to … Read more
Ghana’s Marburg virus outbreak ends after 42 days with no positive tests. Three people infected, two of whom died, including a father and his 14-month-old child. Almost 200 contacts of the three infected people were tracked down, but none displayed symptoms. Ghana has declared that the recent Marburg virus outbreak has ended after 42 days … Read more
Ghanaian man mauled to death by a lion after climbing into zoo enclosure. Officials believe he wanted to steal two rare white lion pups. Ghanaian officials are investigating after a man was mauled to death by a lion after climbing into a zoo enclosure in Accra. According to officials, the man, who was described as … Read more
The death on Tuesday brings the total number of fatalities in Ghana to three. Ghana registered its first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus last month. Outbreak is only the second in West Africa, after first detected in Guinea. A boy from Ghana who had the highly contagious Marburg virus—which is similar to Ebola—died; according to a … Read more
Marburg hemorrhagic fever happens by a unique zoonotic RNA virus of the filovirus family. The onset of the disease is sudden and starts by fever, chills, headache, and myalgia. It can progress to serious disease with high mortality. In Ghana, two more Marburg cases are in findings, including the original case’s family. Sadly, one of … Read more
Ghana has confirmed its first two cases of the highly infectious Marburg virus disease. The patients, who later died, tested positive for the virus from the southern Ashanti region. World Health Organization says more than 90 contacts are being monitored. The Marburg virus sickness, which is very contagious, has now been verified in two instances … Read more
Ghana has confirmed its first two cases of Marburg virus, World Health Organization (WHO) says. Two unrelated patients from Ghana’s southern Ashanti region tested positive for the virus and later died. Virus is transmitted to humans by fruit bats and can then be spread human-to-human. Ghana has confirmed its first two cases of the highly … Read more
Senegal beat Rwanda 1-0 to maintain perfect start to 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying. Sadio Mane scored a 98th-minute penalty in the Senegalese capital Dakar. It is the second time this year the Liverpool forward has converted a spot-kick deep into added time. Senegal star Sadio Mane scored a 98th-minute punishment in a 1-0 … Read more
Adwoa Safo, the embattled Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, has been removed from Parliament’s Environment, Science and Technology Committee. Sarah Adwoa Safo is a lawyer and politician from Ghana. She is a Member of Parliament for the New Patriotic Party (2013–2020) representing the Dome Kwabenya Constituency in Ghana’s Greater Accra Region. She has recently been … Read more
The government of Burkina Faso said on Friday that rescuers were battling to pump water out of a flooded mine where eight miners had been missing for over three weeks. When an underground portion of the mine flooded on April 16 due to heavy rain, the eight — six Burkinabe, a Zambian, and a Tanzanian … Read more
According to AFP, Niger’s health minister has approved the vaccination of children under the age of five against malaria with a ground-breaking British vaccine. Malaria claimed the lives of 4,000 persons in the impoverished Sahel region in 2021, the majority of them were children. “The Niger government has approved the use of the RTS, S/AS01 … Read more
Wearing a yellow vest bearing the inscription “Vaccinator,” Doretta Konney moves residence-to-residence together with her team inside the densely populated fishing network of Chorkor in Ghana’s capital Accra. Konney is a part of an on-the-ground push to reach Covid-19 immunization targets in Ghana — an assignment that includes triumphing over vaccine sceptics at a time … Read more
Every year, hundreds of thousands of people, especially children, die from malaria, a long-standing mosquito-borne disease that exacerbated during the Covid-19 pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that 627,000 individuals died of malaria in 2020, the most recent year for which data is available, up 12% from 2019. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates … Read more
Every year, hundreds of thousands of people, especially children, die from malaria, a long-standing mosquito-borne disease that exacerbated during the Covid-19 pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that 627,000 individuals died of malaria in 2020, the most recent year for which data is available, up 12% from 2019. Ahead of World Malaria Day on … Read more
More than 1,000,000 youngsters in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi have now acquired as a minimum one dose of the first anti-malaria vaccine, the World Health Organization stated Thursday. The “breakthrough” RTS,S vaccine turned into pioneered in Malawi in April 2019 and located to be secure and to extensively lessen severe cases of the ailment, the … Read more
Johannesburg – Determined to use her skills to fight inequality, South African computer scientist Raesetje Sefala set to work to build algorithms flagging poverty hot spots — developing data sets she hopes will help target aid, new housing or clinics. From crop analysis to medical diagnostics, artificial intelligence (AI) is already used in essential tasks … Read more
ABUJA – A first batch of more than 400 Nigerians who fled Ukraine following the Russian invasion were flown home on Friday. The group, most of whom were students, arrived shortly after 0630 GMT on a chartered flight from Romania’s capital Bucharest, one of the hubs from where African governments are scrambling to extract stranded … Read more
ACCRA – Ghanaian health authorities have set up at least 6,000 vaccination centers nationwide to accelerate COVID-19 immunization, Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu said Tuesday. The country had a stock of 10 million COVID-19 vaccines available for the current vaccination drive in addition to the 16 million already administered, he said. “We are deploying vaccines and … Read more
PHNOM PENH, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) — The confirmed cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 in Cambodia have risen to 94 after nine new infections were detected, Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said here on Wednesday. “Nine new Omicron cases were confirmed by the Pasteur Institute in Cambodia (on Tuesday evening), and all of them … Read more
