Upper West Regional Minister, Dr Hafiz Bin Salih in a statement issued in Wa says the Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) ravages the region has so far claimed 44 lives. The Minister indicated that 30 cases with one death were recorded over the past two weeks, bringing the total number of cases in the region to 303 with 44 deaths. It identified ...

The management of the West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo), has served notice that it will, on Sunday May 10 embark on a coordinated and planned 10-hour shutdown of its Tema Regulating and Metering Station (RMS). According to the company, this is intended to help complete outstanding works under the Takoradi Tema Interconnection Project (TTIP). WAPCo said in a ...

Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan still holds the title as the top African scorer in the Asian Champions league following his exploits in the competition with Al Ain and Al Ahli Dubai. Gyan completed a shocking loan move to United Arab Emirates side Al-Ain during the 2011/12 campaign from English side Sunderland. The now 34-year-old became a household name in the ...

Ghana has recorded 372 more novel Coronavirus cases, making the total case count 3,091, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has stated. As of May 7, 2020, nine more patients have recovered and discharged making the total number of recoveries 303. The death toll, according to the GHS update is still 18. According to the Ghana Health Service, a total of 137,924 tests ...

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic,United Nations agencies called on Wednesday for South-East Asian governments to show compassion to boats full of vulnerable people adrift in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea. The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said that ...

Lockdowns, travel restrictions, resource cutbacks and other measures to curb the spread of the new coronavirus are putting victims of human trafficking at risk of further exploitation, while organized crime networks could further profit from the pandemic, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). New analysis from the agency shows that the crisis is having an impact ...

Burundi’s Attorney General Sylvestre Nyandwi has urged politicians not to incite violence following several clashes, some involving machetes, between governing party supporters and those backing the opposition. There have been attacks in various parts of the country ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections due to be held in two weeks. At least two people have been killed in recent days. ...

The sentencing to death of a Nigerian driver via Zoom is “inherently cruel and inhumane”, Human Rights Watch has said. It comes after Nigeria issued a death penalty ruling using the video chat app because of the coronavirus pandemic. Lagos judge Mojisola Dada sentenced Olalekan Hameed to death by hanging for the murder of his employer’s mother. The hearing lasted ...

Russian army medical personnel sent to fight the coronavirus outbreak in Italy are heading home. Defence minister Sergei Shoigu said the teams would start to leave on Thursday, according to Interfax news agency. Russia sent equipment and 100 soldiers in March as the outbreak threatened to overwhelm northern Italy. The deployment provoked controversy in Italy, as many saw it as ...

Since COVID-19 broke out in December 2019, it has continued to spread across the globe unabated, with countries at different phases along the curve. Public health emergencies worldwide, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and its devastating impacts, affect women and men differently, but take a disproportionate toll on women. Even more so in conflict-affected countries and post-conflict contexts, where the ...