Country Director for SEND Ghana, George Osei-Akoto Bimpeh, has called on political parties in Ghana to include the citizenry in the drafting of their manifestos to ensure that there is social equality in the implementation of policies. According to him, SEND Ghana has discovered that most of the time, manifestos drafted by political parties focus on what the parties want ...
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Coronavirus: Ghana pushes for debt relief for vulnerable countries
Ghana has called for a collective and coordinated global response to assist vulnerable countries to address the “unprecedented effects” of Covid-19. Such a response, Ghana Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Ministry reiterated, is needed to mitigate the harsh economic and financial effects of the pandemic. “With the benefit of immediate debt relief, developing countries could focus on protecting vulnerable populations, ...
Read More »Ruling party wins Burundi presidential election
The authorities in Burundi say the ruling party’s candidate has been elected as the new president. The electoral commission said Evariste Ndayishimiye won almost 70% of the vote in last week’s poll. The retired general will take over from President Pierre Nkurunziza, who has led Burundi since 2005. The former leader is widely expected to maintain a lot of influence. ...
Read More »Hong Kong security law ‘needed to tackle terrorism’
Hong Kong needs a controversial new security law to tackle “growing terrorism”, the territory’s security chief has said. John Lee said the city had become “shrouded in the shadow of violence”. After months of quiet, this weekend saw a fresh surge of protest after the government in Beijing proposed a security law that would radically change Hong Kong’s unique status. ...
Read More »Coronavirus: Spain to stop quarantining arrivals from 1 July
Foreign visitors to Spain will no longer have to undergo a two-week quarantine from 1 July, the government has announced. It said the measure had been finalised in a cabinet meeting on Monday. Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya had previously said the requirement would be lifted in July, without giving a date. The news comes as the UK government prepares ...
Read More »Coronavirus: Lufthansa agrees €9bn rescue deal with Germany
Lufthansa has agreed a rescue deal worth €9bn (£8bn) with the German government that saves it from collapse. The German airline has been severely affected by a decline in travel due to the coronavirus and closed its budget airline Germanwings in April. The German government will take a 20% stake in the firm, which it intends to sell by the end ...
Read More »WHO elects Ghana’s Health Minister to serve on its Executive Board
Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has been elected to serve on the Executive Board of the World Health Organisation (WHO). He’s among the 34-member executive board who will serve a three-year term for the organisation. The announcement which was made on the Health Ministry’s Facebook page indicated that the Director-General of WHO, Dr. Tredos Adhanom Ghebreyesus congratulated Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, his Vice-Chairs, ...
Read More »Chiefs advised to support security agencies to fight human trafficking
Nana Ayimedu Obrempong III, Krontihene of Adjena has called for collaboration between traditional rulers and security agencies to fight human trafficking through unapproved routes during the coronavirus pandemic season. He said there were a lot of unapproved routes at the borders, people were trafficked or smuggled, which was dangerous in this coronavirus season,as such persons could be coronavirus positive. He ...
Read More »Coronavirus: Stranded Ghanaian-Canadians arrive in Toronto on special flight
Over 300 Ghanaian Canadians who were stranded in Ghana during the COVID-19 pandemic were flown to Toronto on Tuesday, May 19 night by the Canadian government on a special flight.Ethopian Airline plane was arranged by the Canadian Mission in Accra to fly those Ghanaian Canadians directly from Accra to Toronto after an abortive attempt to repatriate them on April 30.The Ghanaian Canadian ...
Read More »Communication Law ruling set for June 23
An Accra High Court has set June 23, 2020 to rule on an application seeking to restrain the government from obtaining the personal information of mobile subscribers for purposes of contact tracing in the Covid-19 pandemic fight in the country. The application seeks to put the exercise on hold until the determination of a substantive suit challenging Executive Instrument (EI ...
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