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GH¢10 million stadium funds missing at National Sports Authority – A-G’s report

The Auditor General’s report on the Sustainability of Sports Stadia in Ghana has revealed that Internally Generated Funds (IGF) for the year 2015-2016 for the Accra Sports Stadium and for the year 2012-2013 for the Baba Yara Sports Stadium were not accounted for by the National Sports Authority (NSA). The audit carried out from August 2017 to December 2018 at ...

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Govt looking to reopen schools soon – Kojo Oppong Nkrumah

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah

The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has revealed that the President is in talks with stakeholders on reopening schools soon. He made this revelation in an Instagram live Q&A session with Ghanaians today. “The gov’t is looking at reopening schools. The President is engaging with stakeholders to know the way forward.” According to him the government will be considering regular testing ...

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UK charters return flight for vulnerable citizens, others in Ghana

The UK High Commission to Ghana has disclosed plans to transport some of its nationals to their home country. In a tweet cited by GhanaWeb, the outfit noted that beneficiaries of the chartered flight consist of “vulnerable British nationals visiting Ghana, and eligible people who registered for standby for their previous flight.” The Commission, however, added that not all persons ...

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Letter from Africa: Spare a thought for stranded migrants

The coronavirus crisis has deepened the struggle facing migrants in Calais and the UK

In our series of letters from African journalists, Ismail Einashe writes that migrants are facing a tougher time since the outbreak of coronavirus. Thousands of African migrants are stuck in transit – unable to reach their destination or to get back home because the coronavirus pandemic has caused the world to come to a standstill. Take two key exit points: ...

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Rwanda genocide suspect arrested in France

The United States offered a $5m reward for information leading to Félicien Kabuga's arrest

Félicien Kabuga, one of the most wanted suspects of the Rwandan genocide, has been arrested near Paris, the French justice ministry has announced. Mr Kabuga was detained in a dawn raid in Asnières-sur-Seine, where he had been living under a false identity. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda has charged the 84-year-old with genocide and crimes against humanity. He is ...

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Ghana ranked 4th on Africa’s most tested coronavirus countries

Ghana’s effective response to the Coronavirus pandemic has gained her a recognition both at home and abroad. The government’s enhanced contact tracing of infected patients and its mass testing has brought the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government plaudits. In a televised speech to Ghanaians last Sunday, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo claimed that Ghana has administered more tests per million of the population than any other ...

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Akufo-Addo signs UNAIDS public letter to make coronavirus vaccine free for all

Prez Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has joined a long list of leaders across the globe who have penned their signatures down to make the Coronavirus vaccine, when obtained, available to all persons regardless of their class, social status or race. The global agreement letter put out by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS(UNAIDS) was to help make the yet to be developed vaccine for ...

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Africans are no longer being maltreated in China – Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister

Mr Charles Owiredu, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister

Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, Charles Owiredu, has averred that Africans living in China are no longer receiving harsh treatments from the Asian country. In April 2020, there was a widely reported mistreatment of Africans in China where the former were said to have been evicted from their homes, hotels and forced to sleep on the streets amid fear of imported Coronavirus cases. ...

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Impoverished Burundi, battered by violence and coronavirus, gears up for elections

Burundi will have its first competitive presidential election since the civil war erupted in 1993, but simmering political violence and fears that campaign rallies could accelerate the spread of the coronavirus have already marred the campaign. President Pierre Nkurunziza is stepping down, although he intends to remain a prominent force in the impoverished East African nation. He nominated Evariste Ndayishimiye, ...

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Nigeria records 288 fresh cases of coronavirus, total rises to 5,445

Nigeria has recorded 288 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 5,445. Announcing the new development on Friday night, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said the country recorded the new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. The NCDC also said that four new patients have been confirmed dead to the virus ...

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