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Government is spending GHC2 million on the hot meals being provided for Ghaianas in the lockdown areas in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic in Ghana, NADMO has revealed. According to the Communications Director of NADMO, George Ayisi, each pack of food costs the state GHC5. Over 400,000 people are …

The Omanhene of the Asante Asokore Traditional Area Nana Dr S.K.B Asante  has called on government to engage chiefs meaningfully in the implementation of strategies to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the country. According to him, even though various chiefs are contributing their quota in the fight against the deadly virus, …

Rwanda National Police (RNP) on Sunday, April 12 announced the usage of drones to further raise awareness of the coronavirus pandemic in local communities. “We have added drones to our methods of raising awareness about COVID-19,” reads part of the announcement on Twitter. The development comes after the country records …

Former Togolese Prime Minister and diplomat, Edem Kodjo is dead at the age of 82. Edem who served as the prime minister of Togo from 1994 to 1996 and from 2005 to 2006, under the leadership of a former president Gnassingbe Eyadema, died in Paris on Saturday April 11. Togolese Foreign Minister,  Robert …

Elmina Sharks midfielder Richard Mpong is proud of his playing days with Asante Kotoko but reveals a regrettable experience with the fans of the Porcupine Warriors. The experienced midfielder insists he was given a raw deal by fans of the club who tarnished his image in his final days at …

African officials are confronting China publicly and in private over racist mistreatment of Africans in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, and the U.S. says African-Americans have been targeted too. Some Africans in the commercial hub have reported being evicted or discriminated against amid coronavirus fears. And a U.S. Embassy security …

A “bubbly” young nursery worker has died after testing positive for coronavirus while in hospital awaiting a liver transplant. Katie Horne’s family have been left “completely devastated” by the 21-year-old’s death at King’s College Hospital in London where she was admitted with a severe liver condition. Sister Emma said Katie’s …

In the clearest indication yet that the two-week lockdown imposed on Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on March 29 to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic may be headed for extension, President Muhammadu Buhari, saturday, said the movement restrictions would last as long as necessary, particularly, …

An Elder of the Church of Pentecost in Akasi District of the Ashanti Region has been confirmed dead by health officials of the Ankasi Government Hospital after two weeks of battling with gunshot injury. The deceased, Elder Asante Nyamekye, a fortnight ago, was attacked by armed robbers while returning from …

It was a day after President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo addressed Ghanaians on the country’s preparedness to fight the pandemic, setting aside one hundred million dollars to enhance the plan. Prior to this, he had ordered the suspension of all international travels by public officials, except for critical assignments which …

Two major markets in the Volta Region have been closed down as Coronavirus case surge in neighbouring Easter region. The Juapong market in the North Tongu District has been closed down with immediate effect, as part of safety measures to curb the possible spread of the novel coronavirus in the region, while …

The Accra Regional Police Command today arrested 29 persons in a mosque at Nyamekye Darkuman in Accra for breaching the social distancing protocol. According to the Command’s spokeswoman, Efia Tenge, the suspects said they had assembled for an Islamic marriage activity but were overwhelmed by the number of persons who …

Some 45 persons, mostly young men and women are arrested by the Police in Dzodze, the municipal capital of Ketu North Municipal Assembly of the Volta Region for violating the ban on social gathering. The arrested persons were said to be having a party and swimming in a pool at …

The College of Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has reached the advanced stage in the design and construction of a homemade ventilator. The project, a joint work between the College’s Computer Engineering Department and Michigan Technological University, United States (US), is expected to boost health service …

Politicians in Ghana are taking advantage of the outbreak of the global pandemic to propagate their messages to the electorate since COVID-19 has overshadowed their campaigns toward the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections. The case is not different as John Dramani Mahama, a former president, has promised to establish another medical research …

It was as though this part of the country had completely forgotten about any risks, or a pending pandemic when they trooped the beach in their numbers to entertain themselves. Residents of Chorkor a suburb of Accra ignored the President’s lockdown directives, to chill at the beach on Easter Sunday, …

The Bureau of Public Safety has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to impose 21-day nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the deadly Coronavirus. COVID-19 cases in Ghana on Saturday jumped to 566 from 408. The development means over 150 cases have been recorded over the last 24 hours. Of the …

Personnel from the military stormed Chokor in Accra after residents defied the lockdown directive to party at the beach. Ghanaweb.com broke the story of how the residents ignored the President’s lockdown directives to chill at the beach on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020. Barely two hours after GhanaWeb broke the …

The assembly member for Lawui and Klokpui in the Akatsi South Constituency has cried out for support for his electoral area as the people of his electoral drink from the same water source as animals. In a press statement, the assemblymember for the area Hon. Wisdom Akpablie lamented the lack …

Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia has commended scientists at the University of Ghana (UG) for a successful sequencing of the genomes of SARS-CoV-2, “to help track mutations and trace community infections” of COVID-19. The scientists, who work at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR – College of Health Sciences) and …

As of today, 12 April 2020, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa is 2 173, with no reported increase in deaths. Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said this is an increase of 145 cases from the previously reported cases on Saturday. The number of deaths still …

The Ogun State Police Command on Sunday said it has arrested 150 suspects in connection with the resurgence of robberies, burglaries and cult violence in some parts of Ifo and Ado-Odo/Ota Local Governent Areas of the state. The arrest followed complaints by residents of Owode, Ilepa, Ifo, Arigbajo,Itori, Dalemo, Ijoko …

Democratic Republic of Congo recorded a second Ebola death in days following more than six weeks without a new case, the World Health Organization said on Sunday. The victim was an 11-month-old girl linked to an Ebola death reported on Friday in the city of Beni, it said. Congo was …

Ghana’s COVID-19 case count has risen to 566. This comes after the Ghana Health Service confirmed 158 new cases. Volta and Western regions have recorded cases; bringing the number of regions with infections to ten (10). Before this development, regions that had reported cases were Greater Accra, Ashanti, Central, Eastern, Northern, North …

The justice minister of Somalia’s autonomous Hirshabelle state, Khalif Mumin Tohow, has died after contracting the Novel Coronavirus, the second recorded death in the country. Tohow died on Sunday in Mogadishu’s Martini hospital a day after he tested positive for COVID-19 in the town of Jowhar, the administrative capital of Hirshabelle. …