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CAS rejects Al Ahly’s application to postpone CAF Champions League Final

0 Menu › Africa CAS rejects Al Ahly’s application to postpone CAF The Court for Arbitration of Sport (CAS) has rejected Al Ahly’s application to postpone the 2021/22 Champions League final after Confederation African Football (CAF) moved the game to a neutral venue. The Egyptian giants had lodged an official complaint …

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I’m about to shake Ghana again – Barima Sidney reveals

Barima Sidney has encouraged the NPP government of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to go outside the box to fix the economy. Barima Sidney made the call during Connect FM’s Edwumapa Mmre drive. Barima Sidney says Ghana isn’t the only country suffering from the Russia-Ukraine war, but politicians aren’t thinking creatively. …

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‘There are too many corrupt cases that are going on unattended to’ – Domelevo

Former Auditor General, Daniel Yao Domelevo has spoken about the spate of corruption in the country. He said in a JoyNews interview on Wednesday, May 25, 2022; that he is unable to run an assessment of corruption and the corruption fight by this government but that he was worried by …

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Monkeypox outbreak 2022 and what you need to know

Monkeypox, a disease caused by the monkeypox virus, occurs very infrequently and in very scattered locations in parts of Africa. There are two clades (or types) of the virus: a West Africa (WA) clade in which 1 to 3.6 out of 100 infected patients die (1% to 3.6% mortality) and …

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We need to capitalize on technology to boost Africa’s cultural heritage

Dr. Wale Okediran, the General Secretary of the Pan African Writers’ Association (PAWA) says there is a need to capitalize on the numerous benefits of technology to commercialize Africa’s intangible cultural heritage. He said this during the Indigenous African Music and Dance Conference, organized under the auspices of the Ministry …

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‘Parliament has no money to function’ – Bagbin fumes

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has lamented the dire financial constraints Parliament is currently facing. According to the Speaker, he has stopped approving financial commitments of the house due to the constraints. Speaking in Parliament, the Speaker called out the Minister for Finance for starving the House of funds. …

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‘We are friends to African nations’ – French ambassador to South African protesters

The French ambassador to South Africa, Aurelien Lechevallier, has stressed that his country has friendly relations with African countries. He made the comments during a brief appearance on Wednesday, May 25, to receive a petition demanding that France leaves Africa. “We are friends to African nations,” he told protesters from …

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Supreme Court gives AG 14 days to file statement on e-levy suit

The Supreme Court has granted the Attorney General 14 days within which to file his statement of case on the suit by three Minority Members of Parliament challenging the passage of the controversial Electronic Transfer Levy. Three NDC MPs, namely Haruna Iddrissu, Mahama Ayariga, and Samuel Okudjeto Ablakwa, are before …

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