News link 2021-12-20 First Edition
News link 2021-12-20 First Edition
News link 2021-12-20 First Edition
Cardinal Peter Turkson, seen by some as a candidate to become the first African pope in about 1,500 years, has abruptly offered his resignation from a key Vatican department, sources familiar with the matter said on Saturday. The 73 year…
In Sierra Leone, President Julius Maada Bio over the weekend, joined other African Heads of State in the third Africa-Turkey Partnership Summit hosted by the Turkish president, RecepTayyip Erdo?an. The two-day summit which was themed “Enhanced Partnership for Common Development…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading significantly faster than the Delta strain in countries with documented community transmission, with the number of cases doubling in 1.5 to 3 days. In an…
Nigeria on Saturday recorded 828 new COVID-19 infections, just about half of the figure recorded on Friday. The latest statistics released by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC on Sunday morning, shows that the new confirmed cases were reported across…
In Togo, some ten months since launching the COVID-19 vaccination campaign, the National Coordination for the Management of the Response to COVID-19 says over 2.2 million vaccines have been administered to the Togolese population. The country which according to its…
In Liberia, several civil society organizations have petitioned the Ministry of Health, calling for the allocation of at least 15% of the National budget toward the health sector in line with the Abuja declaration. The organizations also called for a…
Organised Labour in Nigeria under the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has condemned and rejected government's proposal to increase pump price of petroleum from February next year. This comes as the group announces that it is mobilizing members for what it…
Ghana's roads and highways minister, Kwasi Amoako-Atta, has announced government’s plans to embark on road construction projects and eliminate shoddy road contractors from the industry. He said this while speaking to journalists on the state of roads, which have been…
At least 38 people have been killed in three separate attacks in Giwa Local Government Area, Kaduna State, Nigeria. The State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this on Sunday evening. The three villages involved in…
Mali’s foreign affairs ministry has said that Chad planned to deploy 1,000 additional UN peacekeepers to Mali to reinforce its troops battling armed groups in the former French colony. Chad government spokesperson Azem Bermendoa told the Reuters news agency on…
Ghana's President Akufo-Addo says that although Ghanaians are going through difficult times, he is not to blame. Over the past few months, a section of the populace has complained about hikes in prices of some essential commodities, inadequate access to…