News link 2021-08-23 Second Edition
News link 2021-08-23 Second Edition
News link 2021-08-23 Second Edition
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, say the deaths of 47 people who were onboard a boat heading to the Canary Islands from North Africa’s Atlantic coast highlights the urgent need for more support…
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has agreed to suspend its strike after an emergency meeting was held with the National Labour Commission (NLC) and the Labour Relations Ministry. This development occurred after both parties were advised by Ghana’s…
At least five people have been hospitalized following severe burns at Liberia's Sethi Brothers Steel Plant outside Monrovia. Three of the victims are set for medical evacuation to Ghana. WADR's Darlington Porkpa.
The Nigerian government and a British Virgin Islands-registered company, Process, and Industrial Development (P&ID), are locked in a legal tussle over a $10 billion arbitral claim in the United States Court of Appeal. Documents seen by online portal, PREMIUM TIMES…
Nigeria's state-owned oil company NNPC is to be disbanded under a new law which came into effect on Tuesday. The government said the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation would be replaced by an independent company. President Muhammadu Buhari said the Petroleum…
Ghana on Wednesday took delivery of some 249,600 doses of UK-donated AstraZeneca vaccines at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). The consignment is being distributed and transported across Ghana to bolster the country’s vaccination exercise. UNICEF, which facilitated the arrival of…
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The Gambia has declared polio outbreak a national public health emergency after two environmental samples collected from the sewage sides tested positive for polio virus type 2. The sequence results showed the viruses detected in the Gambia are genetically linked.…
A former presidential candidate and opponent of Central African Republic President has fled the country despite a travel ban slapped on him by the authorities. Abdoul Karim Meckassoua was removed recently as a member of the national assembly after being…
The transitional President of Mali, Colonel Assimi Goïta has justified his ascension to power in a televised address on the eve of the first anniversary of the military coup which toppled former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keït Goïta also reaffirmed his…
The UN Security council has condemned attacks against civilians in the Sahel and West Africa The United Nations (UN) body responsible for maintaining international peace and security says the success of the fight against terrorism and violent extremism in Africa…