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Ghana: Ex-President Rawlings lies in state

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, former Presidents, Members of the Diplomatic Corps and other dignitaries are expected to file past the remains of Ghana’s longest serving President Flt Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings today.  This is part of a four-day state funeral…

ILO warns of lost lockdown generation

The United Nations’ labour arm warned on Monday that Covid19 is causing a crisis of unprecedented inequality and threatening the return to the labour market of a generation of women, young workers and low-skilled employees. It said coronavirus pandemic wiped…

Gambia declares manhunt for drug kingpin

Gambia President Adama Barrow has instructed security chiefs to form a task force to intensify the manhunt for drug kingpin Banta Keita. Keita is alleged to be the owner of 2.9 tons of cocaine worth 88 million dollars, intercepted and…

ECOWAS citizens to pay $50 for anti-Covid tests

The Economic Community for West African Stares, ECOWAS has set 50 USD as the maximum amount to be paid by the citizens of its member countries, for anti-Covid tests. This forms part of the sub-regional body’s efforts to fight the…

WHO recommends follow-up care for COVID-19 patients

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that patients who have COVID-19 – both confirmed and suspected – should have access to follow-up care if they have persistent, new or changing symptoms. This is one of the recommendations made by…

UK COVID-19 related deaths top 100,000

A total of 100,162 COVID-19 related deaths have been recorded in the UK, the first European nation to pass the landmark. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson told a Downing Street news conference that it was hard to compute the…