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Ghana reopens schools closed due to COVID

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced the reopening of schools this month. While Kindergarten and Junior High School pupils are to return to school on January 15, 2021, first-year Senior High School students will start classes on March 10 with…

COVID-19: Schools in Liberia reopen

Normal academic activities officially started in Liberia on Monday, January 4, 2021. Schools were closed in March 2020 after the country recorded its index case of COVID-19. However, as Pastor Maxwell Sando Sr., a school teacher in Monrovia explains to…

GHANA ELECTION: NDC’s Mahama justifies election challenge

Ghana’s former President John Mahama has justified his decision to petition the Supreme Court challenging the Presidential results declared by the electoral commission.  The December 7 election result has become a contentious matter in the country, with nationwide demonstrations by…

COVID-19: Senegal to procure vaccines in 2021

Senegalese President Macky Sall has disclosed plans by his government to procure covid19 vaccines for the population. President Sall made the disclosure in his New Year’s Day message last night as he praised his government’s response to covid19. He said…

Guinea begins COVID-19 vaccinations

Guinea has joined the list of countries on the continent to begin administering the covid19 vaccines to its population. This information was confirmed Thursday by a health official in Conakry – the capital. While the news of the inoculation campaign…