Author Archives: larryehu

Nana Addo in Guinea to confer with military junta

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, ECOWAS Chair, on Friday, September 17, 2021, left Accra for Guinea to meet its military leaders a day after the regional bloc imposed travel and financial sanctions on the junta and their families.   The development is a follow-up on the recommendations West African leaders made at the regional body’s Accra Extraordinary meeting to firm ...

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Kohwe Dies After Suffering From Stroke

Legendary actor, Kohwe who was very popular for his roles in the famous Akan Drama series and District Colonial Court from the 90s has passed. He died on Thursday September 16, 2021 at his residence in Accra after earlier reports say he was suffering from stroke. The actor known in real life as Kofi Laing is believed to have died ...

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Proposed List of MMDCEs Out

The committe mandated to assess persons whose names came up for the position of Metropolitan, Municipal and Distrcit Chief Executives(MMDCEs) have released their report which has since been submitted to the President. The list is expected to be announced by the Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development. These were disclosed by the Director of Communications at the Jubilee House, ...

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Akufo-Addo is systematically destroying Ghana’s education – Edudzi

Private legal practitioner, Gordon Edudzi TamekLo has said the Akufo-Addo administration is gradually destroying Ghana’s educational system. Mr Tameklo who is also a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) said the President will be leaving behind a bad legacy in the area of education. He was a commenting on the alleged leakage of examination papers in the ongoing West African Senior Secondary ...

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GFA and Sports Ministry to discuss salary with Serbian coach Rajevac before agreement

Ghana Football Association (GFA) and the Sports Ministry would have a meeting with Serbian coach Milovan Rajevac to discuss his salary before naming him Ghana coach. Ghanasoccernet.com sources have said that Rajevac is leading the race to succeed Charles Akonnor whose tenure came to an end disappointingly this week. Akonnor was booted out on Monday, a week after a shambolic ...

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Guinea declares end of Marburg virus disease outbreak

Guinea today declared the end of the Marburg virus disease outbreak having recorded no new cases over the past 42 days—two incubation periods, or the time between infection and the onset of symptoms. The virus was confirmed on 9 August, marking the first time the disease emerged in the country and in West Africa. Only one case—the index patient who ...

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Africa faces 470 million COVID-19 vaccine shortfall in 2021 -WHO

As the COVAX Facility is forced to slash planned COVID-19 vaccine deliveries to Africa by around 150 million this year, the continent faces almost 500 million doses short of the global year-end target of fully vaccinating 40% of its population. This shortfall comes as Africa tops 8 million COVID-19 cases this week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. With ...

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