Wealthy nations must act to prevent a global ‘vaccine apartheid’
The world faces two possible futures: one in which all nations band together to bring covid-19 under control, and another in which the wealthiest countries emerge from the pandemic but…
Independent police service will help drastically reduce corruption – Governance Expert
Governance Expert Williams Amofa has cautioned that if the country wants to combat corruption by strengthening institutions, the police institution must be the first point of call.According to him, our…
Debilitating ‘long-COVID’ may have severe health, social impacts: WHO
Thousands of COVID-19 patients continue to suffer serious, debilitating and lingering symptoms many months after their initial bout of infection, with major social, health and economic consequences, European health experts…
Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire to collaborate on Cocoa security along common Border
Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire have agreed to form a joint committee to find a lasting solution to security challenges faced by cocoa farmers along with the southern parts of the…
UN chief condemns attack on school in Nigeria
The United Nations Secretary-General has strongly condemned Wednesday’s attack on a boarding school in north-central Nigeria, in which one student was killed and several students, as well as relatives and…
Senegal receives initial 200,000 Chinese vaccines costing $3.8 million
Senegal received 200,000 doses of China's COVID-19 vaccine Sinopharm on Wednesday — purchased at around 3.8 million (US) dollars, according to the country's Finance Ministry. Nearly 1.3 million more vaccine doses are…
Africa coronavirus stats as deaths near 100,000 threshold
As of today, February 18, 2021; Africa has recorded over 3.8 million confirmed cases of coronavirus. A number of countries are gradually lifting restrictions imposed to curtail spread of the…
Ten years on, Libyan revolutionaries live with wounds and unfulfilled dreams
As revolution swept their region in 2011, three young Libyans joined mass protests against Muammar Gaddafi’s four-decade rule. They now live divided by Libya’s frontlines, their futures irrevocably shaped by…
Covid-19: World’s first human trials given green light in UK
Healthy, young volunteers will be infected with coronavirus to test vaccines and treatments in the world's first Covid-19 "human challenge" study, which will take place in the UK. The study,…
Vigilantism law will not work – Security Expert
Adam Bonaa, a security expert has cast doubts on the effectiveness of the Vigilantism law to deal with the menace in the country. The law which was passed in 2019…
