Rescuers have found no survivors so far from a jet carrying 132 people which crashed into hills in southern China.Crash investigators also had no information on why China’s Eastern flight, MU5735, plummeted out of the sky on Monday.Recovery work at the site of the Boeing 737-800 crash in Guangxi province was being hampered by difficult … The post No survivors found at China plane
Russia’s most prominent opposition figure, Alexei Navalny, has been given nine years in a “strict regime penal colony” in a fraud case rejected by supporters as fabricated.Navalny was detained when he returned to Russia last year after surviving a poisoning he blamed on the Kremlin.He is already serving three and a half years in jail … The post Putin
Two teachers in their 50s have died after a violent attack at a secondary school in the southern Swedish city of Malmö, police say.An 18-year-old student at the school has been arrested on suspicion of murder.Local media report that the victims were stabbed, but no firearms were used in the attack.The two women, employees of … The post 2 teachers killed in attack at Swedish school
About 100 African students are pleading for help to leave the Ukrainian port city of Kherson, more than two weeks after it was captured by Russian forces.They have been sheltering for days in underground bunkers on campus in bitterly cold temperatures, with no heating or supplies of medicines. They say they are traumatised and desperate … The post Terror of Africans in Russian-occupied
Sudan’s foreign ministry on Tuesday denied the presence of Russian private military contractor, Wagner Group, in the country in response to a statement by Western diplomats.Representatives of the United States, United Kingdom and Norway wrote in a piece published in a Sudanese newspaper on Monday that the mercenary group with ties to Moscow “spreads disinformation … The post Sudan
As many as 28 million people across East Africa face severe hunger if the March rains fail.With the unfolding crisis in Ukraine taking their attention, there is a real danger that the international community will not respond adequately to the escalating hunger crisis in East Africa until it is too late, Oxfam warned yesterday. A massive … The post ‘Millions in East Africa risk
The Accra Psychiatric Hospital redevelopment project is scheduled to begin in September this year, the Hospital Director, Dr Pinanman Apau has announced.She noted that the redevelopment which was expected to be completed within 18 months from the start date, would have among other facilities, a resource centre, an assessment unit, an acute treatment bed unit, … The post Accra
Construction works have begun on a 60-bed hospital at Kpane, a community in the Sagnerigu Municipality of the Northern Region.Under the government’s Agenda 111 programme, the project, costing more than $ 7.7 million, is being executed by four construction firms, namely Jalalo Construction Ghana Limited, Golden Prime Construction Limited, Montjora Construction Ghana and Samkad Construction Ghana Limited … The post Work
Black Stars Head Coach, Otto Addo has announced a 27-man squad for the crunch FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 play-offs against the Super Eagles of Nigeria. Joseph Aidoo Daniel Amartey Kwesi Wriedt ROME, ITALY – APRIL 24: Felix Ohene Afena Gyan of AS Roma U19 gestures during the Coppa Italia Primavera match between AS Roma … The post Otto Addo’s men for World Cup play-off
The World Cup 2022 play-offs are set to take place over the next fortnight with the final three European berths yet to be decided ahead of this winter’s tournament in Qatar.Portugal coach Fernando Santos has described the coming days as the most important challenge of his time in charge.The Portuguese play Turkey tomorrow in Porto … The post World Cup play-offs: Portugal
Everton midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure has pledged his international future to Mali and arrived in Bamako to play in Friday’s World Cup playoff first leg against Tunisia, the country’s football federation said on Tuesday.The 29-year-old won caps for France at junior level but has switch allegiance three years after Mali first approached him to play for … The post Doucoure to play for
Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita has pulled out of the Guinea squad for their international friendlies with South Africa and Zambia due to a knee injury, the Premier League club said.The 27-year-old started Sunday’s 1-0 victory over Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup quarterfinals before being replaced in the second half by Thiago Alcantara.“The Guinean Football … The post Liverpool’s
Tom Saintfiet, the Belgian coach who transformed Gambia from minnows to Africa Cup of Nations quarter finalists this year, desperately wants to avoid the fate that befell Madagascar.Debutants Madagascar took the 2019 Cup of Nations in Egypt by storm, stunning Nigeria in a group match, then eliminating the Democratic Republic of Congo before falling to … The post Surprise
Journey to the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification comes off this Friday as the five teams who will represent Africa in Qatar will be known after two legs.The five highest-ranked teams will play against the five least ranked teams (first leg will be played at home of the lower-ranked teams). Sadio Mane – Senegal captain … The post Final African qualifiers:
Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) has announced the 20 successful businesses that will participate in cohort two of the Women in Technology Incubator Programme at an induction ceremony at the bank’s head office in Accra.The programme is a business incubator specifically designed to provide business support for women-led or women-owned businesses that leverage technology as part … The post Beneficiaries
Economist with Databank, Courage Boti, believes the revision in the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) has the potential of attracting foreign investment into Ghana.This comes on the back of the recent increase in the policy rate by 250 basis points to 17 per cent.According to him, this new development might mean more attractive interest rates for … The post New MPR might
The Managing Director of GCB Bank PLC, Mr Kofi Adomakoh, has advised Ghanaians especially businesses and leaders not to allow their vulnerabilities to weigh them down in achieving their objectives.He said leaders were vulnerable and had their own fears with the challenging environment they operated in and need support of their followers and the masses … The post Don’t
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bui Power Authority, Samuel Kofi Dzamesi, has called on institutional investors, private financiers, and the global energy market leaders to partner the Bui Power Authority to achieve the net zero target by investing in solar power plants. The investment, he said, would help through the installation of Solar PVs … The post CEO of Bui Power Authority
The Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, Wamkele Mene, says equitable distribution of the gains of AfCFTA will be at the centre of its implementation.He said that was because if AfCFTA was perceived to be benefiting only a handful of relatively industrialised countries in Africa, and African multinational corporations, it could … The post AfCFTA
The Bank of Ghana (BOG) has reversed three reliefs it introduced to cushion banks and the economy against the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 pandemic.They are the increase of the Cash Reserve Ratio to 12 per cent, reset of the Capital Buffer to the pre-pandemic levels of three per cent to make Capital Adequacy … The post BoG reverses COVID-19 reliefs
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