Africa has been declared free from wild polio by the independent body, the Africa Regional Certification Commission. Polio usually affects children under five, sometimes leading to irreversible paralysis. Death can occur when breathing muscles are affected. Twenty-five years ago thousands of children in Africa were paralysed by the virus. The disease is now only found […]
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commissioned and handed over the Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area to the African Union (AU) Commission, at a brief ceremony, at the Africa Trade House, on Monday, 17th August 2020. Delivering a speech at the ceremony, President Akufo-Addo stated that Ghana had […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will on Monday, August 17, 2020 commission and hand over the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat Building to the African Union Commission (AUC) in Accra. It will be recalled that at the 12th African Union (AU) Extraordinary Summit held in Niamey, Niger in July 2019, Ghana was selected […]
Ethiopia has unveiled its first locally assembled electric cars in a joint venture between Olympic champion Haile Gebreselassie’s Marathon Motor and Korean auto giant Hyundai. The launch aims at giving the necessary impetus to the country’s greening and climate-resilient aspirations. Gebresselassie on Monday delivered the vehicle to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, local media reports. Fully charged, […]
“I was fully informed about the manipulations, intrigues, intimidation and betrayals. The consequences of not conceding were only better imagined. My natural instinct for peace automatically surfaced. I was going to make a decision which reflected my commitment to that ideal. This is the foundation of my essence. In my periodic projections into the future, […]
Lazarus Chakwera has been sworn in as president of Malawi after winning an election rerun. “Time has come for us to wake up and to make our dreams come true,” Mr Chakwera said in his victory speech. He defeated incumbent Peter Mutharika with 58.57% of the vote in Tuesday’s poll. In February, Malawi’s constitutional court […]
Liberia’s Education Minister has been flown into Accra and is undergoing treatment after testing positive for Covid-19, sources close to Ghana’s Covid-19 management team have said. Professor Ansu D. Sonii Snr, 70, is reported to have been flown into Ghana over the weekend, in what has been described as a “diplomatic arrangement” between the two […]
The government of Ghana has apologised to the Nigeria High Commission in Ghana following the demolition of a storey building on its premises said to be at the centre of a land litigation. The building was demolished at the weekend. Some men said to be armed with the assistance of a bulldozer broke through the locked gate […]
Reports reaching BestNewsGH.com says the President of Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza has died at the age of 55. Aljazeera which broke the news said the president died of a heart attack according government spokespersons in that country. In a statement posted on Twitter and sighted by BestNewsGH.com the government announced “with great sorrow to Burundians and […]
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has declared the country “coronavirus-free” thanks to prayers by citizens. “The corona disease has been eliminated thanks to God,” Mr Magufuli told worshippers in a church in the capital, Dodoma. The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern over the government’s strategy on Covid-19. The government has stopped publishing data on […]
Ethiopia reports a surge in sexual violence since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak Officials in Ethiopia have said that more than 100 girls were raped and treated in the capital, Addis Ababa, since the outbreak of the COVID-19 disease. The privately owned Walta TV reported the news. The abuse includes cases of incest. The head of […]
Long queues have formed outside shops selling alcohol in South Africa after restrictions on its sale, imposed two months ago as part of measures to fight COVID-19 were lifted. Social media posts showed people who had braved the morning chill cheering as buyers emerged with their bottles. The alcohol ban was to allow police and […]
