🌟 World Cup 2022 ✳ TODAY ⚽ Switzerland vs Cameroon 1pm (UBC TV) ⚽ Portugal vs Ghana 7pm (UBC TV) ⚽ Brazil vs Serbia 10pm ⚽ Uruguay vs South Korea 4pm Doha, Qatar | BIRD AGENCY | The focus today shifts to Group G and H, where Ghana’s Black Stars …
Read More »Can an African team win the World Cup?
Experts combine number crunching and research to predict COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | Many football lovers hope an African team will win the men’s 2022 Fifa World Cup. The world has been waiting for this since the great Brazilian player Pelé predicted (in the 1970s) that an African country would …
Read More »GHANA: 140 students receive Chinese ambassador scholarships
Cape Coast, Ghana | Xinhua | A total of 140 Ghanaian students were awarded Friday the Chinese ambassador scholarships for their excellence in Chinese study in a ceremony at the University of Cape Coast (UCC). Addressing the ceremony, Chinese Ambassador to Ghana Lu Kun voiced hope the scholarships will help …
Read More »Ghana launches AfCFTA hub to facilitate businesses
Accra, Ghana | Xinhua | Ghana launched its African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) hub Monday to increase local participation in the continent-wide free trade and facilitate businesses. “The AfCFTA hub is the principal tool for aligning Ghana’s own wide-ranging digitalization policy with the various opportunities presented by AfCFTA,” said Minister …
Read More »Stories from past African leaders
How prejudice has blinded us from seeing the reality of the politics right in front of our eyes THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Recently, a friend sent me a video of former Ghanian president, Jerry Rawlings, telling his experience as a former president to an Italian journalist. …
Read More »Tayebwa, Ghana Deputy Speaker discuss legislative practices
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa and the First Deputy Speaker of the Ghanaian Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu have deliberated on parliamentary practices of the two countries and made commitments for working relations. The two made these commitments when the Ghanaian First Deputy Speaker paid a courtesy call …
Read More »Ghana confirms first two cases of Marburg virus disease
Accra, Ghana | Xinhua | Ghana has confirmed the country’s first two cases of Marburg virus disease (MVD), the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said. The confirmation came after samples from suspected infected individuals sent to the Institute Pasteur in Dakar (IPD) tested positive for MVD, the GHS said in a …
Read More »Ghana records two suspected cases of Marburg virus disease
Accra, Ghana | Xinhua | Ghana recorded two suspected cases of Marburg virus disease (MVD) on Thursday, according to health authorities. In a statement, the Ghana Health Service said the two persons were identified at different locations in the Ashanti region with acute hemorrhaging fever. “Their blood samples were sent to …
Read More »ECOWAS convenes summit on political situations in Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso
Accra, Ghana | Xinhua | Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) gathered in Accra, the Ghanaian capital, Saturday, hoping to find a solution to the political situations in Mali, Guinea, and Burkina Faso. Opening ECOWAS’ 6th Extraordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and …
Read More »Nigeria confirms death of FIFA official during WC qualifier with Ghana
Abuja, Nigeria | Xinhua | Nigeria on Wednesday confirmed the death of the Zambian official who was serving as the doping control officer for the second leg of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier between Nigeria and Ghana on Tuesday. The official, identified as Joseph Kabungo, died as a result of …
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