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 Cameroon is the latest African nation to confirm a case of the deadly coronavirus disease. In a statement on Friday, the Central African country’s health ministry said the case involved a French citizen, 58, who arrived in the capital Yaounde on Monday, February 24. He has been immediately quarantined. “All measures have been taken by the government to contain potential risks of the virus spreading,” the statement said. Cameroon becomes the fourth sub-Saharan African country to confirm the deadly viral disease. Already, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa have recorded cases. Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco have also recorded cases. The disease,…

Former presidents John Dramani Mahama and Jerry John Rawlings were conspicuously missing at the celebration event to mark 63 years of Ghana’s independence from British rule. The event was taken to the Ashanti Region capital of Kumasi for the first time in the anals of the nation. In attendance was His Royal Mejesty, Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the King of the Ashanti Kingdom. https://twitter.com/ManhyiaPalace/status/1235856121027416064?s=20 Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Dr Keith Christopher Rowley was the Guest of Honour. But the event did not have most of the members of the opposition in attendance. Most of the Minority Members of…

South Africa has detected its first case of the coronavirus, a 38-year-old man who visited Italy with his wife. This brings to 27 the number of coronavirus cases reported in Africa. Algeria is worst-affected, with 17 cases, followed by Senegal with four. The South African couple, who have two children, were part of a group of 10 who returned from Italy on 1 March, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said. The man and the doctor who checked him were both in self-isolation, he added. A tracer team had been sent to the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal to identify people who might…

Do you remember a childhood game that you once played? What if you were to play this game with your partner? Well, your favourite highlife musician Brenya in his latest would-be hit single dubbed Pampana, set to be released on Saturday, March 7, 2020, brings back better the memory of childhood. Such a memory, this time, is fused with love. The song produced by Senyocue has a lover beckoning to his partner to come play with him. And, she is assured of an unflinching love. Even before the song is released together with its video, on Saturday, you may want…

The new single window port clearing system UNIPASS has not taken off at the Port of Takoradi in the Western Region. This is despite a directive from the Senior Minister to clearing agents to start using the single window clearing system from March 1. “As we sit now, UNIPASS has not been rolled out officially to be used in clearing goods here at the Port of Takoradi,” Western Region Vice Chairman of the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF) Derrick Prince Abogyan told 3news.com. “From what we have seen it seems Customs themselves are not ready to roll it out…

Passenger service on the Takoradi to Tarkwa rail lines in the Western Region may be delayed for possibly six weeks. This is to enable engineers add new variations to accommodate the construction of the new standard gauge line from Kojokrom to Manso as part of the rehabilitation of the Western Rail Line. The passenger service on the Takoradi to Kojokrom line has been shut down for two weeks to enable engineers Amandi Ghana construct culverts, through which the new standard gauge line runs parallel to the old narrow gauge. In all, Amandi Ghana is building eight culverts from Kilometer 16…

Former Brazil forward Ronaldinho is being held by police in Paraguay for allegedly using a fake passport to enter the country, authorities say. Police searched a hotel in the capital, Asuncion, on Wednesday, where the star had been staying with his brother. Paraguay’s interior minister told ESPN Brazil that the pair had not been arrested but are under investigation. Minister Euclides Acevedo also said they deny wrongdoing and are co-operating with the authorities. In July 2019, the player reportedly had his Brazilian and Spanish passports confiscated over unpaid taxes. “Ronaldinho will be heard at eight in the morning on Thursday…

A second person in Senegal has tested positive for coronavirus, the country’s health ministry confirms. It says the patient is an 80-year-old French national who arrived in the West African country on 29 February. He is being treated at the same hospital for infectious diseases in the capital city, Dakar, where another Frenchman was hospitalised for coronavirus last week. News of this second confirmed case in Senegal brings the total number of confirmed cases on the African continent to 12. Other countries with patients who tested positive for the virus are: Algeria – five people Egypt – two people Morocco…

The president is said to be impressed with the measures put in place at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in anticipation of a possible outbreak of the deadly coronavirus disease. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday toured some facilities at the Airport as the threat of the disease escalates. He was taken round KIA by the Managing Director of Ghana Airport Company Limited, Yaw Kwakwa. Mr Kwakwa briefed journalists after the president left for the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ridge, to inspect other facilities. “From what [President Akufo-Addo] said when he was getting into his car, he was quite…

Ghana coach Charles Kwabla Akonnor has named his first Black Stars squad to face Sudan on March 27 at the Cape Coast Stadium. Social media was buzzing as soon as the squad was announced and four home-based players made the cut. Aduana Stars’ Yahaya Mohammed is in the spotlight given his performance in the Ghana Premier League this season. He has scored 11 goals in 12 matches and has two Man of the Match awards to his name. His ability to terrorize defenders and produce a master class week in-week out earned him the player of the month award. Accra…