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A special disinfection tunnel has been set up to protect Russia’s President Vladimir Putin from the virus. Anyone visiting his official Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, where he receives visitors, has to pass through this tunnel, said state-controlled RIA news agency. The agency described the disinfectant as a fine cloud of liquid that covers people’s clothes and any exposed upper body flesh. It comes after Putin’s spokesman, Dmistry Peskov, earlier in April said that anyone meeting Putin in person was tested for the virus. Peskov revealed that he himself had been infected a month later, reported Reuters. Russia has reported more…

A judge who was said to have died of a heart attack while overseeing a corruption trial involving the president’s chief of staff in the Democratic Republic of Congo actually died of stab wounds to the head, the justice minister has revealed. Celestin Tunda Ya Kasende said a murder investigation had now been launched. In May, police said Judge Raphael Yanyi had died of a heart attack. He had been presiding over the trial for corruption of Vital Kamerhe. But an autopsy has since shown “he died a violent death, due to the blows of sharp points or knife-like objects,…

Hundreds of people have begun fleeing Ghana’s capital as authorities prepare to lockdown parts of the country in a drastic move by the government to prevent the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus which has killed at least four persons in the country. Although people can during the lockdown which affects only the Greater Accra metropolitan area including Tema and Kasoa, and the Kumasi metropolitan area, step out to get essential food items and critical services, it appears residents are unaware of that flexibility. Bus terminals in Accra were Saturday morning flooded with overwhelming number of desperate passengers trying to…

Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, has urged Japanese investors to consider Ghana as their preferred investment destination in Africa. Speaking at the Ghana Investment Promotion Center’s (GIPC) Investment Opportunities Summit in Yokohama City Japan, Mr. Kyerematen outlined several investment opportunities in Ghana. He appealed to investors in Japan to join their colleagues in Ghana to leverage the country’s numerous investment opportunities. The GIPC’s Investment Opportunities Summit took place on the sidelines of the ongoing 2019 Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD). President Nana Akufo-Addo and several other African leaders including Liberia’s President, George Weah, are attending the…

An eight member delegation from Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has held bilateral talks in India. The delegation has also together with the Ghana High Commission in India participated in a Foreign Office Political Consultation with the Ministry of External Affairs and Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of India. The deliberations were held in New Delhi on Wednesday August 28, 2019. The talks centred on trade, investment and commerce, capacity building programmes, international cooperation, among others. They were held with the view to further strengthen the existing close bonds of friendship and cooperation between Ghana and India.…

Ghana has marketed pepper as one of its non-traditional export products at this year’s world chili pepper trade show in Reiti, Italy. Mrs Eudora Quartey-Koranteng, Ghana’s Ambassador to Italy, opened the fair in Reiti, Italy, on Wednesday, August 28, 2019. The fair will end on Sunday, September 1, 2019. The West African nation showcased its pepper industry as one of the sectors with immense investment opportunities. Reiti is a city located in Lazio Region, central Italy. The city is the main producer of chili pepper in Europe. The world Chili pepper day blends culture, tradition and gastronomy. The trade show…

The craze for sports betting among the youth of Ghana has the potential to retard their development and by extension, the future of the country if not checked as a matter of urgency.  Mr. Daniel Jackson, Pro-director of Jackson College of Education (JCE) who made the observation, said the alarming rate at which the youth are patronizing sports betting is likened to a “national disaster” in waiting. He said the youth of today are too obsessed with betting at the expense of productive ventures that could improve their lives. Speaking to the media in an interview in Kumasi, Mr. Jackson…

The Chief Executive Officer of Premier Health Insurance Mr Percy Asare Ansah has debunked assertions that private health insurance is only for the elites within the society. Even though he admitted that the initial products and services by the private insurance companies were targeted at the elites or companies, who were in the position to pay the premium, he was quick to add that a lot has changed and evolved. “Everybody in Ghana needs quality healthcare, whether rich or poor. That is the more reason why we have designed products that will capture all segments of people in the society,”…

Nisreen Eslaim, a young woman from Sudan who actively participated in the Peoples’ Revolution which triumphed over a 30-year autocracy, shares a devastating story that is phenomenon, turning more challenging than winning the democratic struggle. People in her country are faced by another catastrophic ecological crisis of monumental proportion, which has already killed over 60 people and destroyed 37,000 homes. Nisreen is now very worried that though the people had capacity to mobilize themselves to rise against tyranny, their capacity to defeat the weather-inspired floods, which have become frequent, is diminished. She wonders why the “Loss and Damage” framework she has…

Over the years acclaimed Professor of Economics Yaw Nyarko has received a number of grants from the International Growth Center (IGC) and other funders to conduct research to support smallholder farmers to revolutionize the way they trade and open up new markets. The goal of the research is to study rural agricultural markets using technology and apps developed by the New York University Center for Technology and Economic Development (NYU-CTED) of which Prof. Nyarko is the Founder and Director. Several years ago, a similar event was hosted in Kumawu with the Head of the IGC Ghana Team, Professor Nii Sowa.…