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The eastern Indian city of Kolkata has been devastated by a powerful cyclone. Cyclone Amphan made landfall in eastern India and Bangladesh on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people as it lashed coastal areas with ferocious wind and rain. Many of Kolkata’s 14 million people are without electricity and communications have been disrupted. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said the devastation was “a bigger disaster than Covid-19”. Kolkata is the capital of West Bengal state which has seen 3,103 confirmed cases of the infection. “Area after area has been ruined. I have experienced a war-like situation today,” Ms Banerjee…

Government has stated, emphatically, that it has never requested Madagascar to supply Ghana with Covid-Organics, the supposed cure for the deadly coronavirus. Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah in setting the record straight, contrary to media reports, also maintained that Ghana has not received any consignment of that medicine from Madagascar. The president of Madagascar last month launched Covid-Organics, a tonic produced from the artemisia plant – the source of an ingredient used in a malaria treatment – and other Malagasy plants, which he claimed has the potency to prevent and cure coronavirus. Though the WHO has warned against the use…

A leading business and sports personality, whose résumé includes heading one of the best-known names in African club football, has offered the continent’s most brutally candid perspective yet over the raging global debate on the gross inequality in world rugby. Herbert Mensah, one of the most influential voices in the game today by virtue of his deep knowledge of the game and his current position on the executive committee of Rugby Africa, asserts that the continent must be aggressive in its demand for equal opportunities, but should not expect special treatment due to any historical imbalance, because, quite simply according…

At least 300 people have been killed in a fresh wave of intercommunal fighting in South Sudan, authorities say. Dozens of homes in Jonglei state were destroyed, warehouses belonging to aid groups were raided, and women and cattle were abducted. Three aid workers were among those killed. A treaty aimed at ending the country’s six-year civil war was signed in February, but intercommunal violence has erupted a number of times since. Some 800 people are believed to have died in such clashes since February. The latest outbreak of violence between pastoralists, who rely on livestock, and farm workers began on…

Over 7,000 government employees were unaccounted for on government payroll system, according to the Auditor-General’s Department. The report emanated after a nationwide enumeration exercise embarked on by the Auditor-General to audit government payroll system. The figure, when quantified into monitory, runs into millions of Ghana cedis annually which goes into the pockets of what the department termed as “unaccounted for employment” normally refers to as ghost names. The Deputy Auditor-General, George Swanzy Windful, who revealed this in an interview with Onua TV’s Maakye on Wednesday explained that “normally, we do them [audit of payroll] in isolations. We do them in…

The Dansoman Divisional Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Jeffrey Darko, has discounted claims that his outfit has recorded two coronavirus cases. According to him, although blood samples of both police personnel and inmates within the division have been taken, results are yet to be delivered. “I am the District Commander of Dansoman, and I am saying that blood samples have been taken from my station including mine and we are patiently awaiting the results. So I cannot make any confirmation on the matter,” Chief Supt. Darko clarified. The Dansoman district police commander was reacting to reports that his division had recorded…

Assistant Headmaster in charge of Academic at the Apostle Safo School of Arts and Sciences in  Accra, Hughes Lartey, is cautioning the government against the re-opening of schools in the wake of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. In his estimation, school children, especially those in the lower primary, will find it extremely difficult to cooperate with school authorities in ensuring their safety. Mr Lartey gave the caution during a disinfection and fumigation of the school by Zoomlion Ghana Limited on Wednesday, May 20. He, however, observed that students in the upper level to some extent may be able to observe the…

The Bole Magistrate Court presided over by His Worship Andrews Cudjoe has remanded Yikatey Somatey, a 60 year old farmer from Gando in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah region into prison custody for allegedly butchering his wife to death. He is to reappear on July 15, 2020. Presenting the facts of the case to the Bole court, police prosecutor, Chief inspector Awuni revealed, the deceased Bora Bonbiatey, 57, was married to the accused. He said, the accused has always alleged his wife has been cheating on him with another man whose identity is not known. He said, the accused…

Ninety–four thousand teachers in private schools have been laid off in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic in the country, according to data provided by the Ghana National Council of Private Schools. Most of these teachers who earn between 250 to 400 cedis a month have also not been paid salaries from March till date. Private schools contribute about 43 percent of the country’s education sector with over 400,000 workforce. Since the closure of schools in March, 94,000 teachers from 4,300 schools from mostly Greater Accra, Ashanti and Eastern Regions have been laid off without their monthly salary. Some of…