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Ghana taken off financial action task force grey list
Add a CommentGhana has been taken off the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) “grey list”. Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, announced this to the media in Accra on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. According to him, ” The FATF took this decision at their … Read more →
Ghana removed from EU’s money laundering blacklist
Add a CommentGhana is no longer on the European Union’s list of blacklisted countries that have failed to put in measures to fight money laundering. This was made known by global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) … Read more →
EU cautions Ghana over illegal fishing
Add a CommentThe European Union (EU) has issued a ‘yellow card’ – a formal warning that could lead to a seafood export ban to the EU – to the country. The warning follows the failure by the government to tackle illegal fishing … Read more →
Virologist warns of third wave of Covid-19 in Ghana
Add a CommentA virologist at the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR) is warning of a third wave of Covid-19 in the country if Ghanaians failed to adhere to safety protocols. Dr Michael Owusu has observed that many have relaxed in observing the … Read more →
Twitter relocates to Ghana June
Add a CommentThe Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, will be relocating to Ghana in June 2021. Minister of Communications and Digitalization, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, made this known in an interview with Asaase Radio earlier today. She revealed that Mr Dorsey … Read more →
Over 1.3m expiring vaccines in DRC to be re-distributed to Ghana, 5 others
Add a CommentMore than 1.3 million AstraZeneca vaccines delivered to the Democratic Republic of Congo on March 4, 2021, are to be re-distributed to Ghana and five other African countries. The Central African country is the second largest country in Africa (by … Read more →
COVID-19 fight in Ghana: 3,321 vaccinate first day
Add a CommentThe Ghana Health Service, in collaboration with the United Nations (UN) in Ghana, launched the COVID-19 vaccination programme in Accra yesterday (March 2, 2021). This opens the gates for qualified members of the public to step forward and take the … Read more →
$134 million judgment debt hits Ghana over cancellation of GCGP power deal
Add a CommentGhana has been slapped with $134million judgment debt over the cancellation of of the Emergency Power Agreement with GCGP Limited. The ruling by the International Court of Arbitration ordered the government to Ghana to pay to “GPGC the full value … Read more →
UK’s COVID-19 variants spreading faster in Ghana – GHS
Add a CommentThe Ghana Health Service (GHS) says the new Covid-19 variants from the United Kingdom (UK) are spreading faster and widely among the Ghanaian population, with higher disease burden. The GHS says the trend of the spread of the UK variants … Read more →
Ghana’s Covid-19 deaths now 424
Add a CommentDeaths linked to Coronavirus in Ghana have increased from 416 to 424. The Ghana Health Service (GHS) made this known to the media on Tuesday, February 2, 2021. Director General of GHS, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, who addressed the media from … Read more →
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