Ex-Mauritanian president facing graft charges jailed
The former president of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has been jailed by a judge in charge of a corruption investigation. He’d previously been under house arrest. Mr Aziz, who led the West African state from 2008 to 2019, has been under investigation on charges including money laundering since March this year. He denies the […]
Sudan asks for UN meeting over Nile dam row
Sudan’s foreign minister has written to the UN Security Council to intervene on the row over Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam (Gerd) on the Nile River. Sudan wants the council to meet and discuss the dam’s “impact on the safety and security of millions of people”. Minister Mariam al-Mahdi’s letter to the council head asks him […]
Fight against malaria disease at crossroad- Prof Ansah
Director of Centre for Malaria Research, IHR- University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), Professor Evelyn Korkor Ansah, says the fight against malaria demands rethinking to undertake things differently for acceleration in progress towards ending it. “It begins with a change in our mindset and attitude towards malaria. We cannot continue to do the same […]
Ghana needs strategies to improve on remittance flows
Director, Financial Sector Division, Ministry of Finance, Mr Sampson Akilgoh, says it has become necessary for the Government to develop strategies to improve remittance flows into the country. He said those strategies would also enhance the economic development of the country as a whole. Mr Akilgoh made these remarks at the GIZ- Ghana Programme Migration […]
