Coronavirus mutation emerges that may bypass mask-wearing, hand-washing protections

September 28, 2020 A new COVID-19 mutation appears to be even more contagious, according to a study — and experts say it could be a response by the virus to defeat masks and other...

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Government to replant swollen shoot-affected cocoa farms

September 28, 2020 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the government is resolved to replant all cocoa farms affected by the swollen shoot disease to help improve the yield per hectare for cocoa...

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PWDs appeal for priority in National COVID-19 response, interventions

September 28, 2020 The Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations (GFD), an umbrella body of organisation of persons with disabilities in Ghana is appealing to the government to make COVID-19 interventions...

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Cocoa producer price up 28%

September 28, 2020 The government has increased the cocoa producer price from GH¢8,240 to GH¢10,560 per tonne for the 2020/21 crop year. The current increment, working out to 28 per cent over the previous...

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Ghana among four countries to receive UNDP COVID-19 Private Sector Global Facility

September 24, 2020 Ghana has been named as one of the four countries to receive support from the COVID-19 Private Sector Global Facility announced at the SDG Business Forum at the 75th UN General Assembly to...

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Gov’t extends free water package to December 31

September 24, 2020 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended the free water package in the wake of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to the end of the year. According to the Minister of Sanitation and...

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Ghanaians working together to ensure peaceful elections – Akufo-Addo tells UN

September 24, 2020 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday announced to the United Nations that Ghanaians have agreed to work together to ensure transparent, free, fair, safe and credible...

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Health chief hails African leadership in coronavirus fight

September 23, 2020 The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has praised African leaders for supporting a joint continental strategy to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. John Nkengasong told...

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IMF prescribes new measures to govt

September 23, 2020 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked the government to boldly contain debt service cost and increase revenue collections for the economy to return to the point where debt metrics...

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