Health & Lifestyle
More cash for Ebola, but MSF says response is 'lethally inadequate"
September 10, 2014
More cash for Ebola, but MSF says response is 'lethally inadequate"
The Gates Foundation is committing $50m to help tackle Ebola in affected countries. The deadly virus has claimed 2,296 lives…
Gov't reaches agreement with striking lecturers
August 26, 2014
Gov't reaches agreement with striking lecturers
Government has agreed to pay book and research allowance arrears to university and polytechnic lecturers within one month. It ends…
IATA task force to provide travel updates on Ebola
August 25, 2014
IATA task force to provide travel updates on Ebola
A task force has been set up by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to monitor the outbreak of Ebola…
Lagos records two new Ebola cases
August 25, 2014
Lagos records two new Ebola cases
Two new cases of Ebola have been recorded in Lagos, Nigeria’s capital, Minister of Health Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu has confirmed.…
It’s illegal to freeze our salary – POTAG tells Gov't
August 25, 2014
It’s illegal to freeze our salary – POTAG tells Gov't
The vice president of the Greater Accra branch of the Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana ( POTAG), Jones Ntiamoah, has…
"Gov't must take responsibility" over POTAG salary freeze – IMANI boss
August 25, 2014
"Gov't must take responsibility" over POTAG salary freeze – IMANI boss
Mr Franklin Cudjoe, President of IMANI Ghana, has called on government and the general public to stop ‘moralizing’ the on-going…
Heads of State to hold emergency meeting in Accra over Ebola
August 25, 2014
Heads of State to hold emergency meeting in Accra over Ebola
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is likely to hold an emergency meeting involving Heads of State over…
British expat dies in Takoradi hotel
August 22, 2014
British expat dies in Takoradi hotel
An expatriate working with the Aboadze Thermal Plant of the Volta River Authority in the Western Region has died under unexplained…
Universities to present Ebola plans by August 25
August 21, 2014
Universities to present Ebola plans by August 25
Government has given universities the go-ahead to re-open for the 2014/2015 academic year from August 27, but they must present…
Liberia finds 'missing Ebola patients'
August 19, 2014
Liberia finds 'missing Ebola patients'
Seventeen suspected Ebola patients who went missing in Liberia after a health centre in the capital was attacked have been…