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Ghana: Fears Rise for Accra's Urban Poor in Ongoing Lockdown
VOA, 15 April 2020
As cases of COVID-19 rise in Ghana, and its capital Accra endures its third week of a partial lockdown, local NGOs, churches and businesses have stepped up campaigns to feed the… Read more »
Fears Rise for Accra's Urban Poor During COVID-19 Lockdown
As COVID-19 cases increase and Ghana's capital Accra endures its third week of a partial lockdown, non-governmental organisations, churches and businesses have stepped up campaigns to feed the most vulnerable. Despite these interventions, there are fears of short and long-term repercussions for more than a half-million urban poor.
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Ghana: Scores Beseech Kwame Nkrumah Circle for Food
Ghanaian Times, 15 April 2020
Scores of desperately-looking young men and women yesterday gathered under the Kwame Nkrumah Circle overpass near the Neoplan Station in Accra, frantically begging for food and… Read more »
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Ghana: Bar Owner, Customer in Trouble for Flouting COVID-19 Lockdown
Ghanaian Times, 15 April 2020
A drinking bar owner, Mawutor Ahetor, and a customer, Samuel Richard, have been arrested by the Kasoa Divisional Police for flouting the imposition of the country's lockdown… Read more »
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Ghana: COVID-19 and Clarity
Ghanaian Times, 15 April 2020
It is quite clear to everyone with eyes to see, that the Coronavirus pandemic is not something to play with. Read more »
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Ghana: The Corona Virus and Other Viral Pandemcs in the Light of Islamic Meat Eating Prohibitons (I)
Ghanaian Times, 15 April 2020
What is increasingly becoming certain about the ongoing Corona virus pandemic is that bats are the most probable carriers from which the disease was spread from China to the rest… Read more »
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Ghana: GSS, UNDP Partner to Track COVID-19 Impact On Businesses
Ghanaian Times, 15 April 2020
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have rolled out an online survey dubbed "Business Tracker", which aims at assessing the… Read more »
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Ghana: IMF Approves U.S.$1 Bn for Ghana ... to Support COVID-19 Combat
Ghanaian Times, 15 April 2020
The International Monetary (IMF) Executive Board has approved one billion dollars for the government of Ghana to address the fiscal and balance of payment needs of the country… Read more »
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