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Four police officers in Minneapolis were sacked Tuesday as a video showing one of them kneeling on the neck of a handcuffed black man who later died sparked street protests in the midwestern U.S. city. Protesters, many wearing face masks because

The COVID-19 is revealing the cracks in diplomatic relations between China and Ghana in recent years. The West African Country has been a major trade partner of China over the years but outbreak of the coronavirus shows all is not well

The Ghana Immigration Service has confirmed the arrest of 20 Burkina Faso nationals at the Babile inland post near Lawra in the Upper West Region. They were onboard an O.A branded bus with registration number AS 699- 09 from their home

Russia’s nationwide tally of confirmed coronavirus cases neared the 100,000 mark on Wednesday after 5,841 new cases of the virus were registered overnight along with a record daily rise in the death toll. Russia, the world’s largest country by territory, has

The youth are important asset of every nation. They form the core of the labour force and largely represent the future if properly resourced and nurtured. It is therefore not out of place to invest in this significant segment of the

Morocco’s health ministry declared on Monday its first coronavirus case, from a Moroccan man living in Italy. The man is currently receiving health care at a hospital in Casablanca and his health condition is not critical, the ministry said in a

Nigeria on Friday announced the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa. “The case is an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and returned from Milan, Italy to Lagos, Nigeria on the 25th of February 2020,” Health Minister Osagie Ehanire said in a

Saudi Arabia announced early Thursday that entry for individuals aiming to perform Umrah pilgrimage or to visit the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah has been temporarily suspended over concerns of the spread of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus. Umrah, a lesser pilgrimage compared