Tag: russia
Burkina Faso recalls ambassador in Ghana fuming over Akufo-Addo’s Wagner claims
Burkina Faso has recalled its ambassador in Ghana after President Nana Akufo-Addo alleged Wednesday that his Francophone neighbour has hired Russian mercenaries to help...
MTN Ghana offers free calls to and from Ukraine
Telecommunication giant MTN Ghana has announced it will be offering free calls and SMS to and from Ukraine.
It comes after Russian forces invaded Ukraine,...
FIFA set to ban Russia from football
FIFA is set to ban Russia from international football, including the World Cup, until further notice.
The football governing body is acting after Russian president...
Ghana evacuates 460 stranded citizens from war-hit Ukraine
The Ghana government has announced that it has so far evacuated at least 460 stranded Ghanaians from war-hit Ukraine to neighbouring countries.
According to officials,...
Ghana moves to evacuate Ghanaian students in Ukraine
The government of Ghana has announced that it has begun processes to evacuate Ghanaian students who are stranded in war-hit Ukraine, an official statement...
COVID: Ghana gov’t justifies procurement of ‘overpriced’ Sputnik V vaccines despite...
Ghanaian authorities have justified attempts to procure Sputnik V Vaccines at a unit cost of US$19 through intermediaries amid World Health Organization (WHO) warnings.
The...
COVID: Ghana approves Sputnik V vaccine for emergency use
Russia’s RDIF sovereign wealth fund said on Saturday that Ghana had granted emergency authorisation for the use of the Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19,...
Russian hackers attack banks in Ghana, others
Kaspersky security researchers have reported on thousands of notifications of attacks on major banks located in the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region. The malware used...
Russia, Ghana launch cooperation in nuclear education
The Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU), Russia and three key Ghana universities are collaborating to help the Ghanaian upcoming engineers, physicists, doctors and...
