Month: March 2024

Speaker Anita Among has re-echoed the call for unity as talks to move the headquarters of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Africa Region gains momentum. She said this while speaking at the 86th Executive Committee Meeting of the CPA (Africa Region) on Monday, 11 March 2024 at Protea Hotel in Entebbe, about 40 kilometres from the capital, Kampala. The conference that attracted 17 of the 19 Africa Region member countries […]

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has called on Telecommunication companies operating in the country to move beyond seeking to expand the physical infrastructure of their operations to investing in the human and other resources that are at the heart of their offerings to the Ghanaian and African market. Speaking at the launch of operations for Telecel Ghana, new majority shareholders in the company formerly known as Vodafone Ghana, on Monday, March […]

The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) has called for more funding to improve the financial sustainability of municipalities. SALGA briefed the Standing Committee on Appropriations on the 2024 Budget and the Division of Revenue as part of the Money Bills and Related Matters Act on Tuesday, 12 March. SALGA welcomed the increased allocation of R177 billion to local government. However, they argued that this still did not address the […]

As part of the International Women’s Day celebrations, female police peacekeepers from the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) organised a free medical camp for their Somali counterparts and made donations to an orphanage run by the Somali Police Force (SPF). The medical camp was held at the General Kahiye Police Academy while the assorted items were donated to the General Mohamed Abshir Muuse Primary and Secondary School and […]

The President of the Republic of Liberia, His Excellency Ambassador Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has by Proclamation declared Wednesday, March 13, 2024 as “Decoration Day” and it is to be observed throughout the Republic as a National Holiday. The Proclamation is in consonance with an Act of the Legislature, which was passed on October 24, 1916, declaring the Second Wednesday in March of each year as a “Decoration Day” to be observed as […]

New mpox virus transmission routes are emerging with children now a high-risk group; Inadequate testing capacity for is stymying efforts to contain the outbreak. The outbreak of mpox virus (MPXV) clade I (akin to a variant) in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) South Kivu province shows no sign of abating. An observational study (currently under review) (https://apo-opa.co/43d2Jvc) has now revealed that MPXV clade I can spread through both heterosexual […]

Renowned surgeons and medical experts from across West Africa and beyond met in Freetown, Sierra Leone to propose ways of accelerating access to surgical care and education at the 64th Conference and Scientific Meeting of the West African College of Surgeons (WACS).    The week-long event marks a significant milestone in demonstrating West Africa’s medical expertise, offering a platform to exchange ideas and collectively shape the future of surgery and […]