Category: News

Berlin: The number of bird flu outbreaks among poultry and wildfowl rose rapidly in Germany in October, the federal authority responsible for monitoring the disease reported on Monday. In its current risk analysis, the Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI) in Greifswald in north-western Germany raised its risk assessment from ‘low’ to ‘high’ for poultry farms and from ‘low’ to ‘moderate’ for wildfowl. According to Ghana News Agency, several eastern states have reported high crane mortality over recent days. More than 100 dead birds were found last week at the Kelbra reservoir on the border between the states of Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.

Accra: Acting Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie has called on African countries to prioritise transparency, accountability, and local participation in all extractive sector agreements. “Our people must not be mere spectators in their own dispossession. We must insist on transparency, accountability, and local participation in all extractive agreements,” he stated. According to Ghana News Agency, Justice Baffoe-Bonnie made these remarks at the opening of the 2025 Annual African Bar Association Conference in Accra. The conference attracted justice advocates, Bar Association members from various countries, Ministers of Justice, and Attorneys-General. The theme of the conference, ‘Foreign Investment in Africa: Investment or Exploitation,’

Accra: The Coconut Federation of Ghana (COCOFeG) has distributed 83,000 hybrid coconut seedlings to the Nkoranza South Municipal Directorate of Agriculture, facilitating support for 570 farmers in the Bono East Region. This initiative is part of the Presidential Initiatives in Agriculture and Agribusiness (PIAA), which aims to boost the nation’s agribusiness sector and expand the economy. According to Ghana News Agency, the PIAA was launched by President John Dramani Mahama with the support of the Ghana Exim Bank. The initiative aims to create job opportunities through various stages of the coconut industry, including nurseries, cultivation, harvesting, vending, processing, and export.

Kyiv: Ukraine’s parliament on Tuesday approved a 90-day extension of martial law and general mobilization, prolonging both measures until early February, the parliamentary press service reported. The extensions, proposed by President Volodymyr Zelensky, passed with a two-thirds majority. Both were set to expire on November 5. According to Ghana News Agency, martial law and mobilization were first introduced for 30 days following Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022 and have been regularly renewed since. Men eligible for military service aged between 22 and 60 are, with few exceptions, barred from leaving the country. The ban on men aged between 18

Accra: A cargo plane skidded off the runway at Hong Kong International Airport into the sea, killing two people, local media reported on Monday. The Boeing 747, operated by Turkish airline ACT, veered off the runway and slid across the tarmac into the water. Footage shared by local outlets showed the half-submerged aircraft with its tail torn off. According to Ghana News Agency, the jumbo jet, carrying four crew members, had earlier struck a vehicle on the airport tarmac, which was also thrown into the sea by the force of the collision. The two security personnel in the vehicle, patrolling

Sunyani: Justice Mariam Gyasi Jawhari, an Appeal Court Judge, has urged Muslim women to be guided by the teachings and dictates of Islam. She emphasized that adhering to Islamic principles would enable them to achieve self-development and contribute meaningfully to progressive and sustainable development. According to Ghana News Agency, Justice Jawhari delivered this advice during the opening session of the 43rd Annual National Ijtema’a Convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association of Ghana (Lajna Ima’illah) in Sunyani. She stated that by embracing divine truth and sound moral values, Muslim women can not only transform their own lives but also help

Warsaw: Poland’s intelligence service has detained eight individuals on suspicion of planning sabotage. The suspects were apprehended in various parts of the country in recent days, Prime Minister Donald Tusk posted on X on Tuesday. According to Ghana News Agency, Romania’s security agencies were also involved in the operation. The suspects are said to have scouted military facilities and parts of critical infrastructure, intelligence coordinator Tomasz Siemoniak stated. Additionally, they are alleged to have prepared means for carrying out acts of sabotage and attacks. Siemoniak’s spokesman revealed that among the suspects is a 21-year-old Ukrainian, who was arrested on October