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… Ceasefire negotiations have stalled in recent months, and previous peace talks in Geneva, Abu Dhabi and Istanbul have failed. …
Zelensky proposes face-to-face talks in open letter to PutinJoy Online
… office holders (JOHs) anywhere in the world are: * Independence * Impartiality * Integrity These same core principles form part of the Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct, some of which were endorsed at the 59th session of the United Nations Human Rights Commission at Geneva …
Independence, Impartiality and Integrity of the Judiciary should not be compromised under any circumstancesJoy Online
… opped when the community owns the agenda and with strong government leadership,” he said after meeting with President Felix Tshisekedi in Kinshasa on Monday. “We need to strengthen the capacity of the health systems in the affected areas.” Tedros was expected to return to Geneva …
WHO chief wraps up visit to Ebola-hit Congo, briefs president on responseJoy Online
… His most recent title was in Geneva in 2017 at the age of 32. He has had two knee operations and two foot operations since then, but kept coming back for the love of the sport. …
Wawrinka bids fond farewell to French OpenJoy Online
… deemer Tech My Redeemer School The first-place champions, B-Weh Trailblazers and Team Klone, have officially booked their tickets to represent Ghana on the global stage at the Robotics for Good Youth Challenge Grand Finale, held during the AI for Good Global Summit 2026 in Geneva …
Ghana’s tech prodigies set for Geneva after triumphant ‘Robotics for Good’ national qualifiersJoy Online
… Speaking at Friday’s news briefing in Geneva, Tedros said: “We are now revising our risk assessment to very high at the national level, high at the regional level, and low at the global level.” He said that “so far, 82 cases have been confirmed in DRC, with seven confirmed deaths …
Ebola risk raised to ‘very high’ in DR CongoJoy Online
… Speaking to journalists in Geneva, he said 51 cases have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo – where the first case was reported – and two in neighbouring Uganda. …
Ebola vaccine could take nine months as death toll rises further, WHO warnsJoy Online
… Speaking to journalists in Geneva, he said 51 cases have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo – where the first case was reported – and two in neighbouring Uganda. …
Ebola vaccine could take nine months as death toll continues to rise, WHO warnsThe Chronicle
… Speaking at the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva, the President explained that the decision reverses the Earmarked Funds Capping and Realignment Act, 2017 (Act 947), which had restricted the amount of money allocated to statutory funds such as the National Health Insurance Sc …
Editorial: Uncapping Of NHIS Fund Is A Prudent DecisionJoy Online
… Delivering the keynote address at the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva on Monday, May 18, he warned that cuts in international development assistance are already placing severe pressure on vulnerable health systems across Africa. …
Photos: President Mahama delivers keynote address at 79th World Health AssemblyUNICEF says severe acute malnutrition admissions in Somalia jumped 32 percent in the first six months of 2026 as more than 200 health and nutrition facilities closed due to international aid cuts, with nearly 1.9 million children projected to be malnourished this year.
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UNICEF says severe acute malnutrition admissions in Somalia jumped 32 percent in the first six months of 2026 as more than 200 health and nutrition facilities closed due to international aid cuts, with nearly 1.9 million children projected to be malnourished this year.
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President Paul Biya returned to Cameroon on Thursday after more than 10 weeks abroad, his longest recorded absence since taking power more than four decades ago. The 93-year-old's extended stay fuelled speculation about his health and capacity to govern, though authorities had said he would return.
21 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Paul Biya, who has ruled Cameroon since 1982 and is one of the world's longest-serving leaders, left on June 7 for what his office described as a "brief private stay in Europe" and has not returned in two months. His absence has revived questions about his health and governance of the country, though a government spokesman confirmed he was in Geneva, Switzerland and not hospitalized.
16 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Paul Biya, 93 and president of Cameroon since 1982, left on June 7 for what his office called a "brief private stay in Europe" and has not returned in two months, prompting questions about his health and who is running the country in his absence.
15 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The Deputy CEO of the Environmental Protection Authority, Prof. Michael Ayamga, has described the death of former Environment Minister Dr Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed as a deeply painful personal loss. Ayamga recalled their final conversation took place while he was in Geneva preparing for an International Negotiating Committee meeting on a legally binding global agreement to address plastic pollution, the day before the helicopter crash on August 6, 2025 that claimed Dr Murtala Mohammed's life.
6 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The Trump administration unfroze $600 million in congressionally appropriated funds for Gavi, a global alliance helping the world's poorest countries purchase vaccines, after Washington withheld the money over concerns raised by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The State Department said the decision followed Gavi's commitment to transition away from mercury-containing vaccines and expand access to mercury-free alternatives.
30 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has signed an Accelerated Patent Grant arrangement with Ghana's intellectual property office, the first such agreement between the USPTO and an African country. The worksharing arrangement will continue for five years from the date of signing.
22 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The United States and China will hold talks over artificial intelligence in September to address risks from each other's increasingly powerful frontier models, five sources told Reuters. The talks, an outcome of the Trump-Xi summit in May, are expected to take place before Chinese President Xi Jinping's planned September 24 visit to the U.S., and will likely be led by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
22 July 2026 · Joy Online →
At least one million women and girls have lost access to critical humanitarian support over the last eighteen months due to historic contraction in international development assistance, according to a UN Women report. The funding shortfall is forcing women-led organisations across 52 countries to scale back or cease operations, with nearly 90 per cent of surveyed organisations reporting they can no longer meet their communities' urgent needs.
13 July 2026 · Joy Online →
After Wednesday's NATO summit in Ankara, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan presented each NATO leader with a Gumusay .357 Magnum revolver produced by Turkish arms maker MKE in the 1990s, engraved with their names and accompanied by live ammunition, to showcase Turkey's defence industry. The gifts created logistical complications for recipients including Belgium's prime minister, who handed his to airport police for safekeeping.
9 July 2026 · Joy Online →
El-Obeid, a city of 500,000 on the front line of Sudan's three-year civil war, endured 27 drone strikes in June and has been under siege-like conditions for 18 months, with UN human rights chief Volker Turk reporting at least 45 people killed and 41 injured in 15 strikes between 6 and 28 June, alongside summary executions, abductions, torture, and sexual violence affecting those fleeing the conflict.
8 July 2026 · Joy Online →
UNICEF reported that the conflict between Sudan's military and the Rapid Support Forces has killed or wounded at least 330 children in the first six months of 2024, with drone strikes accounting for 60 per cent of casualties. Hostilities continue to intensify in Kordofan, Darfur, and Blue Nile regions, with attacks on schools, markets, and water and fuel stations displacing over 500,000 residents.
7 July 2026 · Joy Online →
A clinical trial of two therapeutics for the Bundibugyo virus strain of Ebola has begun in the DRC with the enrolment of the first patient, the WHO announced. The current outbreak has confirmed over 1,400 cases and 438 deaths in the DRC as of 30 June, with additional cases reported in Uganda and France.
3 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The Vatican excommunicated more than half a million members of the Society of Saint Pius X, a conservative Catholic splinter sect, after the group consecrated four bishops against papal instruction. The Vatican said all SSPX lay members are to be considered schismatic and excommunicated, though those who leave and return to the Roman Catholic Church would be welcomed back.
2 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Congo's Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak has the largest number of confirmed cases within the first month of any outbreak on record, according to WHO. The surge is attributed to rapid spread to urban areas like Bunia and Mongbwalu, though the virus had been circulating for months before official detection on May 15.
25 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Substitute Johan Manzambi scored twice, including one just 2 minutes 46 seconds after entering, as Switzerland defeated Bosnia-Herzegovina 4-1 in a chaotic final 20 minutes to edge towards the World Cup last 32.
18 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Dr George Agyekum Donkor, President and Chair of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development, has been selected to receive the Distinguished African Development Finance Leadership Award for Regional Integration and Economic Transformation at the 16th African Business Leadership Awards 2026, in recognition of his contributions to development finance and regional economic integration in West Africa.
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Ambassador James Victor Gbeho, who served as Ghana's Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1997 to 2001 and as President of the ECOWAS Commission from 2010 to 2012, died at a hospital on Saturday, June 13, 2026, at age 91. Born in Keta in 1935, Gbeho was a lawyer and diplomat who also represented Anlo Constituency in Parliament and held ambassadorial postings in China, India, Nigeria, Germany, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and at the United Nations.
14 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development announced that its President and Chairman, Dr George Agyekum Donkor, has been named recipient of the Distinguished African Development Finance Leadership Award – Regional Integration & Economic Transformation at the 16th African Business Leadership Awards 2026. EBID has also been positioned as a Strategic Development Finance Partner of the ALM Africa Summit 2026, and Dr Donkor will serve as Special Guest of Honour and Keynote Speaker at the awards ceremony on 3 July 2026 in London.
13 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for face-to-face talks with Vladimir Putin in an open letter, proposing a full ceasefire during negotiations to end the war in Europe. The Kremlin confirmed receiving the letter but reiterated its earlier position that Zelensky would need to travel to Moscow for talks.
5 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Volodymyr Zelensky has written an open letter to Vladimir Putin proposing face-to-face talks and a full ceasefire during negotiations, arguing that peace can only come through direct engagement between Ukraine and Russia. The Kremlin confirmed receipt of the letter and responded that Putin would be welcome to meet Zelensky in Moscow.
4 June 2026 · Joy Online →
An opinion piece argues that judges must uphold independence, impartiality, and integrity as core values and that the judiciary must remain insulated from political influence to maintain public confidence and the rule of law.
2 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The WHO Director-General concluded his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo by briefing President Felix Tshisekedi on the response to an Ebola outbreak that aid agencies warn is likely much larger than official figures. Health officials say the outbreak, already the third-largest on record, persisted undetected for weeks and responders are struggling to bring it under control.
2 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Swiss tennis player Stan Wawrinka lost 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4 to Jesper De Jong in his final French Open on Monday, though he will not officially retire until October's Swiss Indoors in Basel. Wawrinka, 41, called the venue witness to the best match of his life—his 2015 final victory over Novak Djokovic—and wore a memento of the iconic plaid shorts from that performance.
25 May 2026 · Joy Online →
B-Weh Schools and Right to Dream won the Junior and Senior categories at Ghana's 2026 Robotics for Good Youth Challenge national qualifiers, held at Ghana International School in Accra, and will compete in Geneva. The competition, organized by the ITU and The MakersPlace with partners including Google and the FAO, challenged 50 teams of 400 young people to design technology-driven solutions for food security and agriculture.
23 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The World Health Organization has raised the public health risk from the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo from "high" to "very high," while the wider African region faces a "high" risk and the global risk remains "low." The rare Bundibugyo species, with no proven vaccine and a fatality rate of about a third, has resulted in 177 suspected deaths and 750 suspected cases so far.
22 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The WHO states it could take up to nine months before a vaccine against the Bundibugyo species of Ebola is ready, as two candidate vaccines are still in development and have not entered clinical trials. With 51 confirmed cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo and two in Uganda, the WHO declared a public health emergency of international concern but said the risk at the global level is low.
20 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The WHO says a vaccine against the Bundibugyo species of Ebola could take up to nine months to develop, as two candidate vaccines are still undergoing development and have not entered clinical trials. There have been 600 suspected cases and 139 suspected deaths, with 51 confirmed cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo and two in Uganda, though the WHO assessed the risk as high at national and regional levels but low globally.
20 May 2026 · Joy Online →
President John Dramani Mahama announced that uncapping the National Health Insurance Fund has released an additional GH¢3 billion (approximately $300 million) for investment into Ghana's healthcare sector. The decision reverses the 2017 Earmarked Funds Capping and Realignment Act and aims to strengthen healthcare delivery and improve access to quality medical services, while the government deploys digital technologies and artificial intelligence to reduce fraud and inefficiencies within the NHIS.
20 May 2026 · The Chronicle →
President Mahama warned at the 79th World Health Assembly that cuts in international development assistance threaten African health systems, noting Ghana has lost about 78 million US dollars from US aid suspension. He urged countries to build resilient, self-reliant health systems anchored in domestic capacity.
19 May 2026 · Joy Online →