… The MV Hondius departed Tenerife for the Netherlands on Monday after its final six passengers – four Australians, one Briton and one New Zealander – and some crew members disembarked. …
Last passengers leave hantavirus-hit cruise ship as three more test positiveGhana Minute.
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… Two other British nationals with confirmed cases are currently being treated in the Netherlands and South Africa. …
France confirms first hantavirus case… Officials say one passenger aboard the Dutch vessel MV Hondius has tested positive for the Andes virus – a rare type of hantavirus – while another is showing mild symptoms. …
US passengers from ship quarantined as officials say public risk ‘very low’… Officials say one passenger aboard the Dutch vessel MV Hondius has tested positive for the Andes virus – a rare type of hantavirus – while another is showing mild symptoms. …
US passengers from ship quarantined as officials say public risk ‘very low’… Three passengers – a Dutch couple and a German woman – have died after travelling on the vessel. …
US and French nationals test positive for hantavirus after leaving ship… Fourteen Spanish nationals were the first to disembark, then those flown out by the Netherlands, including Dutch, Greek and German passengers, and part of the crew. …
Spain starts evacuating hantavirus-hit cruise ship… Most hantaviruses do not pass from person to person, but the Andes strain, identified in a number of people who had been on the Dutch cruise ship, does. …
Army parachutes onto remote island to help Briton with suspected hantavirus… Fourteen Spanish nationals will be first to disembark, then those flown out by the Netherlands, including Dutch, Greek and German passengers, and part of the crew. …
Spain starts evacuating virus-hit cruise ship in Tenerife… Not everyone will disembark in Tenerife from the Hondius: some 30 crew members will stay on board to take the cruise ship back to the Netherlands. …
Virus-hit cruise ship arrives in Tenerife as medics await passengersThe World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is closely monitoring a rare outbreak of hantavirus-linked severe respiratory illness aboard a Dutch-flagged cruise ship after seven cases, including three deaths, were reported among passengers and crew. …
WHO monitors rare hantavirus outbreak aboard cruise ship; three dead
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Hantavirus cruise ship clears as cases rise globally
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The MV Hondius departed Tenerife for the Netherlands after its final passengers left, as authorities confirmed three new positive hantavirus cases linked to the outbreak. Seven cases have been confirmed and two others suspected according to the WHO, with three passengers having died.
9 hours ago · Joy Online →
Yesterday
Hantavirus cruise ship clears as cases rise globally
The MV Hondius departed Tenerife for the Netherlands after its final passengers left, as authorities confirmed three new positive hantavirus cases linked to the outbreak. Seven cases have been confirmed and two others suspected according to the WHO, with three passengers having died.
9 hours ago · Joy Online →
France confirms first hantavirus case linked to cruise ship
Seven cases of hantavirus linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship have been confirmed, with an American and French national testing positive after returning home. Three passengers have died, including two confirmed cases, and the WHO says the virus's Andes strain was likely contracted in South America.
12 hours ago · Joy Online →
US cruise ship passengers quarantined after hantavirus case
Eighteen Americans evacuated from the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius after possible exposure to hantavirus are being monitored by US health officials. One passenger tested positive for the Andes virus, another is showing mild symptoms, and authorities say the risk to the public remains "very, very low."
12 hours ago · Joy Online →
Eighteen Americans quarantined after cruise ship hantavirus exposure
Eighteen Americans evacuated from the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius are being quarantined in the US after one passenger tested positive for Andes virus (a type of hantavirus) and another showed mild symptoms. US health officials say the risk to the public remains "very, very low," with two individuals monitored in Atlanta and sixteen at Nebraska's national quarantine facility.
12 hours ago · Joy Online →
US and French nationals test positive for hantavirus after cruise ship
An American and a French national who left a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak have tested positive for the virus after returning home; more than 90 passengers from the MV Hondius ship are being repatriated, with three passengers dead and officials saying the risk of a major outbreak is very low.
21 hours ago · Joy Online →
Spain evacuates hantavirus-hit cruise ship near Tenerife
Spain has begun evacuating passengers from the MS Hondius cruise ship anchored near Tenerife in the Canary Islands after a hantavirus outbreak. Health Minister Mónica García said all passengers remaining on board are asymptomatic, and they are being divided by nationality and flown to their home countries via charter planes.
11 May 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
Sunday 10 May
British Army medics parachute to remote island to aid hantavirus patient
British Army medics parachuted onto Tristan da Cunha to assist a British national with suspected hantavirus who disembarked from cruise ship MV Hondius in mid-April. The outbreak on the vessel has so far killed three people and confirmed six cases, with the ship now in Tenerife where authorities are helping over 100 people disembark for repatriation.
10 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Spain evacuates hantavirus-infected cruise ship near Tenerife
Spain has begun evacuating passengers from the MS Hondius, a cruise ship anchored near Tenerife after a hantavirus outbreak that resulted in one passenger death a month ago. All passengers remain asymptomatic and will be repatriated by charter flights grouped by nationality, with the last evacuation flight expected to leave Monday for Australia.
10 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Hantavirus-infected cruise ship reaches Tenerife port
The MV Hondius cruise ship, on which a passenger died of hantavirus nearly a month ago, has arrived near Tenerife in the Canary Islands. More than 100 people will be repatriated under strict isolation measures, with Spain's health minister describing the operation involving 23 countries as "unprecedented."
10 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Saturday 9 May
WHO monitors rare hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship
The World Health Organisation is closely monitoring a rare outbreak of hantavirus-linked severe respiratory illness aboard a Dutch-flagged cruise ship carrying 147 people, with seven cases reported including three deaths. Two infections have been laboratory-confirmed and five are suspected, with cases occurring among passengers and crew who travelled through remote regions including Antarctica, South Georgia, and Tristan da Cunha starting April 1.
9 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Friday 8 May
Third British national suspected of hantavirus from cruise ship
A third British national has suspected hantavirus infection connected to an outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius. Five cases of hantavirus have been confirmed overall, including one death; two British men have confirmed cases in the Netherlands and South Africa respectively, while the third suspected case patient is on Tristan da Cunha.
8 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Wednesday 6 May
Ghana risks missing economic opportunities in emerging West African megapolis
Lawyer and policy expert David Ofosu-Dorte warned that Ghana must strategically position its cities to benefit from growing integration of major urban centres across West Africa, noting that Accra, Tema and Takoradi are part of a broader transnational urban corridor that could form a consolidated economic corridor from Abidjan through Lagos to Accra.
6 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Cruise ship stranded near Cape Verde after hantavirus outbreak
Around 150 people from 23 countries are stranded on the luxury cruise liner MV Hondius near Cape Verde after a hantavirus outbreak; three passengers have died and three confirmed and five suspected cases have been identified since the ship set sail from Argentina around a month ago. The WHO said hantavirus has possibly spread among those on board, and three suspected patients have been evacuated to the Netherlands for medical care.
6 May 2026 · Joy Online →
WHO: human-to-human hantavirus transmission suspected on cruise ship
The World Health Organisation said human-to-human transmission is the suspected cause of a hantavirus outbreak aboard the Atlantic cruise ship MV Hondius, which has left three passengers dead and several others ill. The virus typically jumps from rodents to humans, but WHO cautioned that evidence suggests rare spread between individuals in close contact on the vessel, though the risk to the general public remains low.
6 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Monday 4 May
Amsterdam bans public ads for meat and fossil fuels
Amsterdam has become the world's first capital city to ban public advertisements for meat and fossil fuel products since 1 May, removing adverts for burgers, petrol cars, and airlines from billboards, tram shelters, and metro stations. The city's government says the move aligns its streetscape with environmental targets to become carbon-neutral by 2050 and halve local meat consumption over the same period.
4 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Three dead, three ill in suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard cruise ship
Three passengers have died and three are ill after a suspected hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius, a Netherlands-based polar expedition ship off Cape Verde. Lab tests have confirmed hantavirus in one of the six people, and the World Health Organisation is investigating the outbreak.
4 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Sunday 3 May
Ghana reassures diplomats of commitment to relations after UN slavery resolution
Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa held a briefing with the diplomatic corps to express Ghana's appreciation for countries' support of a UN resolution declaring transatlantic enslavement as the gravest crime against humanity, and assured those who opposed or abstained that Ghana bears no grudge and expects relations to remain cordial.
3 May 2026 · Joy Online →
New coalition prioritizes science over politics in climate action
More than 50 countries gathered in Santa Marta, Colombia, in April 2026 for the first global summit dedicated to phasing out fossil fuels, organized by Colombia and the Netherlands. The meeting created the Science Panel for the Global Energy Transition (SPGET) to provide scientific guidance on climate policy, departing from the consensus-driven UN climate conference model by bringing together only countries willing to advance a clear transition away from oil, gas, and coal.
3 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Thursday 30 April
Owusu-Oduro ranked fourth among world's young goalkeepers
Ghana-eligible goalkeeper Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro has been ranked fourth globally among young shot-stoppers by the CIES Football Observatory, ahead of the 2026 World Cup where Ghana is set to compete in Group L with England, Panama, and Croatia. The 21-year-old AZ Alkmaar goalkeeper has made 36 appearances this season, recording 13 clean sheets while conceding 46 goals.
30 April 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana spends $3 billion annually on food imports despite agricultural potential
An analysis by Dr. Samuel Kenneth Adolphus Bernard Crabbe argues that Ghana's agriculture represents a structural mismatch between finance and subsistence farming: the sector employs a large share of the labour force but produces disproportionately low income per worker. The article compares Ghana's situation with the Netherlands, which has transformed agriculture into a high-productivity, technology-intensive sector deeply integrated into value chains.
30 April 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
Tuesday 28 April
ICC orders $8.4 million compensation for Timbuktu torture victims
The International Criminal Court has issued a reparations order mandating $8.4 million in compensation to victims of Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud, who was convicted of torture and religious persecution during his role as head of the Islamic police in Timbuktu in 2012. Since Al Hassan is indigent and serving a 10-year sentence, the Trust Fund for Victims will be responsible for the payment to more than 65,000 recognised victims in the case.
28 April 2026 · Joy Online →
Monday 27 April
Ghana-Netherlands trade grows to €650m in 2024
Ghana's exports to the Netherlands reached €650 million in 2024, up from €450 million in 2023, driven mainly by cocoa and aluminium, while the Netherlands exported approximately €1.2 billion to Ghana including refined petroleum and poultry. Ambassador Jereon Verheul has promoted the shift from development cooperation toward trade and investment, supporting reforms including the new Ghana Investment Promotion Centre Bill to strengthen investor confidence.
27 April 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
Ghana-Netherlands partnership shifts from aid to sustainable trade
Ghana and the Netherlands have transformed their relationship from a traditional donor-recipient model to one centered on trade and investment, with bilateral trade reaching €2.2 billion and over 150 Dutch companies investing more than €2 billion in Ghana across manufacturing, renewable energy, and logistics. The partnership focuses on agriculture and cocoa to support Ghana's food self-sufficiency goals.
27 April 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
Xavi Simons ruled out for rest of season, World Cup
Netherlands midfielder Xavi Simons will miss the remainder of Tottenham's season and this summer's World Cup after suffering a knee injury in a match against Wolves on Saturday. The 23-year-old, who sustained what reports suggest may be an anterior cruciate ligament injury, said he is "heartbroken" at being sidelined from both club and country.
27 April 2026 · Joy Online →