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Over 40 people, including children, killed in Sudan hospital attack, says WHO chief
World

Over 40 people, including children, killed in Sudan hospital attack, says WHO chief

 Over 40 people, including children and health care workers, were killed in an attack on a hospital in Sudan at the weekend, the head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. Saturday's attack on the Al Mujlad Hospital took place in West Kordofan, near the front line between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, who have been fighting each other since the conflict broke out in April 2023. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for attacks on health infrastructure to stop, without saying who was responsible. The WHO Sudan office said that six children and five medics were killed in the attack, reporting extensive damage to the facility. Emergency Lawyers, a human rights group, accused an army drone of striking the hospital on Satur...
Accra: Prof Ameyaw-Akumfi rushed to hospital
News

Accra: Prof Ameyaw-Akumfi rushed to hospital

The High Court, trying the two million dollar Sky Train case involving former chairperson of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF) Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi and former CEO of GIIF, Solomon Asamoah, has been informed of a medical emergency concerning the second accused, Prof Ameyaw Akumfi. Defence lawyer, Duke Aaron Sasu on Tuesday morning, told the court, lawyers for the former GIIF, chairperson, informed prosecution that he was rushed to the ward Tuesday dawn. Prof Ameyaw Akumfi, and Solomon Asamoah were formally charged, on Thursday May 13, for allegedly causing financial loss to the state in the two million dollar “Sky Train” project. The court, on Thursday May 13, charged the two, with six counts of conspiracy to commit crime, willfully causing financial l...
Nana Kutua V reminds President Mahama of his promise to build a Hospital at Nkroful
Politics

Nana Kutua V reminds President Mahama of his promise to build a Hospital at Nkroful

Nana Kwasi Kutua V, the Chief of Nkroful in the Ellembele District of the Western Region, has called on President John Dramani Mahama to fulfill his promise of building a Hospital for the District. He noted that aside from the St. Martin De Porres Hospital at Eikwe, Ellembelle could not boast of a befitting hospital to cater for the healthcare needs of the people. President Mahama made a promise to build an ultra-modern District Hospital at Nkroful when he joined the Chiefs and people of Ellembelle to celebrate the Nkrumah Festival (NkrumahFest) in September 2024. The promise followed a request by the Nana Kutua V to release a land for the construction of the health facility. In an interview with the Ghana News Agency, the Chief said the population of Ellembelle had increased i...
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