President Trump and First Lady test positive for coronavirus

US President Donald Trump has said he and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for coronavirus and are now self-isolating. Mr Trump, aged 74 and therefore in a high-risk group, wrote on Twitter: “We will get through this together.” It comes after Hope Hicks, one of his closest aides, tested positive. Mr Trump’s announcement comes just over a…

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Ghanaians In China Charged To Project Ghana

The First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has urged Ghanaians living and working in China to project the good name of Ghana as they seek more knowledge to help develop the country. ‘There is a lot to learn from China, therefore, those of you here should learn and bring the knowledge back home to improve the country,’ she said. The…

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First Lady commiserates with families of Kintampo tragedy

The First Lady Mrs Rebecca Naa Okaikor Akufo-Addo has empathised with the bereaved families and the wounded in the Kintampo rainstorm tragedy. The tragedy which, occurred on Sunday afternoon at the Kintampo Waterfalls in the Brong- Ahafo Region has so far claimed 20 lives involving students of Wenchi Methodist Senior High School and the University of Energy and Natural…

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In Zimbabwe, a First Lady Exerts Her Power

MASVINGO, Zimbabwe — The first lady of Zimbabwe’s display of power was unspoken, though clear, during the governing party’s annual congress, as she focused her speech on new party regalia featuring a teacup-shaped image of her country. “We all drink from the teacup,” Grace Mugabe, the first lady, said, explaining that she had designed the regalia herself. Not surprisingly,…

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