Dr Margaret Chan up for election to head WHO for second term GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The World Health Organization’s 192 members are meeting for five days in Geneva starting Monday 21 May. The assembly will elect a director general and current head Dr Margaret Chan, with solid backing from the board, looks set for re-election. [...]
The stuff of which Facebook fans are made
January 23, 2012 by
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A coincidence? In the process of researching Barry Callebaut and Magnum ice cream this morning for a business story on the new long-term partnership between the Zurich chocolate company and Unilever I visited the Magnum Facebook page. Wow! 2.5 million people like the page. That is impressive, no matter what they have [...]
Ghana shocked by “caged” pregnant women
May 6, 2011 by
Television viewers in Ghana were shocked recently to see images of pregnant women placed in cages because they were unable to pay their medical bills, according to an editorial in The Chronicle, posted on allAfrica. “Pictures of pregnant women being held hostage at the Eastern Regional Hospital at Koforidua, because they were unable to pay [...]
Cote d’Ivoire conflict heats up, thousands on the run
March 29, 2011 by
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Geneva-based refugee and migration officials say the conflict in Cote d’Ivoire, which has been building for weeks, has suddenly heated up and some 20,000 people have been sealed off by fighting in the west. “A major military offensive launched in Western Cote d’Ivoire by forces loyal to president-elect Alassane Ouattara has [...]
Ghana booted out of Olympics
January 13, 2011 by
Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The IOC (International Olympic Committee) at a 13 January meeting in Lausanne suspended Ghana’s National Olympic Committee (NOC), meaning that unless there is a major change the country will not participate in the London Games in 2012. The reason for the suspension was political interference, the IOC says in a statement, [...]
Ghana’s entrepreneurs cry for access to unspent €22m from Italy
December 23, 2010 by
Italy in 2007 gave Ghana €22 million to support small and medium-sized companies as part of overall development funding, but three years later the funds remain untouched, to the dismay of Ghana’s entrepreneurs, reports allAfrica. The money was designed to top up a €11m fund set up by the Italian government in 2003, according to [...]
Hitzfeld: Switzerland’s elimination is also his defeat, US Eliminated! (Update)
June 26, 2010 by
International sports, World Cup football roundup Swiss coach to stay on until 2012 South Africa (GenevaLunch.com) – Switzerland’s inability to qualify for the Group of 16 didn’t seem to take all of their fans by surprise, but it was nevertheless a sad day for Swiss football fans. The French-speaking press noted that the Swiss squad [...]
World Cup recap: Vuvuzelas herald first African win, England reacts
June 13, 2010 by
International sports, 2010 Football World Cup [Video]Tshwane/Pretoria, South Africa (GenevaLunch) – The Ghana Black Stars recorded the first victory for the host continent with a 1-0 win over Serbia, to the delight of the vuvuzela tooting crowd. In fact the Serbian team helped in their own destruction by first having a player sent off and [...]
International sports, football: Egypt takes Africa Cup of Nations
February 1, 2010 by
Luanda, Angola (GenevaLunch) – The match was off to a slow start and the score remained low, but in the end what mattered was the one goal that gave Egypt a 1-0 win over Ghana for the title of the Africa Cup of Nations.It is the seventh time Egypt has taken the title, and it [...]
One billion hungry people waiting for action on food security
November 19, 2009 by
The world food security conference in Rome, Italy closed 18 November with promises to invest more in agriculture and “to eradicate hunger at the earliest date”, according to the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), which hosted the three-day event. FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf expressed his disappointment at the lack of measurable targets and specific deadlines. [...]
