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Contrary to what we had understood from the Ghana Port Health memo reproduced in our circular of 14 January, GPH have clarified that although the imposition of fines has been suspended until further notice, Covid-19 vaccination is still mandatory...

Tianjin reported an increase in Covid infections including the Omicron variant.  According to the local authorities, the current Omicron strain is the third generation of this variant, suggesting that it was present for some time before being...

Following our 10 January circular, we have just received this memo from Ghana Port Health (GPH) suspending mandatory Covid-19 vaccination and USD 3,500 fines for non-compliance until further notice.  The implementation date for these measures...

Ghana:  Mandatory Covid-19 Vaccination. Update 10 January 2022. Having received numerous queries regarding the mandatory Covid-19 vaccination measures in Ghana, we today obtained the following clarifications from the Director of Ghana Port...

Theoretically, in addition to the award made by the commercial courts, defendants who lose their case in Tunisia have always been under the obligation to pay registration dues to the Tunisian tax office, but this measure was not always applied....

Late on Monday evening, Guinea's military junta unveiled its transitional roadmap towards "free, democratic and transparent" elections.  According to the Transitional Charter which was read out on national television, the duration of the...

Following yesterday's putsch (see here for more details) led by the Guinea Special Forces, Budd's local office reports that no cargo operations took place today (06/09/21) in the port of Conakry.  We understand that there were no...