Yearly Archives: 2019

New era for Methodist church in SA with women in top roles

Bishop Purity Malinga is the first woman to be appointed presiding bishop in the Methodist Church of Southern African in more than 200 years. Reverend Purity Malinga has just become the 100th presiding bishop to be elected by the Methodist Church of Southern Africa. She is the first woman in …

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Cameroon conflict: ‘I go to a secret school’

When his family recently fled a separatist rebellion in the country’s English-speaking regions, they thought they had found a place where he could go to school in safety. But that has turned out not to be the case as the school he attends in Douala, the biggest city in Cameroon, …

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Five killed in Kenya bus crash

Five people have died and dozens others have been injured after two buses collided in Kenya’s Nairobi-Mombasa highway. The two buses that were heading in the opposite directions collided after the Nairobi bound bus veered off its lane. The crash happened at 02:00 local time (23:00 GMT) in the Kiongwani …

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Tanzania starts using effective HIV drug

Tanzania has started using Dolutegravir ‘DGT’, the new and most effective drug in suppressing HIV/Aids in the human body. It is on the World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines, the most effective and safe medicines needed in a health system. Tanzania is now among 82 countries with low and …

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Women turn to apps, podcasts to explore sexuality through sound

A new generation of women is launching podcasts, websites and apps featuring erotic content that prioritizes the female perspective — all in the name of improving sexual wellbeing. At the outset, these women were looking for a middle ground between erotic literature, which falls short on fulfilling all of the …

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Pay us now or we vote you out – Customers of collapsed fin. firms

Some customers of the collapsed savings and loans companies and other microfinance institutions (MFIs) have threatened to vote against the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) if their locked-up deposits are not paid before the 7 December 2020 general elections. The affected customers say life has become unbearable for them after …

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Ghanaian referees better than Gambian referees – Retired FIFA official

Retired FIFA referee, Joseph Wellington, has expressed disappointment in Ghanaians who claim Ghana does not support its own referees. According to Mr Wellington, no club or referee in Ghana can be compared to those in England because they have better structures. He believes in terms of officiating, Ghana is ahead of Gambia; …

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Inflation rate for November rises to 8.2 per cent

The Year-on-year inflation rate for November rose to 8.2 per cent, up by 0.5 percentage point from the 7.7 per cent recorded in October 2019. The month-on-month inflation between October and November stood at 0.7 per cent. Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, the Government Statistician, who announced this on Wednesday, said …

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