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‘It ruined my life’: School closures in Kenya lead to rise in FGM

With classrooms closed to curb coronavirus, girls are more at risk of FGM, teenage pregnancy and child marriage. Thirteen-year-old Gumato* can finally walk again without feeling pain. The hot desert wind blows through her curly hair as she strolls between the portable, dome-shaped huts, made of acacia roots and covered …

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43 pregnant girls write WASSCE, BECE in Kassena-Nankana West

The Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region has recorded 43 pregnancies in the just ended West Africa Senior Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Also, while 15 student nursing mothers took part in the examination, out of the total of 1838 girls registered, …

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Five dead, seven injured in Upper East floods

Five persons died and seven got injured in recent floods in the Upper Region, preliminary data from the Regional Directorate of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has shown. According to the report, dated September 16, three of the deaths occurred in the Binduri District, while one each occurred in …

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NDC Sabina Appiah-Kubi is dead

Former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Assin South, Sabina Appiah-Kubi, has reportedly passed on. The report came from the NDC Central Regional Communications Officer, Kwesi Dawood. Ms Sabina Appiah-Kubi, a former District Chief Executive (DCE) for Assin South under late President Mills, is said to have died after …

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Church Members use their Clothes as a carpet for their Prophet

A video is circulating on social media showing the moment some church members were captured spreading their clothes on the ground while their Prophet was walking on it. In the video footage, the prophet had just stepped out of his clean white Benz and members of his congregation decided to …

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15 persons in critical conditions after accident at Konongo-Odumase

At least 15 passengers in a commercial vehicle have been admitted at the Konongo Odumasi Hospital in the Ashanti Region after their car was involved in an accident. The accident, involving a truck, a Metro Mass Transit bus, and a few other vehicles happened in the early hours of Saturday, …

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