Spain is to require a negative PCR test taken within 72 hours for anyone crossing the land border from France, becoming the second neighbour to tighten restrictions on the French border in the past week after Germany. The measure, which takes effect on Tuesday and affects anyone aged 7 and …
Read More »What Madagascar’s amazing mini creatures tell us about evolution
Madagascar has many “mini” creatures. These include a recently discovered group of miniaturised frogs as well as the discovery earlier this year of the smallest reptile on earth – the Brookesia nana, or nano-chameleon, which is the size of a paperclip. Moina Spooner, from The Conversation Africa, asked Dr Mark …
Read More »Robber attacks siblings, rapes one at knife-point
Two female siblings were traumatised after they were attacked and one of them raped at knife-point at Sefwi Boinzan in the Juaboso District. The victims narrated to Adom News’ Augustine Boah how they retired to bed earlier over heavy rain, only to meet a known intruder identified as Acquah in their room. …
Read More »PHOTOS: KNUST mourns students who lost their lives in accident
Three students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have died after two separate accidents on Saturday, March 27, 2021. Confirming the incident, the University’s Public Relations Officer, Dr Daniel Norris Bekoe, said the first incident occurred when a car with five students run into a tree …
Read More »The Ghanaian school rejecting Rasta students is alma mater of Nkrumah, Mugabe, Rawlings et al
Achimota School in Ghana, formerly known as Achimota College, was the school where Zimbabwe’s most iconic citizen, Robert Gabriel Mugabe, attended as a student-teacher to attain his certification to be able to work in newly independent Ghana. But how many times can you say that Mugabe is arguably not …
Read More »Bekwai Circuit court sentenced Nigerian 25 years for defilement
A 38-year-old Nigerien, Ibrahim Karaou has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment in hard labour by the Bekwai Circuit court in Ashanti Region for defiling a 12-year-old girl multiple times. The complainant in the case is a farmer and father of the victim while the victim is a primary school …
Read More »France was ‘blind’ to Rwanda genocide, French report says
France bears “heavy and overwhelming responsibilities” over the 1994 Rwanda genocide, a report by French historians says, but they found no evidence of French complicity. The expert commission presented the report to French President Emmanuel Macron. The report said France had been “blind” to genocide preparations. At least 800,000 people …
Read More »Don’t use Covid-19 as an excuse, construct the roads – Kwahu chiefs to Akufo Addo
file photo The Kwahu traditional Council say the government should not use the Covid-19 pandemic as an excuse for its inability to construct the Kwahu Abene road. According to the Chiefs, President Akufo Addo assured them in 2020 that, funds for the construction of the road had been secured, therefore, …
Read More »How Parliamentarians waived $832m in taxes for MPS without seeing the contract documents
Africa Confidential, a Pan-African news magazine, claims Ghanaian MPs granted tax holidays and other investment incentives worth US$832 million to Meridian Port Services (MPS) without knowing the contract. The incentives covered a period of 10 years. According to the report sighted by GhanaWeb, in March 2016, the Mahama administration asked …
Read More »Article Wan, Quamina MP Recognized By Fuse ODG as Best Afrobeats Dance Artistes On Spotify
Multiple Award-winning Musician Article Wan together with Quamina MP has been recognised by United Kingdom-based Ghanaian Artist Fuse ODG as the best Afrobeats dance artistes at the moment. Fuse ODG made eulogized the duo during an interview with Spotify in South Africa. “At the moment there are …
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