Elvis Anokye

Police Hospital morgue to be decongested

The Ghana Police Hospital has announced a mass burial of unclaimed and unidentified bodies within the next two weeks in a move to decongest its morgue. A statement issued by the Head of Public Affairs of the Hospital, DSP Yaw Nketia-Yeboah, on Friday, April 17, 2020 has therefore called on …

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No amount of threats, attacks can stop me – Afia Pokuaa warns NPP

Longstanding journalist and widely respected critic Afia Pokuaa has declared that no amount of attacks or threats will stop the Ghanaian media from playing its watchdog role of ensuring accountability of the government, emphasizing the point that the media’s role is not to sing the praises of any government. Ms …

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Coronavirus: Africa could be next epicentre, WHO warns

Africa could become the next epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. There was a sharp rise in cases in the past week. There have been almost 1,000 deaths and more than 18,000 infections across Africa so far, although these rates are far lower than …

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Threatened SA journalist missing since last week

South African journalist Oliver Meth, who received online death treats last year, has been missing since 8 April and his family has appealed to anyone who might know his whereabouts to come forward. According to a missing person’s report filed at the Florida police station, Meth was last seen on …

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Security man found dead in galamsey pit

A private Security man has been found dead at a galamsey site in Akanteng, a community in the West Akyem Municipality of the Eastern Region. The deceased,  identified as that of  Tetteh Kodah, 50, was found in an abandoned mining pit filled with water while his locally manufactured single barrel gun was …

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AMA provides canopies for displaced Old Fadama squatters [photos]

The Accra Metropolitan Authority (AMA) on Thursday provided five canopies to cover squatters at Old Fadama in Accra who have been compelled to sleep in the open after their makeshift home structures were demolished. The squatters at the slum community were on Wednesday evening captured by Joy News cameras sleeping …

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