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The High Commission of Ghana in South Africa has debunked audio message circulating on Whatsapp and other social media that the Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa, His Excellency George Ayisi -Boateng has served notice that it will evacuate its citizens in South Africa following recent xenophobic attacks there. In …

Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has admonished Africans to shun hate and any form of violence against their fellow Africans if they want the continent to prosper. The Nigerian business magnate made the comment in reaction to the ongoing xenophobic attacks on non-South African Africans, especially Nigerians resident in South …

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has hinted of a possible increase in transportation fares, following the recent hikes in fuel prices. Prices of petroleum products went up on Monday after the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) directed the Oil Marketing Companies to start applying the revised Energy Sector Levies. …

A Ghanaian has reportedly been killed in the latest xenophobic attacks in Durban, South Africa. According to the reports, a  Ghanaian who is yet to be identified was killed on Wednesday by local gangs accusing foreigners of taking their jobs. The violence, which broke out in Durban and surrounding townships, …

Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has served notice that it will evacuate its citizens in South Africa following recent xenophobic attacks there. The owner of a local airline – Air Peace Airlines has offered to use his air transport company to airlift his fellow countrymen from South Africa at no cost. …

The South African High Commissioner to Ghana Lulu Xingwana has asked African governments to create jobs for their citizens to discourage them from travelling to South Africa for greener pastures. Xingwana said this Wednesday in a reaction to the latest xenophobic attacks in South Africa. The attacks have left five …

Most foreigners trading in South African are dealing in “fake goods”, the South African High Commissioner to Ghana Lulu Xingwana has claimed. She said foreigners bring in fake rice, mayonnaise, others from Somalia,  which are poisonous, and end up harming the poor because of its cheap pricing. Speaking to Naa …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has set up dedicated emergency lines for Ghanaians in distress in South Africa. This follows recent attacks on foreigners in that country. In a statement, Ghana’s High Commission in South Africa said Ghanaian nationals in distress should contact the mission on telephone number +271-234-258-47/8 for …

The Afigya Kwabre South District Assembly in the Ashanti region in collaboration with the Northern Quarries Association has cut sod for the construction of three bridges in the district. The project with an estimated cost of three hundred and seventy thousand Ghana cedis (GHC 370,000) will be constructed at Mowire, …

Richard Joojo Obeng, one of the two deputies at the National Youth Authority (NYA) who have been dismissed says he advised his boss against the contract that has caused their removal. In a statement hours after they, including the chief executive Emmanuel Sin-nyet Asigri, had been sacked by the president, …