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A ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip has come into effect. The ceasefire began early on Friday, bringing to an end 11 days of fighting in which more than 250 people were killed, most of them in Gaza. Both Israel and Hamas claimed …

The Biden administration has waived sanctions on a company building a controversial gas pipeline between Russia and Germany. The US also lifted sanctions on a Russian President Vladimir Putin ally who leads the firm behind the Nord Stream 2 project. The move came in a report on Russian sanctions delivered …

Ghanaian midwife domiciled in the UK and a member of the royal college of midwives (RCM) UK, Mrs. Angelina Ankomah, has been adjudged the overall best Midwife of the Year by the National BAME Health and Care Awards, UK on 6th May 2021. Mrs. Ankomah, who is a lead Midwife …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGES The New York attorney general’s office says it is investigating the Trump Organization “in a criminal capacity”. A spokesman for the state’s top prosecutor, Letitia James, said the inquiry into Mr Trump’s property company was “no longer purely civil”. Ms James has been scrutinising the ex-Republican president’s …

Ghanaian journalist Mustapha Nii Okai Inusah known by the pen name Attractive Mustapha covered a protest at BBC Radio Northampton in the United Kingdom against the ongoing violence in Gaza Strip. Scores of UK citizens believed to be Palestinians gathered at Northampton to demonstrate their displeasure towards the seemingly unending …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to “continue to respond forcefully” to rocket attacks as conflict with Palestinians in Gaza enters a seventh day. Israeli air strikes in Gaza killed at least three Palestinians early on Sunday, health officials said. Palestinian militants fired rockets towards Tel Aviv, causing people …

American, British and European diplomats and donors have expressed their dissatisfaction about how the World Health Organization (WHO) handled alleged sex abuse allegations involving its own staff. The Associated Press reported this week that during the Ebola in DR Congo, some WHO staff engaged in sex for jobs. The Associated …

Israel destroyed a 12-storey tower block in Gaza housing the offices of the U.S.-based Associated Press and other news media on Saturday, saying the building was also used by the Islamist militant group Hamas. The al-Jalaa building in Gaza City, which also houses the offices of Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera …

  There was heated argument at the Cape Coast High Court in the Central Region on Wednesday when the case challenging the alleged dual citizenship of the opposition NDC MP for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, was called. The court on April 21, 2021 had ordered the petitioners and the …

 Queen Elizabeth In 1961, During the cold war, Great Britain and America we’re frightened that Ghana would evacuate the Commonwealth and fall under the influence of the Soviet Union, U.K. newspaper The Times reported. The queen who was then 35 years went on a mission to convince Ghana’s first President Osagyefo …