AFRICA

Tokuroano St Francis Anglican JHS calls for help

The lack of classroom infrastructure at the St. Francis Anglican Junior High School (JHS) at Tokuroano in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region has led to pupils making use of palm frond sheds instead of a classroom. The pupils and teachers have used the palm fronds structure as …

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Five killed in cult clash in Delta State, Nigeria

Five persons have been confirmed dead after they were victims of a cult clash in Agbarho community, Ughelli North council of Delta State on Sunday, February 7. The police command in the state confirmed the incident which happened in the wee hours of the morning. The incident was also confirmed …

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Morocco holds funeral for boy who died in well

Morocco is holding a funeral for “little Rayan”, a five-year-old boy who died after being trapped in a well for four days. Rayan Oram fell down the 32m (104ft) well on 1 February, sparking painstaking efforts to rescue him. Hundreds gathered at the well, with the rescue efforts garnering media …

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Car Kills KNUST Student

A Second-year Optometry student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi has been killed by a speeding vehicle. Emmanuelle Afia Ayetey, 26, was standing by the roadside with four other people at Ayeduase, near KNUST, when the vehicle hit a gutter pillar, somersaulted and hit …

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Senegal declares national holiday to celebrate Afcon win

Senegal’s President, Macky Sall declared on Monday a public holiday to celebrate the national football team’s first ever African Cup of Nations crown following their victory against Egypt, public television announced. Sall, who had been due to visit Comoros at the end of a trip that took in Egypt and …

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Construction of Tanzania dam by Egyptian builders raises eyebrows

Later this year, Egyptian engineering firm Arab Contractors is expected to complete the construction of the Julius Nyerere dam on the Rufiji River. Once completed, the $3 billion dam could be Africa’s fourth-biggest by power production, producing up to 5920GWH of power annually, enabling Tanzania to close the gap between …

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Policeman commits suicide in South Sudan

A 28-year-old policeman died by suicide after hanging himself on a rope on Wednesday at the Hai Jebel residential area of Wau town in Western Bahr el Ghazal State of South Sudan. Family members said the late Arop Peter Kuol had started exhibiting signs of mental and physical distress. His …

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Moroccan boy trapped in well for four days dies

A five-year-old Moroccan boy who was trapped in a well for four days has died, despite painstaking efforts to rescue him. A royal statement announced his death soon after his removal from the well. The bid to free the boy, Rayan Oram, had gripped the country, with hundreds of people …

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KATH doctors call off strike less than 24 hours

Members of the Komfo Anokye Doctors’ Association (KADA) are returning to work barely 24 hours after activating their intended strike action. The Association had proceeded on strike after citing failure on the part of management and government to provide a “clear concise payment schedule” on their financial demands. The doctors …

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KNUST fresher crushed to dead by a car near campus

A first-year student at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is believed to be dead after a private vehicle struck a number of students in Ayeduase, close to the KNUST campus. According to witnesses, the female student was unresponsive following the incident involving the black saloon car with …

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Morocco boy found dead in tragic end to well ordeal

Moroccan emergency crews found a five-year-old boy dead at the bottom of a well late Saturday in a tragic end to a painstaking five-day rescue operation that gripped the nation and beyond. “Following the tragic accident which cost the life of the child Rayan Oram, His Majesty King Mohammed VI …

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VIDEO: Fire guts storage room at primary school in Cape Town

Firefighters were called to a school in Cape Town on Saturday afternoon after a fire broke out in its storage room. The room at Chapel Street Primary in District 6 was gutted. “The storage room contained printing machines, garden equipment, old storage shelving and the gardener’s bedding and personal effects,” …

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CIT driver shot dead during heist

A cash-in-transit driver was shot dead during a heist in Diepkloof, Soweto, on Saturday morning. According to reports, the van was on its way to a filling station in Zone Six when a Mercedes-Benz rammed into the cash van, causing it to stop at the corner Chris Hani and Collinder …

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Issa Hayatou’s Fifa ban from football overturned by CAS

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) has overturned the one-year ban handed out by Fifa to former Confederation of African Football (Caf) president Issa Hayatou. Football’s world governing body had ruled that the Cameroonian had breached its code of ethics when signing African football’s largest ever deal with French …

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VIDEO&PHOTOS: Pupils of Aidoosuazo JHS study in dilapidated structure

The Chief and people of Aidoosuazo in the northern part of Ellembelle District in the Western Region, have appealed to government and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to construct new classroom blocks to replace their existing dilapidated Junior High School structure for effective teaching and learning. Aidoosuazo D/A Junior High School was …

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Liverpool duo, Mane and Salah clash in AFCON 2021 final

The 33rd African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament, after witnessing an exciting journey so far, will see the Lions of Teranga, Senegal come up against eight times champions, the Pharaohs of Egypt in the finals on Sunday, February 6, at the Olembe Stadium, in Younde, Cameroon. Mane’s Senegal, thrashed Burkina …

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KATH doctors embark on strike

Doctors at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) have laid down their tools with immediate effect over non-payment of their car maintenance allowance and 13th month allowance. The strike action follows the failure of the hospital’s management and the Ministry of Health to settle the allowances which were part of …

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Covid-19: Fifth wave of infections expected as SA approaches winter

Health Minister Joe Phaahla says he believes that as the country moves closer to winter, there will be an expectation of a fifth wave of Covid-19 infections. Phaahla briefed the media on Friday on government’s efforts to fight Covid-19 as well as the national vaccine rollout programme. The minister focused most of the …

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GES interdicts teacher of Dekpema JHS for defiling student

Ghana Education Service (GES) has interdicted Mr. Imoro Eliasu a Junior High School teacher for sexually assaulting a third-year female student of the Dekpema M/A Junior High School in Tamale in the Northern region. Mr. Imoro who is currently being investigated for indecent assault by the DOVVSU has been granted …

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Ex-Ugandan soldier abandons eight children over unpaid gratuity

A disgruntled retired Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier has abandoned his children. Mr Zaidi Bafonza,54, number RA/ 118292, who retired in 1992 from UPDF a month ago, abandoned his eight children in a makeshift house in Bukolooto trading centre in Kayunga District on claims that he had failed to …

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GES interdicts teacher of Dekpema JHS for defiling student

Ghana Education Service (GES) has interdicted Mr. Imoro Eliasu a Junior High School teacher for sexually assaulting a third year female student of the Dekpema M/A Junior High School in Tamale in the Northern region. Mr. Imoro who is currently being investigated for indecent Assault by the DOVVSU has been …

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Meet the Kenyan presidential aspirant who looks just like Sarkodie

A striking resemblance between Professor George Wajackoyah and Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie has been spotted after pictures of the Kenyan presidential aspirant circulated on social media. Tweeps after closely analysing pictures of both persons have concluded that indeed they possess some similar physical features. Their faces particularly looked somewhat similar after the …

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South Africa undertakes its most important census since the end of apartheid

     Deputy Minister in the Presidency Thembi Siweya, left, visits homeless people at Johannnesburg's Park Station on 'Census Night', 2 February. – Source: GCIS/Flickr Statistics South Africa has embarked on its once-a-decade process to count all people in the country – including non-citizens. Census 2022 is arguably the most important …

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ECOWAS to deploy troops to Guinea-Bissau after fail coup

The Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) says it will deploy troops to Guinea-Bissau to help stabilise the country after an attempted coup this week. This was contained in a communique after Thursday’s [3 February 2022] summit held in Accra, Ghana. The soldiers are expected to help prevent any …

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