AFRICA

WASSCE 2021: Thousands of results cancelled, withheld

446,352 wrote 2021 WASSCE WAEC cancels results of some students WAEC creates a shortcode for candidates to check results The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has disclosed that a total of 1,339 subject results and 174 entire results of some students who sat for the 2021 West African Senior School …

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Africa needs maximum 20 of Akufo-Addo’s leadership to develop – Dangote

Dangote speaks at Development Finance Forum held in Accra Nigerian business magnate, Dangote challenges African leaders to fix power supply challenge Dangote tags Akufo-Addo, Paul Kagame and Alassane Ouattara as visionary leaders Africa’s most successful businessman, Aliki Dangote has posited that the continent of Africa only requires a maximum of …

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Ghana, South Africa hoping to team up to produce covid-19 vaccines

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said Ghana has taken the lead among African countries to ensure that coronavirus vaccines are produced locally. Mr Akufo-Addo said African countries could no longer rely on other countries around the globe for vaccines to inoculate the people.. His comments came on the back of a …

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Two students reportedly turned into yam; police break silence

The Oyo State Commissioner for Education, Abiodun Abdulramah, has refuted claims that two students were turned into tubers of yam in Ibadan area of the state by a suspected ritualist. The alleged suspected ritualist, a middle-aged man, was attacked by irate youth on Friday, December 3, after a security guard …

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Buying a Ghana-used car – 3 mistakes you must avoid

Buying a car is a big decision especially for first time buyers because of the huge financial input it requires to get even a moderately priced vehicle in Ghana. Therefore, such a decision should be taken with the best awareness of what to look out for in order to get …

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4 die as bus carrying choristers plunges into a river

At least 23 people have drowned after a bus travelling to a wedding plunged into a flooded river in Kenya. Video footage shows the bus was swept away after the driver tried to cross fast-flowing water over a bridge in the Enziu River, about 200km (125 miles) east of the …

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Victoria Hammah slams Keta SHS girl for rejecting Dubai trip

Keta SHS finishes third in 2021 NSMQ Fransisca Lamini celebrated for being first girl to make final in 8 years Fransica Lamini rejects Dubai trip Former Deputy Communications Minister, Victoria Hammah, has described as a betrayal, a decision by Francisca Lamini, the female member of the Keta Senior High School’s …

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Gambians await presidential result in test for young democracy

Gambians voted by dropping marbles into coloured tubs, due to high levels of illiteracy. By JOHN WESSELS (AFP/File) Gambians were waiting Sunday to find out the winner of the first presidential election in the tiny West African nation since former dictator Yahya Jammeh fled into exile, with incumbent Adama Barrow …

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Uganda denies hitting civilians as it pursues rebels in DRC

Uganda on Friday dismissed as “baseless propaganda” reports that its airstrikes and artillery bombardments launched at several bases of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in the Eastern Congo provinces of North Kivu and Ituri killed civilians. This come barely days after Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) and their Congolese counterparts …

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3 strange sex rituals practiced in Africa

Africa is indeed a strange continent with some of the weirdest traditions: from cleansing corpses and using the water to prepare communal meals to beat one another senselessly just to impress a woman, the continent is undeniably rich in culture. Whether these customs are beneficial in any way to those …

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What are the symptoms of Omicron?

The first cases of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus have now been detected in the United Kingdom (UK). It was highlighted by scientists in South Africa as a potentially worrying new strain. What tests are used to detect Omicron? Swabs from polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, which are sent …

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South Africa busts cocaine haul worth over US$15 million

Authorities in South Africa have announced the seizure of drugs worth more than 240 million rands (equivalent to US$15 million) at the Durban habour. The Hawks, the country’s intelligence agency said in a statement on Tuesday, that its Serious Organised Crime Investigation team found cocaine weighing more than 600kg last …

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WATCH: Here is Ghana’s cleanest village

Ghana has ODF communities Takoka is a fishing community No plastics found at Takoka Takoka is a community in the West Mamprusi District of the North East region and it is arguably, Ghana’s cleanest village. This, according to award-winning documentary producer and journalist, Edem Srem is also due to the …

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Noguchi confirms 34 Omicron COVID-19 cases in Ghana

Ghana records first cases of new COVID-19 variant Ghana’s current Omicron cases imported 28% of 120 samples taken at KIA returns positive for Omicron The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research says it has detected 34 cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant from some 120 samples of returning travellers into the country. …

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I am receiving death threats – NSMQ Mistress

Disgruntled supporters sending threats to NSMQ mistress The Quiz Mistress of the National Science and Maths, Dr Elsie Kaufmann, has noted that she has been receiving death threats in the aftermath of the 2021 finals of the competition. The 2021 edition of the competition climaxed on November 26, 2021, with …

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