AFRICA

Teacher Licensure Exams Set For September 24

National Teaching Council (NTC) has fixed September 24 and 25 for this year’s Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination. A statement signed by Mr Dennis Osei-Owusu, the Public Relations Officer, NTC, and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Thursday, said registration for the examination was open from August 27 to September …

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Mali’s coup Frees Ousted President

Mali’s coup leaders have announced freeing ousted President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. According to the soldiers, Mr Keita has been released from detention. The soldiers said on Thursday, August 27, 2020 that he was at his home. Mr Keita was arrested during last Tuesday’s military takeover. He announced his resignation hours …

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Why you’re so intensely horny on your period?

Yep, if your period often ranks as one of your best sex weeks of the month, you are in fine company. Aunt Flo is in the house, and while she brought along PMS and cramping (major buzzkills), she also brought another (much, much more fun) guest to the party: But …

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Suspects in Egypt’s alleged hotel rape flee country

The suspects in an alleged gang rape incident at a luxury hotel in Egypt’s capital, Cairo, have fled the country, according to the public prosecutor. Seven of the suspects left in July when reports about the rape started circulating online. This was a month before the rape victim filed an …

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South African conservationist killed by white lions

A well-known South African conservationist has died after he was mauled by two white lions as he was taking them for a walk. The wife of West Mathewson, who followed in a car, tried to distract the lions but it was too late. He ran a popular safari lodge, Lion …

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KNUST final year students to pay GH¢250 for virtual graduation

Final years students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) will be expected to pay GH¢250 for the school’s first-ever virtual graduation. According to the school, the fee is meant to cater for Congregation Publication, Graduation Medals, Certificate Holders, University Souvenirs and Administrative costs. The Graduation Ceremony …

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Thousands missing in Africa due to conflict and migration

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says more than 40,000 people across Africa are registered as missing as a result of conflict, migration and climate shocks. It says almost half of them are children. Conflicts in Ethiopia, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Libya and Cameroon are having …

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Pastor pleads guilty to raping two sisters

A 48-year-old pastor, Nduka Anyanwu, on Wednesday, pleaded guilty to defiling and impregnating two teenage sisters. Anyanwu made the plea before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State. He is facing a two-count charge of defilement. Earlier, the Police Prosecutor, ASP Roman Unuigbe, told the court that the defendant …

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Mauritius oil spill: Dead dolphins found after shipwreck

At least 13 dead dolphins have been found on the seashore in Mauritius, more than a month after the huge oil spill caused by a Japanese-owned ship. The deaths have been caused either by the spill or the authorities’ decision to sink the ship’s stem, environmental campaigners say. The carcasses …

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Breaking News: Access Bank on fire (WATCH VIDEO)

A branch of Access Bank in Lagos caught fire on Wednesday, August 26, 2020. The raging fire was captured on phone cameras by pedestrians from the road and people in surrounding buildings in Adetokunbo Ademola, Victoria Island where the building is located. Fire fighters are reported to have responded to …

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4 men shot dead, woman injured in a drive-by shooting

Four men died and a woman was wounded after they were shot by unknown suspects in Adams Mission.The victims were travelling in a double-cab bakkie when they were attacked in Sunnyside.The KwaMakhutha police are investigating charges of murder and attempted murder. Four men died and a woman was injured after …

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Coronavirus Turns Classrooms Into Chicken Coops

Kenya’s decision to close all schools until next January because of coronavirus has left many of its private schools struggling to survive, as Basillioh Mutahi and Mercy Juma report. The classrooms at Mwea Brethren School, which once resonated to the sound of children learning, are now filled with a cacophony …

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Algeria sets date for referendum on new constitution

Algeria’s President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, has announced that a referendum on a new constitution will be held in just over two months, on 1 November. A draft of the proposed constitution released earlier this year indicated that it would give Algeria’s parliament and the prime minister’s office more power. There have …

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Africa to be declared free of wild polio in ‘milestone’

Africa is to be declared free from wild polio by the independent body, the Africa Regional Certification Commission. Polio usually affects children under five, sometimes leading to irreversible paralysis. Death can occur when breathing muscles are affected by the paralysis. There is no cure but the polio vaccine protects children …

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‘Alarming escalation’ in northern Nigeria attacks

Amnesty International says it has documented an alarming escalation in attacks and abductions in northern Nigeria, with more than 1,100 deaths since the beginning of the year. The rights group says the authorities have left rural communities at the mercy of rampaging gunmen and describes the lack of protection as …

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Plane carrying UN salaries crashes in South Sudan, 8 Die

A  cargo plane transporting money for the UN’s World Food Programme has crashed near the South Sudanese capital, Juba, killing eight of the nine people on board, the authorities say. Four of the dead from Saturday morning’s crash were South Sudanese, two were from Tajikistan and the other was from …

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Coronavirus: South African students resume classes

South Africa’s students in all grades resume classes on Monday after weeks of closure because of the Coronavirus pandemic. Final-year students had resumed classes earlier to prepare for examinations. President Cyril Ramaphosa closed the schools in July after they were briefly reopened following a public outcry on rising virus cases. Monday’s resumption …

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Continuing students of UCC, UHAS, technical Unis, return to school today

The University of Cape Coast (UCC), University of Health and Allied Sciences(UHAS), technical universities and other colleges are expected to reopen today, August 24, 2020. This is to ensure their completion of the year’s academic work following the government’s gradual easing of restrictive protocols in the fight against the novel …

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Farmer’s hand chopped off by suspected herdsmen

Suspected herdsmen have chopped off the hand of a farmer in Ikoyi-Ile in Orire local government area of Oyo State.   The Secretary of Idera Agbe Farmers Association in the council, Chief Joseph Oyekola, who confirmed this to The Nation, said the herdsmen terrorizing the area have also raped two …

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Wife of Chief Imam murdered

The wife of the Chief Imam of Ayere community in Ijumu Local Government Area (LGA) of Kogi State, Nigeria, Mrs. Yemisi Baderu, has reportedly been murdered. According to reports received from Kogi State, Nigeria, the woman was murdered with cutlass in the presence of her husband on Thursday night. The …

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