AFRICA

Two final year students die in Anlo Senior High

Some two final year students have been reported dead in Anlo Senior High. According to reports coming in from Anlo Senior High, some two final year students have lost their lives in an unfortunate circumstance, Trends Baze filed. Per the report cited, the two students are a boy and a …

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ATU students sign petition to ensure they don’t write exams on campus

A statement released on Monday, July 20, 2020, outlined the schedule for the continuation of lectures and examination for continuing students of the Accra Techinical University. The statement outlined that students were going to have online lectures and subsequently report to campus to write exams where all protocol for the COVID-19 will …

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Kenyan MP Arrested For Flouting COVID-19 Guidelines

A Kenyan Member of Parliament has been arrested for holding a public gathering contrary to COVID-19 guidelines. MP Charles Ong’ondo Were was arrested on Tuesday evening and detained at a police station. The MP was said to have been chairing a meeting at his village home when members of the …

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Another teacher found killed in her home

Police are investigating after the body of a 56-year-old teacher was found in her home in Mmadinonyane village, near Vryburg in the North West. The woman’s body was discovered by her colleagues when they went to check up on her after she failed to report for duty on Monday morning. “[Her] colleagues went …

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Zimbabwe declares nationwide curfew to curb virus

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday announced a raft of more strict lockdown measures including imposing a curfew to curb rising cases of COVID-19. In an address to the nation, Mnangagwa said the curfew will run from 6 pm to 6 am, although essential services are exempted from the curfew. …

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Girl, 7, burnt while trying to save sister from electrocution

The sister of a girl electrocuted when she stepped on an illegal electricity connection on Sunday sustained minor burns while trying to help her sibling. Chantelle Matthews, 8, of Hillside, Grabouw, in the Western Cape died after she is believed to have stepped on an open live wire left by …

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2020 polls: Universities will be free if I win – Kofi Akpaloo

Flag-bearer for the Liberal Party of Ghana Kofi Akpaloo has promised to give Ghanaian students free university education if he is elected president of Ghana in the upcoming December polls. The astute businessman among other things committed to creating 200,000 jobs in the cocoa sector as he will build the …

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‘Nigerian police rescue tortured students’

Police have freed 15 children from an Islamic school in central Nigeria where they were kept in chains and tortured, police are quoted as saying to the AFP news agency. AFP adds that the children were aged between two and 10 and were discovered on Sunday in the town of …

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Brother and sister, aged 7 and 5, drown in dam

The Gansbaai community was left reeling following the death of two children on a farm in the area on Sunday. Netwerk24 reported that Dameon de Vries, 7, and his sister, Kaylie, 5, drowned in a dam on the farm Vlooikraal in the Baardskeerdersbos area, near Gansbaai. Their parents, André and Odete de …

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Ablakwa, Adutwum clash over Free SHS numbers

A Deputy Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has debunked claims by some people especially the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa suggesting a failure of the government’s Free Senior High School (SHS) programme in terms of enrolment. According to him, the claims are based on wrong assumptions that …

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South African mine company ‘finds rich seam of gold’

The era of big gold discoveries is thought to be long gone in South Africa as mining companies are finding it harder and more expensive to mine the precious metal in the country’s old and exceedingly deep gold mines. However, in the old mining town of Barberton, local company Pan …

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Zambia begs China for debt relief

Zambian President Edgar Lungu has asked Chinese President Xi Jinping for debt relief in a telephone call between the two leaders on Monday. President Lungu cited the country’s reduced revenues due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a statement from his office. “President Lungu called for debt relief and cancellation in …

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COVID-19 Infected Students Can Still Write NovDec – Oppong Nkrumah

Minister for Information and Member of Parliament (MP) for Ofoase Ayirebi Constituency, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has addressed concerns over COVID-19 infected students who might miss this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) due to their health state. According to the Information Minister, the directions from the Ghana Education …

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Why the DA’s FedCo is likely to endorse virtual elective conference

Some DA leaders believe the party’s proposed virtual elective conference will dominate this weekend’s Federal Council agenda, but there is a strong feeling the proposal will be adopted. Speaking to News24, DA leaders, who had at first expressed their reservations over the virtual conference, have made a U-turn now saying, …

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Investigative Journalist Arrested Over COVID-19 Exposé

An outspoken journalist who recently exposed alleged government corruption involving coronavirus supplies has been arrested in Zimbabwe. Hopewell Chin’ono live-streamed his arrest on Monday on social media before being told to put his phone down. It is not yet clear why security officials broke into Hopewell Chin’ono’s home and arrested …

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UPSA sets example: builds 812 new hostel rooms

With the imminent entry of qualified Free SHS graduates Into Universities this year, It is anticipated that already overwhelmed universities in Ghana will be further burdened by the sharp rise in the number of qualified applicants who will be competing for places during the 2020 admissions.   Not much infrastructural development …

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SA records 364 328 COVID-19 cases with 5 033 deaths

South Africa has 364 328 confirmed COVID-19 cases, while the death toll is sitting at 5 033 after 82 deaths were reported on Sunday. “We convey our condolences to the loved ones of the departed and thank the healthcare workers who treated the deceased,” said Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize Meanwhile, …

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Girl, 8, electrocuted by illegal electricity connections

An eight-year-old girl from Grabouw in the Western Cape died after being electrocuted by illegal electricity connections on Sunday. Matlhodi Maseko, DA member and chairperson of the Standing Committee on Human Settlements in the Western Cape, said: “The young child was innocently playing in a grass area close to the …

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Rapper AKA tests positive to Coronavirus (COVID-19)

South African rapper, AKA has tested positive to Coronavirus (COVID-19), a statement shared on his social media page revealed. The rapper announced the news on his Twitter page on Friday. PRESS STATEMENT: AKA TESTS POSITIVE FOR NOVEL COVID-19 VIRUS Multi award winning South African musician, AKA, has tested positive for …

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Man commits suicide right in front of his mother

A 32-year-old man identified as Aboh Ogbeche reportedly committed suicide on Friday, at his Lagos residence in Lawanson, Surulere, right in front of his mother. According to the report by The Punch, Aboh was said to have drank bleach. Man commits suicide right in front of his mother in Lagos It was …

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