AFRICA

Mugabe left behind ‘$10m in cash’

Zimbabwe’s late President Robert Mugabe left behind $10m (£7.7m) in the bank and several properties in the capital, Harare, the state-owned Herald newspaper has reported. Mugabe, who died in September at the age of 95, had failed to leave a will, prompting legal authorities to call a meeting this week …

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Be careful of what you eat – College of Medicine president

The president of the Accra College of Medicine is advising the public how to survive into the new year. Professor Afua Hersey spoke said people should be health cautions stressing they “should be careful of what they are eating”. She spoke to JoyNews at the 9th Annual Psychiatry Debate, themed …

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Why the floods in East Africa are so bad

Rain-triggered disasters, including flash floods and landslides, have killed at least 250 people and affected some three million people across East Africa in recent weeks, with about half of the deaths occurring in Kenya. Homes have been demolished, crops destroyed and roads swept away, hampering relief efforts in far-flung areas. …

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No basis to condemn free SHS policy – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says infrastructure and other logistical challenges are not enough basis to condemn the free senior high school (SHS) policy. He said the government was assiduously tackling the challenges, and encouraged teachers and students to give off their best to ensure that the policy succeeded. President …

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We owe no teacher an allowance or salary arrears – NAPO

Minister of Education, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh has stated that no teacher has any course to claim arrears in salaries and allowances under the Nana Akufo-Addo presidency. Speaking at the 70th Anniversary commemoration of the Prempeh College where he is an alumnus, Dr. Opoku Prempeh insisted, “between 2017 and now, …

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Zambia in row with US envoy over jailing of gay couple

Zambia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Joseph Malanji plans to send a protest letter to Washington over last week’s comments by the US ambassador on the jailing of a gay couple. Japhet Chataba and Steven Samba were sentenced on Wednesday to 15 years in prison by the High Court in the capital, …

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The Founder/President of NMDI bagged a Leadership Award

The Founder/President Nkemdi Mordi Development Initiative(NMDI) Bringing Hope, Lighting Lives; bagged a Leadership Award (Outstanding Woman Of The Year 2019  it was conferred on her on the 28th of November 2019 at Sheraton Hotel Abuja Nigeria. Hear Her ; I was honoured family, yes I was honoured to God be …

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SHS 3 Boy Kills 16-Year-Old Girl for Denying him Sex

Broadcast Ghana has gathered from the foreign front that a boy has sent a young girl to the afterlife having declined to bed with him. A local media report says Police in Kenya are holding a 17-year-old boy who allegedly stabbed and killed a girl aged 16 for rejecting his …

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Rwanda, DRC Begin Joint Border Services

The Rwanda-DR Congo border of La Corniche, popularly known as Grande Barrière, on Saturday started operating as a One-Stop Border Post (OSBP), according to the Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration. The objective of this is to enhance trade through the efficient movement of goods, persons and services. “Today, La …

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Kenyans to use mobile phone numbers as post office boxes

Kenyans will now be able to rent outpost office boxes using their mobile phone numbers and consequently receive letters and parcels through a service provided by the country’s biggest telecoms operator Safaricom. The company, which is part-owned by South Africa’s Vodacom, targets 5 million new users of the service as …

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Another teen stabbed to death near Clifton beach

Western Cape police are investigating a case of murder after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed and killed near Clifton Beach on Saturday night – two months after an 18-year-old UCT student was stabbed there. “According to information, last night at about 22:45, members of law enforcement saw the victim with …

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Ghana Health Service prepares to fight CSM

The Public Health Unit of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in the Upper East Region has engaged its counterparts from Togo and Burkina Faso in a cross-border meeting to share information on diseases of epidemic potential among the three countries. Dr Josephat Nyuzaghl, the Upper East Regional Deputy Director in …

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Zuma fails in court challenge over corruption case

South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has failed in his legal attempt to get a decision on whether or not he should face trial for corruption taken to the Supreme Court. Last month, the High Court in Pietermaritzburg ruled that he should go on trial on charges relating to an …

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9-year-old girl commits suicide

A nine-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide at her guardian’s home located in Ankpa quarters extension in Makurdi metropolis of Benue State. It was gathered that the incident happened in the early hours of Wednesday and that the body was found in the bathroom. The state’s Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO) …

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About 7000 Caterers Under School Feeding Paid

Close to 7,000 caterers who cocked under the Ghana School Feeding Programme for the third term of the 2018/19 academic year have been paid, Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister, Mrs. Cynthia Morrison has confirmed. “So everyone is expected to receive payment today, [Thursday November 28] as has been confirmed …

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Sudan crisis: Party of ex-leader Omar al-Bashir dissolved

A law has been passed in Sudan dissolving the party of ousted former president Omar al-Bashir. Mr Bashir seized power in a 1989 coup and ruled for almost three decades, until he was overthrown by a protest movement in April. The country’s transitional authorities also repealed a public order law …

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Grant Us Our Freedom- UEW SRC of Kumasi and Mampong Campuses to Government

The Students’ Representative Council of University of Education Winneba, Kumasi and Mampong Campuses whose core mandate is to promote the general welfare and interest of students, coordinating the social, cultural, intellectual and recreational activities of the students in the University have appealed to the government of the day to give …

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Zimbabwe ‘on brink of man-made starvation’, UN warns

Zimbabwe is on the brink of man-made starvation, a UN official has warned. More than 60% of the country’s 14 million people are considered food-insecure, according to the findings. Hyperinflation, poverty, natural disasters and economic sanctions were among the identified causes. Women and children were “bearing the brunt of the …

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Ghanaian nurses are very ungrateful – Fmr Health Ministry PRO

Robert Cudjoe, the immediate past Public Relations Officer for the Ministry of Health, has thrown a jab at Ghanaian unemployed nurses and midwives, labelling them as ungrateful beings. Responding to calls made by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association, urging government to recruit 40,000 nurses and midwives within the …

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