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Two teens shot dead, three others injured in Newclare shooting

  Two 16-year-old boys were shot dead in Newclare, Johannesburg, while a third young man and two other people were injured. Police spokesperson Brigadier Mathapelo Peters said information at this point suggests that somebody fired shots at three young men who were walking near the corner of Hamilton and Polack …

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FDA warns against consumption of washed-ashore fishes

 LISTEN   6 HOURS AGO   1 The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has warned the public against consuming any unwholesome following reports that the fish washed ashore at the Osu Castle beach may have been sent to various markets. According to the Authority, it has also begun laboratory investigations to ascertain whether such …

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Two-year-old among four dead in George shack fire

A two-year-old was one of four victims burnt to death in a shack fire in George in the early hours of Sunday morning, police reported. The toddler, two women and a man were all burnt beyond recognition in the fire at about 3am on Sunday in Thembalethu, SAPS said in …

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Accra Sewerages Systems to expand its operations

The Accra Sewerages Systems Ghana Ltd is set to expand and upgrade its liquid waste treatment plant and technologies to treat more liquid waste within Accra and its environs. The expansion project which is going to be undertaken by EMO, an environmental technology company based in France will help increase …

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VIDEO: Osebo goes wild, chews raw plantain

  Ghanaian fashionista, Richard Brown who is popularly known as Osebo has once again got the public taking based on his recent revelation. According to Osebo who appeared on a cooking show, Supa’s Kitchen, eating plantain in its raw state can help boost one’s immune system. To the surprise of …

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‘Discriminatory’: Kenya hits back after UK travel ban

  Kenya hit out at the United Kingdom after London added the east African country to its coronavirus travel ‘red list’. In a strongly-worded statement on Saturday, Kenya’s foreign affairs ministry said the decision was ‘discriminatory’ and lacked ‘logic and scientific knowledge of the disease or the spread of the …

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More than 1,800 prisoners escape in Nigeria

image captionPolice have accused the banned separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra, of carrying out the attack More than 1,800 inmates have escaped from a prison in Nigeria after it was attacked by gunmen, officials say. The attackers reportedly entered the prison yard in the south-eastern town of Owerri …

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VIDEO: Man allegedly lynched for stealing pregnant goat

MAN, The Nsawam District Police Command has arrested two suspects following the death of a man who was beaten to death after he was accused of stealing a pregnant goat. Speaking to JoyNews, the police said that the suspects, Nana Odiasempa Nii Ade Quaye and his driver 50-year-old W.O 1 …

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Lady violently squeezes scrotum of fiancée for cheating

A jealous lady has caused harm to the penis of her fiancée over alleged cheating. The lady who is currently on the run claims to have supported the fiancée financially, but he still cheated on her with another lady. According to Rainbow Radio’s Abubakar Nuhu, the lady is demanding GHC5,000 …

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12 inmates pour hot porridge on cop to escape Accra police cell

12 suspects were on the run in Ghana’s capital Accra on Sunday after they escaped from jail in a violent breakout that left a police sergeant with bruises. The mass cell break occurred at about 6:40 a.m. at the Zenu-Atadeka police station located in the Kpone-Katamanso Municipality. According to a …

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Man ‘kills wife’, dumps mutilated body on dumping site

A young man believed to be 24-years-old identified only as Isaac has allegedly murdered his ‘wife’ and deposited the mutilated body on a dumping site. The incident occurred at Onakwase a farming community near Kofi Pare in the Ayensuano District of the Eastern Region. Starr News gathers that a misunderstanding …

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Police apartment gutted by fire

  Several household appliances in rooms on the ground floor of a three-storey building, which houses nine police officers and their families of the Nkawkaw Police Command in the Kwahu West Municipality, have been burnt beyond recognition. The items include fridges, television sets, furniture, dresses and others None of the …

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Dolphins, tuna found dead in Axim beach

Close to 100 dead dolphins and other large fishes including tuna have been found dead at the Axim-Bewire beach in the Nzema East Municipality. The fisheries commission in a statement said similar incidents have been recorded in other coastal areas in the country. “Information got to Fisheries Commission yesterday, April …

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