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Malawi opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera wins historic poll rerun

    Malawi’s opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera has won the country’s rerun presidential vote, officials say. He defeated incumbent Peter Mutharika with 58.57% of the vote in Tuesday’s poll, the electoral commission announced late on Saturday. In February, Malawi’s constitutional court annulled Mr Mutharika’s victory in the May 2019 election, …

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Mahama arrested for defiling three girls

    A 63-year-old traditional guitarist (Gonje) Mahama Issahaku is in the grips of the Tamale Police after allegedly defiling three girls at Shishagu, a suburb of the Sagnarigu in the Northern Region. The ‘Gonje’ man allegedly defiled the girls at the same time. The girls (names withheld) are aged …

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2015 Ghana Air Force aircraft crash-lands in Kumbungu

    A Ghana Air Force aircraft procured from China in 2015 performed an emergency landing on Thursday, June 25 in Ganvuliga in the Kumbungu District of the Northern Region. It is unclear what may have caused the emergency landing but preliminary investigations revealed that the crew crash-landed after observing …

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Best running mate cannot change indecisive leader – Bawumia jabs Mahama

      The Vice President. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has admonished the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama, to do more than selecting a good running mate. Speaking at the National Executive Council of the ruling New Patriotic Party to acclaim the party’s candidate, President Nana Addo Dankwa …

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16 super wealthy Ghanaians who attended Adisadel College

    Adisadel College, popularly known as “ADISCO”, is an all-male Anglican boarding school located in Cape Coast, Ghana. It is one of Ghana’s most popular and influential school with so many bragging rights and achievements to its name. The school was established in 1910 by Nathaniel Temple Hamlyn, who …

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11-year-old accused of stabbing 12-year-old to death

      An 11-year-old boy is expected to appear in court on Tuesday in connection with the death of a 12-year-old boy. Police are investigating the alleged murder of the 12-year-old in Borcherds, George. He died on Wednesday at around 18:20, after an argument with the 11-year-old, said police …

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House fire claim lives of woman, girl

    A house fire has claimed the lives of a woman, believed to be in her 40s, and a young girl in Meadowlands, Soweto on Friday night. According to ER24 spokesperson, Ross Campbell, a 12-year-old boy survived the fire with minor injuries. “ER24 paramedics arrived on scene at 01:15 to find …

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We grow the economy, they destroy it – Akufo-Addo mocks NDC

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo has said governments of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) always develop the local economy while those of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) destroy it.   He has therefore asked Ghanaians to vote massively for him and the NPP in this year’s presidential elections in order to take the …

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‘They don’t read’ – Bawumia mocks Asiedu Nketia, NDC over new register

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has come at the National Democratic Congress for misinterpreting the Supreme Court’s ruling on the new voters register. According to him, the opposition NDC and its General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia could have understood the ruling better if they had critically paid attention to the judgement provided. “They are …

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NPP leadership don’t just talk, they do the work – Kufuor

Two-time president of Ghana, John Agyekum has called for the relentless support of the NPP and its leadership ahead of the December elections. Addressing the National Council and members of the National Executive Committee of the NPP at the acclamation of Nana Akufo-Addo as the party’s presidential candidate for the …

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Jihadist bloodshed brings Burkina Faso to its knees

Little more than five years ago, Burkina Faso was on the up, priding itself as a favoured tourist destination for well-heeled Europeans. Today, the country seems to be visibly sinking, battered by a jihadist revolt that has swept in from neighbouring Mali, rolled into Niger and cast a shadow on …

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Asiedu Nketia attacks EC, Judges over voters register

Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the General Secretary of the largest opposition political party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has gone berserk by unleashing unprovoked attacks on certain personalities in the country, especially the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, simply because she is trying to lead the compilation of a new voters’ register ahead …

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Emergency water tanks and sanitation for Eastern Cape schools

Water tanks holding thousands of litres of water are being installed in deprived Eastern Cape schools as part of an effort to combat the coronavirus outbreak in the cash-strapped province.   More than 1,500 schools were earmarked to receive the 5,000l tanks as a temporary sanitation measure led by the …

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