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South Africa to ease virus lockdown restrictions

South Africa’s president has announced an easing of some lockdown restrictions beginning next month, citing economic concerns. But President Cyril Ramaphosa warned that most people should remain at home, public gatherings remain banned, and the country’s borders will stay closed. From 1 May, some businesses will be allowed to reopen, …

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Akufo-Addo will win 2020 – EIU Report projects

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has tipped President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to be victorious in the 2020 general elections. This is because, according to the EIU, the National Democratic Congress will find it difficult to convince Ghanaians it is a better custodian of the country’s economy under former President John Dramani Mahama. “We, therefore, …

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1 dead, another injured after robbers clash with police

The Tema police on Thursday engaged in a shootout with two robbers on a motorbike leading to the death of one and another injured. The robbers were said to have tracked some businessmen who went to withdraw money at the Tema Metropolitan Assembly branch of Zenith Bank. According to one …

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Daylight robbery incident at Tema, 2 suspects shot dead

Two unidentified armed robbers have been shot dead at Tema community 1 TDC junction by a policeman who engaged the robbers in a shootout on Thursday afternoon. The incident occurred after the robbers immobilise the car tyres of the victim, a Lebanese man who had been to the bank to …

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Taxi driver found dead near Apam Junction [Photos]

A taxi driver, believed to be in his twenties, has been found in a nearby bush at Gomoa Ankamu near Apam Junction in the Gomoa West District of the Central region. Reports indicate the young man was found dead with head wounds and his car nowhere to be found at …

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U.N. agency calls for $1 trillion developing world debt write-off

Around $1 trillion of debt owed by developing countries would be cancelled under a global deal proposed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on Thursday to help them overcome the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The world’s developing economies, which were already struggling with a rapidly …

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ECOWAS appoints President Buhari to lead battle against coronavirus

ECOWAS leaders on Thursday appointed President Muhammadu Buhari to lead the battle against the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the sub-region. Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed this to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the end of the extraordinary …

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LIVE | President Cyril Ramaphosa to address the nation at 20:30

The President will address the nation at 20:30 #COVID19 | President @CyrilRamaphosa will address the nation this evening, Thursday 23 April 2020, at 20h30, on measures the country continues to undertake to contain the spread of the #coronavirus #Day28ofLockdown pic.twitter.com/E2FoJHhzay — Presidency | South Africa ?? (@PresidencyZA) April 23, 2020

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Sex workers facing deportation despite testing negative

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) in the Upper East Region is holding some seven Nigerian illegal migrants believed to be commercial sex workers and will process them for deportation once Ghana’s borders and airports are opened for operations. The seven illegal migrants, all females, were picked up at a location …

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The way out for coronavirus – T.B. Joshua speaks again!

Nigerian Prophet, T.B. Joshua, has once again spoken about the controversies surrounding the spread of COVID-19 and the extreme measures implemented by leaders worldwide to contain it. Taking to his Facebook page, the controversial Man of God said “Coronavirus is an issue of the governments; its real origins have to do with mistakes …

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Poverty leads mother to dump baby by roadside [Photos]

A woman, identified only as Ruth, has abandoned her months-old baby by a roadside. Ruth revealed poverty led her to abandon the baby. In a note attached to the baby, she said after her delivery she has not received any support from her partner or his family and the best …

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33-year-old man killed at Mankessim

A 33-year-old man has been murdered and dumped on the roadside at Abonko a suburb of Mankessim in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region. The deceased who’s said to be an apprentice was killed on Wednesday dawn by unknown assailants. It is believed he struggled with his murderers who …

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Asante Kotoko land in fresh ‘trouble’

Kumasi Asante Kotoko have suffered another ‘casualty’ as telecommunications giants, MTN suspends all financial obligations to the club with immediate effect. Football activities in the country have come to a halt following the outbreak of the novel pandemic. The Ghana Premier League side has dominated the news for the wrong reason after the …

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Journalist who ‘disappeared’ after Wuhan chase reappears

A Chinese journalist who was chased and then detained in Wuhan – the centre of the country’s virus outbreak – has reappeared after almost two months. Li Zehua broadcast the chase and his detention by police on 26 February and had not been seen publicly since. On Wednesday he published …

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