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Customs officers shoot 15-year-old student dead

A 15-year-old girl, Sekinat Agbelade, was said to have been shot dead by men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Agosasa, Ipokia Local area of Ogun States. It was gathered that the Customs officers, on Saturday, while on the chase of some suspected smugglers, fired gunshots, hitting the innocent …

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COVID-19 Fund needless – Agalga

The Ranking Member of the Parliamentary Committee on Defense & Interior and NDC MP for Builsa North, James Agalga, says the establishment of the COVID-19 Fund to attend to the emergency needs of the country in the wake of coronavirus outbreak in Ghana, is needless. According to him, the establishment …

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Germany to fly out 7,000 tourists stuck in South Africa

The German embassy in South Africa is making plans to repatriate some 7,000 of its nationals who are stuck in the country. Already, 47 German tourists are under quarantine in the country after one of them tested positive to Covid-19, according to local media reports. South Africa has the highest …

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Somali governor killed in Al-Shabaab suicide blast

A governor in Somalia’s Puntland has been killed in a suicide bombing claimed by the al-Shabaab jihadist group, police and hospital sources said Monday. Abdisalan Hassan Hersi, governor of Nugaal region, succumbed to his injuries after being rushed to hospital in Garowe, the capital of Puntland where the blast occurred …

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One shot, 2 houses burnt in chieftaincy clash at Yong near Tamale

One person has been severely injured and at least two houses burnt after heavy gunfire exchanges erupted between two rival chieftaincy factions at Yong near Tamale in the Northern Region, MyNewsGh.com reports. The two factions have been fighting over the Yong skin after one side rejected a successor chief selected …

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Lockdown and my in-law’s funeral

My husband’s mother died tragically in February. She was returning from a funeral that happened in their hometown when the car she was in had an accident. She didn’t die on the spot. She spent two weeks in the hospital with a broken arm and leg but in February 2020, …

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Another Ghana Legend Kwasi Owusu ‘Powerhouse’ Dies Aged 72

Very sad news out of Sunyani this morning says that former Ghanaian footballer Kwasi Owusu has passed away few hours after the demise of former Ghana and Asante Kotoko striker Opoku Afriyie. The legendary striker died on Sunday from unconfirmed causes. Kwasi Owusu captained Ghana for several years in an …

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Pastor arrested for spreading false information on COVID-19

A Ugandan Pastor,  Augustine Yiga of Revival Church Kawaala has been arrested by the police for spreading false information about coronavirus. The pastor last week said, that coronavirus is not a dangerous disease but a common flu. He said, “Whether Government imprisons me, I don’t care, but I am speaking the …

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Covid-19: E/R House of Chiefs suspend rituals, courtesy calls

The Eastern Regional House of Chiefs has suspended the hearing of all customary judicial cases before the Judicial Committee of the House for one month due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in the country. A statement issued and signed by Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Pannin – President of …

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Polls close in Mali amid coronavirus threat, security fears

Polls have closed in Mali’s long-delayed parliamentary elections which were held despite concerns about security and the coronavirus pandemic. Sunday’s vote came hours after the violence-hit West African country announced its first coronavirus death and days after main opposition leader Soumaila Cisse was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen. The vote was …

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Obour clashes with ‘mortuary men’ over dad’s mortal remains?

A staff of Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge Hospital) has hinted to host of Onua 95.1 FM’s Anigye Mmre Christian Agyei Frimpong that former MUSIGA President Bice Osei Kuffour aka Obour stormed the hospital’s morgue with some men to retrieve the body of his father hours after he died of Coronavirus. …

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Coronavirus: The world needs to learn from the Ebola fight

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who made history as Africa’s first elected female president, led Liberia for 12 years including during the 2014-16 Ebola outbreak that killed nearly 5,000 people in her country. The BBC asked the Nobel Peace Laureate for her reflections on the current coronavirus crisis. Dear fellow citizens of …

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Three soldiers killed in Burkina Faso bomb attack

A homemade bomb killed three soldiers in north-west Burkina Faso on Sunday. The attack happened after a patrol vehicle jumped on a mine in Gomboro in the Sourou province, according to Le Faso news website. Two soldiers died on the spot while the third one succumbed to injuries while being …

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Coronavirus: Accra, Kumasi locked down

Restriction of movements in some parts of Accra, Tema, Kasoa and Kumasi is in full force for two weeks, as a way of controlling the spread of the dreaded novel Coronavirus in Ghana. These areas are described by the Ghana Health Service as the epicenters, where substantial numbers of the …

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