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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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Prayer moves online for people across Africa

With many countries in Africa now banning religious gatherings in order to slow the spread of coronavirus, Christian worshippers turned to online or televised services on Sunday. The continent has some of the world’s most committed Christians, according to a 2018 survey by the Pew Research Center, and the inability …

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Coronavirus: Israel evacuates 274 nationals from Nigeria

Israel evacuated 274 of its citizens from Nigeria on Sunday. The move was connected to the exploding cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria. The Israelis were evacuated via the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja to Tel-Aviv, Israel. The flight, operated with the Air Peace’s …

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Nana Aba Anamoah is not my sugar mummy – Qwaku Premo

Fast-rising rapper and singer from Kumasi, Qwaku Premo has denied rumours suggesting a secret love affair between TV icon, Nana Aba Anamoah of GhOne TV and himself. Qwaku Premo, who was in the studios of Kessben TV last Friday to promote the visuals to his latest song, ‘I’m dating’ on …

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Jordan Ayew incredibly shoots into a basketball rim

Ghana striker Jordan Ayew performed an incredible feat by using his leg to make a string on a basketball hoop from about 20 yards in an outstanding display in the #StayAtHomeChallenge. The Crystal Palace goal-poacher used his legs to hit the ball to land in the mini basketball hoop in …

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South African workers freed from mask-making factory

The authorities in the South African city of Durban have freed 14 workers who had been “locked up in a [mask-making] factory since Monday”, a local government minister said. They also arrested the owner of the business. The workers “were forced to manufacture hundreds of masks to meet the demand …

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Plane carrying supplies to Japan crashes, 8 dead

A plane carrying coronavirus supplies to Japan, used by the Philippine health department, has crashed as it took off from the Manila’s airport, killing all onboard. The light aircraft was carrying eight people, including the pilot and two crew members, a doctor, a nurse, a flight medic and an American and a …

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German minister commits suicide over coronavirus crisis

Thomas Schaefer, the finance minister of Germany’s Hesse state, has committed suicide apparently after becoming “deeply worried” over how to cope with the economic fallout from the coronavirus, state premier Volker Bouffier said Sunday. Schaefer, 54, was found dead near a railway track on Saturday. The Wiesbaden prosecution’s office said they believe he …

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CONVID-19: Buhari is set to address Nigerians

Following the social media protest that President Muhammadu Buhari must address the Nation on the coronavirus update, presidency has responded that all is now set for the president to address Nigerians. According to the special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, “President Muhammadu Buhari will …

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COVID-19: Ghana To Repatriate Guinean Patients

Officials and security personnel are working with their counterparts in West Africa to ensure the repatriation of some 10 Guineans diagnosed with coronavirus in Ghana. Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, made this known at a press briefing in Accra on Sunday, March 29, 2020. According to him, the 10 Guineans …

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Coronavirus ‘Runaways’ From Accra Involved In Accidents

Some 20 people suspected to be travelling to hinterlands in a bid to escape the partial lockdown in Accra, Tema, Kumasi and Kasoa due to the coronavirus spread have been involved in an accident at Nkawkaw, in the Kwahu West Municipality of the Eastern Region. The victims were among 50 …

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‘Akpeteshie’ Shops Shut Down

Government through the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has ordered the closure of all drinking bars, night clubs, and pubs within the cities under partial lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak. They are to remain closed for two weeks. The affected cities include Kumasi, Accra, Tema, Kasoa, which means people who …

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