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New era for Methodist church in SA with women in top roles

Bishop Purity Malinga is the first woman to be appointed presiding bishop in the Methodist Church of Southern African in more than 200 years. Reverend Purity Malinga has just become the 100th presiding bishop to be elected by the Methodist Church of Southern Africa. She is the first woman in …

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Cameroon conflict: ‘I go to a secret school’

When his family recently fled a separatist rebellion in the country’s English-speaking regions, they thought they had found a place where he could go to school in safety. But that has turned out not to be the case as the school he attends in Douala, the biggest city in Cameroon, …

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Five killed in Kenya bus crash

Five people have died and dozens others have been injured after two buses collided in Kenya’s Nairobi-Mombasa highway. The two buses that were heading in the opposite directions collided after the Nairobi bound bus veered off its lane. The crash happened at 02:00 local time (23:00 GMT) in the Kiongwani …

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Tanzania starts using effective HIV drug

Tanzania has started using Dolutegravir ‘DGT’, the new and most effective drug in suppressing HIV/Aids in the human body. It is on the World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines, the most effective and safe medicines needed in a health system. Tanzania is now among 82 countries with low and …

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Women turn to apps, podcasts to explore sexuality through sound

A new generation of women is launching podcasts, websites and apps featuring erotic content that prioritizes the female perspective — all in the name of improving sexual wellbeing. At the outset, these women were looking for a middle ground between erotic literature, which falls short on fulfilling all of the …

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Pay us now or we vote you out – Customers of collapsed fin. firms

Some customers of the collapsed savings and loans companies and other microfinance institutions (MFIs) have threatened to vote against the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) if their locked-up deposits are not paid before the 7 December 2020 general elections. The affected customers say life has become unbearable for them after …

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Inflation rate for November rises to 8.2 per cent

The Year-on-year inflation rate for November rose to 8.2 per cent, up by 0.5 percentage point from the 7.7 per cent recorded in October 2019. The month-on-month inflation between October and November stood at 0.7 per cent. Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, the Government Statistician, who announced this on Wednesday, said …

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Independent parliamentary candidate joins NPP

The former Presiding Member of the Akuapem North Municipal Assembly, Nana Asiedu Ofei who contested as an Independent Parliamentary candidate in the 2016 general election, has announced his decision to join the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and support their cause. He explained that as an Independent candidate, he garnered 9,092 …

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Osafo Maafo sues Auditor-General

Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo has instructed his lawyers to commence legal processes against Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo for the wrongful surcharge on him. In a statement signed and released on Wednesday, December 11, 2019, the Mr. Osafo Maafo said: “The evidence available shows clearly that the Auditor-General erred in law …

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Osafo-Maafo goes to court over Kroll contract surcharge

The Senior Minister Yaw Osafo-Maafo says he is heading to court with four others over the auditor general’s decision to surcharge him in the one million Kroll contract. The former member of Parliament says the move is to afford him the opportunty to clear his name in the matter. “I …

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Court orders striking teachers to resume work

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has secured an injunction to compel the striking teacher unions to immediately resume work. The court order also barred the teachers from continuing with the strike which has been in effect since Monday. Meanwhile, the teachers say forcing them to the classroom in spite of …

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Woyome’s Trassaco luxury apartments up for sale

The state is set to auction three properties belonging to a businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, to defray his ¢47.2 million in debts. A notice of the auction was published in the Daily Graphic on December 2, 2019, detailing the location of the residential properties. Theghanareport.com has visited two of the …

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Parliament demands arrest of man who destroyed Peace C’cil building

The defence and Interior committees of Parliament are demanding the immediate arrest and prosecution of an unidentified individuals who allegedly demolished an office Complex owned by the National peace Council. The peace council expended fGHC400,000 for expansion works upon receipt of the bungalow donated by the Works and Housing Housing …

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Gov’t releases money to pay striking teachers

Government has released money for the payment of the outstanding arrears for teachers in the country who have been striking since Monday. The teachers are on strike over government’s refusal to pay them the money which spans 2017 till date. In a letter, the finance ministry ordered the Controller and …

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