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Ebola virus: Tanzania failing to provide details, WHO says

The World Health Organization (WHO) has rebuked Tanzania for failing to provide information about possible Ebola virus infections. The WHO said it had learned of one suspected fatal case in Dar es Salaam and two others but, despite repeated requests, was given no information. Tanzania has said it has no …

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Woman arrested for selling bread baked with pig feed

A 52-year-old woman Akosua Dwamena has been arrested for allegedly using Pig feed to bake wheat bread at Obomeng in the Kwahu South District of the Eastern Region. According to the District Environmental Health Officer of the area Welbeck Afevia Dzidza, the arrest was made on Saturday evening. Speaking to …

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Four minors drown in swimming attempt

The bodies of four children have been recovered from a watercourse in a flood-prone area at Bremang UGC in the Suame Municipality in the Ashanti Region on Saturday evening. The minors drowned when they went to the area to swim. Residents in the area made a distress call to the …

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Mad rush for community mining registration ID cards

The Inter-ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) through the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has secured two separate mining concessions in Akrofrom district of Ashanti Region to be used for the Community Mining Programme to replace the destructive illegal mining popularly known as ‘galamsey’. Over three thousand (3,000) illegal …

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Africa will never develop without one federal gov’t – EFL leader

Ghana’s left-wing political movement, Economic Freedom Fighters, have made a case for a united continent, stressing it is the only way Africans can achieve true economic development. The leader Ernesto Kofi Yeboah observed that while Africans are fighting among themselves, its wealth is being carted away by Europeans and western powers. …

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Man drowns during underwater marriage proposal

An American man has drowned while proposing to his girlfriend underwater on holiday in Tanzania. Steven Weber and his girlfriend, Kenesha Antoine, were staying in a submerged cabin at the Manta Resort, off Pemba Island. Footage shows Mr Weber diving under water to ask Ms Antoine to marry him. In …

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Two arrested in Accra for allegedly manufacturing guns, explosives

The Managing Director of Citadel Hospital, Dr Mac Pam is in the grips of the Bureau for National Investigation for allegedly engaging in illegal guns and explosives business. According to Citi News sources within the police service, Dr. Mac Pam allegedly manufactured the explosives and guns at the Citadel Hospital located at …

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Photos of Junior Manuel Agogo’s funeral out!

Anthony Baffoe ✔@AnthonyBaffoe Fare thee well Emanuel Junior AgogoGod gives and God takes .We payed him our last respect ..thank you to all who were present today ..maximum respect to his strong Mother Former Black Stars international, Junior Manuel Agogo, has been laid to rest at a private ceremony held …

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Okyenhene angry with NDC over insults

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has incurred the wrath of the Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin II over recent insulting comments purported to have been made by an executive of the party. Following the development, MyNewsGh.com has sighted a letter in which Paramount Chief of the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area …

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Mahama breaks silence on Asantehene’s UN address

Former President John Dramani Mahama has broken his silence on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II following his comment at the United Nations. Reacting to the controversies surrounding the matter especially after his former Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, debunked the assertions, he said the statement was only meant to …

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Government freezes payments to independent power producers

Government has placed a temporary freeze on payments to independent power producers as it bids to renegotiate power purchasing agreements signed with the previous administration. A statement by the Finance Ministry on 20th September 2019, announced this development further reiterating the establishment of a steering committee under the Energy Sector …

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Conflicts, bad weather major cause of food insecurity – FAO

Dry weather and protracted conflicts have been identified by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as the main cause of food insecurity in some 41 countries across the world. The FAO in a report released on Thursday 19TH September, 2019 said some 41 countries continue to be in need of …

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Stephen Appiah opens up on racism in world football

Former Ghana and Juventus midfielder Stephen Appiah has opened into the problem of racism in world football. Appiah says the behaviour of players on the pitch has also contributed to the issue of racial abuse from fans. The 38-year-old spent 11-years in Italy playing for Udinese, Parma, Brescia, Bologna, and …

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Ex-Ghana coach Claude Le Roy facing prison sentence

Prison sentence has been requested against former Ghana and current Togo Head coach Claude Le Roy for suspected fraudulent cases. Claude Le Roy is currently on appeal in the case of transfers deemed fraudulent in the early 2000s whilst manager of French side Strasbourg. The Strasbourg public prosecutor’s office has …

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Mahama lashes out at Ken Agyapong

Former President John Dramani Mahama has taken on Member of Parliament for Assin Central Constituency Kennedy Ohene Agyapong over the lawmaker’s allegations that he had knowledge of the murder of J.B. Danquah Adu. Mr Agyapong alleged on Net 2 Television that the late Abuakwa North MP had naked pictures of …

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Mahama breaks silence on Asantehene’s UN address

Former President John Dramani Mahama has broken his silence on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II following his comment at the United Nations. Reacting to the controversies surrounding the matter especially after his former Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, debunked the assertions, he said the statement was only meant to …

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