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Italy gives safe port to 558 migrants rescued at sea

Italy on Tuesday, December 28, 2021, allowed a charity boat carrying hundreds of migrants rescued at sea to dock in the Sicilian port of Augusta, with another vessel waiting offshore for permission to bring 440 more to land. The Geo Barents ship, run by charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF), took …

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Woman, 29, ‘battered to death’

The grieving family of a woman who was ‘beaten to death’ on Boxing Day has said they are “broken.” Kirsty Louise Ashley died after she was allegedly attacked at an address in Newham, East London. Police were called to the property on December 26 just before noon where they found …

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Active Covid-19 cases in Ghana nears 10,000

The latest events in the last 24 hours reveal that Ghana’s covid-19 active cases is hitting the 10,000. The country since early December has seen its Covid-19 situation worsening by the day. This has largely been attributed to the Omicron variant infecting at lightning speed. From the latest update according …

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Legendary actor Forest Whitaker joins NBA Africa as a strategic investor

Academy Award-winning actor and social activist Forest Whitaker was recently announced as a strategic investor in NBA Africa. The 60-year-old joins other NBA Africa strategic investors including former NBA players Luol Deng (South Sudan) and Dikembe Mutombo (the Democratic Republic of the Congo). Former U.S. President Barack Obama was also …

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9 high-profile persons who died of Covid-19 in 2021

And who thought it would be another year of safety protocols, vaccines, and worse – new Covid-19 variants? Indisputably a tough year for a world that was trying to recover from the devastating effects of an unseen pandemic that hit. Check out this: 44 villages in Drobo State support the …

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Menstruation: The untold stories of women in the formal sector

Hey there! Menstruation is a monthly shedding of the lining of a woman’s uterus (more commonly known as the womb).   This is an inevitable, uncompromising, non-negotiable natural situation exclusive to females. I write these adjectives with grim facial expressions. Women menstruate because it is an exclusive package embedded in …

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VRA made profit for the first time in 9years – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the Volta River Authority (VRA) made profit for the first time in nine years. He noted that stable electricity power has been provided under his administration. The President disclosed this on his Facebook page as part of the achievements of his government in …

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Begoro police hunt for man for allegedly killing sister

The Police in Begoro are on a manhunt for one Keanu Aboagye, who is suspected to have murdered his own sister, Gladys Agyeman at Begoro in the Fanteakwa North District of the Eastern Region. Some neighbours who found Gladys Agyeman motionless in a pool of blood with multiple cutlass wounds …

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TMA security taskforce chase revelers at Shakumono Beach

Security Taskforce deployed by the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) to various beaches in the Metropolis drove away revelers who stormed beaches in the area as part of the enforcement of the directive from the Greater Accra Regional Minister to close all beaches in the Region. The Special Taskforce set up …

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Chief calls for peace and unity in Ga State

The newly installed Leshie Mantse, Nii Tettey Ofrosu I, has called for unity among the people of La and the Ga state. He stressed that with unity of purpose, the people of La and the Ga State can achieve anything in this world. “I want all the citizens of La …

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Police deployed to Mamponteng after two wounded in violent clash

Police officers have been deployed to Mamponteng in the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti Region to avert reprisals between two youth groups in the area. Some youth on Tuesday afternoon went on a rampage and vandalized properties, including a glass window of a mosque. This was after two persons …

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6 women awarded for their contribution to Ghana’s finance industry

Bank of Africa awarded for contribution to Diversity and Inclusion in the finance sector Support women to take top management positions in Ghana – CGIA CGIA holds 2nd Women in Finance and Investment Summit Chartered Global Investment Analysts (CGIA) Institute has awarded six Ghanaian women for their contribution to finance …

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