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About 3,000 undertakers have gone on strike in South Africa demanding better pay and working conditions. They are refusing to collect bodies from homes and hospitals – and to hold burials. Their union is calling for the government to set up a coronavirus relief fund. The cost of burials and …

History cannot discuss the Gio people located in northeastern Liberia and Ivory Coast without mentioning their warfare, having been a pain in the butt of the Liberian government. Migrating from present-day Guinea and Mali into their current locations in the mountainous west-central Ivory Coast and adjacent areas of Liberia, the …

Ghana will host the African Development Bank’s next Annual Meetings in May 2021, it was announced Thursday, at the end of the Group’s 2020 meetings. The 2021 meetings will take place in the country’s capital city, Accra. Côte d’Ivoire’s Planning Minister Niale Kaba handed over the baton to Ghana, announcing …

The World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations children’s agency have urged African governments to promote the safe reopening of schools during the coronavirus pandemic. They say prolonged closure of schools is harmful to students and want governments to invest in sanitation facilities to prevent the spread of coronavirus in …

James Yaw Mireku who is the son of a renowned Gospel Musician, Elder Mireku has followed the good steps of his father in a different way.   James began his ministry at a very tender age. He has performed in many Gospel shows.   James Mireku has released a new …

Kindly join me in welcoming South Africa to Africa, to become a fully-fledged African country. Thus, let’s declare South Africa an African country. On July 26, 2020, for the first time in the history of the country, South Africa accepted an International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan; this is the day …

South African dancer, Zodwa Wabantu risked exposing too much as she bent to clean her house while wearing only a t-shirt. Zodwa Wabantu sent shockwaves to many when she decided to do her household chore p.a.nty-less. The socialite flaunted her raw behind and many asked her why was she not …

A group consisting of 26 African Auditors-General has written to President Akufo-Addo to reconsider his proceed on leave directive to Ghana’s Auditor-General, Daniel Domelovo. Mr Domelovo was asked to take his accumulated leave of 167 days in June by the President, a directive that has been heavily criticised by majority …

Leaders of the West Africa regional grouping Ecowas will hold an extraordinary summit on Monday to propose measures to resolve the political crisis in Mali. The virtual summit comes after two missions to Mali’s capital, Bamako, failed to reconcile the government of embattled President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and opposition groups …

Too Good: Mame Thiam The wideman continued his imperious form for Kasimpasa since football resumed, netting a brace in a 2-2 draw with Gaziantep. Thiam netted in the 13th and 37th minutes to complete a turnaround for the visitors, who fell behind to an early Muhammet Demir strike in the …