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Story of an African slave, Sara Baartman who was used as a circus animal in Europe

On 29 October 1810, Saartjie “Sara” Baartman, a nineteen-year-old Khoisan lady marked an agreement to be taken from Cape Town to London to be displayed for diversion purposes. However she was ignorant, history supposedly guarantees she marked the agreement with an English boat specialist named William Dunlop who was a …

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How international media reported Adongo’s description of Bawumia as ‘Economic Maguire’

Some international news outlets got some really good content for their audiences after a Member of Parliament in Ghana’s parliament made the most unexpected comparison between the country’s vice president, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, and Manchester United captain, Harry Maguire. While speaking on the floor of Ghana’s parliament, Isaac Adongo, the MP …

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Mad rush for fuel as tanker’s contents pour on road after accident

A fuel tanker heading towards Bimbilla hit a police barrier at Lepusi in the Nanumba North municipality in the Northern region during the early hours of Friday, December 2, 2022. The tanker somersaulted after the incident and its content poured onto the road. Instead of running for their lives, residents …

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MPs serving as ministers is where the 1992 Constitution erred – Sam Okudzeto

A member of the Council of State, Sam Okudzeto, has suggested that the framers of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana got it wrong when they stated that Members of Parliament (MPs) could simultaneously serve as ministers of state. According to him, MPs working at the same time as ministers of state make them …

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Tears flow at KNUST as associate professor passes on

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been thrown into a state of mourning following the demise of one of the lecturers. Dr Richard Tia was an associate professor and a computational and theoretical chemist of the Department of Chemistry of the College of Sciences. According to …

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No African team will qualify: Oxford Uni’s research flops as Senegal progress into round of 16

No African nation will advance from the group stage; this was according to a research from the Maths Department at the Oxford University, one which appears to have failed so far. In group A of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, Senegal, an African nation, advanced to the round …

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Chaos As Man Sees Dead Wife Leaving With Another Man

In the Mandanga compound of Mongu, a man from Kalabo found his dead wife living with another man. A man, whose name has been kept secret for security reasons, was in Mandanga compound on Sunday, June 19, 2022, to see an old friend. When he got there, he was given …

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Shocking As Woman Returns Gh¢20,000 She Found At A Taxi Station

Many people in the country were shocked when a woman gave back huge amounts of money she found at a taxi station to the owner. The woman tells the whole story of what happened to Ali Baba, a well-known radio host, on Angle FM’s “Breaking News” show. The woman said …

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Reprieve for Rwanda as China cancels $7.1 million debt

China has offered Rwanda a $7.1 million debt relief or 50 million RMB Yuan on a loan used to build the 6.36-kilometre Masaka-Kabuga road under the Kigali urban road upgrading project. According to a statement issued by Rwanda, the move is part of the Chinese government’s decision to cancel the …

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