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GFA to ban venues without external fencing from hosting games next season

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) will from next season, ban venues without external fencing from hosting Division One League games. The Executive Council of the GFA took this decision during a meeting on Thursday, April 8, 2021. This safety and security provision is to minimize crowd violence and to ensure that spectators, …

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‘Discriminatory’: Kenya hits back after UK travel ban

  Kenya hit out at the United Kingdom after London added the east African country to its coronavirus travel ‘red list’. In a strongly-worded statement on Saturday, Kenya’s foreign affairs ministry said the decision was ‘discriminatory’ and lacked ‘logic and scientific knowledge of the disease or the spread of the …

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Wesley Girls SHS ban Muslim students from praying, reading the Quran and wearing hijab

As some Ghanaians are not fighting Achimota School for not admitting two Rastafarian students, a piece of new information from Cape Coast has also emerged. According to information cited on Mynewsgh, the authorities of Wesley Girls Senior High school has barred all Muslims from worshipping on their campus. Not just …

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Kenyan court to rule on female genital mutilation ban

The High Court in Kenya is due to rule today (Wednesday) on whether to decriminalise female genital mutilation for adult women. The case is in response to a 2017 petition by a doctor who argued that banning the practice was unconstitutional as women had the right to choose what to …

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Ghana should ban excavators to fight galamsey – Environment Minister-designate

The Minister-designate for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation Dr Kwaku Afriyie, has suggested that Ghana must “severely” regulate excavators to address the problem of illegal mining in the country. According to him, excavators should be accounted for and banned as a measure to tackle illegal mining. “We should have a census …

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Bolgatanga Police bans all Valentine day pub/spots parties

Police in the Upper East regional capital, Bolgatanga has banned all forms of celebrations for valentine’s day on February 14. This was after it picked information that some pubs and spots have planned programmes to mark the day. A statement from the Divisional Headquarters said it’s imperative that pubs and …

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BREAKING NEWS: VGMA Lifts Ban on Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale

The Board of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards has lift the ban on Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale. The ban was imposed on the two dancehall artistes in 2019 after a scuffle ensued between them resulting into Stonebwoy brandishing a weapon in public. The Board arrived at the decision to lift …

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Ajax goalkeeper Onana given 12-month doping ban

Ajax goalkeeper Andre Onana has been suspended for 12 months by UEFA due to a doping violation, the Eredivisie club have confirmed. Ajax and Onana will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to overturn the ban, imposed after an out-of-competition test in October 2020 found the substance …

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Akufo-Addo announces fresh, indefinite bans; Ghanaians are reacting

The President of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that the government has banned weddings, concerts, funerals, and other social gatherings. According to the President, private burials with 25 people can take place with all the various restrictions put in adhered to. Also, beaches, night club, cinemas and pubs …

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Biden Adds South Africa To COVID Travel Bans

The Biden administration has renewed Trump-era Covid-19 travel bans on non-US visitors from Brazil and most of Europe, including the UK and Ireland. The White House also imposed a new ban on South Africa over its virus variant. Former President Donald Trump had ordered the bans to end on 26 …

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