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Otumfuo to raise $10m to renovate KATH leaking blocks

The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has bemoaned the bad structural state of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) which serves as the referral center for 12 out of the 16 regions of Ghana. KATH block A-D built 70 years ago has never seen any renovations, a development Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II described …

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Court blocks Mugabe ally from Zimbabwe polls

A Zimbabwean court has disqualified a former minister from challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the August 23 election because he lives in exile. High Court judge David Mangota ruled on Wednesday that Saviour Kasukuwere, who has been living in South Africa since the 2017 coup that toppled former ruler Robert …

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Bawumia allegedly blocks NDC activist on Twitter

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has allegedly blocked an opposition activist from accessing his Twitter handle. The activist, known on Twitter as Annan Perry posted evidence of the block on Thursday, April 27, 2023 with a caption suggesting that the Vice President was being intolerant. “Such a useless vice president …

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VIDEO: Kia truck loaded with cement, blocks involved in accident on Pokuase interchange

A Kia truck carrying cement and blocks was involved in an accident at the Pokuase interchange on Saturday, December 31, 2022. According to an eyewitness account, the driver failed to brake and hit two street light poles in front of a house, severely damaging them as well as some vehicles …

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2023 budget: Parliament blocks approval of GH₵80m for National Cathedral

Parliament’s Trades and Industry Committee has suspended the approval process for an amount of GH₵80 million allocated for the construction of the National Cathedral. The allocation, was the first time an amount had been explicitly made in lieu of the project, with previous disbursements made out of the Contingency Fund. …

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King Charles blocks Zimbabwe’s president’s request to attend funeral

King Charles III has blocked the president of Zimbabwe’s request to attend the funeral of his late mother Queen Elizabeth II. Read the letter denying president Mnangagwa’s request to attend the funeral below: President Mnangagwa in a letter expressing his condolence to the King for the passing of his mother …

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PHOTOS: Cement blocks used as chairs by Pechie Basic School pupils

Pupils of Pechie Basic School in the Krachi West Municipality of the Oti Region are forced to sit on cement blocks and on the bare floor to study due to lack of proper infrastructure. The situation, according to community members, is negatively impacting the quality of their children’s education. A …

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Truck involved in accident blocks Accra-Kumasi stretch of N6 highway

There was a motor accident on the Nsawam by-pass involving a MAN diesel rigid truck loaded with poultry feed blocking the entire Accra-Kumasi stretch of the N6. The Police announced in a statement on Thursday February 24. As a result, the Police said the Nsawam MTTD officers have diverted Kumasi …

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Woman carries blocks meant for Mahama during NDC’s ‘Yentua’ demo on E-Levy

The Youth Wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Thursday morning hit the streets of Accra to protest against the passage of the Electronic Transactions Levy (E-levy). The group was joined by aged citizens, head porters also known as ‘Kayayie’, Coalition of Concerned University Students among others. Clad in …

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Former Prez Kufour blocks public road for estate project

Ashanti Regional Director of the Urban Road says the road was constructed illegally   Former President John Agyekum Kufour has allegedly blocked a major road that connects commuters to other areas with a wall ostensibly for an estate project. The blocked road connects State Experimental Basic School, Ashanti Regional Coordinating …

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