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The Ambassador for Qatar 2022 World Cup for Africa, Samuel Eto, has debunked assertions that drinking alcohol during the World cup at Qatar is prohibited. Speaking to Nana Aba Anamoah on StarrFM, the football legend advised Africans who will be going to watch the game to prove themselves as coming from …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration is putting in place measures to rescue some 431 stranded Ghanaians in Dubai and the United Arab Emirates. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that most of our stranded Ghanaians who are currently in detention at the Al Tawadi …

Lack of a toilet facility in a school in Accra has caused the pregnancy of a 15-year-old Junior High School (JHS) student. Names of the student and the school including the headmistress who made the disclosure, have been withheld to avoid name-shaming and stigmatisation. The bizarre revelation was made in …

A new report published by the Bank of Ghana has revealed further details regarding the resolved microfinance companies and savings and loans institutions, with new information indicating most of these companies diverted funds into other ventures – thereby leading to their insolvency. In a collaborative effort by the Joint Receivers, Bank of Ghana and …

A 34-year-old Saudi student at Leeds University, Salma al-Shebab, has been sentenced to 34 years imprisonment for using a Twitter account and for following and retweeting dissident activists. The mother of two was arrested in January 2021 while on holiday in Saudi Arabia just as she planned to return to …

The Inspector General of Police, George Akuffo Dampare, has put in stringent measures to beef up security in the country. These measures, according to the IGP, form part of a broad range of efforts by leadership of the service to improve security and safeguard the safety of all Ghanaians. Speaking at …

Residents of New Kyekyere, a suburb of Kronum in the Suame Municipality of the Ashanti Region were thrown into a state of fear when a man was found hanging in the area. The yet-to-be-identified man believed to be 35 years old was seen hanging with a sponge on an iron …

Many know Ghana’s Sarkodie as West Africa’s most decorated rapper but only a few know his humble beginning and the struggles he had to endure before his breakthrough on the local and international scene. The celebrated rapper on Wednesday published throwback images of when he was green in the industry alongside his …

A huge explosion has ripped through a mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul, police say. The blast is thought to have occurred during evening prayers, killing at least three people and injuring dozens more, according to the NGO Emergency. Khalid Zadran, the Taliban’s Kabul police spokesman, was quoted by local …

At least 26 people have been killed and dozens more injured in forest fires that have devastated northern Algeria. Kamel Beldjoud, the country’s interior minister, said 24 died in El Tarf, near the border with Tunisia, as well as a mother and daughter in Setif. Firefighters, supported by helicopters, were …