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Albinos in Mozambique ‘still going missing’

At least 114 people with albinism have disappeared in Mozambique over the past seven years, the southern African country’s human rights commission says. There are 55 ongoing criminal proceedings related to the disappearances. People with the condition are often killed in East and southern Africa, their body parts used in …

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How a millionaire locked up Mercedes Benz for almost 40 years because of Rawlings

Horrible and harrowing stories about military dictator Jerry John Rawlings will never go away. One of such stories has been shared by sports journalist, Saddick Adams (Sports Obama) about how a very wealthy businessman in the early days of former President Rawlings’ PNDC regime. The businessman whose name Saddick gave as …

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3 out of 10 children in Ghana are stunted – Deputy Public Health Director

Sixteen percent of children in the Ashanti Region are stunted, the Ashanti Regional Deputy Director for Public Health, Dr Michael Rockson Adjei has said. The Ashanti Regional Deputy Director for Public Health disclosed this at a sensitisation workshop for the media held in Kumasi on Friday, 19 March 2021. The …

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Tanzania swears in East Africa’s first woman president, Samia Suluhu Hassan

  Tanzania has a new president in the person of Samia Suluhu Hassan, who two days ago was vice president of the East African country. She has made history becoming the first female president of the United Republic of Tanzania. Suluhu was, this morning, sworn in by the Chief Justice …

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SHS final year student, 3 others drown in Volta Lake

A final year student of Kadjebi-Asato Senior High School (SHS), Evelyn Gadagoe, and three others have drowned in the Volta Lake at Kpando. According to JoyNews sources, she was travelling with 10 other people in a canoe, on Tuesday, when they were hit by a storm on the lake. Six people on …

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VIDEO&PHOTOS: Sad story of how 9-year-old brilliant boy died in blazing fire at Medoma

A nine-year-old boy was killed in an inferno at Medoma in the Ashanti Region on Monday dawn. The blaze swept through four rooms in the apartment in which they live, affecting other families. Step-father of the boy, known only as Agyemang, his wife and twin of the deceased, sustained various …

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Two People Drown In A Galamsey Pit

Two people who work at a Galamsey site at Sefwi Datano have been drown to death. This incident happened at Sefwi Datano in the Western Region of Ghana. Mustapha and Mumuni are the names of the deceased and they were very closed friends. It was reported that Mustapha went into …

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NDC in turmoil: ‘Atta Mills boys’ fight Ofosu-Ampofo; Muntaka, Bagbin take on Sammy Gyamfi

Somewhere in the Daboya-Mankarigu Constituency, the constituency chairman of the National Democratic Congress and ten other branch executives are in a tussle with other constituency executives over their future in the party. The situation, according to a report by Nkilgi FM has created deep cracks within the party in the constituency and …

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VIDEO: 14-year-old boy who slept in Trotro for months starts school

Emmanuel Agomeda, the 14-year old who left home to hustle in Accra after his stepmother denied him food has finally started school. After his first encounter with SVTV Africa, SVTV Africa Foundation secured a place for Emmanuel to stay in Accra with his aunt. Currently, the foundation together with benefactors …

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