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Thousands of people lined up outside the main stadium in Niamey on Saturday (Aug. 19) responding to the call for civilian auxiliaries in support of the armed forces. The event organiser said the junta was not involved in this initiative, although it was aware of it. Regional countries have threatened …

Thousands of Ghanaians on Saturday, March 4, attended the 2023 edition of The Kenkey Festival at Mantse Agbonaa, James Town – Accra. The event started at 10:00 AM with various kenkey vendors selling varieties of assorted kenkey dishes, drinks, and snacks which offered the attendees options to choose from. Several …

Thousands of Ghanaians have reportedly fallen prey to a travel scam and have been left stranded in Nigeria and Cameroun. According to a video report on Akoma FM’s Facebook page, the stranded Ghanaians were promised employment opportunities and visas to travel abroad in a scam which involved persons from both …

It was a chilly, windy, and occasionally rainy morning, but opportunities to serve as a model for a world-famous artist are rare. On Saturday, Nov 26, before dawn, tens of thousands of people flocked to Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach to strip off for nude photos by American photographer Spencer Tunick. …

The Students’ Representative Council (SRC) of Valley View University led by the president, Mordecai Nsiah Dwomoh, has donated fourteen pieces of washroom mirrors worth thousands of cedis to the Vice-Chancellor of the university as part of the council’s contribution towards the development of the school, as promised and captured in …

Officials in Poland and Germany are trying to work out the cause of a mass fish die-off along the Oder river, which runs between the two countries. Thousands of dead fish have been appearing along hundreds of kilometres of the river since late last month. It is thought that a …

Tens of thousands of protesters have rallied across the US to call for stricter gun laws in the wake of two mass shootings. Those taking part at the hundreds of marches carried slogans like “I want freedom from getting shot”. US President Joe Biden backed the protests, calling on Congress …

His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, as the Asante custom demands, on Sunday evening, stormed Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital to attend the wake keeping at the Yiadom-Hwediem Palace to mourn with the New Juaben Traditional Council over the demise of the Omanhene and the Queen mother. The final …

More than 10,000 people have attended an anti-US rally in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, to denounce President Joe Biden’s policy on the conflict in the country’s northern region of Tigray. Mr Biden had called for a ceasefire in the conflict, now in its seventh month. At the rally, people held …