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Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga has reported that three more people were killed in Bawku. The legislator shared this information this morning on JoyNews’ AM Show. This brings the death toll to 5 within the past 48 hours. According to him, they were shot by some soldiers …

  Two years ago, they all lost their jobs when the Finance Minister announced the abolition of road tolls. The government promised to reassign all of them but many of them remain unemployed. Some persons with disabilities who were toll booth workers pass the night at the roads ministry on …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has sent a commiserating message to the people of Morocco, through their monarch, King Mohammed VI, following the massive earthquake in the country that has killed close to 1000. In his message shared via Twitter, he expressed the sympathies of the people of Ghana to the people …

The death toll in the Senegal violence has risen to 15 as supporters of convicted opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and police continued to clash, the government said on Saturday. While Dakar was calmer on Saturday, clashes continued into the evening. In residential neighbourhoods, protesters threw rocks at police, barricaded roads …

The United Nations and African Union have called for calm after the sentencing of opposition politician Ousmane Sonko sparked some of the deadliest violence in recent years. Authorities have deployed the army on the streets of the capital, Dakar, and other cities as the death toll rose to 10. Nine …

The government is currently engaging with Toll and Route Management Limited to develop other employment modules for the re-engagement of toll workers, Mr Bright Wireku-Brobbey, the Deputy Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, has announced. He said as part of plans to restore the workers and cushion them, the government …

The death toll from the widespread flooding in KwaZulu-Natal has risen to at least 306. In a statement, the provincial department of Co-operative Governance has confirmed that mop-up operations have commenced across the province. Residents are urged to be patient as teams in municipalities affected by the flooding are stretched …

The Deputy Ranking Member for the Parliamentary Select Committee on Roads and Transport has suggested that road tolls can be free for Ghanaian drivers but not trucks from neighbouring countries that use the country’s roads. Mr. Isaac Adjei Mensah who is also the Member of Parliament for Wassa East Constituency …

The Minority in parliament has asked the government to reintroduce the collection of road tolls in the country. Leader of the Minority group, Haruna Iddrisu indicated that the scrapping of road tolls is denying the government of revenue. He was responding to the new measures announced by the government to help resolve …

The number of people known to have died in a train crash in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 75. The train derailed and fell into a ditch in the south-eastern village of Buyofwe on Thursday. It was a freight service but carried hundreds of stowaways. The information …