Tag Archives: YEARS

15 years without research vessel worries fishers

  Fisher associations in Ghana are worried about the unavailability of a research vessel to conduct examinations on the behaviour of the country’s fish species, particularly in closed seasons. The associations – comprising the National Fisheries Association of Ghana, the Ghana National Canoe Fishermen Council, Ghana Industrial Trawlers Association and …

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Facebook suspends Trump accounts for two years

IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGES Facebook Inc has suspended former US President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts for two years. He was barred indefinitely from both sites in January in the wake of posts he made on the US Capitol riots, but last month Facebook’s Oversight Board criticised the open-ended penalty. …

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Bobrisky slapped with 5 years imprisonment for attempted homosexuality

A well-known Cameroon crossdresser, Shakiro also known as Cameroonian Bobrisky has been sentenced to five years in prison for attempted homosexuality. According to reports, Shakiro was arrested alongside another person identified as Patricia. The court in Cameroon sentenced the two men for five years each on homosexuality charges. This happened …

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10 years since Gaddafi ouster, Libyans struggling in poverty, chaos

Ali Al-Khalfouni, a 56-year-old Libyan elementary school teacher, used to make about 700 U.S. dollars per month 10 years ago, an income high enough to cover the expenses of his entire family. Nowadays, he makes less than 200 U.S. dollars per month. In order to secure the basic needs of …

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Nigeria police rescue girl wey parents lock am up for 10 years for Kano

A 15 year old wey parents lock up for 10 years don finally see rescue. Nigerian police for northern state of Kano on Monday rescue Aisha Jubril wey dem keep for room since when she dey 5 years old. Kano police command say dem receive report of di girl situation …

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SHS Student Jailed 15Years For Robbery

The Obuasi circuit court has sentenced an 18-year-old senior high school student to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour for robbery. Michael Dakorah, who was a student of the Asare Bediako Senior High School at Obuasi, was said to have been together with an accomplice, attacked and robbed their victim …

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Man, 29, jailed 20 years for robbing IMF Country Director

The Circuit Court in Accra has sentenced one Mohammed Buzu, a 29-year-old trader to 20 years in jail for pulling a machete on the Country Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and robbing him and his wife. The convict was found guilty on the two charges of causing harm …

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After 16 years, why not allow non-Akans to also lead NPP in parliament? – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu queried

Executive Director for the Media Foundation for West Africa, Sulemana Braimah, says the Majority Leader is only thinking about how to win the next election and not the development of Ghana with his non-Akan argument. The Majority leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu in an interview on Accra-based Joy News said it will be unwise …

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Belfast: Rioting ‘was worst seen in Northern Ireland in years’

IMAGE COPYRIGHTCHARLES MCQUILLANimage captionThe gates of one of Belfast’s so-called peace walls were prised open before being set alight Rioting in Belfast on Wednesday night was on a scale not seen in Northern Ireland for years, police have said. During several hours of violence, police officers were attacked, petrol bombs …

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