Beirut Explosion: Angry Residents Demand Answers After Blast

By Delali Kukey August 6, 2020 84 No comment

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People in Beirut have expressed anger at the government over what they say was negligence that led to Tuesday’s huge explosion. President Michel Aoun said the blast was caused by 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate stored unsafely in a warehouse. Many have accused the authorities of corruption, Read More

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Gambian Leader Declares State Of Emergency

By Delali Kukey August 6, 2020 100 0

Gambian President Adama Barrow has declared a state of emergency and introduced nationwide night curfew for 21 days as coronavirus cases keep rising. The president said the borders and airspace will remain closed except for cargo, diplomats and those seeking treatment abroad. He said the rising cases were “worrisome”, Anadolu news agency reports. The country […]Read More

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Nigerians’ Double Blow: Currency Woes And Covid-19

By Richard Obeng Bediako August 3, 2020 109 0

Entrepreneurs in oil-rich Nigeria are finding it difficult to weather the economic fallout of the deadly coronavirus pandemic and a plummeting currency. Amid the lockdown a dispute between Russia and Saudi Arabia sent the price of the fossil fuel tumbling, dragging down the value of the Nigerian currency with it. With the naira still volatile […]Read More

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Accuses US Over Plan To Stir Anti-Go …

By Delali Kukey August 1, 2020 120 0

The Supreme Leader for Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has leveled accusations against US of trying to stir anti-government protests by placing sanctions which according to him are aimed at bankrupting the country. Rulers of Iran have tried to avoid a revival of anti-government turbulence that has shaken the country in recent years; it started with […]Read More

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US Election 2020: Obama Calls For End To Voter Suppression

By Richard Obeng Bediako July 31, 2020 131 0

Former US President Barack Obama has sharply criticised what he described as Republican attempts at voter suppression in a speech at civil rights leader John Lewis’s funeral. He said people in power were “attacking our voting rights with surgical precision” and called for wide reform. He also decried the police killing of George Floyd and […]Read More

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Ivory Coast President Ouattara Nominated For Third Term

By Richard Obeng Bediako July 30, 2020 172 0

Ivory Coast’s ruling party RHDP has officially nominated President Alassane Ouattara to seek re-election for a third term. Mr Ouattara on Wednesday asked for more time to consider the nomination, indicating he would announce his decision in a speech to the nation on 6 August. “I have heard messages from the various party structures, elected […]Read More

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Killer Of Rafiki, Uganda’s Rare Silverback Mountain Go …

By Richard Obeng Bediako July 30, 2020 95 0

The killer of one of Uganda’s best known mountain gorillas, Rafiki, has been jailed for 11 years. Felix Byamukama pleaded guilty to illegally entering a protected area and killing a gorilla. Byamukama had previously said the gorilla attacked him and he had to kill Rafiki in self defence, according to the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA). […]Read More

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Russia To Approve Covid-19 Vaccine August 10

By Richard Obeng Bediako July 29, 2020 191 0

Russia is expected to approve the world’s first coronavirus vaccine come August 10, 2020. But, according to reports monitored on CNN, there are safety concerns being raised over the vaccine. News about the planned approval of the vaccine comes as global confirmed cases of coronavirus hit 16,747,268. Deaths linked to coronavirus globally have also risen […]Read More

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Lady Gets 100 Lashes For Fornicating In Saudi Arabia

By Delali Kukey July 29, 2020 399 0

Another trending video on the Ghanaian internet community which has raised eyebrows and additionally been labelled as barbaric by a section of social media users is footage captured during a whipping session on a Ghanaian lady who was caught in bed with another man in Saudi Arabia. According to reports, the lady who is assumed […]Read More

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‘Escaping Sudanese migrants’ killed in Libya

By Kenneth Daniel Appiah July 29, 2020 158 0

Three Sudanese migrants were shot dead on Monday night after their boat was intercepted by the Libyan coastguard and they had been returned to shore. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says that the local authorities opened fire when the migrants attempted to escape from the disembarkation point at Al Khums. The migrants were among […]Read More