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Ghana – Stop foreigners in retail business or face our wrath – GUTA
on: by Fernil News
Members of the Ashanti Regional branch of the Ghana Traders Union Association (GUTA), have given the government a 72-hour ultimatum to address issues concerning the influx of foreigners engaging in retail businesses in the country or face their wrath. The association
Nigeria – Boko Haram Soldiers kill 11 terrorists, rescue 85 hostages – Official
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The Nigerian Army said its troops attached to Operation Lafiya Dole under the army’s 3rd Battalion, 22 Brigade have killed 11 terrorists and rescued 85 hostages in its ongoing daily clearance of the remnants of Boko Haram. The operation carried out
Ghana – Shia, Ahlusunna, Ahmadis, Tijaniyya are ‘just’ an associations in Islam – Imam Tahiru
on: by Fernil News
The Deputy Upper East Regional Chief Imam Alhaji Tahiru Seidu has said all Islamic sects are just an associations one ‘wishes’ to join. Alhaji Tahiru was a panelist on Islam and Life program on GTV, last Friday with host Abdul Fatah
Entertainment – I Am Not a Witch review – magical surrealism
on: by Fernil News
In a remote Zambian village, a nine-year-old girl (Margaret Mulubwa) is accused of being a witch and given a stark choice: to accept her supernatural branding and live a tethered life as a sorceress, or to cut her ties with local
Ghana Beats Columbia, US In Cocaine Consumption Ranking
on: by Fernil News
Statistics released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime indicates that Ghana is ranked 14th out of 115 countries when it comes to the consumption of cocaine. Topping that table is Albania. Public Health research from 2014 estimates that 2.5
Inside Africa – WHO Cancels Robert Mugabe Goodwill Ambassador Role
on: by Fernil News
The World Health Organization has revoked the appointment of Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador following a widespread outcry. “I have listened carefully to all who have expressed their concerns,” WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement. He had previously
Inside Africa – Anger over Mogadishu bomb attack boils over into streets
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Men and women in the city, security officers, even government officials – all are wearing a piece of red cloth around their foreheads to show unity and solidarity for the hundreds of people killed and injured in Saturday’s massive truck bombing.
World – Pollution linked to one in six deaths
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Pollution has been linked to nine million deaths worldwide in 2015, a report in The Lancet has found. Almost all of these deaths occurred in low- and middle-income countries, where pollution could account for up to a quarter of deaths. Bangladesh and Somalia