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Corruption in Ghana: Is there any hope as NPP and NDC claim better record ahead of 2020 election?
on: by Fernil News
Corruption was a major issue in Ghana ahead of the 2016 general elections as opposition parties led by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) launched vitriolic attacks on the government for its inability to decisively deal with the numerous corruption scandals that
US President Trump to leave hospital Monday
on: by Joseph Ekufreku Ntsiful
U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he will leave the hospital later in the day after being treated for COVID-19. Trump said on Twitter that he will leave Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at 6:30 p.m. EST on Monday. “Feeling
PUBG Mobile among apps banned in India amid row with China
on: by Fernil News
The Indian government on Wednesday banned 118 mostly-Chinese mobile applications amid ongoing border tensions between two giants in Asia. The list of banned apps also includes the wildly popular battle royale game PUBG Mobile. The mobile apps were banned because “they
Trump taken to Walter Reed Medical Center after coronavirus diagnosis
on: by Fernil News
US. President Donald Trump has been taken to the Walter Reed Medical Center as a precaution after testing positive for the coronavirus, local media reported Friday. White House later said that Trump will spend the coming days in the hospital just
EU aims for constructive dialogue with Turkey as leaders meet on East Med, Belarus sanctions
on: by Fernil News
The European Union’s 27 leaders are set to meet in Brussels Thursday to find ways out of escalating tensions between Turkey and bloc members Greece and the Greek Cypriot administration over gas exploration activities in the Eastern Mediterranean region. The leaders
UK, Canada slap sanctions on Belarus’ President Lukashenko, 7 others
on: by Fernil News
The United Kingdom and Canada on Tuesday slapped sanctions on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, his son and senior figures in the regime for a string of human rights violations. U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the travel ban and asset freeze
Kuwaiti ruler Sheikh Sabah dies at 91
on: by Fernil News
Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, the ruler of Kuwait who drew on his decades as the oil-rich nation’s top diplomat to push for closer ties to Iraq after the 1990 Gulf War and solutions to other regional crises, died Tuesday.
‘Not all Ewe land wants to secede, 50-year breakaway clause false’ – Vladimir Antwi Danso
on: by Fernil News
The Dean of Academic Affairs at the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC), Dr Vladimir Antwi-Danso has said there is no clause in the agreement signed between the then Gold Coast and the French Togoland for the latter to