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Mali’s former PM arrested over presidential plane
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Mali’s former Prime Minister Boubèye Maïga has been arrested over alleged corruption during the purchase of a presidential plane seven years ago. His lawyer Kassoum Tapo said details about his Thursday arrest were still unclear. Mr Maïga is said to have
Akufo-Addo blows $14,000 per hour on another luxurious private jet – Ablakwa
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Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has spent a whopping Ghc3.46 million on a private jet on his recent trips to England and Germany. A member of parliament with the opposition party NDC Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has once again revealed.
Nigeria, Botswana earning 51%, 65% from oil revenue; Ghana gets only 17% – IFS
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The Institue of Fiscal Studies (IFS) has called for a renegotiation of agreements involving Ghana’s oil and extractive sectors. According to the institute, the country is losing out in its revenue generation due to the poor negotiations. The IFS compared Ghana’s
1 child killed, harmed every 5 hours in Afghanistan
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Over the past 20 years over 30,000 children have been maimed or killed in Afghanistan, amounting to an average of one child every five hours, Save the Children said on Tuesday as the last of international military forces left the war-torn
Haiti earthquake: Death toll reaches nearly 2,000
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At least 1,941 people are known to have died in Haiti in Saturday’s powerful earthquake – a rise of more than 500 on the previous figure, officials say. Nearly 10,000 people have been injured, and many are still missing after the
Afghanistan: US rescue flights grounded amidst chaos at Kabul Airport
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At least five people are reported killed at Kabul airport as Afghans flee following the Taliban’s takeover of the country. The Pentagon says all flights have now been halted after several incidents. The US is also sending another 1,000 troops to
Afghanistan: ‘Some people won’t get back’ – UK defence secretary
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The UK defence secretary has admitted “some people won’t get back” from Afghanistan as a desperate struggle to get UK nationals and local allies out of the country continued. Ben Wallace had previously said he was “confident” all British nationals would
Sudan to study artisanal mining from Ghana
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The Sudanese Ambassador to Ghana, Mohamed Abdehahman Yasin Mohamed, on Thursday, 12 August 2021, called on the Deputy Minister in charge of Mines, George Mireku Duker, to discuss bilateral relations between Ghana and Sudan, particularly in the area of mineral resources.