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West Africa has been defined as including the 18 countries Benin, Burkina Faso, the island of Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, the island of Saint Helena, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sao Tome and Principe and Togo.

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Ghana: Anger over delays in payment of government workers

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– – Government workers in Ghana are angry over delays in the payment of their salaries for the month of February. Per a schedule released by the Controller and Accountant General’s Department, February salaries of civil servants, public servants and other government employees were supposed to have been paid by the 25th day of the month. But most of the… Read More
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No place for unmarried pregnant women in Nigerian police

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– – Unmarried but pregnant women face dismissal from the police service in Nigeria, a decision that has now been upheld by a court. A federal high court in Nigeria upheld the police force’s decision to sack an unmarried officer who fell pregnant last year. Her case gained prominence in Nigeria forcing the Nigerian Bar Association to send her case… Read More
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Burkina Faso: 60 killed in mine explosion

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– – At least 60 people have been killed in an explosion at a make-shift gold mine in Burkina Faso. The incident occurred in a village near Gaoua in south-west Burkina Faso. Dozens of people including women and children have also been injured. Eyewitnesses say it happened as explosives stored near a gold panning site blew up. Images showed a large blast… Read More
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Ghana: Social activist charged with treason over coup comment

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– – A leading social activist in Ghana, Oliver Barker-Vormawor has been charged with treason after making claims of carrying out a coup if a controversial electronic levy policy is passed by the country’s parliament. State prosecutors charged him with treason when he was arraigned in court on Monday. He has also been remanded into police custody till February 28. Barker-Vormawor’s… Read More
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Moringa School partners Impact Hub Accra to train Ghana’s tech talents

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– – Africa’s top technology boot-camp, Moringa School has launched its operations in Ghana, expanding to West Africa, in partnership with Impact Hub Accra. The partnership is meant to close the skills-gap in Africa’s job markets by delivering transformative tech-based learning to young people. Providing a well-rounded training to talents in Ghana is foremost on the agenda of this newly… Read More
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Cocoa production in Ghana and Ivory Coast drops significantly in 2021

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– – Cocoa production in Ghana and Ivory Coast for the year ending 2021 is said to have significantly dropped, according to figures from the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO). The International Cocoa Organization has said in a statement that purchases and arrivals of cocoa beans from the two top producers of the commodity went down. While Ivory Coast recorded a… Read More
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Ghanaian activist arrested over coup comments

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– – A Ghanaian social activist Oliver Baker- Vormawor has been arrested by the police for making claims of carrying out a coup if a controversial electronic levy policy is passed by the country’s parliament. Barker-Vormawor who is a convenor of the popular pressure group #FixtheCountry Movement was arrested by operatives from the National Security at the Kotoka International Airport… Read More
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CPJ condemns the jailing of Ghanaian journalist for contempt of court

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– – The Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned the jailing of a Ghanaian journalist by a court in Ghana. The Accra-based broadcaster working for Power FM, Oheneba Boamah Bennie was arraigned before a High Court on Tuesday. He was captured on tape alleging that Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo met with some eight judges including the Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin-Yeboah… Read More
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African activists push for better and safer usage of the internet

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– – African activists are pushing for a better and safer usage of the internet across the continent with the hope that it will impact users tremendously. These activists stressed the need for African governments to roll out measures that prioritize even more importantly children who use the internet. A virtual forum was held on On Tuesday February 8 as… Read More
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Ghana: Mining company fined $6mln over deadly explosion

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– – Ghana’s Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has slapped a fine of $6 Million on Maxam Company Limited, the company at the centre of the deadly explosion at a community called Appiatse in the Western part of the country last month. The committee that investigated the explosion submitted it report to the Lands and Natural Resources Minister Samuel… Read More
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