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Category: West Africa

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 approves new law to jail publishers of nude pictures

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– – Ghana has approved a new law that seeks to punish persons who publish indecent images especially of children and women online. The new law under the country’s Cybersecurity Act 2020 is an attempt to crackdown on taking and circulating or publishing of naked and sexual images of people. Under the new law, persons who circulate naked images of… Read More
Africa Ghana West Africa World 

Ghana’s President says same-sex marriage ‘will never happen’ under him

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– – Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has publicly commented on recent uproar over activities of LGBTQ+ persons in the country. For weeks now, there has been a public outcry over the activities of LGBTQ+ persons in Ghana. It followed the opening of a meeting space for persons of such sexual orientation in the capital, Accra. The centre for the LGBTQ+… Read More
Africa Ivory Coast West Africa World 

Covid-19: Ivory Coast becomes second country to get Covax vaccines

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– – Ivory Coast has become the second country after Ghana to receive coronavirus vaccines under the global vaccine-sharing programme Covax. The West African nation received 504,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Friday, delivered from a plant in India. Authorities in Ivory Coast say they intend vaccinating health workers, teachers and members of the security forces from March. “Let… Read More
Africa Ghana West Africa World 

Opinion: The reflections of a day-old Lesbian

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As one would expect, I have done my fair share of introspection on the events of the past 24 hours (from February 24-25, 2021) and I can understand how anyone with subpar or at best average intellect would make the inference that was made from my earlier post. I did say I was grateful for the community of like-minded people… Read More
Africa Business Ghana West Africa World 

Flights grounded at Ghana’s main airport as staff begin strike

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– – Passengers are stranded at the Kotoka International Airport in Ghana as airport staff embark on strike. The strike had disrupted domestic and international flights as the airport workers demand the dismissal of their Managing Director Yaw Kwakwa over allegations of mismanagement. The irate workers also locked out the embattled MD who had earlier denied allegations levelled against him… Read More
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Over 300 schoolgirls abducted by gunmen in Nigeria

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– – Over 300 schoolgirls have been abducted by gunmen in the Talata-Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State in Nigeria. The bandits carried out the abducted of the schoolgirls at Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe. The State Police spokesperson Mohammed Shehu told local media “We are right now on our way going to the school where the incident happened.”… Read More
Africa Nigeria News and Headlines West Africa World 

The 100 Most Influential Young Nigerians for 2020

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– – As part of its annual programme to celebrate and honour Nigeria’s most outstanding youth, leading African PR and rating firm Avance Media has published the fifth edition of its annual 100 Most Influential Young Nigerians ranking. The list which is centered on revealing the most hard-working youth features individuals who stood tall in their business and careers amidst… Read More
Africa Ghana West Africa World 

Anxiety grips LGBTQ+ people in Ghana after office shutdown

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– – Many LGBTQ+ persons in Ghana are now living in fear after police raided their community center in the capital, Accra to shut it down. On Wednesday police stormed the office space which is within a residential community to lock it up. The shutdown was carried out reportedly on the orders of the owner of the facility who gave… Read More
Africa Liberia World 

Liberia: Eight found dead in flat after a graduation party

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– – Police in Liberia are investigating the circumstances under which a young woman and seven others died after party in a flat. The woman and the seven others were found dead in an apartment in the country’s capital Monrovia, following a party to celebrate her graduation from university. Local media reported that the woman, her young daughter and mother… Read More
Africa Ghana West Africa World 

Ghana is first in Africa to receive Covid-19 vaccines under COVAX

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– – Ghana on Wednesday morning took delivery of 600,000 AstraZeneca doses of Covid-19 vaccines. The consignment arrived at the Kotoka International Airport in Ghana’s capital, Accra via an Emirates airline plane. The government said the doses are part of the first batch of vaccines the country is acquiring through the Covid-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility (COVAX) which Ghana among… Read More
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