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Ghana: Beauty queen tortured with cutlass over missing $90

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A Ghanaian beauty queen has narrated how she was tortured at a fetish shrine in eastern Ghana over a missing $90. The 24-year old was a contestant in this year’s Miss Commonwealth Ghana beauty pageant, placing third. But getting closer to the end of the competition she was accused by organizers of the event of stealing $90. Nana Ama Essien… Read More
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Man captured defecating openly at Ghana’s Presidency

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A man in Ghana has done the unthinkable by defecating at the seat of government. The unidentified man has been captured by a camera hiding behind a reservoir around the Presidency in Ghana’s capital Accra to answer nature’s call. A picture of the man has gone viral showing him squatting on a polythene bag to defecate. It’s unclear if he… Read More
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Making Futures: The stories of young African entrepreneurs

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A book detailing the exciting, challenging and dynamic stories of some young African entrepreneurs has been launched in Ghana’s capital Accra. The book was written by another young and dynamic entrepreneur, Sangu Delle who is a Ghanaian. Publisher of the 304 page book is Cassava Republic Press. Patrick Awuah, founder of a leading University in Ghana, Ashesi University, launched the… Read More
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Muslims in Ghana march against hijab discrimination

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Thousands of Muslims across Ghana on Saturday staged a street protest against hijab discrimination. The peaceful march took place in key cities across the country’s 15 regions. Most of the protesters were young Muslims who are pushing for total end to discrimination against the wearing of the hijab of Islamic headscarf. They were joined by other prominent Muslim leaders in… Read More
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The candidates seeking to become Ghana’s next FA president

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Six individuals who have been cleared to contest for the presidency of the Ghana football Association are hoping to secure the top job to reform the body. The election which is set for October 25, will see five men and a woman vying to replace disgraced former president Kwesi Nyantakyi. Vetting process this month was without no controversy after some candidates… Read More
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Child Online Africa wants Ghana to be ‘Period Smart’

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International Day of the Girl (IDG), 2019 will be marking 25 years of progress for girls. In these years, women have pressed several agendas and these movements have expanded. They are being organized by and for adolescent girls, and tackling issues like child marriage, education inequality, gender based violence, climate change, self-esteem and girls’ rights to enter places of worship,… Read More
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How women in Ghana, Nigeria are slapped during childbirth

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A new study by the World Health Organization has revealed that many women suffer mistreatment during childbirth especially in lower-income countries. A new evidence from the study, published in the Lancet, showed that over one-third of women in four lower-income countries experienced mistreatment during childbirth in health facilities. Three of the countries where the study was conducted were in Africa,… Read More
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Ghana: High School closed down over ghost scare

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A high school in Ghana’s Upper East Region has been closed down after some students reportedly saw a ghost on campus. Over twenty female students of the Fumbisi Senior High School reportedly collapsed after seeing the said ghost. One student fell from the second floor of the girl’s dormitory after she allegedly saw the frightening creature. She has since lost her… Read More
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Ghanaian lecturers interdicted over BBC ‘sex for grades’ exposé

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Two Ghanaian lecturers at the country’s top university have been interdicted after they were implicated in a BBC documentary on sexual harassment. Prof. Ransford Gyampo of the Political Science Department and Dr Paul Kwame Butakor a lecturer at the Department of Teacher Education of the School of Education and Leadership all at the University of Ghana were implicated in the… Read More
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FIFA extends mandate of Ghana FA normalization committee

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World governing body FIFA has extended the mandate of the Ghana Football Association normalization committee. The extension is to help the committee complete the electoral process expected to go beyond the slated October 25, 2019 proposed date. An official confirmation from FIFA extended the work of the interim managerial team up to November 17, 2019. The committee will now have… Read More
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