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Every 40 seconds one person dies from Suicide globally

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The World Health Organization has said that every 40 seconds one person dies from suicide globally. The WHO’s latest report was released on Monday as part of activities to mark the World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10. The global body however said the number of countries with “national suicide prevention strategies has increased in the five years since the… Read More
Africa Ghana West Africa World 

Ghana: 51-year-old trader sits same exam with own child

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A 51-year old trader’s quest to further her education in Ghana means she had to sit same basic school exam alongside her own child. Comfort Nutsugah is reported by Ghana’s News Agency to have taken advantage of government’s Free Senior High School Policy to further her education. The mother of six sells used clothing after school hours and has now… Read More
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Ghana’s urban dwellers offered a chance to own homes

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Ghana’s quest to tackle it’s over 2 million housing deficit has been given a major boost by the decision of the United Nations Office for Project Services to spend $5 billion on the construction of 100,000 housing units across the country. The project will be completed within 10 years. 6,000 housing units will be constructed in a community called Amasaman,… Read More
Africa Ghana West Africa World 

The culinary entrepreneur settling the Jollof battle in West Africa

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There have been various attempts to settle the Jollof food debate once and for all especially among some West African countries like Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, Cameroon and Liberia. These attempts have however largely only succeeded in creating further debates as to which country prepares the best Jollof. Some have even gone ahead to describe the Jollof… Read More
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Nigeria’s target of getting 1 million girls into school by 2020

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The United Nation’s Children Fund (UNICEF) and Nigeria’s Kano state government have announced a target of sending 1 million girls to school by 2020. The initiative is to help in improving social and economic opportunity for girls in Northern Nigeria. A UNICEF official in Kano state, Richard Sheyin Akanet told journalists at a media dialogue the target is expected to… Read More
Africa Ghana West Africa World 

Ghana: Ex-bipolar disorder patient helping others to recover

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Mental health issues are often controversial globally and in many African societies they are discussed superstitiously. Those with mental conditions hardly speak out and families with persons with mental health conditions often suffer discrimination. But in Ghana, one young man who suffered from bipolar disorder has now recovered and is speaking about the condition. He is also helping other mental… Read More
Africa Ghana West Africa World 

The very best of Ghana’s ChaleWote arts festival

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This year Ghana’s popular arts festival Chale Wote was held on the occasion of 400 years since the first set of Africans left the shores of Ghana to serve as slaves in America. From August 12 to 25 the festival gave hundreds of artists the opportunity to showcase their talents through artworks in Ghana’s capital Accra. Artworks of different forms… Read More
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Ghanaian actor John Dumelo sets sight on Parliament

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A top actor in Ghana, John Dumelo has set his sight on becoming a legislator. The “Black Men Rock” actor is vying to become the Parliamentary Candidate for Ghana’s opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency in the country’s capital city Accra. John Dumelo in an interview with Africafeeds.com revealed that he has always had a… Read More
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Ghanaians mock renaming of national monuments

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Many Ghanaians have been mocking their government over a decision to rename some already existing national monuments and institutions after some individuals. The government says it considers those individuals as national heroes who played a crucial role in the country’s history. In one of those renaming exercises, the government renamed the country’s university of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) after… Read More
Africa Gambia West Africa World 

The Gambian media; what’s changed after Jammeh’s exit

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The Gambian media for 22 years experienced all forms of harassment, abuses and threats to their work and all took place during the tenure of former President Yahya Jammeh. In 22 years there were reported disappearances and extra judicial killings. Some media outlets were being burnt to ashes, unlawful arrests and detention were the order of the day for journalists… Read More