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Citizen Observers from Africa strategise on better safeguarding elections

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Leaders from 24 citizen observer organizations from 20 countries from across Africa met inAccra, Ghana to strategize on how to better safeguard elections. The summit was the most comprehensive and diverse gathering of citizen observers from East, North, West and Southern Africa. Delivering the keynote address, Prof Attahiru Jega, former Chairperson of the IndependentElectoral Commission of Nigeria (INEC) stated “Nobody… Read More
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Ghanaian influencer extradited to US in $2M romance scam

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A prominent Ghanaian social media influencer, Mona Faiz Montrage also known as Hajia4Reall has been extradited from the United Kingdom to the US to face criminal charges. She is facing charges for allegedly swindling over $2 million from older, single American men and women, federal prosecutors said on Monday. Montrage, 30, appeared in Manhattan federal court on Monday over these… Read More
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Afrobarometer’s 10th national surveys planning meeting opens in Accra

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Members of the Afrobarometer, a pan-African, nonpartisan survey research network have gathered in Ghana for the launch of its 10th round of national surveys. The planning meeting taking place in Ada, south of the country will afford the network the chance to plan towards the next round of surveys, covering critical data gathering on social-economic issues. Over a period of… Read More
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Ghana’s opposition picks Mahama as candidate for 2024 poll

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Ghana’s main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress, has picked former president, John Mahama, as it’s candidate for the 2024 presidential election. Mahama since leaving office in 2017 failed to win power in the 2020 presidential election. He came second to President Nana Akufo-Addo in 2016 and 2020. The former president now 64, secured 297,603 votes, representing 98.9% of votes… Read More
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Ghana: Nine pupils drown in a boat disaster

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At least nine children in Ghana have drowned at Faanaa, an island community in the Greater Accra region of the country. Local media reported that the boat that capsized was being paddled by a minor of twelve years. The pupils are said to have drowned while returning from school. Three of the children on the boat managed to swim to… Read More
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Ghana welcomes over 1,000 Burkinabe refugees

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Ghanaian authorities have said they have so far registered over 1,000 refugees from Burkina Faso. There has been an influx of Burkinabe nationals into Ghana for months now due to the political and security crisis in that country. Some locals in Northern part of Ghana have complained to local media about the invasion of their community by hundreds of people… Read More
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Ghana gives approval to Oxford’s malaria vaccine

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Ghana has become the first country to give approval to a malaria vaccine developed by the Oxford University. The African country at the moment is expanding its malaria vaccination drive and the latest approval would help shore that up. Ghana is already using the first malaria vaccine, Mosquirix from British drugmaker GSK which was last year endorsed by the World… Read More
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UK suspends recruitment of health workers from Nigeria

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The United Kingdom has suspended the recruitment of health workers from Nigeria in an attempt to prevent a major healthcare crisis in the West African nation. The World Health Organization has placed Nigeria among 55 countries with significant health workforce challenges. The UK government has now placed Nigeria on the red list of nations not to be targeted for recruitment.… Read More
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From Chicago to Chorkor: US students travel to Ghana to teach and play chess

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With passports and chessboards in hand, six Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students have traveled 6,000 miles to Chorkor, a small fishing community in Accra, Ghana. There, they will teach and play chess and learn about local culture from the experts: Ghanaian students. Sponsored by a grant from the U.S. Embassy in Ghana, this trip is designed to promote cross-cultural understanding… Read More
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Davido’s new album sets streaming record

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Apple Music has said that Nigerian Afrobeats star Davido has set a new record on the streaming platform with his latest album Timeless. It has had the most first-day streams ever for an African album, the music streaming service. .@davido is breaking global records. 🇳🇬 The Nigerian superstar’s #Timeless had the most first-day streams ever for an African album on… Read More