The 2021 Population and Housing Census provisional Residential Proximity to Essential Service Facilities Report which is meant to help monitor the implementation of aspects of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),has been launched in Accra. The report highlighted on health, education, access to finance, and safety and security in relation to the SDGs. Specifically, the report … The post 2021
The Minority caucus on the Education Committee of Parliament is demanding the immediate completion of all abandoned educational projects across the country, especially the E-Blocks.They argued that completing these projects would help end the “obnoxious” double track system which had come with the Free Senior High School policy.They wondered what the government had used the US$1.5 … The post Complete
A Florida man has pleaded guilty to murdering 17 people in a 2018 mass shooting at a high school campus in Parkland, Florida. Nikolas Cruz, 23, also pleaded guilty to 17 counts of attempted murder for those he injured in the attack on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. He faces the possibility of the death … The post Parkland school shooter pleads guilty to murder appeared
At least 46 people have died in flash floods triggered by heavy rains in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. Images and videos from the state show flooded roads, submerged homes and fallen bridges. Experts say the Himalayan state, a popular tourist spot, is seeing the effects of both climate change and rampant construction. Floods … The post At least 46 killed in floods
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday marked the 35th anniversary of the death of Mozambique’s first president Samora Machel, vowing to go after Islamist insurgents wreaking havoc in the north of the country. President Ramaphosa and Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi led a memorial event at the sight of the plane crash that killed Machel … The post Ramaphosa
A new report by the United Nations has warned that more than 100 million “extremely poor” people across Africa are threatened by accelerating climate change that could also melt away the continent’s few glaciers within two decades. The report released on Tuesday by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) presented a grim reminder that Africa’s 1.3 … The post More
One year ago, Adebanjo Akinwunmi gleefully waved a Nigerian flag at the Lekki Toll Gate, a stretch of tarmac in front of toll booths on a highway on the outskirts of Lagos. Joined by thousands of his countrymen, he demanded an end to what demonstrators said was endemic police brutality. But the ebullient protests, which … The post Protests in Nigeria mark End Sars anniversary
proofed The Paramount Chief of the Aflao Traditional Area, Torgbui Amenya Fiti V, has asked the government to complete and put to good use the Aflao Community Day Senior High School (SHS) from the next academic year which starts in February. Torgbui Amenya Fiti V said the lack of an SHS in the area was inhibiting the … The post Put Aflao SHS e-block to good use – Chief
Yesterday, a three-day summit to discuss issues concerning the African youth began in Accra. The event ending on Friday is described as the fourth edition of the YouthConneKT Africa Summit, an annual convening or platform that mostly connects African youth from across the continent and elsewhere with policy influencers, political leaders, and public, private and … The post May
Two persons have been arrested in connection with attack on a bullion van and bolting with GH?107,271.00, at Ransbet Supermarket, at Tarkwa Municipality in the Western Region, on Monday. The suspects, Charles Enning,a driver, and Dorcas Akosua Amankwah,a teller, both workers of Mon-Trans Limited,are in the custody of the police assisting in investigations. The Western … The post 2
Political think tank, the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA), has filed a complaint at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service against dancehall artiste, Charles Nii Armah,known, in music circles as Shatta Wale, and his agent, Nana Dope, for false publication of news. According to ASEPA, the publishing of … The post Shatta
A 20-year-old unemployed man has been sentenced to four years imprisonment for theft, at Amrahia, near Adenta, by the Adentan Circuit Court.Sheriff Mohammed Awal, charged with two counts of causing unlawful damage, unlawful entry and stealing, pleaded guilty.Awal prayed the court to have mercy on him.The court, presided over by Mrs Sedinam Awo Balokah, convicted … The post Man jailed 4 years for
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