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TouchDown Live Broadcast From Volta Hall With Berla Mundi & AJ Sarpong Tomorrow

This week’s edition of Girl Code on Touchdown, Live FM‘s After Drive show will be broadcasted live from Volta Hall,...

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Other Sports Have ‘bullies’ Too, Says World Cycling Boss

World cycling chief Brian Cookson said he didn't recognise dark accounts of a "culture of fear" in the British team but...

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First Ghanaian Visually Impaired To Participate In Kwahu Paragliding Festival

A member of the Ghana Blind Union, Eric Kissi made history at the 2017 Kwahu Paragliding Festival, becoming the first...

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Pope Urges End To Syria ‘horror’ In Easter Address

Pope Francis urged an end to "horror and death" in Syria on Sunday as he celebrated the traditional Easter Day mass in...

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Musicians Chase Fame On West Africa’s Musical Islands

Every April, the tiny island capital of Cape Verde is taken over for a week by musicians of all stripes, trailing...

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Submission of Entries For 2017 ‘Ghana Writers Awards’ Opened

Writers and poets who wish to take part in the second edition of the Ghana Writers Awards could do so from April 14 to...

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Nana Addo To Chinese Galamsey Operators

Ghana’s fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, is not a witch-hunt against Chinese...

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Modern Life Intrudes On Ethiopia’s Ancient Salt Trade

Every morning, hundreds of men converge on a dry lakebed in a remote corner of Ethiopia, where they cleave the ground...

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Meet Germany’s Forgotten ‘guest Workers’, From Africa

Long overshadowed by the more numerous and vocal Turkish "guest worker" community, Mozambicans who arrived in Germany...

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Pollard Stars As Bulls Snap Losing Streak

Fly-half Handre Pollard booted 16 points as Northern Bulls snapped a three-loss Super Rugby run by defeating Jaguares...

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GUNSA Backs Galamsey Ban; Demands Tough Actions From Govt

The Ghana United Nations Students and Youth Association (GUNSA) says it has been devastated by reports of wanton...

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We’re Enforcing Our Laws – Akufo-Addo Responds To Chinese Galamsey Concerns

Speaking at the coronation of Kwahu Obomenghene Nana Effa Opinamang III, President Akufo-Addo said his government will...

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‘A Few Dozen’ US Troops Deployed To Somalia

The United States is deploying "a few dozen" troops to Somalia to assist the national army and conduct unspecified...

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Kwahu Chiefs Pledge Support For Paragliding Training School

The Kwahu Traditional Authority has thrown its weight behind the establishment of a paragliding training school. They...

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Sixty Aid Workers Forced To Flee S.Sudan Fighting

A surge of fighting in eastern South Sudan has forced 60 aid workers to flee, the UN humanitarian agency said Saturday,...

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Bolgatanga Regional Library Left In Deplorable State

The Bolgatanga Regional Library is in a deplorable state with many of the books and amenities in tatters and patrons...

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You Can Vote Us Out In 2020 Over Galamsey Fight

A Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu Bio, has reiterated the Akufo-Addo administration’s...

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IPR – Ghana Joins Media Campaign Against Galamsey

The Institute of Public Relations – Ghana, has offered to join the media campaign against illegal small scale mining...

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Former Top General Jailed Over I.Coast Novotel Murders

A court in Ivory Coast has handed a former top general 18 years behind bars in connection with the abduction and murder...