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Delayed CONTI Project To Blame For Accra Flooding

A member of Parliament’s local government committee, O. B. Amoah, has attributed Accra’s continuous flooding...

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Kenya To Clear More Hurdles Before Direct Flights To US Can Begin

Kenya must still clear several regulatory hurdles before direct or nonstop flights to the United States can begin,...

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Japan Recalls Tsunami, Nuclear Tragedy Six Years On

Japan paused Saturday to mark six years since a deadly earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster devastated its...

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World Facing Greatest Humanitarian Crisis Since 1945

The world is facing its largest humanitarian crisis since 1945, the United Nation's humanitarian chief said as he...

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NGO Pushes For Technology To Replace Use of Mercury

Friends of the Nation, a socio-economic advocacy NGO in the Western Region, has started a regional consultative...

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Madagascar Death Toll Rises To 38

The death toll has risen in Madagascar. Pictured: Flooding in the capital At least 38 people are now known to have died...

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Cyclone Kills 38, Displaces 53,000 In Madagascar

Cyclone Enawo killed 38 people, injured 180 others and displaced 53,000 after it slammed into Madagascar earlier this...

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Niger Drought Leaves Schools Closed

More than half of schoolchildren have quit class in some parts of Niger due to drought which is forcing entire families...

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Abu Ramadan Is NADMO Deputy Boss

A former Youth Organiser of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Abu Ramadan, has been named as Deputy...

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Agyeman-Prempeh Appointed NADMO Boss

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Eric Nana Agyeman-Prempeh as the acting Director General of the...

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Taiwan Bus At Double Speed Limit Before Fatal Crash

Investigators probing a bus crash in Taiwan which killed 33 people in one of the island's worst ever road accidents...

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Japan Troops To Withdraw From South Sudan

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Friday a plan to pull the nation's engineering troops from South Sudan in...

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Vietnam King Kong Premiere Ruined By Monster Fire

Film buffs with the hottest ticket in town were left running for safety after a giant model of King Kong went up in...

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Illegal Mining Along Black Volta Threatens Water Supply In Upper West

Illegal mining activities along the Black Volta River is threatening potable water supply in Wa in the Upper West...

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For Japan’s Nuclear Refugees, Insults and Rejection

Satsuki Sekine's home was destroyed in Japan's 2011 tsunami disaster and her family fled in the nuclear panic that...

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Japan ‘piggyback’ Official Steps Down

A senior Japanese politician criticised last year for being carried over flood waters while inspecting deadly typhoon...

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Australia Sees Second Year of Barrier Reef Bleaching

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is experiencing an unprecedented second straight year of mass coral bleaching,...

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Several Injured At Duesseldorf Train Station

At least five people have been injured in an axe attack at the main railway station in the western German city of...

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Two Die As Motorway Bridge Collapses Near Ancona

The aftermath of the bridge collapse in Ancona A motorway bridge has collapsed near the north-east Italian city of...