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Ghana Chamber of Mines Moves To End Illegal Mining (galamsey) in Ghana.

Ghana Chamber of Mines says it is confident ongoing review of the Minerals and Mining Act will help to effectively deal...

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Ghana Cholera Outbreak At ‘Staggering’ Level, Over 3100 Infected

A cholera outbreak in Ghana's capital has reached "staggering" levels, an official said on Friday, blaming poor...

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E-waste In Ghana: Where Death is the Price of Living Another Day

Attempts to recycle E-waste and donations of old electronic devices are harming poor people's health and devastating...

Health

Ebola Virus Particles Can Be Transmitted By Air – Consultant Virologist College of Medicine, University of Lagos

In an interview with Sahara TV, Professor Sunday Aremu Omilabu – the Consultant Virologist College of Medicine,...

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Ghana’s Inter Ministerial Committee on Ebola Meet Today To Review Strategies on Preventing The Entry of the Deadly Virus

The inter-ministerial Committee on Ebola is expected to meet today to review strategies on preventing the entry of the...

Africa & World

Guinea Closes Borders to Halt the Spread of Ebola

Guinea has announced the closure of its borders with Sierra Leone and Liberia in a bid to halt the spread of Ebola, the...

Business

Oil Companies Withdrawing Staff from Nigeria and Liberia Amid Ebola Fears

Oil firms were last night withdrawing staff from Nigeria and Liberia after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared...

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Sanitation Improves In Accra After Cholera Outbreak

The 10-day ultimatum issued by the Vice-President, Mr Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, to the Accra Metropolitan Assemblies...

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“$498 Million Millennium Challenge Corporation Loan Is Timely” – President Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has described as timely, the signing of the second compact of the Millennium Challenge...

Africa & World

184 People Injured and 6,100 Families Displaced by Floods in Sudan

More than 3,000 homes have been destroyed by floods that hit almost half of Sudan's states over Ramadan and the Eid...

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Cholera Outbreak in Accra and Tema Blamed on Delays in Garbage Collection

Some residents within the Accra and Tema metropolis are blaming the recent outbreak of cholera on the delay in their...

Africa & World

“Gafsa Beach” Mysterious Lake Appears in the Tunisian Desert, Could be Carcinogenic.

A mysterious lake has suddenly in the Tunisian desert. This has created an impromptu “beach” in the drought-ridden...

Health

Video: Monkey Meat and the Ebola Outbreak in Liberia

West Africa is being plagued by a new outbreak of Ebola — a terrifying disease that causes its victims to bleed to...

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Kolanut Can Cure Ebola – Experts Say

A plant has been found to halt the deadly Ebola virus in its tracks in laboratory tests, scientists have said. They...

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Ghana Stops Receiving Disaster Alerts From The US Geological Services Because Of $36,000 Debt.

It appears Ghana would not be able to track looming tremors and earthquakes should any trigger. The Geological Service...

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Ghana’s Load Shedding Exercises Finally Comes To An End – ‘Dumsor Dumsor’ Ends

Although power supply in the country over the past two weeks has improved tremendously which certainly has brought to...

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WARNING: Bush Meat and Bats are Possible Host Agents of The Ebola Virus

As the peril of the spread of the Ebola Virus becomes even more apparent, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)...

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Ga Priests Reject Genetically Modified Maize For Homowo, The Reason Will Surprise You.

Priests of the Ga people led by the Sakumo Wolomo, are angered at the proposed introduction of Genetically Modified...

Technology

Electricity Company of Ghana To Produce 1000 Megawatts of Power Using Tides Wave Technology at the Ada Estuary

With the help of a Swedish company, The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is working with to produce 1000 megawatts of...