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Nigeria Meningitis Death Toll Tops 1,000

More than 1,000 people have died in an outbreak of meningitis in Nigeria, the Centre for Disease Control said Thursday,...

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Somalia Asks World To Help Stabilise Ravaged Nation

Somalia's president Thursday urged world powers to help him fight the "raging enemies" of terror, corruption and...

International

Kenyan Runner Comes Close, But 2-Hour Marathon Barrier Remains Unbroken

Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge came tantalizingly close to breaking one of the most coveted frontiers left in athletics, running...

Sports

Ghana’s Kwesi Nyantakyi Named CAF 1st Vice President

Ghana Football Association (GFA) chief Kwesi Nyantakyi has been named the 1st Vice President of the Confederation of...

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South Sudan Child Refugees Top One Million

War has now forced more than one million children to flee South Sudan and uprooted 1.4 million others within the...

Sports

Ghana FA Chief Kwesi Nyantakyi Set To Be Named CAF 1st Vice President Tomorrow

Ghana Football Association (GFA) chief Kwesi Nyantakyi will be named as the 1st Vice President of the Confederation of...

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Female Genital Circumcision In Ghana

Female genital mutilation is truly a controversial subject and an abhorrent practice We continue from Part 1 (Note: In...

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Ghana To Submit Movie For 2018 Oscars

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has approved a 14-member committee to select a film to represent Ghana...

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Marathon Runners Target Two-Hour Barrier

Three elite runners backed by a small army of scientists will on Saturday attempt an audacious assault on the...

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Fishing With Guns On A Lake Under Threat In Kenya

The beach looks ready for war: in the sparse lakeshore shade hundreds wait, sweaty from the heat, weapons at their...

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Charity Warns S.Sudan ‘man-Made’ Famine Could Kill 6 Million

The famine ravaging South Sudan and its neighbours could claim six million lives, a charity warned Friday, as the...

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UN Rights Chief Urges Ethiopia To Free Prisoners After Protests

Ethiopia should rein in a controversial anti-terrorism law and release prisoners, the UN human rights chief said...

Entertainment

Ghana To Submit Film For 2018 Oscars

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has approved a 14-member committee to select a film to represent Ghana...

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Ghana To Summit Movie For 2018 Oscars

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has approved a 14-member committee to select a film to represent Ghana...

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‘Troops Mistakenly’ Kill Somali Minister

Somalia’s security forces have shot dead a 31-year-old government minister after mistaking him for a militant...

International

‘Troops Mistakenly’ Kills Somali Minister

Somalia's security forces have shot dead a 31-year-old government minister after mistaking him for a militant Islamist,...

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Gatlin and De Grasse Ready For Early Athletics Season Doha Clash

They finished second and third in last year's Olympics 100m final and on Friday Justin Gatlin and Andre De Grasse renew...

Sports

Gov’t To Support Kwasi Appiah With “all Resources” – Sports Minister

Returning Black Stars coach Kwasi Appiah will have no resource challenge in order to achieve his set targets, Sports...

Sports

Anxiety Rocks Black Stars Backroom Staff As Big Shake-Up Looms

Members of the Black Stars backroom staff have been making frantic and worried phone calls after it emerged that some...