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Migrant Rescuers, Island Mayor Win UNESCO Peace Prize

UNESCO awarded its prestigious peace prize on Wednesday to migrant rescue association SOS Mediterranee and the mayor of...

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Must Read! Hits and Misses Under Akufo-Addo’s 100 Days

Monday April 17, 2017 marked exactly 100 days since Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo took over the governance of Ghana from...

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Okoe Vanderpuije Lauds Police

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ablekuma South Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Dr. Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije, has...

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Qatar and Philippines Sign ‘$200m Contracts’

Qatar and the Philippines have signed trade agreements worth $200 million during the final leg of President Rodrigo...

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Registration to run in Iran's election on May 19 closed on Saturday, with more than 1,600 hopefuls throwing their hats...

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Iran Election Sign-Up Closes With Mayor’s Last-Minute Entry

Registration for next month's Iranian presidential election closed on Saturday, with more than 1,600 hopefuls signing...

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AMA To Build Markets In Accra

PUBLIC Relations Officer (PRO) of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Numo Blafo III, says the Assembly has decided...

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Iconic NY Statues At Loggerheads

A battle is heating up between two iconic New York statues, the legendary "Charging Bull" and new kid on the block...

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Iran’s Ahmadinejad Registers To Run For President

Iran's former hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took the shock move on Wednesday of registering for next month's...

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Iran’s Former Hardline President Ahmadinejad To Run In New Elections

Iran's former hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has taken the surprise move of registering to run in next month's...

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Brazil Corruption: Eight Cabinet Ministers Named In Petrobras Probe

Brazil has been rocked by dramatic new corruption allegations after a judge ordered investigations into eight cabinet...

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Iran’s Ahmadinejad Registers To Run For President

Iran's former hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took the shock move on Wednesday of registering for next month's...

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Liverpool Launches Bid To Host 2026 Commonwealth Games

Liverpool has officially launched a bid to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games, with a team of advisers appointed to...

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Minister Orders Arrest of Careless Truck Driver

The Ashanti Regional Minister and Chairman of the Regional Security Committee Simon Osei-Mensah has directed police to...

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Hawkers At Circle Take Over Pedestrian Walkway

Barely a month after the new Mayor of Accra, Nii Adjei Sowah, declared a vigorous fight against hawkers on pedestrian...

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New KMA Boss Intervention Averts Bloody Clash At Sofoline

The new Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Chief Executive, Osei Assibey Antwi, has averted bloodbath at the Sofoline...

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Hawkers At Circle Take Over Pedestrian Walkway [Photos]

Barely a month after the new Mayor of Accra, Nii Adjei Sowah, declared a vigorous fight against hawkers on pedestrian...

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Sweden Holds Minute’s Silence For Victims

Sweden's prime minister has told the families of the victims of Friday's truck attack they are not alone, after the...

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New Army Chief Survives Deadly Mogadishu Bomb Blast

Somalia's new military boss has survived a suspected suicide car bomb attack that has killed at least 15 people,...