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Boko Haram Traps Starving People In Nigeria, UN Warns

Two million people are teetering on the brink of famine in northeastern Nigeria but efforts to reach some are being...

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US Court Battle Gives Clues To Nigerian Arms Scandal

The claims read like the plot of a best-selling thriller, with secretive arms dealers and a corruption-riddled...

Business

Dr. Bawumia’s Keynote Address At the Port Efficiency Conference

Keynote address delivered by His Excellency, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice President of the Republic of Ghana on the...

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The Orphans of Boko Haram

After a night on the streets, the pack of young boys move into Maiduguri's abandoned amusement park in the early...

News

Five-Star Ghana Beat Hosts Gabon To Qualify For Semis & World Cup

Ghana’s Black Starlets became the first African team to qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup to be staged in...

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Meningitis Caused Almost 180 Deaths In Niger Since January

At least 179 people, almost half of them children, have died of meningitis since January in Niger, where some 3,000...

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Saudi King Hopeful Over ‘historic’ Muslim-US Summit

Saudi King Salman on Monday expressed hope a "historic" summit to be held Sunday between Arab and Muslim nations and US...

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Boko Haram Insurgents Kill Six Farmers In Nigeria

Boko Haram jihadists have killed six farmers who were working on their land near the northeastern Nigerian city of...

Entertainment

Nominees List For 2017 Africa Movie Academy Awards Out

Organisers of widely considered to be Africa’s most important film event and the most prestigious film award in...

International

Boko Haram Video Confirms Some Chibok Girls Against Release

Some Boko Haram girls are said to have refused to be released by their abductors A recent Boko Haram video has...

News

Illegal Miners Suffer Massive Scrotum Swell In Jail

Five out of the 29 foreign illegal Miners standing trial at the Koforidua Circuit Court “B” for galamsey have...

Sports

Ghana’s U17 Coach Paa Kwesi Fabian Eyes Cameroon Scalp

Ghana 's Under-17 coach Paa Kwesi Fabian is eyeing a positive start in the 2017 Africa Junior Championship ahead of...

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We Were Hunting For Bush Rat Not Mining- Foreign Galamseyers

Drama unfolded in Koforidua Circuit Court B Thursday when 14 out of 29 foreigners standing trial for engaging in...

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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,...

Sports

Ghana U17 Coach Samuel Paa Kwesi Fabian Set World Cup Qualification Ambition

Ghana's Under-17 coach Paa Kwesi Fabin has set a target of qualifying to the 2017 FIFA Under-17 World Cup. The Black...

Sports

Black Starlets Target World Cup Qualification

Black Starlets coach Paa Kwasi Fabin has stated that their ultimate goal at this year's African Junior Championship is...

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Muslim Leaders Invited To Summit With Trump

King Abdullah II of Jordan, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Niger's Mahamadou Issoufou are among leaders...

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More Than 7,000 Migrants Detained In Libya

Between 7,000 and 8,000 migrants mostly from sub-Saharan Africa are being held in Libyan detention centres after...

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Frenchman Kidnapped In Chad Freed In Sudan

A French mineworker who was kidnapped in Chad and taken to neighbouring Sudan has been freed after more than six weeks...