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Assemblies Caught In Lazy Property Tax Collection

Investigations into the collection of property taxes in the Accra Metropolis and the Awutu-Senya East Municipality show...

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Seven Dead Migrants Found In Abandoned Libya Truck

Seven migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have been found dead in an abandoned refrigerator truck near the Libyan capital,...

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Gulf States, Egypt Cut Ties With Qatar

Gulf states on Monday cut diplomatic ties with neighbouring Qatar and kicked it out of a military coalition, less than...

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Bangladesh Seizes Half-Tonne of Gold From Top Jeweller

Bangladeshi authorities have confiscated half a tonne of gold from a top jeweller, officials said Sunday, amid a...

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Japan Holds Evacuation Drills As N.Korea Missile Fears Grow

Hundreds of residents of a small Japanese coastal town took part in an evacuation drill Sunday as fears grow that a...

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Tunisia PM Warns No One Safe In Anti-Graft ‘war’

Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed was reported on Sunday as saying no one in the North African country involved in...

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When NGOs Engage GES Over Girls’ Education In Ghana [Article]

As they say and which I also share, the task of providing quality education, including girls’ education, is about...

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US Now Conducts Social Media Background Checks Before Issuing Visa

The Trump administration has approved plans to ask US visa applicants for details of their social media use. Consular...

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Indonesia Says 1,200 IS Operatives In Philippines

There are about 1,200 Islamic State (IS) group operatives in the Philippines, including foreigners of whom 40 are from...

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US Asks Visa Applicants For Social Media Handles

The United States has begun asking some would-be visitors applying for visas to provide their identities on social...

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Ethiopia Blocks Adoptions, Leaving Parents Stranded

Ethiopia's government has suspended adoptions, leaving dozens of foreign parents unable to unite with orphans they have...

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EU Orders Facebook and Google To Crack Down On Hate Speech

Facebook, Google and other US internet giants have sharply boosted efforts to clamp down on online hate speech, a top...

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Trump Will Not Move US Embassy To Jerusalem For Now

President Donald Trump postponed moving the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem on Thursday, avoiding what would be a...

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Israeli Minister In Rare Meeting With Palestinian PM

Israel's finance minister has met the Palestinian premier to discuss measures aimed at improving the Palestinian...

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Facebook, Google Crack Down On Hate Speech

Facebook, Google and other US internet giants have sharply boosted efforts to clamp down on online hate speech, a top...

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Lebanon Bans Wonder Woman Film Over Israeli Actress

Lebanon has banned the screening of Hollywood blockbuster "Wonder Woman" because of its lead actress Gal Gadot, who...

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Bangladesh Navy Rescues Cyclone Survivors

The Bangladesh navy said Thursday it has rescued 23 fishermen from the Bay of Bengal and is searching for scores more...

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As NKorea Threat Grows, US Plans Next Anti-ICBM Test In 2018

The US military will follow up its experimental shoot-down of an intercontinental ballistic missile by firing two...

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EU, China Summit To Back Climate Deal Even Without US

The European Union and China will throw their full weight behind the Paris climate accord at a summit on Friday, EU...