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Mobile Phone Ban In Schools To Be Revisited As Govt Plans To Provide Every Student With Device

The new government has come with numerous ‘news’, and latest on the list is plans to lift the mobile phone ban in...

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National Peace Council Urges ECOWAS To Intervene In Togo Crisis

The National Peace Council has urged ECOWAS to intervene in the ongoing Togo crisis to prevent it from degenerating....

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Anger In Nigeria’s South Over Oil Spill Clean-Up Delay

Under a leaden sky in oil-rich southern Nigeria, young men hang around with nothing to do, covering their noses from...

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Nationwide Sensitisation On Truth Commission Kicks Off

A workshop launching a nationwide sensitization process aimed at increasing awareness and generating public opinion on...

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NDC ‘retools’ Ahead of 25th Anniversary

A Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the party is taking stock as it prepares to...

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NDC Will Embrace Modern Technology To Win Power – Betty Mould

The biggest opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) says it is working on getting the rank and file of the party...

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As Summer Heat Looms, Post-IS Mosul Faces Water Crisis

In the battle against jihadists in northern Iraq, the village of Sayramun was recaptured in February but remains as...

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Gay Doctor Ali Gabass Lectures In Jail

Incarcerated gay man Dr. Ali Gabass appears to have found himself a new job while he serves his time in prison at...

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Government Asked To Develop Proactive Programmes To Stop Illicit Financial Flows

Participants at a high-level meeting on illicit financial flows has called on government to develop and implement a...

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Tanzania Expels Top UN Official

Tanzania has expelled the head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the country, the foreign ministry...

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Nepal Quake Injured Stalked By Disability Two Years On

The day after Nepal was struck by a devastating earthquake, Samrat Basnet opened his doors to the wounded as hospitals...

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Smoking To Kill 200 Million In China This Century

Smoking-related diseases will claim 200 million lives in China this century and plunge tens of millions into poverty, a...

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UN Chief Names German To Head UNDP

UN chief Antonio Guterres has named a German with extensive experience at the world organization, Achim Steiner, as the...

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Guinness Ghana Calls For Cross-Sector Collaboration To Deal With Plastic Wastes

Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL) has called for deeper cross-sector collaboration between government, investors,...

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CHRAJ Dealt With 8,500 Human Rights Cases Last Year

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) received and dealt with 8,500 human rights cases...

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CHRAJ Dealt With 8,500 Human Rights Cases In 2016

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) received and dealt with 8,500 human rights cases...

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Guinness Ghana Calls For Cross-Sector Collaboration In Dealing With Plastic Waste

Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL) has called for deeper cross-sector collaboration between government, investors,...

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Development Priorities Not Beneficial To Marginalised — UNDP Report

A quarter-century of impressive human development progress continues to leave many people behind, with systemic, often...

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Ghana YouthSpeak Forum To Be Held On May 26th In Accra

Ghana Youthspeak forum is the highlight of a national campaign program that seeks to gain insight into the sustainable...