Month: January 2024
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Sports
Ghana Athletics holds 1st National Open Championships in Cape Coast
The 1st National Open Championship for the Ghana Athletics season ended at the Cape Coast stadium on Friday with blistering…
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Sports
Black Stars: Sports Ministry budgeted $8.5m for AFCON 2023- Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa
Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has revealed the Ministry of Youth and Sports budgeted $8.5 million…
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Africa
Pope Francis addresses pushback from African bishops on same-sex blessing
Pope Francis has addressed criticism over his consent to priests to bless same-sex couples, saying the pushback from African bishops…
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Africa
South African Airways: Troubled airline returns to intercontinental travel
South African Airways – once a giant of African aviation – is back in the intercontinental market, but there are…
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Ghana
Full list of NPP MPs who lost or retained their parliamentary bids
Disappointment and surprise marked the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary primaries on Saturday, January 27, as several prominent incumbents saw…
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Africa
Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso announce withdrawal from ECOWAS
Three military-led West African nations have announced their immediate withdrawal from the regional bloc ECOWAS, accusing the body of becoming a…
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World
20,000 trucks stuck at Ukraine-Poland border amid spat over access to EU
More than 20,000 trucks from Poland and Ukraine are blocked at three major border crossings as striking Polish drivers protest an EU…
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World
Ukraine says it uncovered $40 million corruption scheme in weapons procurement
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) said it has discovered a mass corruption scheme in the purchase of weapons by the country’s military amounting…
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World
Istanbul church attack: Gunmen kill one person during Sunday morning mass
Two gunmen attacked a Catholic church in Istanbul, turning morning mass into a scene of terror and killing one man.…
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World
Key UN Gaza aid agency UNRWA runs into diplomatic storm
In Gaza, a strip of land fast becoming a wasteland, few international aid bodies can still operate. The United Nations…
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