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Parliament approves €101.76m for Nima drain project

Parliament has approved a total of €101.76 million loan agreement to finance the design and construction of drainage and ancillary sewage system, that will cover the Nima drain from Kaokudi to the Odaw River Basin. The agreement is between the government and Standard Chartered Bank, London. The facility comprises of the Term Loan Facility of €91.4 million as well as ...

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Stop rehabilitating Boko Haram terrorists, they will never repent – Senator tells Nigerian govt

Senator Ali Ndume

The chairman of the Senate committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume has told the Federal Government to stop rehabilitating Boko Haram terrorists. 601 repententant Boko Haram terrorists were rehabilitated into society after they graduated from the Deradicalization, Rehabilitation, and Reintegration program organized by the Army. Speaking to BBC Hausa, Ndume who represents Borno South Senatorial District kicked against the rehabilitation. ...

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Killing of 90-year-old should end attacks on women – Gender Minister

Madam Cynthia Maamle Morrison

The killing of a 90-year-old woman at Kafaba in the East Gonja Municipality should be the end to barbaric and horrific attacks on women in the country – Madam Cynthia Morrison, Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection has said. The Minister, who said this when she met the family of the deceased at their home at Salaga on Thursday, ...

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22 million Ghanaians suffered reduced income over coronavirus restrictions – Report

Approximately 77.4% of households in Ghana experienced a decrease in income since March 16 this year when COVID-19 restrictions were introduced, the Ghana Statistical Service has revealed. The numbers meant that approximately 22 million Ghanaians are affected by reduced household income. The GSS in a research report titled ‘Brief on COVID-19 Households and Jobs Tracker – Wave 1,’ also revealed that 82.8% of households ...

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Mali crisis mediation falters amid opposition defiance

Mali’s opposition on Wednesday reiterated calls for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to resign, again spurning a compromise floated by West African leaders seeking to resolve a weeks-old political crisis. Using the acronym by which the president is known, prominent opposition leader Choguel Maiga told a news conference that “the only watchword remains the resignation of IBK”. He said a “second ...

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Refugees suffer extreme rights abuses journeying to Africa’s Mediterranean Coast

Thousands of refugees and migrants are dying, while many are suffering extreme human rights abuses on irregular journeys between West and East Africa and Africa’s Mediterranean Coast. A new report released today by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the Mixed Migration Centre (MMC) at the Danish Refugee Council, titled ‘On this journey, no one cares if you live or ...

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NYA to engage youth for solutions to aid Ghana’s post coronavirus recovery

Sylvester Tetteh

National Youth Authority, under the auspices of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, is set to engage Ghanaian youth as part of the International Youth Day Celebration scheduled on 12th August 2020 to tackle the challenges created by the Covid-19 by providing solutions to aid Ghana’s post coronavirus recovery. According to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Youth Authority ...

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Shut down ‘witch’ camps – GPCC as it condemns ‘barbaric’ lynching of 90-year-old

The Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) has said it is time for the government to consider closing down the various “witch” camps in the country. The Council also called for the reintegration of the inmates of those camps mostly found in the Northern Region of the country, into society through their families. The call by GPCC comes days after ...

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Lockdown: GHC12m was spent on hot meals not GHC54m – Ofori-Atta

Hon. Ken Ofori-Atta

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has clarified that only GHC12 million out of the GHC54 million captured in his mid-year review presentation was used for the provision of hot meals during the COVID-19 lockdown. Many including the Minority questioned the amount asking for details following the Minister’s presentation. However, in his concluding remarks to end the debate on the Supplementary Budget in Parliament today, Hon. ...

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Trade pact could boost Africa’s income by $450 Billion, Study finds

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) represents a major opportunity for countries to boost growth, reduce poverty, and broaden economic inclusion, a new World Bank report has found. If implemented fully, the trade pact could boost regional income by 7% or $450 billion, speed up wage growth for women, and lift 30 million people out of extreme poverty by ...

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