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Tanzania To Spend Cash On Schools Instead Of Independence Day

1,715  Hundreds of children with special needs in Tanzania are set to enrol in boarding schools after the government reallocated money meant for independence day celebrations to build dormitories. Some $445,000 (£364,000) had been set aside for Friday’s 61st independence day festivities, but that will now be spent on improving schools. President Samia Suluhu said […]

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External forces to blame for Ghana’s economic woes – John Kumah insists

1,696  The Member of Parliament for Ejisu and Deputy Minister of Finance, John Kumah has reiterated claims by government that external factors disrupted Ghana’s buoyant economy created by the governing New Patriotic Party. Mr. Kumah said the external disruptive factors worsened the debt crisis of the country, which compelled the Minister of Finance to announce […]

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AngloGold Ashanti Hosts Environment Minister

1,540    AngloGold Ashanti, Obuasi Mine on the 5th of December 2022, had the honour of hosting the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), Honorable. Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, the Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency, Honorable. Dr. Henry K. Kokofu and other senior officers of the Agency during their three-day working visit […]

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Parliament Approves 2023 Budget

2,727Parliament has approved the 2023 budget which was presented by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta. After some days of debates, the Minority and majority leader gave their concluding remarks today. The Speaker of Parliament later put a question to the Members of Parliament present about the motion to adopt the 2023 budgets. And there […]

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Suspected ‘Wee’ Induced Sobolo Drink Causes 22-Year-Old To Butcher Stepfather, Grandmother

1,527 A 22-year-old carpentry apprentice who claims he drank ‘sobolo’ laced with suspected ‘wee’ [indian hemp], offered to him by his friends which induced him to subsequently murder his stepfather and grandmother has been picked up by the police at Nsawam in the Eastern Region. The suspect, Alex Tenge, according to his Uncle, Mr. Kumadoe, […]