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TANZANIA DIVERTS INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION FUNDS TO CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

The current president for Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan has asked that funds allocated for this year’s Independence Day celebration be used in building eight...

INDONESIA CRIMINALIZES SEX OUTSIDE MARRIAGE

The parliament of Indonesia bans citizens, foreigners and persons visiting the country temporarily from having affairs outside marriage. Persons engaged in sex outside marriage...

SOUTH AFRICA AND KENYA ERADICATE TRADE BARRIERS

President Cyril Ramaphosa and President William Ruto have come to a mutual agreement on working together by eradicating trade barriers to increase business activities...

PRINCE PHILIP, HUSBAND OF QUEEN ELIZABETH DIES AT 99

Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace has announced. A statement from Buckingham Palace said: “It is with deep sorrow...

POPE BENEDICT ISSUES A STAND FOR CATHOLIC CELIBACY

Retired Pope Benedict XVI has issued a defence of priestly celibacy in the Catholic Church as his successor considers easing a ban on married...

TANZANIA PRESIDENT DIES OF HEART DISEASE

Tanzanian President John Magufuli has died, the country’s vice president announced, after weeks of uncertainty over his health and whereabouts. In a televised address to...

LIVING WITHIN THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY IS DIFFICULT – DUTCHESS OF SUSSEX

The Duchess of Sussex has said she found life within the British Royal Family so difficult that at times she “didn’t want to be...

WTO can deliver results if members “accept we can do things differently – WTO DG

Addressing the WTO General Council immediately after taking office on 1 March, Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala called on members to “do things differently” to achieve...

MOHAMMED BAZOUM WINS LANDMARK VOTE AMID PROTESTS

A former interior minister, Mohamed Bazoum, has won Niger's presidential election, which has been hailed as a first democratic transition for the coup-prone West...

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VIRTUALLY IMPAIRED MAN GRADUATES FROM UCC

Dr Ben Bishop Nyanihorba Ayamba is a remarkable Ghanaian who overcame his visual impairment to achieve academic excellence. He is the first visually impaired...

ACTOR AND POLITICIAN JOHN DUMELO GRADUATES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF GHANA

John Dumelo is a Ghanaian actor and politician who recently graduated from the University of Ghana with a Master’s Degree in Law, focusing on...

NATO CHIEF URGES US TO CONTINUE SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, who is the secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a military alliance of 30 European and North American...

THE UK GOVERNMENT LOOKS TO BAN DISPOSABLE VAPES DUE TO CHILDREN’S HEALTH

The UK government plans to ban disposable vapes as part of its efforts to protect children’s health and reduce youth vaping. Disposable vapes are...