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Washington in early August is known for inactivity. During these long and hot 'Dog Days', Congress departs for its annual recess. Families, including the First one, pack up for an annual vacation. But this year, the President will host the biggest group of country leaders to ever visit our Capitol for a summit, all at once.
Ghana has rejected claims from nearly 200 of its fans at the World Cup who have requested asylum in Brazil denying that there is any religious conflict in their country, the Deputy Information Minister said on Friday.
THE Nigerian police in Bauchi believe they have made a breakthrough in the fight against terror following the arrest Mohammed Zakari, said to be a high ranking member of Boko Haram sect.
lundi, 14 juillet 2014 07:58
Nigeria: Soyinka At 80: Fully Humanized, Totally Disalienated
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The Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, who turns 80 today, has garnered a great deal of honour in his active life as a man of letters and a statesman. Since the early 1960s when he stepped into the world of action, writing plays, poems and essays on the order of genius and declaring his forcefully impressive gestures in a politics of human assertion, he has attracted controversy and validation in equal measures.
The Coalition for Reforms and Democracy on Monday declared that it had abandoned demands for national dialogue, and now wants a national referendum. In a resolution that was read out at the Saba Saba rally, CORD leaders said they would form a committee to collect one million signatures across the country to come up with referendum questions.
dimanche, 06 juillet 2014 14:07
BREAKING NEWS: HIPLIFE MUSICIAN CASTRO IS DEAD, DROWNS IN ADA RIVER
Written byReports from Ada, say that celebrated and award-winning Ghanaian musician, Castro has died from a jet skiing accident. Asamoah Gyan, Castro and 3 others checked in Peace Hotel in Ada since late Friday. All five including Castro hired 5 jet skis (with life guards), on Sunday for a ride.
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samedi, 05 juillet 2014 20:24
West Africa: Ebola Conference Agrees to Set Up Regional Fund
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An emergency meeting on Ebola held in Ghana has ended with a resolution to set up a fund to support research into the disease which has claimed more than 460 lives in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. The health ministers and experts who gathered in Accra agreed to establish a fund pool to which member countries of the West African sub-region would contribute
Fifty six people were killed in Maiduguri yesterday after a vehicle loaded with bombs exploded in front of the popular Maiduguri Monday market. Majority of the dead are children and old women who eke out a living selling groundnut in front of the market which traders normally buy and give as alms to young Tsangaya school pupils.
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