A 35-year-old assistant headmaster of Ekumfi Akra Methodist Basic School is battling for his life after he was shot in a bush near a teacher’s bungalow, Ghana, according to reports. “The assailant subsequently shot at the headmaster, but they missed the target, “ according to Adom News. He was shot …
Read More »U.S. and Japan pledge to strengthen security cooperation
The United States and Japan on Wednesday flaunted their “strategic alignment” on defense that extends into space amid growing concerns over China and tensions over Taiwan and North Korea. “We agree that China poses the most important strategic challenge to the two countries,” said the head of the American diplomacy, …
Read More »US House of Representatives adopts two anti-abortion texts
The US House of Representatives, recently controlled by Republicans, adopted two anti-abortion texts on Wednesday, with largely symbolic significance. This is a way for the Conservatives to satisfy their base, after exposing their divisions last week in a difficult vote for their “speaker”. The first resolution, supported Wednesday by all …
Read More »Nigeria’s rule on single pregnant officers overturned
A Nigerian court has struck out a police regulation that forbids unmarried female officers from getting pregnant, local media reported. In a landmark judgment, a judge ruled that the regulation, which calls for the dismissal of any unmarried officer who gets pregnant, was “discriminatory, illegal, null and void”. It followed …
Read More »Uganda health authorities declare end of Ebola outbreak
Ugandan authorities have announced the end of the Ebola outbreak which began earlier in September and killed more than 50 people. The announcement follows a 42-day period without any new confirmed cases. “We have successfully controlled the Ebola outbreak in Uganda,” Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said at a ceremony …
Read More »A one-year-old girl died in a house fire in Mataheko
A one-year-old baby girl got burnt in a fire outbreak that engulfed two wooden structures in a house at Mataheko, near the Mars Business School, in Accra, Ghana, according to reports. The baby was asleep when the fire gutted the structures. Apart from this, other occupants in the affected structures …
Read More »A man jailed two years for stealing tiles and paint
A Yaba Magistrate’s Court has sentenced a 38-year-old man to two years imprisonment for stealing 221 tiles and 10 buckets of paint belonging to his employer, Nigeria, according to reports. The convict was arrested by the police after his employer made a formal complaint to the police. The convict, who …
Read More »US army repeals its vaccination obligation against Covid-19
The Pentagon on Tuesday repealed the obligation for the American military to be vaccinated against Covid-19, after having been forced to do so by Congress. It said this health restriction, one of the last major ones that were still in place in the United States, had caused the departure of …
Read More »Men arrested for attempting to steal a 10-ton statue of pharaoh
Egyptian authorities have arrested three people who attempted to steal a 10-ton statue of Pharaoh Ramses II using a crane to lift the statues and excavate the antiquities in the area, according to reports. Ramses II, one of the most famous pharaohs of the 19th Dynasty, ruled for 67 years. …
Read More »“There will be no Third World War”- Volodymyr Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose country has been facing Russian invasion for nearly a year, delivered an optimistic message to the Golden Globes audience, saying the world will not experience a third war. The president appeared on the giant screen of the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles where the award …
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