2020

Management of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has denied reports suggesting that thousands of it's staff are likely be laid off early next year. The said reports made reference to the cocoa production declining as reason for the massive…
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US President Donald Trump has ordered the withdrawal of nearly all US troops from Somalia by 15 January, the Pentagon has said. The US has about 700 troops in the country helping local forces battle al-Shabab and Islamic State militants.…
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Italy is banning travel between its regions from 21 December to 6 January as part of strict coronavirus curbs over the Christmas holidays. A curfew from 22:00 to 05:00 will also be in place. Restaurants can open in some regions until…
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US President-elect Joe Biden has said he will ask Americans to wear masks for his first 100 days in office to curtail the spread of coronavirus. He told CNN he believed there would be a “significant reduction” in Covid-19 cases if every…
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South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has tightened restrictions in the Eastern Cape Province that has recorded increased Covid-19 cases. The president introduced a night curfew in the in eastern Nelson Mandela Bay Area that is the…
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The sporting director of Italian football club Juventus has been placed under investigation over an alleged attempt to “speed up” Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez’s bid for citizenship. The striker took a language exam as part of a proposed…
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Napoli have renamed their stadium after late club legend Diego Maradona. Former Argentina attacking midfielder and manager Maradona, who died aged 60 in November, led the Italian side to two Serie A titles in 1987 and 1990. The Stadio…
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Four children were on Thursday night burnt to death at Baatsona near Tempo Gates Estate when fire gutted a wooden structure. The children were fast asleep in their wooden structure while their mother, Abigail Somehi was selling in a…
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Shortage of antiretroviral medications has taken full force in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi. Persons living with HIV have been moving across ART centres in various hospitals to no avail. Sources say there has been an emergency…
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At least four persons are feared dead with many others injured in a crash involving a truck on the Tamale-Bolga stretch. The incident occurred on Friday night. The truck with registration number NR 7064-G was carrying market women…
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