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Fisheries Commission expresses concern over pollution of Volta Lake at Yeji
Accra, Mr Nettesheim Kwame Damoah, Acting Regional Director of Fisheries Commission in the Central Region, says the Commission does not support any form of river pollution at Yeji in the Pru East District of the Bono East Region.He said there was a ne…
Nine dead in Senegal protests
Clashes between police and protesters have left nine people dead in Senegal, following the imprisonment of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, the country’s Interior Ministry said on Friday.The casualties occurred in the capital, Dakar, and the southern c…
Prosecute Transnational Organized Crimes, money laundering – Ndego
Mr Benjamin Ndego, a criminologist, has called for concurrent investigations and prosecution of Transnational Organized Crimes (TOC) with money laundering to enable relevant institutions to recover proceeds of such crimes.Mr Ndego, who is also an Expe…
Hohoe MCE commissions, hands over completed projects to communities
Mr Daniel Noble Awume, Hohoe Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), has commissioned and handed over some completed projects to communities in the Municipality.The projects are a mechanized borehole with a Polytank stand and supply of a 5,000-litre capacity…
About 1,267 Ada-East residents benefited from LEAP in 2022
Ms Sarah Dugbakie Pobee, District Chief Executive (DCE), Ada-East, said 1,267 beneficiaries covering 691 households from 39 communities in the district benefitted from the government’s livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) in 2022.She added th…
Chief, Pastor held over murder of student nurse in Mankessim face fresh charges
A Chief and a self-acclaimed pastor who confessed to killing and burying a 25-year-old student nurse at Mankessim in the Central Region last year, have confessed to killing another lady.Georgina Asor Botchway, the student nurse was gruesomely murdered…
Woman, 25, jailed for stealing GH4,600.00
A 25-year-old unemployed woman, who allegedly connived with her friend to steal GH?4,600.00 from a small-scale miner has been sentenced to two months imprisonment by a Tarkwa District Court.In addition, the court presided over by Mr Charles Owusu Ansa…
Verdict due in Senegal’s Ousmane Sonko rape trial
A court in Senegal is due to announce a verdict shortly in a rape trial against the opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko.The capital, Dakar, is braced for potential violence.The politician’s supporters say the case is aimed at stopping Mr Sonko from standi…
‘People are holding their breath’: Senegal opposition leader awaits verdict in rape case
The Senegalese capital Dakar braced for potential clashes on Thursday as a court prepared to issue a verdict in the trial of firebrand opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on rape charges. The two-year case has deeply polarised the West African country with…
Senegalese opponent Sonko sentenced to 2 years for ‘corrupting youth’
A court in Senegal on Thursday sentenced opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, to two years in prison on charges of “corrupting youth” but acquitted him of rape and issuing death threats. The two-year-old case …