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Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday fired his junior finance minister over corruption allegations made in an upcoming documentary on illegal gold mining. The president has “terminated the appointment of the Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance, Mr Charles Boahen,…

The Democrats will retain majority control of the US Senate after winning a pivotal race in the state of Nevada. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto is projected to defeat Republican challenger Adam Laxalt, who was backed by former President Donald Trump. The results…

Nigerian music sensation, Oluwatobiloba Daniel aka Kizz Daniel has been announced as one of the performing artistes at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. FIFA announced the five official performing artistes for the event on its official Instagram page. A few months ago, when…

A private Ugandan university triggered a public outcry Thursday after it told some female students they had to take pregnancy tests to be allowed to sit final year exams. Kampala International University’s directive – branded “discriminatory and unacceptable” – was later rescinded in…

A Kenyan court has allowed a request by public prosecutors to withdraw a 7.4 billion shillings ($60m) corruption case against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, citing insufficient evidence. Gachagua, a former lawmaker, was charged with corruption nine other people, last July. He has denied…

The United Kingdom government has donated £200 million to the African Development Bank (AfDB) in climate finance for African countries. The Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said the funding pledged at COP27 in Egypt will help deal with severe drought and floods across the…

Ghanaian YouTuber, Elorm Ababio, popularly known as Ama Governor will not be called to the Ghana Bar on Friday when her colleagues formally join the profession. This is despite her successful completion of the professional law program that saw her pass her exams…

Thousands of public workers in South Africa downed tools on Thursday in a nationwide strike over wages after talks with the government hit a deadlock — threatening to affect essential services. The work stoppage was led by one of South Africa’s largest…