The Plan International Ghana has launched a campaign to protect girls and young women in Ghana from online abuse and harassment. Dubbed: “FreeToBeOnline”, which was launched on Thursday, October 8, 2020, the campaign, which was launched alongside “The State of the World’s Girls Report” to mark this year’s International Day of the Girl, seeks to...
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Parliament shocked by murder of Mfantseman MP
“Parliament is shocked and extremely saddened by the gruesome murder of the Member of Parliament for Mfantseman, Hon. Ekow Quansah Hayford. The first time Member of Parliament served on the Judiciary Committee and the Defence and Interior Committee. “The Speaker and Members, while mourning the loss of their colleague, have expressed the hope for expedited...
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US election 2020: The other 1,214 candidates running for president
The US has had presidents for more than 230 years, but only the first – George Washington – has ever been elected as an independent candidate. The twin peaks of US politics, the Republican and Democratic parties, dominate media coverage and campaign donations so completely that the chances of an outsider winning are virtually nil....
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Can a vaccine from 1921 save lives from COVID-19?
Scientists in the UK have begun testing the BCG vaccine, developed in 1921, to see if it can save lives from Covid. The vaccine was designed to stop tuberculosis, but there is some evidence it can protect against other infections as well. Around 1,000 people will take part in the trial at the University of...
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Nigerian serial killer sentenced to die in Port Harcourt
A man who killed nine women in a case that caused outrage in Nigeria has been sentenced to death in the southern city of Port Harcourt. Prosecutors say 40-year-old Gracious David-West strangled his victims in hotel rooms across Nigeria between July and September 2019. Justice Adolphus Enebeli said he is to die by hanging. The...
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US election 2020: Trump ready to return to public events, says doctor
US President Donald Trump has completed his course of treatment for Covid-19 and can return to public engagements this weekend, his physician has said. Dr Sean Conley said the president had responded “extremely well” to medication and had “remained stable”. Mr Trump later said he would probably take another Covid test on Friday and hoped...
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France plans punishment for ‘virginity tests’
The French government plans to introduce jail terms and fines for doctors who provide controversial so-called “virginity certificates” for traditional religious marriages. It is part of draft legislation aimed at reinforcing French secular values and combating what President Emmanuel Macron calls “Islamist separatism”. But the French abortion advice group ANCIC says stopping “virginity tests” requires...
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Liberia man drowns rescuing dropped $20 note in Monrovia river
A man has drowned after jumping from a bridge into a river in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia, to retrieve a $20 note that he had dropped, police spokesman Moses Carter has said. Street hawker Tamba Lamine managed to find the money, and showed it to onlookers but then drowned, he said. Mr Lamine was walking with...
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‘Don’t be afraid,’ Trump says on leaving hospital
US President Donald Trump has made a theatrical return to the White House to continue his treatment for coronavirus after a three-night hospital stay. Mr Trump, who is still contagious, removed his mask on the balcony of the White House, while posing for pictures. His physician said he would continue treatment from there, and he...
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One in 10 worldwide may have had COVID-19, WHO says
One in 10 people around the world may have contracted Covid-19, the World Health Organization said, at a special meeting of WHO leaders. A top official said the estimate meant “the vast majority of the world remains at risk”. Just over 35m people have been confirmed as being infected with coronavirus – the WHO’s estimate...