June 2018

Brigitte Nielsen has announced she is expecting a baby with husband Mattia Dessi at the age of 54. This will be the Danish actress’s fifth child, but her first with her current husband, who she married in 2006. She is best known for…
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Burkina Faso's parliament has adopted a new penal code which abolishes the death penalty. Justice Minister Rene Bagoro said the revised documents would clear the way for "more credible, equitable, accessible and effective justice in the…
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Nigeria may not be favourites for the World Cup, but they seem to have won fans over with their new kit for Russia. Three million people pre-ordered replica shirts, according to the Nigeria Football Federation, and shoppers queued outside…
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The endangered mountain gorilla population - which lives in the mountainous forests in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, northwest Rwanda, and southwest Uganda - has exceeded 1,000 for the first time since 2010. The latest 2016…
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Uganda hopes to attract tourists with a war museum showcasing some of the darkest moments from its history. Atrocities committed under ex-President Idi Amin's brutal eight-year rule and by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) are to be…
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Top officials working for Kenya's government must undergo a lie detector test as part of a corruption crackdown, President Uhuru Kenyatta has said. Mr Kenyatta said the test, which would determine employee "integrity", was just one part of…
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Fame is a double-edged sword as many of our celebrities are finding out; while the recognition they get opens doors for them, they also have to deal with the invasion of privacy and scrutiny from people and it is no wonder that Hiplife…
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The legal woes of the Chief Executive Officer of the Advanced Body Sculpt Centre, also known as Obengfo Hospital, Dr Dominic Obeng-Andoh, is far from over. Just three days after the Accra Central District Court remanded him for the…
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The Coalition for Allied Health Nurses has denied receiving financial clearance for employment from the finance ministry. The Health Ministry recently announced it has granted financial clearance for over 8,000 trainee nurses are untrue.…
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Despite the Vice President’s complaints that the government’s interest’ in mining operations are virtually useless, Ghana still made GHȻ 2.16 billion in 2017 from the mining sector. Overall, the total mining fiscal receipts mobilised by…
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