September 2018

Inflation for the month of August inched up to 9.9 per cent, 0.3 percentage points higher than the 9.6 per cent recorded for July 2018, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has announced. The increases were informed by rising prices of…
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The United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres shared a glowing tribute of the former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday in a state funeral attended by African leaders and international statesmen who hailed his record as…
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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has submitted party nomination forms as he officially kick starts a bid to secure a second and final term in charge of Africa’s most-populous nation. Buhari was at the Abuja headquarters of the All…
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The Kenyan maker of a film about a lesbian romance has gone to court to challenge the constitutionality of its banning in her home country. Wanuri Kahiu's film Rafiki could not be shown in Kenya because the Kenya Film Classification Board…
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Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo has been speaking at the funeral service for the former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, which is taking place in Ghana's capital, Accra. The president said that Mr Annan had "brought renown to our…
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South Sudan warring parties have signed a final power-sharing agreement meant to end five years of civil war. The ceremony on Wednesday evening in the Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, follows an agreement reached last month by President…
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Two men named as suspects in the poisoning of a Russian ex-spy in the UK claim they were merely tourists. The men, named as Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, told the RT channel that they went sightseeing in Salisbury but returned to…
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Hurricane Florence has been downgraded to a category two storm as it approaches the US but officials still warn of a "disaster at the doorstep". Florence's winds may have dropped to 110mph (175km/h) but its slow-moving nature could mean it…
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The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has secured the services of Mckinsey Group, an international consulting firm, to offer its expertise to help boost revenue generation. Speaking at a media forum in Accra, Mr Emmanuel Kofi Nti, the…
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi has defended the jailing of two Reuters journalists, despite international condemnation. She said Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo had broken the law and their conviction had "nothing to do with freedom of expression at…
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