2018

Authorities in Cameroon appear to want to postpone October's general election to a later date. The BBC has obtained a copy of a letter from President Paul Biya to the leader of the senate, requesting that it debate the possibility of…
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“For shopping,” says a man, laying $65,000 on a table. “Thank you,” says Kwesi Nyantakyi, the president of the Ghana Football Association, scooping it into a plastic bag. The bribe was a set-up, secretly filmed for a documentary by Anas…
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A huge fire has caused "extensive" damage at Glasgow's famed Mackintosh Building and hit multimillion-pound restoration work carried out in the aftermath of a previous blaze in 2014. Scores of firefighters tackled a "significant" blaze…
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Italy and France have jointly expressed support for EU "asylum centres" to be set up in countries where many migrants begin their journeys to Europe. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and French President Emmanuel Macron met in Paris…
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A Cristiano Ronaldo hat trick rescued Portugal a valuable point in a 3-3 draw against Spain in the two teams’ much-anticipated Group B opener on Friday. A first-half brace from Ronaldo sandwiched a Diego Costa goal to give the defending…
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Four Nigerians and two Ghana citizens, were, yesterday, ordered to be remanded in prison custody, by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, over the alleged theft of 250 metric tonnes of petroleum products. The suspected oil thieves are…
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The Sunyani Central Prisons has come under pressure after its only 33-seater bus was seized for failure to honour a GH¢435,000 judgement debt slapped on it by the Sunyani High Court in a case brought against it by the family of a former…
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Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has been playing golf together with Akyem monarch Osagyego Amoatia Ofori Panin II, as part of the Head of State Invitational Golf Tournament. "Asantehene is being joined by the Okyehene to tee off as part…
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The perceived traditional rivalry between the Asantehene and the Okyenhene appears to have been broken as the two influential leaders have been seen together in images shared by the Ofori Panin fie. The photos show the Okyenhene in the…
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Former President John Mahama has taken a swipe at government following the public anger at the death of a 70-year-old man who died after seven hospitals refused to admit him for lack of bed. Commenting on the horrific incident which…
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