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Electric vehicles for public transport coming – Bawumia

ModernGhana News - Fri, 29/09/2023 - 01:47
Government is working on a policy framework to move public transportation from a dependence on petroleum fuels to electric vehicles, Vice President Bawumia has disclosed. ldquo;Where I want to see us go in the next few years is to move public transport completely from a dependence on petrol and diesel to fully electric vehicles.
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W/R: 'We are being cheated in Ghana Gas projects, Nzemalands deserve the best not the worst' — Residents

ModernGhana News - Fri, 29/09/2023 - 01:46
Indigenes of the Western Region have complained bitterly about being cheated as far as the distribution of Ghana Gas 39; corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects is concerned. A charity group representing the people of the Western Region, Shaip Africa Foundation is especially unhappy with the decision by Ghana Gas and Quantum Terminal to construct a 200-bed hospital at the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) while considering constructing only a 20-bed hospital wor .
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Dialysis fee increase affected only six patients – Korle-Bu

ModernGhana News - Fri, 29/09/2023 - 01:35
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr Opoku Ware Ampomah, has clarified that the recent increase in the cost of renal dialysis from GHS cent;380 to GHS cent;765. 42 was not sanctioned by the hospital rsquo;s management or approved by Parliament.
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We don’t appoint commissioners – EC responds to CSOs

ModernGhana News - Fri, 29/09/2023 - 01:35
Electoral Commission (EC) has responded to the Coalition of Civil Society Organisations rsquo; (CSOs rsquo;) demand for the resignation of two Commissioners, Dr. Peter Appiahene and Madam Salima Tijani, saying that it does not make appointments to such positions.
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Victor Osimhen: Napoli 'never meant to offend or mock' striker but stop short of apology for TikTok

BBC Africa - Thu, 28/09/2023 - 21:19
Napoli say they "never meant to offend or mock" Victor Osimhen in a social media post but stop short of publicly apologising to him.
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South Africa floods: Watch the aftermath of deadly floods in Western Cape

BBC Africa - Thu, 28/09/2023 - 20:40
At least 11 people killed after flooding in South Africa's Africa's Western Cape province, including Cape Town.
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Afcon 2027 will be 'amazing' in East Africa, pledges Ugandan organiser

BBC Africa - Thu, 28/09/2023 - 18:28
East Africa will meet the Confederation of African Football's rigorous requirements for Afcon 2027, Ugandan official Rogers Byamukama says.
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Haiti crisis: Can Kenyan police officers defeat the gangs?

BBC Africa - Thu, 28/09/2023 - 15:09
The East African nation has pledged 1,000 officers but many question their suitability.
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Burkina Faso junta says it foiled coup attempt

BBC Africa - Thu, 28/09/2023 - 13:00
It is just less than a year since Capt Ibrahim Traoré seized power during the second coup of 2022.
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Kenya promises to end gang warfare and restore peace in Haiti

BBC Africa - Wed, 27/09/2023 - 16:08
The Kenyan government has offered 1000 police officers to lead a multinational force to Haiti to tackle the ongoing gang warfare.
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'France takes us for idiots' - Inside coup-hit Niger

BBC Africa - Tue, 26/09/2023 - 16:42
The BBC gains access to the West African country which is among the world's most deadly for jihadist attacks.
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MohBad: How the death of an Afrobeats star sparked protests in Nigeria

BBC Africa - Tue, 26/09/2023 - 16:11
The death of popular 27-year-old singer MohBad has sparked protests in Nigeria.
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Morocco earthquake: Sisters' nightmares and a plea for lipstick

BBC Africa - Sat, 23/09/2023 - 04:17
Two sisters tell the BBC how the earthquake in Morocco has left them traumatised and anxious.
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Westgate mall shooting: Why do Kenya's Muslims feel targeted?

BBC Africa - Fri, 22/09/2023 - 12:14
Ever since al-Shabab attacked the Westgate shopping mall, Kenya's Somali community has felt targeted by security forces.
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Despite risks fish farms are booming in Africa

BBC Africa - Fri, 22/09/2023 - 01:29
Farming fish has seen rapid growth in Africa but it can be an expensive, high-risk operation.
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Guinean cycles across six countries for spot at Egypt's Al-Azhar University

BBC Africa - Thu, 21/09/2023 - 12:03
The 25-year-old travelled for four months from Guinea to reach top university Al-Azhar in Egypt.
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Westgate attack: Kenyan survivors recount 10 years of pain

BBC Africa - Thu, 21/09/2023 - 09:28
Ten years since the Westgate shopping mall attack remember the day when at least 67 people were killed.
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Kenya mall attack: What happened at Westgate 10 years ago?

BBC Africa - Wed, 20/09/2023 - 13:08
In 2013, a group of al-Shabab militants attacked a shopping mall in Nairobi leaving 67 people dead.
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Seal pups trapped in fishing nets cut free by South Africa beachgoers

BBC Africa - Wed, 20/09/2023 - 07:30
Baby seals caught up in fishing nets are rescued on a South African beach.
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Quobna Cugoano: London church honours Ghanaian-born freed slave and abolitionist

BBC Africa - Wed, 20/09/2023 - 03:24
Quobna Cugoano was captured by slavers aged 13 but later played a big part in the UK abolition movement.
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