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Egypt extends detention of man held over rainbow flag

Cairo – Egyptian state security prosecutors have extended the pre-trial detention of a young man arrested on charges of “promoting deviance” after fans waved rainbow flags at a rock concert last month. Lawyer Hoda Nasrallah says on Monday that the hearing for her client, Ahmed Alaa, took place a day earlier. The case involves another young defendant, Sarah Hegazy, whose ...

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4 civilians, policeman killed in clashes in DRC’s Goma

Goma – Four civilians and a policeman were killed on Monday in clashes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as demonstrations took place to demand President Joseph Kabila stand down this year, an AFP correspondent said. The journalist said he saw the bodies of four civilians lying in blood in the Madjengon district of Goma, capital of the troubled North ...

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Takoradi: Three Soldiers Arrested For Extortion

Three soldiers from the Air Force Base in Takoradi have been arrested. The three officers are; A.C.2 Oliviete Solomon with service No.207333, AC2 Agantwuo Agana with number 207323 and Joseph Osei Abraham numbered 207356 AC2. They were arrested by the Tarkwa divisional police command for alleged extortions. The three who were on board a taxi cab on Saturday evening went ...

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Integrate Ghana Post GPS with physical addresses – Franklin Cudjoe

Policy Think Tank, Imani Africa, has emphasized the need for what they term a backward integration into the country’s digital addressing system, Ghana Post GPS. According to President of Imani Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, government’s quest to create a formal economy through the use of mechanisms such as the digital addressing system and the National Identification system, may be difficult, if ...

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Yvonne Nelson gives birth to baby girl

Ghanaian actress Yvonne Nelson has delivered her first child at a health facility in Accra, Citi Showbiz has learnt. According to nkonkonsa.com, the ‘Heals & Sneakers’ actress gave birth on Sunday October 29, 2017 in the morning. Information has it that Yvonne’s baby girl is light-skinned (Obroni), suggesting that the father of her daughter is also light-skinned or probably not ...

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Martial-Rashford rivalry spurs on Manchester United

London (AFP) – Neither Anthony Martial nor Marcus Rashford are happy spending time on the bench, but the competition between them is pushing both to greater heights for Manchester United this season. With Romelu Lukaku the first-choice number nine and Henrikh Mkhitaryan generally preferred by manager Jose Mourinho on the right flank, Martial and Rashford have had to fight it out for the left-wing slot. Rashford tends to start, but ...

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Mourinho: Lukaku “untouchable” at Man United

Jose Mourinho has defended Romelu Lukaku once again after Manchester United’s 1-0 win against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday. When Mourinho subbed out Marcus Rashford for Anthony Martial (who went on to score the winner) boos were heard from the home fans at Old Trafford. Mourinho took exception to that after the game, seeing it as a lack of respect towards ...

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Techiman: Invincible Forces Lock Up NADMO Office

The Techiman office of the National Disaster Management Organisation has been locked up by some individuals suspected to be members of the invincible Forces, a vigilante group associated with the New Patriotic Party. According to the NADMO Coordinator for the area Gibril Kesse, members of the group stormed the office Monday morning and ordered the staff who had reported for ...

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