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India, Africa partnership could improve welfare of 2.5 bn people post Covid-19

The Covid-19 pandemic has provided the impetus for a stronger partnership between India and Africa with potential benefits to both as they build back sustainably after the crisis, experts attending the 16th CII-Exim Bank Digital Conclave on India-Africa Project Partnership(link is external) affirmed. Speaking at the virtual event’s opening, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India External Affairs Minister said the two sides must ...

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Germany’s Olympic Football Team Walks Off The Pitch Over ‘Racial Abuse’

Germany’s Olympic soccer team walked off the pitch during a friendly match against Honduras after one of the German players was racially abused, according to the German Football Association (DFB). “The game has ended 5 minutes early with the score at 1-1. The Germany players left the pitch after Jordan Torunarigha was racially abused,” tweeted the DFB. Torunarigha, who is ...

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AfCFTA: Re-double resolve for economic integration – Wamkele Mene

Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat Wamkele Mene has called on African leaders to re-double their resolve to forge ahead with economic integration of the continent. According to the Secretary-General much work remains ahead in the implementation of the AfCFTA. To date, 54 countries have signed the free trade agreement and 40 countries have ratified it, ...

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1st & 2nd Ladies Salaries: Privileges Of The President And Veep Cannot Be ‘Sexually Transmitted’ To Their Wives – Inusah Fuseini Fumes

A Private Legal practitioner and former Member of Parliament(MP) for Tamale Central, Inusah Abdulai Bistav Fuseini says a recommendation by the Professor Yaa Ntiamoah-Baidu Committee to pay salaries to the First and Second Ladies would be a big mistake if it is true. Debunking the claim that the 7th Parliament had approved the recommendation of the Ntiamoah-Baidu Committee to legitimize ...

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Marcus Rashford undecided on shoulder surgery, says Solskjaer

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says Marcus Rashford has gone away to “reflect” on whether to have surgery at the end of the month. Forward Rashford saw a specialist last week and feels an operation is the only way of dealing with a shoulder problem that has troubled him for seven months. However, it appears Solskjaer and his staff ...

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Accra: Thousands queue for GAF recruitment

Thousands of Ghanaian youth have besieged the El-wak sports stadium with their credentials hoping to be recruited into the Ghana Armed Forces. The long queue started at dawn on Monday, 19 July 2021. The applicants, made up of mostly unemployed youth are being taken through various stages including screening, body and height check. The huge number of applicants had caused ...

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Covid-19: Third wave’ll hit services sector hard – Joe Jackson

Director of Business Operations at Dalex Finance, Joe Jackson has warned that the third wave of Coivd-19 will be devastating to Ghana’s economy particularly, the service’s sector. According to Mr. Jackson, a third wave will also have a negative effect on the country’s economic recovery. His caution comes at a time Ghana is recording a high number of active cases ...

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Damango: Jinapor opens office of MP to interact more with constituents

The Member of Parliament for the Damongo Samuel Abu Jinapor has opened an office complex for the member of Parliament with recitations of the Quran by Islamic Clerics from Laribanga Muslim community. The office, made of 40-foot containers according to the MP should be an avenue to enhance his contact and interactions with constituents regardless of their political affiliation. Mr ...

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