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Slavery tribunal? Africa and Caribbean unite on reparations

YoopyaApril 4, 2024April 4, 2024

by YoopyaApril 4, 2024April 4, 20240416

April 4 (Reuters) – Support is building among Africa and Caribbean nations for the creation of an international tribunal on atrocities dating to the transatlantic...

Business Economy

IMF board set to approve $600 mln loan for Ghana on Friday – sources

YoopyaJanuary 15, 2024January 15, 2024

by YoopyaJanuary 15, 2024January 15, 20240561

LONDON/ACCRA, Jan 15 (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) executive board is due to meet on Friday to approve a $600 million rescue loan...

Africa Celebrity Entertainment News

Blitz Bazawule – the Ghanaian who dazzled Beyoncé takes on The Color Purple

YoopyaDecember 26, 2023December 26, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 26, 2023December 26, 20230415

Blitz Bazawule, the director of a new film adaptation of Alice Walker’s revered 1982 novel The Color Purple, is a true renaissance man. In his...

Africa News World

West African leaders lift economic and financial sanctions on Mali

YoopyaJuly 4, 2022April 6, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 4, 2022April 6, 20230393

Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday lifted economic and financial sanctions imposed on Mali, after its military rulers proposed...

Africa News World

Explosion kills 13, flattens village in Ghana mining region

YoopyaJanuary 22, 2022June 30, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 22, 2022June 30, 20230209

At least 13 people were killed and scores injured when a truck carrying explosives to a gold mine in western Ghana detonated, flattening a rural...

Africa News World

Some Ghanaians hate him, some love him: the mixed legacy of Jerry John Rawlings

YoopyaSeptember 25, 2021June 13, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 25, 2021June 13, 2023086

Ghana’s Third Republic lasted for just two years – from September 24, 1979 to December 31, 1981. Jerry Rawlings book-ended these two events. In 1979...

Africa Health News

Ghana 1st nation to receive coronavirus vaccines from COVAX

YoopyaFebruary 24, 2021June 13, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 24, 2021June 13, 2023015

Ghana received the world’s first delivery of coronavirus vaccines from the United Nations-backed COVAX initiative on Wednesday — the long-awaited start for a program that has thus...

Africa News World

Ghana’s ruling party reclaims parliamentary seat in by-election

YoopyaJuly 8, 2015May 31, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 8, 2015May 31, 202306

By Kwasi Kpodo ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s ruling party reclaimed a parliamentary seat from the main opposition on Tuesday in a closely contested by-election seen...

Africa Football News Sports

Hasaacas first ever win in Accra against Hearts of Oak

YoopyaJuly 6, 2015July 2, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 6, 2015July 2, 2023021

Hasaacas made history on Sunday 5 July, 2015 by securing their first ever league victory in Accra against the Phobians. Two quick goals from Emmanuel...

Africa World

Minority pushes for immediate electoral reforms

YoopyaMarch 10, 2015July 3, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 10, 2015July 3, 2023016

The “NPP” minority caucus in “Parliament is pushing for immediate electoral” reforms. It says all parties are advocating a new voter’s register since the 2012...