An oil slick off the coast of California has started washing ashore, killing fish, contaminating wetlands and closing beaches. About 3,000 barrels of oil have spread over an area covering 13 square miles (33 sq km), off the Orange County coast. Huntington Beach Mayor Kim Carr said portions of the coastline were covered in oil. … The post California oil spill sparks concern for
At least 13 people have been killed after tropical cyclone Shaheen battered parts of Oman and Iran. There was widespread flooding along Oman’s northern coast as the storm made landfall on Sunday, bringing heavy rain and winds of up to 150km/h (93 mph). Omani authorities reported the deaths of seven people in North al-Batinah province … The post Deadly cyclone Shaheen batters Oman,
Ethiopian Prime Minister (PM) Abiy Ahmed has been sworn in for a new five-year term as his government faces a host of challenges, including a months-long conflict in the northern region of Tigray. Abiy took the oath of office, administered by Supreme Court Chief Justice Meaza Ashenafi, on Monday following similar oaths by the speaker … The post Ethiopia’s Abiy
Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi urged Islamist militants in its far north to surrender on Monday, saying they had nowhere to run, after allied Rwandan, Mozambican and southern African forces pushed them out of territory they had been occupying. President Nyusi’s comments to mark Peace and National Reconciliation Day came a day after regional southern African … The post Mozambique
The family of Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta secretly owned a network of offshore companies for decades, according to a huge leak of financial papers. The Pandora Papers – 12 million files – is the biggest such leak in history. Mr Kenyatta and six members of his family have been linked to 13 offshore companies. He … The post Secret assets of Kenyan president’s
The Techiman Municipal Health Directorate (MHD) in the Bono East Region has vaccinated 3,770 persons against COVID-19 during the first phase of the exercise. Residents of the municipality received jabs for the first and second doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, from September 27 to 29, this year. Dr Kwabena Fosuhene Kusi, Techiman Municipal Director of … The post 3,770 Techiman
Yesterday, the Ghanaian Times published a story that the Registrar-General’s Department (R-GD) was set to delete the names of more than 100,000 dormant companies from its database in its maiden clean-up exercise to ensure a credible and updated register of companies. The exercise begins this month with 3,100 companies registered since 2011 but had failed … The post Companies must be checked
Josephine Panyin Mensah, 28, the ‘pregnant’woman, who claimed she was ‘kidnapped’ in Takoradi, has satisfied bail conditions set by the Takoradi Circuit Court A. On September 27, the court presided over by Justice Michael Cudjoe Ampadu, granted Josephine Ghc 50, 000 bail with two sureties, one to be justified. However, she could not fulfill … The post T’adi ‘pregnant’
The police in the Volta Region have arrested six people in connection with the armed robbery attack at Sadoko Brother’s Business Ventures, at Anlo-Afiadenyigba in the Keta Municipality, last Friday. Kwasi Owusu was arrested by the body guard of the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Mr KwasiGakpo. After his arrest, Owusu mentioned an … The post 6 suspects
Thirteen people died on the spot and 11 others injured on Sunday night when an Accra-Kumasi bound bus on which they were travelling and a cargo truck were involved in a head-on collision at Konongo, in the Ashanti Region.The bodies of the deceased, nine males and four females, have been deposited at the Konongo Government … The post 13 killed,11 injured… in ghastly accident
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