Year: 2020

Sudan bans female genital mutilation, UNICEF vows to help support new law

The United Nations Childen’s Fund (UNICEF) welcomed the landmark move by Sudan’s…

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Record child displacement figures due to conflict and violence in 2019: UNICEF

A new UN report finds that some 19 million children were displaced…

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UNESCO lauds Ghanaian media

Mr Abdourahamane Diallo, UNESCO Representative to Ghana, has lauded Ghana’s media for…

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Govt to give ‘special scholarships’ to Journalists seeking higher education – Pius Hadzide reveals

Deputy Information Minister, Pius Enam Hadzide says plans are far advanced to provide scholarships…

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Supreme Court dismisses $2.25bn Eurobond suit against Ofori-Atta

A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court presided over by Chief Justice…

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Floods fill Africa’s biggest lake to record levels

East Africa’s Lake Victoria, the continent's largest freshwater lake, has seen its…

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Cameroonian journalists protest harassment, abusive arrests

Cameroonian journalists are marking World Press Freedom Day with protests against abuse…

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Forty percent of Nigerians live below the poverty line: Report

More than 82 million Nigerians live on less than $1 a day,…

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Zimbabwean journalists cry out for more freedom

Press freedom watchdogs say Zimbabwe’s government continues to stifle the media, despite…

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