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Ghana: Chaos as parents seek school placement for their kids

Tiring and a frustrating exercise - the cry of thousands of parents and their wards who trooped Ghana's Independence Square to obtain placement into...

Ghana: Teenager commits suicide over school placement

A 15-year-old Junior High School (JHS) graduate has committed suicide by hanging at a town called Agona Asafo in Central Ghana. According to Ghana's News...

Ghana: 51-year-old trader sits same exam with own child

A 51-year old trader's quest to further her education in Ghana means she had to sit same basic school exam alongside her own child. Comfort...

Ghana: Senior high schools plagued by respiratory diseases

Officials in Ghana are struggling to contain an emerging trend of an outbreak of respiratory diseases in some of the country’s senior high schools.

Ghana sacks teachers over its free high school program

Ghana's government has sacked two headteachers as part of a crackdown on school managers extorting money from parents despite the implementation of the country's free high school policy.

Ghanaian school girl stages hunger strike over admission snub

A school girl in Ghana on Tuesday staged a hunger strike after the country's schools admission secretariat failed to place her into a senior high school despite obtaining good grades.

Ghana’s free high school program takes off

Ghana on Monday rolled out it's free senior high school (SHS) policy in public schools across the West African nation with over 400,000 students expected to benefit.

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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