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Australian Open 2020: Tournament begins with shocking results

A first grand slam is already here. In spite of the bushfire challenge, Australia is ready to host the Australian Open. As you may...

Why Kenya wants to ban use of phones for online betting

Kenyan lawmakers are working on a new legislation that intends banning the use of a mobile phone to place a bet online. According to Business...

Sports betting and gambling banned in Ghanaian university

Authorities at a public University in Ghana, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, (KNUST) have placed a ban on sports betting and...

Inside the Chinese-led gambling epidemic in rural Ghana

In Zamashegu, a farming community of 1,000 people in northern Ghana, they may as well have come from outer space — four electric slot machines installed in two roadside shacks, chirping and clattering, bathing the packed-dirt walls in a pale, kaleidoscopic glow.

Kenya to raise tax rate on gambling to 35 percent

Kenya's president signed a law on Wednesday that raises the tax rate on gambling but sets it at a lower rate than had originally...

Ghana alarmed by surge in gambling among youth

Ghana has for many years now struggled to create economic opportunities for its teaming youth many of whom are unemployed, but it now has another emerging threat to fix which is the surge in gambling among the youthful population.

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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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