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Sweden takes in African refugees relocated from Rwanda

Sweden has taken in extra twenty-eight asylum-seekers after previously receiving seven refugees who were moved from Libya to Rwanda last year. The refugees were moved...

590 Burundian refugees return home from Tanzania

Almost 600 refugees on Thursday left Tanzania to return to their home country of Burundi as part of a mass repatriation. In August this year...

At least 40 feared dead in shipwreck off Libya

The U.N. refugee agency has said that at least 40 people are feared dead or missing after a boat disaster off the coast of...

Conflict in Anglophone Cameroon worsens, millions affected

The ongoing conflict in Anglophone Cameroon is worsening with 1.3 million people in dire need of humanitarian support. According to the UN Children agency, UNICEF,...

Thousands of Nigerians flee Boko Haram attack

The U.N refugee agency has said that some 30,000 people have fled Nigeria into Cameroon fearing Boko Haram attacks. UNHCR says the movement of these...

Sudanese refugees agitate in Ghana over living conditions

Sudanese refugees in Ghana have been agitating over their living conditions in the west African nation. They complain of lack of food, good medical care...

Ebola alert raised in South Sudan

There are fears there could be an outbreak of the deadly Ebola in South Sudan. It follows the influx of refugees from the Democratic Republic...

68.5 million people displaced globally

A high record number of people have been forcibly displaced globally. The United Nations’ refugee agency says 68.5 million people have fled their home countries...

Liberian refugees in Ghana protest over resettlement package

Some Liberian refugees in Ghana have staged a protest against the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the West African nation over resettlement package.

26 anti-Gnassingbe protesters to be charged in Ghana

26 Togolese nationals are to appear in court on Monday in Ghana’s capital Accra after police officers arrested them for staging an unlawful protest over the weekend to demand for the resignation of their President, Faure Gnassingbe.

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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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