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A forensic examination is scheduled to be conducted on the human remains discovered and retrieved from a sewage tank behind the home of the key suspect in the three kidnapped Takoradi girls’ case. Ahead of the test, many residents who witnessed the Friday night operation at Kansaworodo by the Police Criminal Investigations Department believe the remains are that of the three kidnapped girls. “The discovered human remains would be sent to the forensic science laboratory of the Ghana Police Service for analysis and further investigations” the Police CID said in a statement following speculations the remains are that of the…

A preliminary analysis of global temperature data for July suggests it may have “marginally” become the warmest month on record. Figures from the first 29 days of a month in which many countries had heatwaves are “on a par” or slightly higher than a record set in July 2016. The assessment was carried out by researchers at the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). Confirmation of a new record must await a full analysis is released on Monday. Scientists say it’s the latest sign that Earth is experiencing unprecedented warming. The new data compiled by C3S incorporates observations from satellites and ground…

Sudan’s ruling military council and main opposition coalition have agreed on a constitutional declaration which will pave the way for a new period of transitional government. African Union mediator Mohamed Hassan Lebatt made the announcement early on Saturday, without giving any details. Sudan has been in turmoil since the military ousted President Omar al-Bashir in April. Protracted talks over the declaration have been held amid much violence. The long-awaited declaration deal triggered celebrations in Sudan, which has been plunged into months of crisis. Both sides signed a power-sharing accord in July, but demonstrators have been waiting since then for more…

A 23-year-old man has been found dead in a bush at Nkubem, a suburb of Koforidua in the Eastern Region, in what is suspected to be suicide. The lifeless body of Alex Oduro was found Saturday morning tied with a rope around his neck to a branch of a tree, behind the walls of the Central Tabernacle branch of the Church of Pentecost. It is unclear what might have caused him to take his own life. People in the area who trooped to the scene were shocked at the incident. Some residents at Konorkodzi where the deceased lived with his…

The Steering Committee Chairperson of Star Ghana Foundation, Dr. Esther Offei-Aboagye, has stressed the need for local government structures to strengthen compliance with the country’s Inclusive Education policy. Speaking at a public lecture on the state of the implementation of the policy, Dr. Offei-Aboagye stated Ghana is bound to safeguard the rights of the vulnerable and marginalized such as Persons with Disability (PWDs) and children with special needs. Citing the 1992 Constitution and a host of international conventions, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to make a case for inclusive education, Dr. Offei-Aboagye proposed a bottom-up approach which underscores inclusiveness,…

The police have retrieved skeletons suspected to be human body parts of the three missing Takoradi girls. The body parts were found in a septic tank behind the house of the key suspect, Samuel Udoetek-Wills. According to an eyewitness who spoke to 3news.com, a team of police officers  believed to have travelled from Accra visited the place with the suspect, emptied the septic tank and retrieved some skeletons. The eyewitness noted, however, that the team of police personnel was led by the Western Regional Police Command. Some family members of the kidnapped girls, when contacted by 3news.com’s Western Region correspondent…

South Africa coach Stuart Baxter has resigned saying it is the right time to move on with a new cycle of Africa Cup of Nations and World Cup qualifiers ahead. His second spell in charge of Bafana Bafana comes to an end just weeks after South Africa reached the quarter-finals of the recent Nations Cup. The campaign in Egypt included a win over the hosts in the last 16. “I feel it’s time for someone else to take over and I have decided to resign from my position. It is my personal decision,” he explained. “Going to Afcon, this squad…

A Ugandan academic who once called President Yoweri Museveni a “pair of buttocks” has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. Activists condemned the jailing of Stella Nyanzi for cyber harassment, saying it undermined Uganda’s commitment to freedom of expression. She attended Friday’s sentencing via video link, against her will, and exposed her breasts in protest. She was acquitted on a second charge, of “offensive communication”. But when this was announced on Thursday, she gave a passionate speech in which she said she was disappointed with that verdict, prompting cheers from her supporters. “I intended to annoy Yoweri Museveni. We…

ASAP Rocky has temporarily been released from custody in Sweden. The 30-year-old, real name Rakim Mayers, will be freed until a judge returns a verdict in the assault trial on 14 August. He and two of his entourage have pleaded not guilty to assaulting a 19-year-old man in Stockholm in June. Over the past week, a court has heard evidence and testimonies about the brawl, which led to ASAP Rocky’s detention in the country. The rapper has said he and two other men – Bladimir Corniel and David Rispers – were acting in self-defence. Previously, ASAP Rocky was asked to…

ASAP Rocky has temporarily been released from custody in Sweden. The 30-year-old, real name Rakim Mayers, will be freed until a judge returns a verdict in the assault trial on 14 August. He and two of his entourage have pleaded not guilty to assaulting a 19-year-old man in Stockholm in June. Over the past week, a court has heard evidence and testimonies about the brawl, which led to ASAP Rocky’s detention in the country. The rapper has said he and two other men – Bladimir Corniel and David Rispers – were acting in self-defence. Previously, ASAP Rocky was asked to…