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At least 6,700 Rohingya were killed in the month after violence broke out in Myanmar in August, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says. Based on surveys of refugees in Bangladesh, the number is much higher than Myanmar’s official figure of 400. MSF said it was “the clearest indication yet of the widespread violence” by Myanmar authorities. The Myanmar military blames the violence on “terrorists” and has denied any wrongdoing. More than 647,000 Rohingya have fled into Bangladesh since August, MSF says. The aid group’s survey found that at least 9,000 Rohingya died in Myanmar, also known as Burma, between 25 August…

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree Honoris Causa in International Law, from the University of Liberia, at its 98th Commencement Exercises, on Wednesday, 13th December, 2017. The Honorary Doctorate degree conferred on President Akufo-Addo by the Board of Trustees of the University of Liberia, and upon the recommendation of the President of the University, Professor Ophelia Weeks, is “in recognition of your substantive contribution to strengthening the Rule of Law in Ghana, and also in recognition of your substantive contributions in Liberia’s peace building process, coupled with…

The outbreak of diseases in some Senior High Schools (SHS) that us causing deaths of students in the country has triggered proposals for resident health officers to be employed in the various schools. Eastern Regional Security Council (REGSEC) together with the Eastern Regional Health Directorate has proposed that heads of SHS are compelled to at least employ a resident health officer. A second-year student of the Koforidua Secondary Technical School in the Eastern Region died Friday at the Government Hospital in Koforidua of a suspected case of meningitis. Similar deaths and outbreak of diseases including swine flu have been recorded…

Ghana’s president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says West Africa is not prepared to contemplate the scenario of Liberia sliding back into instability and conflict. He said ECOWAS over the years, has made a huge investment in promoting peace in Liberia, and “we will do all we can to ensure that democracy is entrenched in Liberia, and we will not accept any other outcome.” The December 7, 2017 ruling by Liberia’s Supreme Court on their presidential election, the President said, must ensure that Liberia will have its first peaceful handover of power from one democratically elected leader to another in 73…

Over one thousand Police personnel have been deployed by the Central Regional Police Command to ensure incident-free Christmas in the region. Regional Commander, COP David Neenyi Ampah – Bennin, said the Police in the region were ready to deal drastically with criminals who storm the area to harass innocent citizens during the festive season. Addressing a news conference in Cape Coast Wednesday, he observed that criminal activities including pick- pocketing, drug peddling and arm robbery increases during festive seasons, hence the need to deploy personnel to all vantage points to combat such crimes. COP Ampah- Beenin said personnel would also…

The Ghana police service has vowed to arrest persons who fail to comply with the country’s laws prohibiting the use of explosives, including fire crackers popularly known as knockouts. Per the Executive Instrument (E.I) of 1999  the manufacture, possession and carriage of explosives including display shells, Artillery shells, ball and canister shells and fire crackers are prohibited. The Police say in ensuring compliance of the law, it has deployed personnel for law enforcement duties during the Christmas period to arrest persons who act contrary to the executive instrument for prosecution. “Members of the public in possession of prohibited explosives are…

Father of one of the students of Kumasi Academy who died of swine flu has asked parents to withdraw their children from the school if authorities fail to find lasting solution to what he termed ‘mysterious deaths’. Mr Kofi Adu-Boffour whose daughter, Clementina Konadu, was buried Tuesday, observed not much is being done to prevent such deaths which have been recurring in the school. At the burial and funeral rites of her daughter, she told Kumasi-based Akoma FM at one of their PTA meetings, he said he raised concerns about the ‘mysterious deaths of students which the school authorities promised…

Some rituals have been performed at the Takoradi Market Circle in the Western Region to appease a ‘hungry and angry’ market god who spiritualists say, is the cause of the recent continuous recording of low sales by traders in the market. Legend has it that the god, nana abobonua, used to be the protector of the market and also ensured good sales for the traders. A spirit manifested through a fetish priestess from Agona Nkwanta who was passing through the market, and revealed the god has relocated from the Market Circle to a different place because it has been starved…

Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom-led Progressive People’s Party says it has evidence to aid the five-member judicial committee to impeach the chairperson of the Electoral Commission Charlotte Osei and her two deputies over alleged corruption. The party is thus praying to the Committee that is set to open impeachment proceedings against the three commissioners, to grant them an audience to present the evidence in order to bring finality to the case. Some unnamed staff of the Electoral Commission in July 2017 petitioned President Nana Akufo-Addo to remove Mrs. Osei over alleged abuse of office, causing financial loss to the state and…