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At least 11 female students of the Fumbisi Senior High School in the Builsa South District of the Upper East region have reportedly collapsed on campus after seeing ghost. The school has subsequently been closed down on Monday, 3news.com has gathered. The DCE for Builsa South, Daniel Gariba confirmed the closure in a telephone interview with 3news.com’s Upper East regional correspondent, Tanko Mohammed Rabiu on Monday. He said the decision to close down the school was to forestall any unforeseen mayhem as students’ agitation grows over reported “witchcraft” activities in the school. A frightened female student was reported to have…

Torture charges against the ex-wife of former Liberian president Charles Taylor have been dismissed at the Old Bailey. Agnes Reeves-Taylor, 54, was charged in 2017 over a string of offences – some involving children – during the West African country’s civil war. The university lecturer, from Dagenham in east London, denied wrongdoing and was due to stand trial in January. But after a technical appeal, judge Mr Justice Sweeney dismissed all charges. Ms Reeves-Taylor was due to face a trial for torture and conspiracy to torture relating to events alleged to have taken place in 1990, during Liberia’s bloody civil war.…

Ghana Rugby with the support of Societe Generale ended the 2019 year of “Get Into Rugby” (GIR) activities on a high note in Accra when 24 schools took part in a year-end festival at the  Kawukudi Park in Accra, Ghana. According to the President of Ghana Rugby, Mr Herbert Mensah, 2019 was a very full year that produced many exciting results for the Union including the winning of the Trophy Challenges by both Ghana Rugby’s men’s and women’s sevens teams in South Africa and Tunisia respectively. “Besides for the sevens successes Ghana Rugby also managed to proceed to the Pool…

Rural women farmers in the ECOWAS region have been tasked to join forces and address issues affecting the growth of their farming activities. The farmers were entreated to strengthen advocacy towards building their capacity to better their livelihood and contribute to food security. At the Annual Assembly of Rural Women Farmers Forum (RWFF) and Kilimanjaro Initiative (KILI) in Abuja, Nigeria, it was observed that women farmers in the sub-region are mostly challenged with access to land and machinery for mechanization. Women make up more than half of the agricultural labour force in Africa. They play a major role in the…

Musicians such as Davido, Wizkid and Burna Boy are now established mainstream stars around the world, and global interest in African music has never been higher. In 2019, Beyoncé hand-picked some of Africa’s biggest stars to appear on her Lion King-inspired album, while Mr Eazi and Burna Boy performing at the annual Coachella music festival in California. Here are five African stars to watch in 2020. Sheebah Karungi (Uganda) With a successful career in her home country Uganda, Sheebah’s music is now crossing boundaries. With a vibrant voice, Sheebah is an artist on a mission. From collaborating with other African…

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman condemned a gun attack at a US naval base by a Saudi student as “barbaric”, President Donald Trump said. He tweeted that the monarch had called him to offer “sincere condolences”. The gunman, an aviation student, killed three people and injured at least eight at the base in Pensacola, Florida, before being shot dead. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said the Saudi government was “going to owe a debt” to the victims. The attacker has been named by US media as Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani. He used a handgun during the shooting. The FBI are yet to declare…

Superintendent Sophia Eva Anim, of the Madina Office of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVSSU) of the Ghana Police Service, has cautioned fathers to refrain from bathing their teenage daughters since it amounts to sexual abuse. She said the Unit was investigating and trying cases involving fathers who sexually abused their daughters and thus, advised parents and caregivers to pay attention to their children’s complaints so that they could take immediate action. She cautioned parents and guardians to desist from subjecting children or persons under their care to severe beatings that could result in injuries, emotional and psychological…

The uncertainty in predicting the weather has been the single major challenge to productive farming in Ghana and other parts of Africa in recent years. Access to weather information and irrigation services are among interventions farmers need to survive the unexpected changes. Speaking to 3news.com on the sidelines of the 25th UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Madrid, Spain, President of the World Farmers Organization, Theo de Jager, said smallholder farmers need to be exposed to climate smart agriculture for sustainability. After years of negotiations on how mankind should deal with climate change, farmer’ organizations have managed to ensure the mainstreaming of agriculture…

The Kokofu D/A Junior High School near Goaso in the Ahafo region has been closed down temporarily following an assault on the headteacher a week ago. A group of young men and women stormed the school premises and assaulted the headteacher for canning a pupil of the school. According to some teachers of the school, the headteacher who was posted to the school this academic year to restore discipline and promote teaching and learning, usually give numbers to the pupils and cane those who are late. His action angered residents of Kokofu community who besieged the school and attacked the…

Fifty-eight year-old Mr Charles Gyamfi from Tano North in the Ahafo Region has been crowned the 2019 National Best Farmer at the 35th National Farmers’ Day in Ho. He took home a cheque for 536,000 cedis from the Agricultural Development Bank, presented to him by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Mr Gyamfi, father of five, cultivates crops and rear animals with good knowledge in animal husbandry and practices good sanitation. He is said to be highly diversified and has 10 acres of cassava, 500 acres of cocoa, 70 acres of Cashew, 1000 snails, 75 cattle and 25 goats among others.…