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6,000km roads to be completed by close of 2024
Mr Kwasi Amoako-Atta, the Minister of Roads and Highways, Sunday said government had earmarked 11,000km roads for construction across the country and 6,000km...
Boy, 6, Neglected and Starved Over Witchcraft Accusations
A Six years old boy has been subjected to accusations of witchcraft and ritual attacks by his father, Benjamin Tetteh after being told...
Top 6 E-sports events to look forward to in 2021
The esports industry may not have faced a blow as hard as the sports industry due to the pandemic, but it did get hit...
Africa’s Growing Infrastructure Needs and Ensuing Business Opportunities
Infrastructural development is pivotal to all aspects of social and economic transformation. However, inadequate infrastructure remains a major impediment for Africa in realising its...
Gunmen kill 6 at bar in central Nigeria
Six people were confirmed killed after a group of unidentified gunmen invaded a bar in Nigeria's central region, said local police on Friday.
The gunmen...
Parliament of Ghana needs more than 6,000 doses of vaccines – Bagbin
The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Sumana Bagbin, on Wednesday said Parliament would require not less than 6,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccines to...
Kpone Municipality to vaccinate 6,873 people
Dr Dorothy Otchere Keelson, Senior Medical Officer in charge of Kpone Polyclinic on Tuesday said 6,873 frontline health workers, persons above 60, government officials,...
COVID-19: Ghana’s active cases rise to 6,411, death toll now 464
Ghana’s COVID-19 active cases Monday hit 6,411, following the confirmation of 765 new infections across the country, according to the latest update from the...
Nigeria confirms 6 new cases of COVID-19 variant
Nigeria confirmed six new B117 coronavirus variant cases in two states in the country, said Chikwe Ihekweazu, head of the Nigeria Center for Disease...
NDC sacks 3 former executives and suspends 6 indefinitely
The National Democratic Congress in the Damongo constituency has sacked three of its former constituency and branch executives from the party.
The three-Amadu Sualisu Bistarco;a...
Namibia arrests 6 over rhino poaching
Six Namibian nationals have been arrested for poaching a white rhino in the Okahandja district, near the capital Windhoek, last week, police said on...
Berlin’s new airport counts just 6,000 passengers daily
Berlin's BER Airport registered just 6,000 passengers on average per day in the first month of its existence, the operator said on Friday.
Some 180,000...
Over 6,000 Election Taskforce deployed for peaceful polls
The Inspector General of Police, Mr James Oppong-Boanuh, has said the National Election Security Task Force would deploy 6,794 personnel nationwide to ensure law...
Let’s upgrade culinary education to TVET level – Chefs
The Chefs Association of Ghana has called on Government to upgrade and equip culinary schools to Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) level.
...
6 civilians killed, 12 injured as fighting intensifies in Afghanistan
At least six civilians were confirmed dead and 12 others injured in Afghanistan on Thursday as fighting escalated in the militancy-battered country, officials...
6 killed in house collapse southern Egypt
At least six persons, including four children, were killed on Thursday in a two-storey house collapse in the province of Sohag, south of the...
Over 6,500 runners compete at international marathon in Lithuanian capital amid COVID-19
The two-day Vilnius Marathon 2020 ended on Sunday, gathering over 6,500 runners around the world.
Starting at 8:30 a.m. local time, the...
Gunmen kill 6, injure 5 in northern Burundi: official
At least six people were killed, five were injured on Thursday night in a gunmen's attack in northern Burundi, a local official said...
South Korea’s employment keeps falling for 6 months over COVID-19
South Korea's employment kept falling for six straight months through August amid the continued economic fallout from the COVID-19 outbreak, statistical office data...
Mozambican government to support 6,000 disabled veterans
Mozambican Ministry of Combatants announced Monday that the government will provide compensations and ensure continuity in multisectoral assistance to 6,000 former combatants with disability...
190 dead, over 6,500 injured in Beirut port’s explosions
The Lebanese cabinet announced on Sunday that the death toll from Beirut port's explosions reached 190 while the number of injuries exceeded 6,500 with...
6 military personnel killed by Islamic State in east Syria – monitor
The Islamic State (IS) killed six members of the Syrian military intelligence in the country's eastern province of Deir al-Zour on Friday, a war...
COVID-19 study in German hotspot town finds antibodies in 6 percent of residents
A German study on COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has found that six percent of citizens in a former hotspot in...
![Syrian army soldiers inspect the site of a series of attacks in the district of Sayyidah Zaynab, south of Damascus, Syria, Feb. 21, 2016. The death toll in the triple bombings that rocked a Shiite district in Damascus on Sunday has risen to 83, state news agency SANA said. As many as 178 others were injured in these serial attacks. [Xinhua/Yang Zhen]](https://newsghana.com.gh/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/b8aeedd129f01834a8e908-218x150.jpg "6 killed in truck bomb explosion in Northern. Afghanistan, Taliban claims responsibility")
6 killed in truck bomb explosion in Northern. Afghanistan, Taliban claims responsibility
Six people, including an assailant, were killed and 32 people wounded after a Taliban militants' suicide truck bomb blast took place outside a...
6 killed as armed group, security clash in South East Nigeria
The Nigerian police on Monday confirmed six people were killed following a clash between a local rebel group and security operatives in the country's...
Ecuador’s COVID-19 caseload reaches 104,475, deaths hit 6,146
Ecuador's Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday reported a total of 104,475 cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection and 6,146 deaths since the...
Report: 5,400 US troops withdrawn from Germany to stay in Europe
The United States will send 6,400 troops currently stationed in Germany back to their home country as part of a planned troop withdrawal, a...
True number of COVID-19 cases in U.S. may be 6 to 24 times higher...
The true number of COVID-19 cases in the United States may be 6 to 24 times higher than reported, according to a new study...
More than 6,000 prisoners released in S. Africa amid COVID-19 pandemic
South Africa had released over 6,000 inmates in a bid to reduce COVID-19 transmissions in prisons, Police Minister Bheki Cele announced on Wednesday.
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Over 6,000 jobs lost in tourism industry in Mozambique due to COVID-19
The National Union of Hotel, Tourism and Similar Industry Workers (SINTIHOTS) of Mozambique said on Tuesday that 6,115 workers in the tourism sector had...