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Spain awards Ghanaian army chief with highest Police Award for fight against terrorism
The Minister of Interior of Spain, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, has recognized Brigadier General Timothy Tifucro Ba-Taa-Banah of the Ghana Army with Spain’s highest Police Award, the White Cross to the Police Merit. Ba-Taa-Banah was honored for his exceptional contributions to security provision and international cooperation. Serving as Director of Ghana’s Counter-Terrorism Fusion Centre and Director of…
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Shark Tank’s Daymond John makes young gardener’s dream come true at Walt Disney World
Since childhood, Te’Lario Watkins II has been behind Tiger Mushroom Farms, which cultivates...
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Beyoncé silences critics as she becomes first Black woman to hit No. 1 on Billboard country albums chart
Beyoncé has broken a groundbreaking feat once again. Her latest album, “Act II:...
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Shock as LA surgeon removes thousands of tumors on mother of two in 60 hours
A surgeon in Los Angeles, Dr. Ryan Osborne, has transformed the life of Charmaine Sahadeo,...
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Coach LeVelle Moton is back in Black neighborhood where he was raised to start $8.3m affordable housing project
LeVelle Moton, the current basketball coach at North Carolina Central University, ties his success to where he grew up: Raleigh’s Lane Street housing projects, east of downtown. He is so fond of...
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Remembering Louis Gossett Jr., first Black man to win best supporting actor Oscar who died at 87
Louise Gossett was an American actor best known for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman. His tough training would transform recruit Richard Gere into the...
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11-year-old British-Ghanaian author who has published 4 books fulfills promise of building e-library for school in Ghana
Sarah Afua Kittoe, an 11-year-old British-Ghanaian author, has fulfilled a promise made months ago to build a library for a school in the West African nation of Ghana. She has completed a full e-library...
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Vaughan Gething: Meet the son of Zambian chicken farmer now first Black leader in all of Europe
Vaughan Gething, a Zambian-born lawyer, has become the first Black head of government in Wales, the United Kingdom, and all of Europe. Upon taking office, the trailblazer said, “Today we turn a page...
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New Orleans mother saves nine children from bus before it was caught up in flames
But for her maternal instinct, a catastrophe would have struck nine children in a school bus. A New Orleans school bus driver, Kia Rousseve, said she acted on her maternal instincts when she noticed smoke...
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Meet the Burns Brothers unveiling the 1st African-American-owned private membership club in Africa
The Burns Brothers will expand their exclusive private membership club, HQ, to Nairobi, Kenya this summer. This will make HQ the first-ever private membership club that is owned by African Americans in...
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‘Africa’s fastest woman’ bids farewell to her nursing career after five decades at UK hospital
Former international sprinter and renowned NHS nurse Matron Rose Amankwaah, once described as the “fastest woman in Africa,” is bidding farewell to her nursing career after nearly 50 years...
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Capturing Cultural Fusion: A Journey Through Lens on Ghana’s Independence Day
Every 6th of March, as Ghana commemorates its Independence Day, an intriguing fusion of cultures unfolds through the lens of an annual photography project. For the past three years, photographer Kingsley...
