China reports largest gold discovery in more than seven decades
China’s Ministry of Natural Resources confirmed the discovery of the Dadonggou deposit on Friday. This is the largest single gold find reported in the country since the founding of the People’s Republic in 1949. Officials say the site contains an estimated 2.586 million tonnes of ore with an average grade of 0.56 grams per tonne, […]
Nigeria cancels mother-tongue teaching in primary schools and reverts to English
The Nigerian government has announced it is cancelling a controversial policy that mandated the use of indigenous languages for teaching in the earliest years of schooling instead of English. Education Minister Tunji Alausa said the programme, introduced just three years ago, had failed to deliver and was being scrapped with immediate effect. Instead, English will […]
Assemblies of God Leaders call on IGP
The General Superintendent of Assemblies of God, Ghana, Rev Stephen Wengam has led the Executive Presbytery to pay a courtesy call on IGP Christian Tetteh Yohuno at the Police Headquarters in Accra. Discussions centered on collaboration between the church and the Ghana Police Service to ensure the security of citizens and the state. Rev Wengam […]
South Africa to investigate ‘mystery’ of plane load of Palestinians
South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa says there will be an investigation into the “mysterious” arrival of a chartered plane carrying 153 Palestinians from Gaza into the country. The group arrived at OR Tambo International Airport but were initially refused entry and were stuck in the plane for more than 10 hours as they “did not […]
