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Several groups of Chadian rebel and political parties on Saturday withdrew from talks with the African nation’s military government, accusing it of seeking to destabilize peace efforts. The move, by about half the groups in the talks, came less than 24 hours after President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno’s administration announced that a national peace dialogue intended to pave the way for elections would start on August 20. In a statement, the rebel groups taking part in Qatar mediated talks in Doha accused the government delegation of “harassment, intimidation, threats and disinformation”. The new date had been set without any consultation,…

Banku, Fufu, Ampesie, Konkonte, Eto, Akyeke and Koko are among many staple foods in Ghana and Africa. These foods require a lot of preparation time, including the time spent traveling to the market. According to a World Bank estimate, 7.6 percent of the total population of Ghana, about 1.7 million people, reside abroad. Estimates from Ghana Missions abroad showed that Ghanaian migrants reside in more than 53 countries worldwide. This population lacks access to traditional meals due to cultural differences. “Banku mix, one of the flagship products. I took all the troubles of the market and all those things and…

Four Teacher Unions have walked out of an ongoing negotiation meeting with the government over their demand for Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) on Tuesday July 12, 2022. According to the Unions, the posture from the government side is betrayal of trust which has informed their decision to walk out of the meeting. “All it means is that the government side is not ready to continue with negotiation unless the teacher unions call off the strike. “We have held all Organized Labour hostage and this is a betrayal of trust. Because the understanding we had is that Organized Labour is…

Ghanaian Highlife legend, Alfred Benjamin Crentsil, professionally known as AB Crentsil has passed away at the age of 79 years. The death of the celebrated singer was reported by the sound engineer, Fred Kyei Mensah better known as Fredyma and later confirmed by Starrfm sources. The singer’s death happened on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. The “FAREWELL AB CRENSTIL. The original composer and singer of the famous and controversial songs, ‘Moses and Atia, AB Crenstil, has died! He had a stint with a lot of bands before joining the Sweet Talks Band with Smart kansah and then his own band, Ahenfo.…

A middle-aged wood worker Yaw Fosu has been shot by suspected robbers at his home at Community 25 in Tema Wednesday dawn. The carpenter is currently battling for his life at the Tema General Hospital. According to wife and daughter who spoke to Starrfm Wednesday morning, the attack happened around 2:30am. “My father is battling for his life as I speak to you. They came pushing down our gate at dawn. When we were unable to push back anymore because they had threatened to shoot, my father stepped out then they shot him immediately on the forehead. “He fell on…

The prosecution requested on Friday life imprisonment for the former Rwandan prefect Laurent Bucyibaruta, tried in Paris for the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, estimating that he had constituted “an essential cog without which the murderous machine could not have been implemented”. This former senior civil servant “failed in his duty” to protect the Tutsis of his prefecture when he “had the means to act”, said the representatives of the National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office (Pnat), calling for his conviction as the “principal author” of the “crime of crimes”. Laurent Bucyibaruta, prefect of Gikongoro between 1992 and July 1994, has been…

Two bar shootings, one in a township close to Johannesburg and another in eastern South Africa, left 19 dead, police said on Sunday. In Soweto, 15 people were killed as they enjoyed a night out, police said when assailants drew up in a minibus taxi and began randomly firing at bar patrons. In the eastern city of Pietermaritzburg, police-reported four people were killed and eight wounded during a shootout in a bar after two men fired indiscriminately at customers. Police sources said it was too early to say if the assaults were in some way connected but observed their similarity.…

Libya’s Fathi Bashagha, appointed as prime minister in a challenge to a unity government in Tripoli, plans to take office in the capital “in the coming days”, he told AFP. Libya’s parliament picked the former interior minister in February to lead a government to replace that of interim premier Abdulhamid Dbeibah, appointed last year as part of a United Nations-backed peace process to end more than a decade of violence in the North African country. But Dbeibah has refused to hand over power before elections, setting up a showdown with Bashagha, named by the eastern-based legislature elected in 2014 and…

Inside the Hulene dump, at least 500 people scavenge through garbage every day to survive, and as preparations are underway to close the space where 16 people were buried in 2018, fear hangs over the heads of those who depend on garbage to earn a living. What should be a reason for natural joy – the end of an open-air dump – generates anguish: “The removal of the dump, without thinking about these people [waste pickers], can generate chaos,” Justino Cuna, a 36-year-old waste picker who is trying to create an association to defend the rights of waste pickers in…

Parked up in the Kasarani district of the Kenyan capital Nairobi is a group of health workers who on a mission to drive up COVID-19 vaccinations. According to the World Health Organization, the overall trend of the virus on the African continent is down, but it is still not completely contained. WHO figures report that as of 6 April 2022, there were 11.5 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and more than 252 000 deaths reported on the continent. In Kenya, there were 334,551 confirmed cases and 5,656 deaths from 3rd January 2020 to 6th July this year according to WHO…