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Top 10cars used in Ghana

 top 10 cars used in Ghana
Africa is the most sought after market by car
manufacturers. Rapid urbanization in parts of
the continent attributes to the demand of
vehicles, with more people opting to own a
vehicle over using public transportation to
move in and around cities.
South Africa tops the list for the largest new
car market in Africa, with over 600,000 new
cars sold in 2014. The north African region
follows with over 300,000 cars sold in Algeria
and Egypt and over 100 000 in Morocco.
Nigeria and Kenya take the 6th and 12th
position respectively with sales in Nigeria just
over 50,000 and over 13,000 in Kenya for the
year 2014 according to a report by Best Selling
Car Blog .
The most popular type of car on the continent
are pick-up trucks, especially in tourism heavy
countries such as Kenya and Botswana and in
countries with insufficient or poor road
infrastructure. In most African countries, it is
easier to drive a 4×4 vehicle over pot-holed
roads and dirt roads. The most popular 4×4
trucks particularly in Uganda, Tanzania,
Botswana, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Zimbabwe
are the Isuzu KB, the Mitsubishi L200, the Ford
Ranger, Toyota Hilux and the Toyota Land
Cruiser. The Isuzu KB dominates the
Zimbabwean car market with an 11.4 percent
market share, with the Mitsubishi L200
dominating the Ugandan car market with a 15.1
percent market share. The Isuzu KB is vastly
popular for fuel efficiency, low CO2 emissions
and massive towing capacity of 3.5 tonnes. The
Mitsubishi L200 is also popular for its eco-
friendliness with CO2 emissions and towing
capacity, and its loved for overall good
performance due to its diesel engine.
Below is a list of some of the most popular car
brands in Africa.
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 VW
 KIA
 Hyundai
 Renault
 Nissan
 Range Rover
 Mercedes Benz
 Porsche
 BMW
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Thursday, 14 July 2016

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How to spot witches in Ghana

Prior to my visit to Ghana I set my itinerary and all I

knew about Tindang was that I had an opportunity to

visit a witches village. My imagination about a village of

witches was fueled by images of Hollywood lore. I was

excited to meet " witches", thinking I might find some

inspirational images to paint. What I discovered left me

emotionally taxed. This is the story of the Witches of

Tindang.

Tindang is found near Ngani in the Yendi District of

North East Ghana, locally the name is referred to as the

Ngani-Tindang Witch Camp. It is here where I visited the

witches. At first the village appeared like most other

rural villages scattered across Northern Ghana but once I

had a chance to learn about the witches I was

overwhelmed with emotions.

" A Typical home for a few woman from Tindang."

The Ngani-Tindang witch camp has a resident adult

population of about 374 with women constituting 81%

(221) and 19% (53) men of the population. Unlike other

camps in the region Ngani-Tindang camp has both

males and females in the camp. It is worth noting that

some men alleged to have been wizards also suffer

discrimination to the extent of being rejected by their

families.

The Ngani-Tindang home is typical of such vulnerable

men and women with majority of the population being

above 70 years. It is estimated that there are 463

children staying in the camp with their fathers,

grandmothers and mothers accused of witchcraft. The

climate is hot and dry for most of the year. The people of

the witch camp must walk 1.5km to the river Oti for

water.

Growing up in Western Canada I only really thought of

witches around Halloween or in the movies, the woman

of Tindang are nothing like this. In most cases an elderly

woman has been accused of witchcraft, many of the

time, by family members. Once they are found guilty of

the accusation they must leave their homes and all their

belongings behind. Ngani-Tindang now becomes home

and the woman somehow scrape by an existence in very

harsh conditions. As I visited with the woman and a man

from Ngani-Tindang it became very clear that the most

important and pressing issue was the lack of water. The

woman have to walk 1.5km in one direction for water

that they collect from the river Oti.

" Some of the woman going to collect water and

firewood."

The people of Ngani-Tindang has never left my

thoughts. I have tried to help the people with the

drilling of a bore hole for safe portable water. The bore

hole was dry so we tried again a second time, again the

hole did not yeild enough water to work. So now the

only option left is to pump water from the Oti River

through a water purifacation system and into reservoirs.

I will continue to try and help with this situation. I hope

that others will as well.

" Drilling of the first bore hole. No success."

"National Geographic report"

Proceeds from the giclee { The Witches of Tindang. } will

help support in my efforts to complete this project.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions youas written several popular novels spiced
with magic, including “ The Physick Book of
Deliverance Dane.” As a lecturer on American
Studies at Cornell University , she also has a deep
knowledge of the culture of witchcraft . Her new
anthology , “ The Penguin Book of Witches, ” offers a
fascinating selection of historical accounts –
including the 1692 cross examination of the Salem
slave Tituba and the 1697 apology of Samuel Sewall ,
the only Salem judge to publicly express his regret
for participating in that deadly ordeal .
In the interest of public safety, The Washington
Post presents Howe ’ s sure -fire 10-step test to
determine if someone is a witch . Please report all
suspects to the appropriate authorities
immediately .
By Katherine Howe
1. Is the suspect a woman?
Women , as we know , are morally weaker than
men , and so more susceptible to temptations into
sin . Their natural hunger for ease of living and
fine things means the Devil can lure them into
signing their name to his book without too much
trouble . Okay , so she’ s illiterate , but she can still
make her mark in the book with her blood. Just
look what happened to Adam , when he didn’ t
provide his wife with sufficient moral guidance
and fortitude.
2. Does she have a pet ?
After she ’ s signed away her soul , the Devil will
give her a small spirit familiar to attend to her .
This creature can shape - shift and be sent out to do
her bidding, and she might be able to assume its
shape as well . She ’ ll try to convince you that only
black cats are suspicious , but she’ s lying . Don ’ t
believe her when she says “ Oh, this yellow bird ?
That ’ s just my canary .” Be on guard for small
snakes , birds , cats, rats , dogs , and griffins .
3. Does she have a wart?
Her spirit familiar has to nurse on her body , and
so she has a special diabolical teat concealed on her
person somewhere for that purpose . Check closely .
It could be between her fingers , or in a more
intimate area. If necessary you might need a panel
of expert women to help you search. ( Sometimes
men don’ t quite know how to find things in that
intimate area, and need guidance .)
4. Is she irritating?
She ’ s always asking for something , or coming by
when she’ s unwanted , or making a spectacle of
herself . Some people just can ’ t take a hint , can
they ? I mean, they come by , begging for scraps of
food because they’ re destitute, with no respect for
how tough other people have it .
5. Is she weird around your kids?
Maybe she doesn ’ t have any of her own. Or maybe
hers all died . Who knows? But she’ s definitely
prone to paying too much attention to your kids .
Maybe she wants to give them plums and entice
them to come live with her . Maybe she insists on
helping out with them when they get sick , and
comes by even when you don’ t want her to . See #4,
above.
6. Is she middle -aged?
No longer young enough to be beautiful , but not
old enough to be venerable , women at middle age
are in their peak risk years for temptation into
witchery . She ’ s somewhere between 40 and 60, and
so she should be a pillar of the community , head of
her own family, active at church, involved in
supporting her husband’ s work. If she ’ s alone, or
didn ’ t get elected to full church membership , you
should be suspicious .
6. Is she pissed?
Is she quick to anger ? Has she ever attacked a
constable for no reason ? Has she been known to
scream at people and call them whoremasterly
rogues ? Have you seen her hunch someone of
quality with her elbow? Inappropriate anger is a
definite warning sign . Women should really be able
to keep it together no matter what.
7. Has she stopped going to church ?
She might try to offer an excuse , such as being
dressed only in rags . Maybe she’ s too busy
romancing her former indentured servant. In any
case , she’ s supposed to be at church with everyone
else, for all eight hours. If she’ s not, it could be
because she ’ s too tired from attending witches’
sabbaths and drinking red wine in the rye field
behind the minister’ s house .
8. Has she ’s threatened you — and then it totally
came true ?
Remember that one time she came over to borrow
some butter, and you sent her away? She ’ s SO
annoying , always asking for things , isn ’ t she ?
Anyway. So remember how when she went away ,
she was muttering under her breath, and she said
you’ d regret not giving her any butter? And
remember how later that same evening, the butter
wouldn’ t come ? Yeah. That happened. Just saying.
9. Have you seen her spirit in your house at
night?
Okay , admittedly, some people think that the Devil
can assume anyone ’ s shape , regardless of whether
they ’ re really witches or not. So it ’ s possible, in
theory , that the shape you saw come in at the
window was the Devil pretending to be her.
Possible. Not probable, though. I mean , would God
really let the Devil assume the shape of an
innocent ? Would He really ? Didn’ t think so.
10. Has she confessed?
So maybe you did have to ask her repeatedly .
Maybe you did ask her to prove she wasn ’ t a witch.
And maybe you did have to help her remember her
guilt with a quick beating . Big deal. She ’ s
confessed! And there ’ s no better method to finding
out other witches than the word of a confessed
witch . Now she can tell you who her confederates
are. Now you can find them all.
Score
Count the number of times you answered “ Yes ” :
0-2 : You’ re probably safe – for now .
3-5 : Lock up your children – and your cows.
6-8 : Prepare the ducking stool.
9-10 : Get a rope .
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Top10 universities in ghana

Ghana has stood out as one of the most developing and
stable countries in West Africa. When it comes to
education, Ghana is not left out as the country has one
of the best education systems in the region. Some of
the best universities in Ghana are known to have
affiliations with top universities in the world, engaging
in exchange programs and research. There are several
including government-funded and
private universities. But how do you identify the
Webometrics uses certain
parameters including online presence and authority to
rank the top universities in Africa and across the world.
This ranking is based on publications, research and
web presence. The aim is to facilitate the web presence,
research and publishing of Ghanaian universities that
are lagging behind. Below is the list of some of the
10. Christian Service University College
Christian Service University College Ghana is located in
Kumasi which is the second largest city in Ghana. The
inception of the university was said to have been
conceived in 1974 and since then, the institution seeks
to be an internationally recognized academic centre of
excellence for Teaching and Research in Theology,
Information technology, Business and Liberal Arts, in an
ecumenical and sound ethical environment to all
persons of diverse backgrounds. This has secured
Christian Service University College a spot in the list of
best universities in Ghana.
9. Valley View University
Valley View University came into existence in 1979 as
part of establishments made by the West African Union
Mission of Seventh-day Adventists towards improving
the literacy and education levels in Ghana.
The university was fully accredited in 1997 by the
National Accreditation Board of Ghana granted it
national accreditation in 1997 thus allowing it to award
her own degrees and by this, Valley View University was
the first private university in Ghana to be granted
national accreditation. Due to its high standards of
learning, it serves students from all over the world.
8. University for Development Studies
The University for Development Studies (UDS) despite
the fact that it was established in May 1992, has been
ranked as one of Ghana’s best Universities. With the aim
to share Knowledge for Service” as well as its
methodology of teaching, research and outreach
programmes. In 1993, it began academic work in
September 1993 and since then has always aimed to
address and find solutions to the environmental
problems and socio-economic deprivations that have
characterized northern Ghana in particular and are also
found in some rural areas throughout the rest of the
country.
7. Presbyterian University College
The Presbyterian Church of Ghana is responsible for
establishing one of the top ranking universities in
Ghana. Since its inception, the university has run with
the vision to be an institution that blends and instills
academic and professional excellence with an
appreciation of cultural, environmental, technological,
and globalisation trends in the men and women who
pass through it and whose lives reflect Christian
principles and values, including love and compassion,
discipline, honesty, selflessness and humility”.
6. Regent University College of Science &
Technology
The Regent University College of Science and
Technology (also known as Regent-Ghana) is an Accra
based institution of higher learning. Despite being a
much recent university, Regent Ghana has had
immeasurable success in academic excellence and
records making it one of the best universities in Ghana.
It was registered in September 2003 and was accredited
to operate as a tertiary institution in 2004, and in
January 2005, it started its maiden lectures with about
30 pioneer students at its maiden campus. The
institution has not failed in its mission to purpose-
driven human resource committed to socio-economic
and spiritual renewal, with science and technology
expertise in a competitive global environment.
5. Ashesi University
Ashesi University started teaching students in at the
end of first quarter of 2002 following its establishment
with the aim to educate African leaders of exceptional
integrity and professional ability. The institution quickly
gained a reputation for innovation and quality education
in Ghana. Asheshi, in addition to high standards of
learning it has achieved, the institution is also able to
cultivate within their students, the critical thinking
skills, the concern for others and the courage it will
take to transform a continent.
4. University of Education Winneba
The University of Education is a Ghanaian higher
institution of higher learning located at Winneba. It was
established with the aim of training teachers and
professional educators specifically for Ghanaian
education system charged with the duty to spearhead a
new national vision in Ghanaian education sector aimed
at redirecting Ghana’s efforts along the path of rapid
economic and social development. When it comes to
academic research and web presence, the university is
one of the best institutions in Ghana that encourages
web publishing and research.
3. University of Cape Coast
The University of Cape Coast was established in
October, 1962 and started off as a University College but
attained the status of a full and independent institution,
fully accredited with the authority to confer its own
degrees, diplomas and certificates. It is one of the top
ranking universities in Ghana established with the aim
to generate highly skilled and qualified individuals in
education who will offer good leadership and
enlightenment to the people of Ghana and to meet the
manpower needs of the country’s accelerated education
programme. It is ranked one of the top 10 Ghanaian
universities due to its track record in research, training
and producing highly successful individuals across the
globe.
2. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science &
Technology
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology
(KNUST) was founded Kwame Nkrumah, and established
in 1952 and since it started off as a University in Ghana,
It has been on record as a first class University in
Ghana. KNUST is a globally recognized university for
being the premier centre of excellence in Africa for
teachings in Science and Technology, research and
entrepreneurship training in Science and Technology for
development of Ghana and Africa.
1. The University of Ghana
U niversity of Ghana was established in 1948 when it was
known as the University College of the Gold Coast and it
is on record that the University of Ghana is the oldest
and largest of Ghanaian universities and tertiary
institutions. From the time it was established, the
institution was officially made an affiliate college of the
University of London which had its academic
programmes supervised and degrees awarded. It was
until 1961 that it gained full university status and since
then has continued to pioneer academic excellence and
research in Ghana. It has since expanded on its original
emphasis on liberal arts, basic science, agriculture,
social sciences and medicine to include more
vocational and technology based courses. It is no
surprise that University of Ghana is among the best
universities in Ghana. Through its graduate school of
nuclear and allied sciences at the Ghana Atomic Energy
Commission, it offers academic programmes in nuclear
sciences and is one of the very few to do so in Africa.

Men kill and eat snake in nigeria

Men kill and eat python in Nigeria
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When most people hear ‘snake,’ they either panic or
quickly take to their heels because snakes are widely
known as poisonous species. But for centuries, the
reptile has also served as a source of protein for many
people and even used for herbal purposes.
In a recent post on lindaikeji.com, one Emeka Okudo
shared photos via Facebook showing a group of men
capture a snake and prepare it to be eaten.
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Snake meat is said to taste like a cross between
chicken and fish. Just like most fish, a snake has a
single long spine and very few bones. Next time you
aren’t sure what fish you have been served, double
check to make sure you are not feasting on a breed of
snake.
For those who have never seen snake meat, here are
some of the photos from Emeka Okudo’s post.
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