One person has died while 50 others are missing after a boat accident on Ghana's Black Volta River in the Savannah Region. The boat capsized on Saturday while transporting passengers from Dorkorchina to Kpandai in the Bono East region. More here:
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The legislation also prescribes death penalty for aggravated offences, in cases of sexual abuse against a minor, a disabled person or where a victim of abuse is infected with a life-long illness.
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