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  ADF STAFF Alima never again expects to live in her Burkina Faso home. Standing near a refugee settlement in Ghana, she can see her native hamlet over a dry riverbed. Alima said she left with her children last year after gunmen raided their settlement and killed two watchmen. “We are staying here for now,” Alima told Agence France-Presse (AFP). “There is no security over there.” Since January, terrorists in Burkina Faso have attacked civilians and pro-government militias in the Boulgou Province, forcing thousands of people to flee to Ghana, where many settlement camps lack sufficient food, water and shelter. In response, Ghana deployed 1,000 Special Forces troops to its northern border in early April amid worries that violent extremist groups in Burkina Faso are seeking to expand their influence and territory. “They are killing people and the people are running, and I also ran,” an anonymous Burkinabe man told Ghana’s JoyNews. “I came here to save my life and my family.” In rural ...

ADMISSION! ADMISSION! ADMISSION It is announced for the attention of the general public that  Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (SDD-UBIDS) , a Public Tertiary Education Institution established by an Act of Parliament SDD-UBIDS Act 2019 (Act 1001), located in the Upper West Regional Capital, Wa, Ghana, is inviting qualified students to apply for admissions into Undergraduate and Postgraduate Programmes for the 2022/2023 Academic Year. Application for Admission (E-Voucher Service through Mobile Money) 5 Easy Steps Dial *887*18# Enter School Name (i.e. UBIDS) Select Preferred Form Type Authorize payment (Enter your 4 Digit PIN) SMS of Voucher is sent to payer after successful payment To Retrieve Voucher Dial *887*18# Select “Yes” Retrieve E-Voucher Details of E-Voucher are displayed (UBIDS, serial number, and pin) Apply Here Closing Date Closing date for Sandwich applications is  September 9, 2022.  Sandwich programmes will start ...