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\t On Friday, internet and international calls were cut off across the West African nation in anticipation of the election results, according to locals and international observers in the capital, Conakry.

\t This was the third time that Conde matched-up against Diallo. Before the election, observers raised concerns that an electoral dispute could reignite ethnic tensions between Guinea's largest ethnic groups.

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Total confirmed cases = 7,303 (new cases = 186)

Total recoveries = 2,414

Total deaths = 34

Active cases = 4,857

\tFigures valid as of close of day May 27, 2020

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May 27: Accra case count pass 5,000; MP infection controversy

\tThe case count passed 7,000 when an additional 309 cases were reported.

Total confirmed cases = 7,117 (new cases = 309)

Total recoveries = 2,317

Total deaths = 34

Active cases = 4,766

\tFigures valid as of close of day May 26, 2020

May 26: 6,808 cases, further easing of restrictions expected

\tA major religious group is advocating a phased lifting of remaining restrictions in the country.

Total confirmed cases = 6,683 (new cases = 66)

Total recoveries = 1,978 (new = 20)

Total deaths = 32

May 23: 6,617 cases, Ashanti region pass 1,000 mark

\tThe case count in the Ashanti region crossed the 1,000 mark according to latest stats released this Saturday.

Total confirmed cases = 6,617 (new cases = 131)

Total recoveries = 1,978 (new = 27)

Total deaths = 31

\tFigures valid as of May 21, 2020

May 22: 6,486 cases, NDC jabs EC

\tMain opposition NDC continued their collision with the elections body over the compilation of a new voters register ahead of December 2020 polls.

Total confirmed cases = 6,269 (new cases = 173)

Total recoveries = 1,898 (new = 125)

Total deaths = 31

Active cases = 4,340

\tFigures valid as of May 21, 2020

May 20: Cases pass 6,000 mark, govt eyes COVID-Organics

\tGhana’s case count passed 6,000 mark reaching 6,096 on Tuesday according to tallies released by the Ghana Health Service.

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Before Insecure star Jay Ellis would secure a leading role opposite Issa Rae in the hit HBO dramedy, he featured in a Ghanaian film about a traditional Ewe custom known as trokosi.

Trokosi has been the way of the Ewe people for centuries but in the face of modernization, or rather honestly, westernization, director Leila Djansi, urges abandonment of something African.

Other times, a young girl may be committed as a trokosi to a shrine as a symbol of the family’s gratitude to the deity of the shrine.

For as long as the priest of the deity would allow, women serving under trokosi would be housed at the shrine.

Governments in the three West African countries where trokosi is still practised have tried different means of rescuing the young women, from negotiations with local religious leaders to the threat of force carried by the state.

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