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The judgment handed by the Supreme Court of Ghana ordering the Electoral Commission (EC) to allow disqualified flag bearer of the Progressive People’s Party, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, to get back into the presidential race is victory for democracy, Thaddeus Sory, lawyer for the EC has said.

The apex court on Monday, 7 November also ordered the EC to extend the nomination period for flag bearers to Tuesday, 8 November. It also directed the EC to give all parties a fair hearing to make the necessary corrections on their nomination forms.

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Clinton is telling African-American voters that the election is a choice between "hope and fear."

She tells parishioners at a Northwest Philadelphia church that everything they care about is on the ballot.

Clinton says: "This election is about doing everything we can to stop a movement to destroy President Obama's legacy."

Trump’s campaign says Clinton ‘hitting the panic button’ in blue states as candidates set out on whirlwind final 48 hours of bitterly fought election.

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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are sprinting towards the finish line of the most bitter, divisive and fear-tainted US presidential election of modern times, with polls showing Clinton has the edge.

Accra, Nov. 1, GNA - Japanese financial assistance of a loan of 11.2 billion yen for the construction of a new bridge across the Volta River on the Eastern Corridor Road, at Volivo, has been approved by Parliament.

The project consists of a 540m long and 17.1m wide cable stayed bridge on concrete pier and abutments. It would have three spans: -two outer spans of 96m and a middle span of 280m.

The Eastern Corridor Road streches from the Tema Roundabout and ends at Kunlungugu. The North – Eastern Border with Burkina Faso covers a distance of about 695.6km.

Tema, Nov 1, GNA - The National Peace Council has advised political party activists to resolve to make Ghana a better place than they met it.

Mr George Amoh, Director of Programmes at the Council, who gave the advice, said politicians must endeavour to maintain and improve upon the country their forefathers left for them and not to ruin it with electoral violence.

He added that Ghanaians must not allow the parties they belong to push them out normal and acceptable human behaviour since no political interest was greater than the peace and unity of Ghana.

• May seek redress at ECOWAS court over mandatory $1m deposit

The House of Representatives yesterday expressed displeasure at a policy compelling Nigerians willing to do business in Ghana to make a deposit of $1 million in a bank account.

A victim of the policy, Mr. Seidu Franklynn during an interactive session with members of the Rita Orji-led House Committee on Diaspora said the law was another case of xenophobia against Nigerians doing lawful businesses in Ghana.

Ghanaians have been urged to let the 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections entrench Ghana’s position on the top of the league of Africa’s most peaceful countries.

Egypt coach Hector Cuper has named a 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup qualifier against Ghana on 13 November.

The two heavyweights will meet at the Borg El-Arab Stadium in Alexandria and Egyptian authorities have announced 75,000 fans will be allowed to attend.

Argentine Cuper has picked the same group of players who beat Congo in their opening qualifier in October.

The squad is headed by Roma winger Mohamed Salah and Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneny.

The pair were in an initial 10-man list of foreign-based players announced by Cuper last month.

Security forces in the Ashanti Region say they have defused a 'powerful explosive' found in the vicinity of the deputy Ashanti Regional Minister Andy Osei Okrah's residence in Kumasi.

Luv FM's Erastus Asare Donkor reported the planted explosive was close to the National Security Data Centre which is located at Danyame, a suburb of Kumasi.

At least, 15 security operatives made up of military officers, armed police and national security officers have taken control of the area searching other likely explosives.