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A police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black motorist in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been charged with manslaughter, a prosecutor has said.

Officer Betty Shelby shot and killed Terence Crutcher last week while he was standing next to his broken-down car.

In Charlotte, North Carolina, a curfew went into effect to prevent a third night of violence after a black man was shot dead by a black police officer.

Keith Lamont Scott's family deny police allegations that he was armed.

New York, Sept. 21, GNA - The First Lady, Mrs Lordina Mahama says continued focus on adolescent girls, is key to achieving many of the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Speaking at a High Level event on the sidelines of the ongoing 71st U.N. General Assembly in New York, Mrs Mahama who is also the President of the Organisation of African First Ladies Against HIV and AIDS (OAFLA) said adolescent girls face numerous challenges and vulnerabilities, yet until recently, they have hardly been the centre of discussions, at the global and national levels.

President John Dramani Mahama took to the world stage – the 71st United Nations General Assembly – to tout Ghana’s democratic and economic strides and told his peers: “I am proud of my country.”
“I am proud of my country. We are variously called the ‘model of democracy’ in Africa or the ‘beacon of democracy’,” he told his colleague Heads of State who gathered for the second day of the general debate of the UN General Assembly in New York yesterday.

(CNN)Despite her 35th birthday fast approaching and niggling injuries possibly shelving what's left of her 2016 season, Serena Williams still retains grand career ambitions, according to her longtime coach.

Remarkably, the American tennis star has been set a target of 30 career singles grand slams.

"I know people are going to be very much focused on the 23rd (grand slam), I'm more focused on the 30th," Patrick Mouratoglou, who has been coaching Williams since 2012, told CNN at the unveiling of his new tennis academy on the French Riviera.

President John Mahama on Wednesday addressed the United Nation’s 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

The president lamented about challenges some Africans encounter while migrating to Europe via the Mediterranean Sea and also used the opportunity to court support for the continent.

President Mahama also highlighted some of the progress made by African government with regards to governance, free speech, technology among others.

Accra, Sept. 20, GNA – The Ga East Municipal and the Ablekuma South-West Sub-Metro Office of the National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE) has organized series of programmes within the Municipalities on civic and voter education.

The two-week programme is being sponsored by the European Union.

It focuses on women and marginalized groups including faith-based organisations, Persons With Disabilities, first time voters, traditional authorities/opinion leaders, women’s groups, artisan groups and identifiable groups.

Accra, Sept. 21, GNA – The Convention Peoples’ Party (CPP) has enjoined Ghanaians to observe 2016 Founders day with sobriety as the nation prepares for the December 7 polls.

Professor Edmund N. Delle CPP Chairman gave the suggestion in an interview with the Ghana News Agency to mark the 107 birthday of the Founder of the Party and nation Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah.

The Party is observing the day on the general theme: “Solid vanguard to meet the needs of Ghanaians.”

Ghana earned $3.208 billion from petroleum revenue for the production of 161.7 million barrels of crude oil between 2011 and 2015.
Although the highest number of barrels, 37.4 million, was recorded in 2015, Ghana received the lowest revenue of $396,171,909 in that year as a result of the fall in the international market price.

In 2015, oil prices fell by as much as 35 per cent on the international market.

Despite an unwavering rise in public debt and government’s difficulty to meet key statutory financial obligations, the Finance Minister has dispelled a widely held view that the economy is broke.

Seth Terkper insists government’s tax revenue mobilization is progressing, suggesting that government's borrowing spree is temporary.
“The economy is not broke. We are even in an era where the Bank of Ghana is not financing government, it has never happened,” he said.