GHANA ORDERS FOREIGNERS TO EXIT GOLD MARKET BY APRIL 30.(PHOTO).

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 Ghana orders foreigners to exit gold market by April 30 Ghana has ordered foreigners to exit its gold trading market by the end of the month, a new government body said, as the West African country looks to streamline gold purchases from small-scale miners, increase earnings and reduce smuggling, Reuters reported. Africa's leading gold producer is shifting away from a system in which local and foreign companies with export licenses can buy and export gold from artisanal or small-scale mining. Under the new system, the newly created gold board known as GoldBod is the only entity allowed to buy, sell, assay and export artisanal gold, Monday's statement said, and older licenses have ceased to be valid. Foreigners must leave the local gold trading market by April 30 although they can apply "to buy or take-off gold directly from the GoldBod," the statement said. Finance minister Cassiel Ato Forson said in January that the creation of GoldBod would allow Ghana to benefit m...

ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES TARGET POTENTIAL HEZBOLLAH SUCCESSOR, HASHEM SAFIEDDINE. (PHOTO).


 Israeli airstrikes target potential Hezbollah successor, Hashem Safieddine


A fresh Israeli airstrike in Beirut has targeted Hashem Safieddine, a potential successor to the late Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah.

CNN reports that Safieddine is one of the possible successors of late Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli strike last week.

The report said it was unclear if the strike killed Safieddine.

This is even as nearly two dozen projectiles were identified crossing into Israeli territory from Lebanon after sirens sounded in Haifa and the Galilee region.

However, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated that about 20 projectiles were detected in the Haifa Bay and Western Galilee areas.

IDF said that most of the projectiles were intercepted, with the rest falling in open areas.

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