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Hohoe floodwaters recede, leaving over 5,000 homeless

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has confirmed that the floods which hit the Hohoe municipality last Monday displaced a total of about 5,336 people in 10 communities.

Hohoe floodwaters recede, leaving over 5,000 homeless

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Japan raises residency fee for foreign nationals by twenty-foldJapan

By Nana Karikari, Senior Global Affairs Correspondent Japan has raised the cost of permanent residency, surging twenty-fold to 200,000 yen, equivalent to about 14,844 Ghanaian Cedis.

  • Residency fee for foreign nationals raised 20-fold to 200,000 yen (14,844 Ghanaian Cedis)
  • Policy aims to manage 4.12 million foreign residents, a 9.5% increase
  • Visa fees five-fold increased in July, new rules to start in April

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