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A student of the Bolgatanga Senior High School has had his hearing impaired after he was repeatedly slapped by one of his teachers. Samuel Atanga alleges a physics teacher slapped him several times in the dining hall for attempting to take food outside. Doctors in Bolgatanga and at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital have since confirmed that the boy is suffering from perforation of the eardrum and needs urgent attention. Master Atanga says since the incident neither the school nor the teacher is accepting responsibility for his illness. Neither the teacher nor the school authorities at the Bolgatanga Senior High School were available for comment. But the district directorate of education is said to be investigating the matter. Source: Joy News/Myjoyonline.com/Ghana

People suspected to be citizens of Burkina Faso are in the Upper East Region ostensibly to take part in the ongoing voters registration exercise. Joy FM’s Upper East Regional Correspondent Joseph Osei who has been part of an undercover investigation reports that some unscrupulous men have consistently bused the 'aliens' into Paga, Navrongo and neighboring towns to take part in the registration exercise. According to him they saw a red-ford ranger pick-up on two occasions pick ‘aliens’ from Burkina Faso only to bring them to register in Ghana. It is not yet clear which political party is behind the illegal act. Joseph Osei said the ‘aliens’ are unable to speak any Ghanaian language and were also acting funny. He said electoral officers have been alerted of the phenomenon, but are yet to take any firm action. The report comes in the wake of allegations that some NDC officials in the Western Region were busing people from the Ivory Coast to vote, an allegation the part...