Renowned Historian Dies
The Ethiopian ministry of foreign affairs has announced the death of the most prominent historian of the country, the Briton, Richard Pankhurst. The government said he was one of Ethiopia's greatest...
Day: February 16, 2017
Two More Arrested Over Deadly Bimbilla Clashes
Two more people have been arrested in the Bimbilla Township in connection with the clashes that led to the death of 10 people including women and children last week. Renewed chieftaincy clashes in...
Commey,Micah and Lawson Return On ‘Freedom Fight Night’ In Accra March 11
Former IBF Lightweight world title challenger, Richard Oblitey Commey (24-2, 22 KOs) makes a return to ring action on March 11 when he faces Belgium based Tunisian, Hedi Slimani (26-2, 14 KOs) in a...
Stay Off Heritage Fund – Minority MPs Roar; Vow To Resist Its Use For Free SHS
The minority members in parliament say they will resist any attempt by the government to amend the Petroleum Revenue Management Act (PRMA) to enable it use proceeds from the Heritage Fund to finance...
Air Peace Starts Accra-Lagos Route
Competition on the Accra –Lagos flight route has been intensified with an additional airline operating effective today (February 16, 2017). The Nigerian owned Air Peace which operates an intra-city...
Shabaab Claims Attack As New Somali Leader Takes Office
Somalia's Shabaab extremists claimed a mortar strike that left two children dead near the presidential palace Thursday during a handover ceremony at which new President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed...
GNAT Angry With Minister Over Threat To Sack Head-Teachers
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), is upset with the Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh’s warning that basic and second cycle school heads, who oversee failure rates...
Armyworms Threaten Southern Africa Food Supply
An outbreak of armyworm caterpillars present in several southern African countries threatens to strip the entire region of key food supplies, warned the UN food agency Thursday. "It is probably only...
Deadly IS Attack On Sufi Shrine In Sindh
A suicide attack in a popular shrine in southern Pakistan has killed at least 50 people, reports say. The bomber blew himself up among devotees in the shrine of Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in the...
Retired B/A Journalist Elected Council of State Rep
A 73-year-old retired journalist and businessman, Kwadwo Agyenim Boateng, has been elected as the Brong Ahafo Regional representative on the Council of State. Mr. Agyenim-Boateng polled 21 votes to...
Pakistan Sufi Shrine Bombing Kills Up To 35
A bomb ripped through a crowded Sufi shrine in Pakistan Thursday, killing up to 35 people and wounding 60, officials said, the deadliest in a series of attacks to strike the insurgency-wracked...
Court Acquits Three Over 2005 Delhi Bomb Blasts
An Indian court Thursday cleared three defendants over a series of bomb blasts in New Delhi in 2005 that killed 62 people, but jailed one of them for his links with a banned group. New Delhi's...
Yemen Air Raid Kills Eight Women, Child At Funeral
An air strike killed eight women and a child at a funeral reception near the Yemeni capital, witnesses said Thursday, adding to the conflict's mounting civilian death toll. At least 10 other women...
US Jobless Claims Edge Upward In Mid-February
New US claims for jobless benefits edged up in the second week of February but continued their record streak of low levels, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Amid robust job creation in recent...
New US Home Construction Slows In January
Construction begun on new housing fell slightly in January, driven by sharp declines in building in the US West and Midwest, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. The slowdown last month was...
Snapchat Owner Prices IPO, Seeks More Than $2 Bn
Snapchat's corporate parent seeks to raise more than $2 billion for the fast-growing social media group in the tech sector's largest public offering in nearly three years, documents filed Thursday...
Supreme Court Nominee Gorsuch Hearing Set For March 20
The confirmation hearing for US President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has been set to begin on March 20, the Senate Judiciary Committee announced Thursday. The hearing is...
Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ Tops Record 33 Million Sales Mark
Michael Jackson's "Thriller," the biggest album in history, on Thursday notched up another mark as it was certified as selling 33 million copies in the United States. The Recording Industry...
Baghdad Car Bomb Kills At Least 48
At least 48 people have been killed in Baghdad in the third blast in the Iraqi capital in three days, security and medical sources say. A car packed with explosives blew up near car dealerships in...
IED Kills Three Pakistani Soldiers
An improvised explosive device hit an army convoy on Thursday in the restive southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan, killing three soldiers and wounding two others, the military said. A...