Nana Otoubour Djan Kwasi II, the Aburihene, has called on all traditional leaders to join forces in the fight against illegal mining popularly known as galamsey in the country. The chief, who takes...
Takata shares dropped nearly 20 percent on Thursday after a media report said the embattled Japanese airbag maker was considering filing for bankruptcy protection and then rolling its key businesses...
Since entering office, President Donald Trump has used Twitter to issue declarations on everything from America's geopolitical rivals to his personal feuds with the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger. As...
Alexandre Amiel was alarmed when his 11-year-old son asked the day after the attacks on Charlie Hebdo magazine and a Jewish supermarket in Paris: "Why do they hate us?" The veteran filmmaker's answer...
A French tourist survived a rare shark attack in New Zealand on Thursday, suffering only moderate injuries, rescuers and locals said. The woman, aged in her 20s, was bodyboarding in the afternoon at...
Sales of ebooks dropped 3% to £538m last year, according to the Publishers Association trade body. But total book sales including physical books rose 6% to £3.5bn, according to the data, led by...
Fitbit has said it is investigating a report from a Wisconsin woman who said she suffered second-degree burns when her fitness tracker caught fire. Dina Mitchell told ABC News that the Flex 2 began...
The UN's World Food Programme has said Burundi has blocked an 10-truck aid convoy coming in from Rwanda, the Reuters news agency reports. Burundi has fallen out with Rwanda and accused it of backing...
Nigeria's presidency has defended President Muhammadu Buhari over allegations that his anti-corruption fight is targeting former President Goodluck Jonathan and his family. A statement said that Mr...
Mr Hichilema has been in custody for more than a fortnight Zambia's presidential spokesman Amos Chanda has denied allegations that President Edgar Lungu is influencing the case against opposition...
The nine deaths happened in a short space of time in Sinoe county. The Liberian authorities have ruled out Ebola as the cause of the deaths of nine people from a mystery illness in the south-east of...
Riots have paralysed a major mining town in Guinea, with protesters destroying property, vehicles and equipment. People in Boke, north-west Guinea, say they can no longer tolerate power cuts and high...
Maiduguri has in the past been the scene of many attacks North-east Nigeria has been hit by its third suicide attack in as many days. In the latest incident Nigerian officials say four suicide...
African Union chief Moussa Faki was snubbed by the US during a recent visit to the capital, Washington DC, the Foreign Policy (FP) magazine reports. Mr Faki had been invited to the city Secretary of...
The government, through its National Industrial Revitalisation Programme (NIVP) has provided GH?220 million to revive distressed but viable local companies across the country. The programme, which...
A large explosion has hit an area near Damascus international airport, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says. “The blast was huge and could be heard in Damascus,” said Rami Abdel Rahman,...
Last year, consumption of aviation turbine kerosene (ATK), the fuel used by aircraft, rose by 17.9 per cent to 140,272 metric tonnes. The increment was due to the removal of taxes on the product and...
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has assured that it has strengthened its internal mechanisms in dealing with the disposal of staff assets. This follows the ministry’s encounter with the Public...
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has given assurance of its implementation of measures to ensure that it is more efficient in revenue generation and financial management. The assurance was given...
Maria Sharapova won on her return to action after a 15-month doping ban as she beat Roberta Vinci in the first round of the Stuttgart Open. The Russian, who was suspended last March after testing...
