The European Union imposed sanctions Monday on nine more officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo amid unrest after President Joseph Kabila's refusal to step aside, a statement said. The people...
Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah has called on the Ashanti Regional Queen mother’s Association to have faith in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government led President Akufo Addo....
Qatar has deported a Saudi human rights activist who was on his way to Norway where he hoped to seek asylum, a watchdog said on Monday. Mohammed al-Otaibi, 49, fled to neighbouring Qatar in March...
The Ghana Education Service (GES) says abdominal upset experienced by some female students of the Juaben senior high school in the Eastern Region is not the result of food poisoning. Several students...
The Managing Director of Heritage Bank Limited, Patrick Fiscian, together with some members of his Executive team, has paid a courtesy call on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, at the Manhyia...
The Greater Accra Regional Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has warned officials in the erstwhile Mahama administration who would be found culpable of engaging in acts of...
A threat by radical Islamists in northeast Mali to punish an unmarried couple with death by stoning finally was not carried out, local officials told AFP on Monday. Officials had told AFP on May 17...
The Democratic Republic of Congo has approved using an experimental Ebola vaccine to combat an outbreak of the virus in the northeast, the government said Monday. "The DRC accepts the use of vaccines...
The World Bank has cautioned government to control current expenditures, especially spending on the wage bill. In 2016, Ghana’s wage bill as a percentage of national income was over 40 percent....
The Minister of State responsible for Public Procurement, Sarah Adwoa Safo has issued warning to ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to stop terminating government contracts without recourse...
The Shoprite supermarket at the Accra Mall has become an apparent deathtrap to hundreds of customers following the mounting of scaffolds for an ongoing renovation work inside the shop. Scaffolds have...
The Ghana Armed Forces has defended the deployment of some of its men to protect Geo Professional Services Company, a mining company in the Amansie West District in the Ashanti Region, found to be...
Deputy General Secretary of main opposition National Democratic Congress has dismissed suggestions any activity by the National Executive Committee of the opposition National Democratic Congress...
Former President John Mahama’s Advisor on Governance and Corruption, Mr Daniel Batidam, has said he will be happy to see the Akufo-Addo government prosecute and jail former officials of the Mahama...
Up to 200,000 civilians caught between fanatical jihadists and advancing Iraqi forces are in grave danger in the final stages of the battle for Mosul, a senior UN official said Monday. More than...
The five were arrested in the Prestea Huni-Valley District Five Nigerien have been arrested by the Western Regional Police for allegedly trading in contraband and over the counter medicines. The...
Iran's judiciary chief criticised moderate President Hassan Rouhani on Monday over his promises to release jailed opposition leaders -- a sign of the obstacles facing the newly re-elected leader's...
The Great Barrier Reef can no longer be saved in its present form and is damaged beyond repair, scientists have warned. They say coral bleaching in the area is worse than thought, partly because of...
Two persons have been injured in violent protests over the arrest of the ringleader in last week's demonstration in the Eastern regional town of Somanya. Joy News’ Kofi Siaw reports that there is a...
A Taiwanese steel firm behind a toxic waste dump that killed tonnes of fish in Vietnam last year started operations on Monday, state media in Hanoi reported. The incident was one of the worst...
