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UN Envoy To Hold Talks With Gambia’s New President
UN Secretary-General Special Representative for The Gambia, Mohammed Ibn Chambas, plans to have further discussions...
Ghana @60 Planning Committee Inaugurated
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will later today inaugurate a committee to oversee the planning and execution of...
Football Fails To Bring Relief To Gabon
The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, the continent's biggest football tournament, is taking place in Gabon. But across the...
Boakye Agyarko, Osafo Maafo Sail Through
Energy Minister-designate Boakye Agyarko and Senior Minister-designate, Yaw Osafo Marfo have finally been cleared by...
No Cattle Killed At Agogo – Youth
News making the rounds that some 40 cattle belonging to Fulani nomads have been killed at Agogo in the Ashanti Region...
Egypt Loss Behind Us – Atsu
Black Stars midfielder Christian Atsu has said Ghana’s defeat to Egypt in the last group game of the Africa Cup of...
Mensah Confident of Win Over DR Congo
Black Stars defender Jonathan Mensah has said Ghana’s loss to Egypt will not distract the team’s quest to make it...
No Ghanaian Player Named In CAF Best XI For Group Stage
Confederation of African Football has announced the best XI of the first round of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations with...
Sierra Leone FA Commiserates With Bereaved Coach Sellas Tetteh
The Sierra Leone Football Association has sent the condolence to head coach Sellas Tetteh who has lost his wife. Madam...
Sammy Kuffour Fears Gyan’s Injury Might Cost Ghana AFCON Trophy
Ex-Ghana defender Samuel Osei Kuffour says the Black Stars will have faint hopes of winning the 2017 Africa Cup of...
President Barrow Arrives To Take Power In The Gambia
Banjul (Gambia) (AFP) - President Adama Barrow arrived in The Gambia on Thursday to a jubilant welcome marking the...
Barrow Returns To Warm Welcome As Gambia Turns A Page
Banjul (Gambia) (AFP) - Jubilant Gambians on Thursday welcomed home their new President Adama Barrow, who was elected...
Style-Conscious Congolese Add Touch of Elegance To Cup
Oyem (Gabon) (AFP) - Stadiums may not be full at the Africa Cup of Nations but the supporters who do turn out create a...
UK Court Blocks Nigeria Spill Claims Against Shell
London (AFP) - A British court on Thursday blocked pollution claims against Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell by more than...
Reserve Players Did Their Best – Grant
Black Stars head coach Avram Grant insists reserve players who were given the opportunity to play against Egypt in...
Nigeria Says Buhari ‘hale and Hearty’, Denies Illness
Abuja (AFP) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is "hale and hearty", his government said Thursday, denying rumours...
Tunisia’s Powerful UGTT Union Elects New Leader
Gammarth (Tunisia) (AFP) - Tunisia's UGTT labour union, which played a role in the 2011 uprising that toppled the...
Gambia’s New President Adama Barrow Arrives Home
Gambia's President Adama Barrow has returned to the country to assume power - days after his predecessor Yahya Jammeh...
Malians, Nigeriens Among 29 Illegal Miners Arrested In Atiwa Forest
Twenty-nine suspected illegal miners of various nationalities have been arrested in the Atiwa Rain Forest Reserve. They...