South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has cut short his attendance at the Commonwealth summit in London to deal with violent protests at home. Clashes have taken place in North West province where...
After two years of winner-drought, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation has announced its 2017 Prize for Achievement in African Leadership is to be awarded to Former President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf....
Ghana appeared 90th on the Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) 2018, an annual benchmarking report that measures and ranks 119 countries and 90 cities based on their ability to grow, attract...
Ghana appeared 90th on the Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) 2018, an annual benchmarking report that measures and ranks 119 countries and 90 cities based on their ability to grow, attract...
Ghana ranks 95th in the global Financial Secrecy Index (FSI) 2018 report polling a secrecy score of 62 in a study published by the Tax Justice Network in conjunction with Transparency International,...
A Ghanaian born Counter-Terrorist, Mutaru Mumuni Muqthar, has been honoured as the 2017 Daily Trust African of the Year. A renowned Egyptian-British Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Imperial College of...
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has left Accra for Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to attend the 2017 edition of the Africa Global Business Forum. Bawumia has recently been on a...
Kenya's David Rudisha's hopes of adding world 800 metres gold to the Olympic title he won in a world record time at the same track in the 2012 London Olympics have been dashed because of injury. The...
Beijing issued a warning to Botswana Wednesday over its plans to host the Dalai Lama next month, asking the African nation to respect China's "core interests". The Tibetan spiritual leader, who lives...
Nicaraguan singer Hernaldo Zuniga brought his entire family to trek through the lush forests and mist-shrouded volcanoes of northwestern Rwanda in search of mountain gorillas. He described their...
On a thin strip of land at the bay of Luederitz in southern Namibia are dozens of gravestones bearing the names of each German soldier killed during a largely forgotten colonial war. Nearby is a...
The Ghana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) has been drawn to take part in the Rugby Afrique Men’s Sevens Tournament that will take place in Kampala Uganda on the 6th and 7th of October 2017. This...
China piled pressure on Botswana on Saturday over a scheduled visit to the southern African country by the Dalai Lama, who it considers a dissident separatist threat. Botswana's President Ian Khama...
A Chinese man alleged to be involved in Botswana's illegal donkey skin trade has been arrested after being found with 500 animals suffering in dire conditions, police said Thursday. The animals were...
The Dalai Lama will visit Botswana next month and meet with President Ian Khama, Botswana officials confirmed, in a trip likely to anger China, a key investor across Africa and its largest trade...
Zimbabwe have rewarded COSAFA Cup-winning coach Sunday Chidzambwa by retaining him for the 2018 African Nations Championship qualifying campaign, which begins Sunday away to Namibia. The former...
Ugandan U-19 Cricket team made sure that Ghana suffered their fourth defeat at the ICC, U-19 Africa division 1, CWC qualifier in Kenya, Nairobi. The fifth match day, which was honoured on Friday,...
World record holder Wayde van Niekerk stormed to victory in the 400m at the Diamond League meet at Lausanne on Thursday, as American veteran Justin Gatlin went sub-10sec for the 100m. Van Niekerk is...
Botswana's government has moved to crack down on the multi-billion dollar trade in donkey skins following a spate of killings of the animals across the country fuelled by soaring demand from China....
Wayde van Niekerk had promised to get "ridiculous" and the South African tyro hailed as Usain Bolt's likely successor did just then when sprinting to a world record in the rarely-run 300m on...
