Ghana End 2016 Ranked 53rd
Ghana ended 2016 in one of its worst positions on the FIFA Ranking at year-end. Ghana dropped out of the Top 50 for the first time in 10 years last month from 45th to 53rd. The 2010 World Cup...
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Water Pollution, Time To Stop Impending Doom
“Famine and thirst sigh like a scythe across the field of statistics and the desert is a moving mouth”—Derek Walcott (The Fortunate Traveler) During the electioneering campaign, I hardly heard...
Liverpool’s Joel Matip Among 7 To Snub Tournament
Liverpool’s Joel Matip is one of seven Cameroon players who have said they do not want to go to the Africa Cup of Nations, which begins on 14 January. The defender cited a “bad experience” with...
Liverpool’s Joel Matip Among Seven To Snub Tournament
German-born Joel Matip (right) has not featured for Cameroon since the 2014 World Cup Liverpool's Joel Matip is one of seven Cameroon players who have said they do not want to go to the Africa Cup of...
Mahama Gun Man To Be Released By Xmas – Lawyer Sosu
Renowned Human Rights lawyer, Francis Xavier Sosu, is expected to file a formal petition to the Attorney General’s Department for the release of Charles Antwi, a 36-year-old man who was accused of...
Protesters Gather In Congo Capital As Kabila’s Mandate Expires
Protesters gathered in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital and at least one other city, defying a ban on demonstrations against the president's plans to stay in office past the end of his term on...
Tensions Rise In DR Congo As President’s Final Term Expires Without Elections
Congolese President Joseph Kabila’s final term in office expires on Monday, with no election to choose a successor and amid a surge in popular anger over what opponents say is an attempt to cling...
Speed Up Africa’s Integration – Mahama Tells African Leaders
President John Dramani Mahama has called on African leaders to work harder to speed up integration in West Africa. Speaking at the 50th Ordinary session of ECOWAS in Abuja on Saturday, President...
Speed Up Africa’s Integration
President John Dramani Mahama has called on African leaders to work harder to speed up integration in West Africa. Speaking at the 50th Ordinary session of ECOWAS in Abuja on Saturday, President...
Speed Up Integration of Africa
President John Dramani Mahama has called on African leaders to speed up integration of Africa. Speaking at the 50th Ordinary session of ECOWAS in Abuja on Saturday, President Mahama expressed...
President Mahama Invites ECOWAS Leaders To Akufo-Addo’s Investiture
President Mahama delivered a farewell speech member of the West African sub-regional body ECOWAS, during the closing of its 50th ordinary session in Abuja on 17th December,2016. President Mahama in...
NDC, We’ill Not Witch-Hunt You, We’ill ‘wizard-Hunt’ You
By Justice Sarpong The President-elect of our dear country, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo has assured the harum-scarum NDC party members that he will not witch hunt any member of the...
Deadly Attack Targets Army Base In Burkina Faso
A dozen soldiers were killed in northern Burkina Faso when unidentified gunmen attacked a military post near the border with Mali, President Roch Marc Christian Kabore said while calling the...
Burkina Faso Militant Attack
Twelve soldiers have been killed and two are missing after an attack by Islamist militants near Burkina Faso’s border with Mali, the army has said. Insurgents who carried out the attack did so on...
AFCON 2017 Tickets Go On Sale
The sale of tickets for the upcoming African Cup of Nations (AFCON 2017) in Gabon started on Thursday according to the Organizing Committee (COCAN). The tickets for the continent’s biggest football...
God Will Punish You If You Take Bribe – Manassah Azure Warns NPP
Mannaseh Azure Awuni has warned NPP transition members against dubious businessmen who would attempt to bribe their way into securing business interests, a move he stressed would cause the downfall...
All Hail Our Decisive President Elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo
What a man! Indeed he is a man! Even Nature cannot but admire this man of high principles and ideas; this man brimming full of energy and offering genuine national services in all its ramifications....
Britain Is Not Helping Former Colonies; Yahya Jammeh Must Be Removed
The Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh, has reportedly backtracked over his resolve to hand over power to his successor, Adama Barrow, after ruling the West African nation for 22 solid years. In a...
Diamond Appiah Tells Mzbel To Relocate To Burkina Faso For ‘Alele Business’
If you thought the beef between Mzbel and Diamond Appiah would end after the elections, you’d be wrong! Diamond has asked Mzbel to relocate to Burkina Faso to pursue prostitution (alele) since the...
Japan To Fund New Bridge Over Volta River
The Japanese government will fund the construction a new bridge over the Volta River on the Eastern Corridor Road Development Project. This follows the signing of a loan agreement amounting to 11.239...