A powerful Al-Qaeda-linked group on Friday claimed an attack on a United Nations camp that killed three peacekeepers in Kidal in Mali's troubled north. The Group to Support Islam and Muslims, a...
Despite defeats in Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State group has reorganized and is now "more focused than ever" on attacking Europe and other areas outside that conflict zone, a senior UN official...
France has asked the UN Security Council to authorise the deployment of a five-nation African military force to fight jihadists and criminality in the Sahel region, with a vote expected as early as...
The Black Stars Team B triumphed 2-1 over Gambia on Wednesday in an international friendly played at the Accra Sports Stadium. The match was part of Ghana’s preparations for the upcoming CHAN 2018...
The Local Black Stars now referred to as Black Stars B have beaten the senior side of The Gambia 2-1 in a friendly match played Wednesday morning at the Accra Sports Stadium. The Scorpions are...
France will ask the UN Security Council to authorize an African military force for the Sahel region that will be sent to root out jihadists and drug traffickers, the French ambassador said Tuesday. A...
The European Union has agreed to give more than 50m euros to fund a new African joint military force in the Sahel region. The force will be made up of troops from Mauritania, Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso...
Ecowas forces in Guinea-Bissau started withdrawing over the weekend. ECOWAS forces in Guinea-Bissau started withdrawing over the weekend. A first group of 65 men from the 5th Nigerian contingent of...
The EU is giving 50 million euros to set up a joint African military force in the Sahel region to fight jihadists, the bloc's foreign affairs chief said Monday. The funds will help pay for the troops...
Wa All Stars goalkeeper Richard Ofori wants to be the number one goal keeper for the Black Stars ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Ethiopia. Ofori has been in top shape since...
French forces operating in northern Mali said Friday that they had taken "out of action" around 20 militants in operations against jihadist groups this week. Soldiers taking part in Operation...
The 2008 electioneering campaign saw for the first time concrete and bold policy initiatives espoused by the two main political parties to bridge the development gap in the northern part of the...
Ghana have slipped a massive four places in the latest FIFA rankings, while there were positive gains for the likes of Nigeria and FIFA Confederations Cup-bound Cameroon. The Black Stars are down to...
Former Ghana international Mohammed Polo insist the Black Starlets should have won the Africa U17 Championship. Ghana failed to make history by becoming the first African country to win the...
They travel thousands of kilometres across west Africa to get to the southeast Nigerian city of Calabar where small boats are supposed to take them to a better life. But these migrants aren't about...
A damning United Nations report on Tuesday alleged horrific crimes in the Central African Republic including rape, murder, torture, kidnapping and the use of child soldiers, which could amount to war...
An uninformed generation is without doubt, a lost generation. In other words, people who do not have any knowledge about themselves or their belief systems don’t seem to know what they are about....
In a report YEN understands that Shiraz Jawol has levelled accusations against some high ranking officers of the New Patriotic Party for corruption. According to the Peasant Farmers Association of...
Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) Engineer William Amuna says the company is upgrading its equipment nationwide to enhance operational reliability at all of its bulk supply...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is scheduled to leave Ghana for Monrovia, Liberia on Friday, May 26 as part of the third phase of his tour of West Africa. President Akufo-Addo began the phase...
