Airtel Ghana Wins Global CSR Award
Airtel Ghana’s transformational CSR programme has been globally adjudged ‘Best Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative’ at the 2016 Global Carrier Awards held in Paris, France on Tuesday,...
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Prince Harry’s Girlfriend Meghan Markle Jets To London
American actress Meghan Markle has flown to London to join Prince Harry at Kensington Palace. Markle, 35 and a star of "Suits," was spotted shopping at a Whole Foods supermarket and photographed...
Mahama Has Made Us Slaves
The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has made most Ghanaians slaves in their own country with the kind of international trade agreements it has signed, Ivor Greenstreet, presidential...
Trump And The Presidency
Former United States Secretary of State and Senator Hillary Clinton phoned real estate magnate Donald Trump in the early morning hours of November 9 to concede defeat in the national presidential...
Man, 22 of Ghanaian Descent Killed
James Owusu, a 22-year-old Ghanaian resident in UK was gunned down in the doorway of his family home in north-west London Wednesday evening. His family said two men walked casually past the open...
14 CPP Parliamentary Candidates Physically Challenged
Fourteen out of the 222 parliamentary candidates contesting the December 7 election on the ticket of the Convention Peoples’ Party (CPP) are people with disabilities (PWDs). The party’s...
Ghanaian Youngster Shot Dead In Harlesden, UK
A business student shot dead on his doorstep told his mother “I haven’t done anything to anyone” as he lay dying in her arms, it was revealed today. James Owusu, 22, was gunned down in the...
Don’t Vote For Disruptive Change
Mr Kwesi Berkoe Amissah Arthur, the Vice President, has urged Ghanaians to vote against disruptive change in the upcoming December 7 general elections. Addressing hundreds of National Democratic...
The Truth About ‘patient Zero’ and HIV’s Origins
Research has shown that HIV virus did not spread to US via patient zero. The man blamed for bringing HIV to the United States just had his name cleared. New research has proved that Gaëtan Dugas, a...
1.3 Million Kenyans In 23 Counties Are In Need of Food Aid
1.3 million Kenyans in 23 counties are in need of food aid - Report Despite the progress Kenya has made in reducing hunger, it is among 50 countries where levels of hunger remain serious or alarming,...
Reigning Manifestos
We have had a few weeks of it. Rainfall diluting manifesto launches even when enough “nyame akuma' spicing in the mix forced some of us to tune out of the vague promises. But we were not alone. ...
Haiti In National Mourning
Survivors of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti have picked their way through devastation to attend Sunday church services, some worshipping outside because buildings were destroyed. The Category four storm...
Hurricane Matthew Batters Southeast Coast; 6 Dead As Over 1 Million Lose Power
Debris flies through the air as the eye of Hurricane Matthew nears Daytona Beach Hurricane Matthew battered the southeast coast early Saturday with powerful winds, storm surges and torrential rain,...
Haiti Hurricane Death Tolls Doubles To 800
The south-western town of Jeremie suffered the full force of the storm The UN has warned it could take days for the full impact of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti to emerge, as the death toll soars to...
Hundreds Dead In Haitian Storm Disaster
The death toll in Haiti as a result of Hurricane Matthew – the most powerful Caribbean storm in a decade – has soared to more than 300, officials say. Some 50 people were reported killed in the...
Hundreds Dead In Haiti Storm Disaster
The death toll in Haiti as a result of Hurricane Matthew - the most powerful Caribbean storm in a decade - has soared to more than 300, officials say. Some 50 people were reported killed in the town...
US States Order Evacuations As ‘serious’ Storm Looms
Hundreds of thousands of people in Florida and South Carolina have been told to evacuate as Hurricane Matthew churns towards the US east coast. "This is a serious storm," warned President Barack...
Dangerous Storm Closes In On Haiti
One of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent years is closing in on Haiti, bringing winds, rains and storm surges. Hurricane Matthew, a Category Four storm, is forecast to hit the western...
Zika Vaccine Race Spurred By Crisis and Profit Potential
The race to find protection against the Zika virus is fueled by something often missing from tropical disease research: the potential for big profit. The prospect of a blockbuster vaccine against a...
Gandhi’s Economic and Political Significance In West Africa
Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1869) was shot dead in India on 30 January 1948. “We too mourned his death”, wrote Kwame Nkrumah, “for he had inspired us deeply with his political thought, notably with his...