Ghanaian acts, Shatta Wale, Bisa Kdei and Efya made Ghana proud at the just ended 2016 African Muzik Magazine Awards (AFRIMMA) held in Dallas, Texas, United States of America. Shatta beats...
Kenya's surprise decision to nominate the Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed for the job of African Union (AU) Commission chairperson will test the lobbying skills of the country's diplomats and its...
A Sudanese-British mobile communications entrepreneur and billionaire, Dr Mo Ibrahim, has urged Ghana to reduce the level of political temperature as the country gears up for the polls in December....
Government of Ghana will support newly discovered HIV medicine, Deputy chief of Staff, Jonny Osei Kofi has said. He disclosed this in an interview at a Press conference organized by the Centre of...
The Centre of Awareness has disclosed that it has found a potential cure for HIV/AIDS following ten years of research into plant medicines in Ghana. According to the founder of the centre, Dr Samuel...
As most of the world ignores or hypocritically celebrates the 147th birthday of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on the International Day of Nonviolence on 2 October, some of us will quietly acknowledge...
Gabon’s president Ali Bongo is due to be sworn in on Tuesday after the country’s highest court validated his re-election Friday. Opposition leader Jean Ping rejected the court’s ruling and said...
Gabon's newly re-elected president, Ali Bongo, said Saturday that he would seek to form a new government based on a national political dialogue that will "most likely" include leading opposition...
Just like other products, Africa has become a scrapyard for aircraft that have outlived their usefulness in Europe, Thabani Mthiyane, CEO of South Africa’s Air Traffic Navigation Services (ATNS)...
Germany has earmarked €20 million to support Ghana to set up an electronic waste recycling facility which is one of the interventions to control hazardous and electronic waste in the country. The...
Gold was discovered, (circa) ca. BC/BCE 6,000 in Egypt (Cramb, Alan W, A Short History of Metals, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University). It was the first and by...
The failure of African countries to produce oil palm to meet growing demand has resulted in the description of oil palm production in the continent as anaemic. Although oil palm originated in the...
The Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Ahmed Yakubu Alhassan has disclosed that cabinet has approved the creation of an Oil Palm Development Board to regulate and promote the sector. The...
Paris (AFP) - Stargazers in south and central Africa will be treated to a spectacular solar eclipse Thursday when the Moon wanders into view to make the Sun appear as a "ring of fire", astronomers...
The Transport Ministry is set to meet with shipping companies over the charging of Terminal handling fees at the ports on goods imported into the country. The meeting which will be at the behest of...
Ghana has been ranked 9th out of 38 countries in the latest Prosperity Report on Africa.
The West African country performed particularly well in security and safety but performed badly in Economy,...
There could be more than 100 million additional people living in extreme poverty by 2030 if the international community does not undertake rapid, inclusive and climate-smart development, a World Bank...
The well publicized campaign #bringbackourgirls helped to bring global attention to the often ignored issue of sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) during conflicts.
It has been months and our...
Over that period alone an estimated 6.8% of the continent's elephant population was wiped out by the illegal ivory trade, scientists say.
In central Africa, the worst affected region, poaching led to...
Nestle Ghana has introduced paternity leave for its male employees to support exclusive breastfeeding for infants within their first 1000 days in life.
“As a recognised leader in Nutrition, Health...
