5 Killed In Crash At Kenyase
Over 15 persons who were in the bus sustained various degrees of injury Five individuals are reported dead in an accident that occurred at Kenyase in the Ashanti Region around 1pm on Friday, May 26....
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UN Fears Gaza Energy Crisis Could Spark Fresh Violence
The United Nations warned Friday that an energy crisis in the Gaza Strip was severely affecting water supplies and health services, and could trigger an outbreak of violence. UN envoy Nickolay...
Monsoon Rains Kill At Least 25 In Sri Lanka
Landslides and floods killed at least 25 people and left another 42 missing in Sri Lanka following heavy monsoon rains on Friday, the Disaster Management Centre said. Nearly 8,000 people were driven...
Last Message To South Korea Ferry Victim
The last messages to a victim of South Korea's Sewol ferry disaster were revealed Friday after their mobile phone was recovered from the salvaged wreck, officials said. The vessel took hours to sink...
Rescue Drill Turns Real As US Coast Guard Finds Missing Tongans
A search and rescue exercise turned real for a US Coast Guard crew who found six Tongan fishermen missing at sea for a week, New Zealand officials said Friday. New Zealand Rescue Coordination Centre...
FDA Working To Discourage Growers Use of Polluted Irrigation Sources
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says it is working with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) to discourage growers who use polluted sources of irrigation. A Joy News documentary last week...
Rescuers Pull 2,300 Migrants, Two Dead From Mediterranean
Around 2,300 migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya on Thursday and two others were found dead in operations carried out by NGO vessels, the Italian coastguard and commercial ships in the area....
Insecurity, Underfunding Hamper Nigeria Hunger Relief
Aid agencies warn that humanitarian efforts against hunger in northeastern Nigeria are dangerously underfunded and some communities remain cut off from aid and their farms as the military continues...
Expect Above-Average Atlantic Hurricane Season, US Forecasters Say
The Atlantic ocean could see another above-average hurricane season this year, with 11-17 big storms and as many as nine hurricanes, US forecasters said Thursday. The expected absence of El Nino, an...
Fire Ravages Shops At Nkrumah Circle
Victims of the fire outbreak were seen trying to salvage what they could from the incident More than 15 shops have been razed by fire at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle. Properties, running into thousands...
Funding Shortfall Hits Starving In NE Nigeria
Lack of funding is forcing aid agencies to cut feeding programmes for starving people in northeast Nigeria, the UN said Thursday, warning of growing pressure on resources as refugees return. The...
Afghan Plane Forced To Fly Back After Angry MPs Miss Flight
Supporters of two Afghan MPs who missed a domestic flight from Kabul blocked an airport runway with rocks, forcing the plane to return for the lawmakers, officials said. The Kam Air flight was...
Blows Over ‘missing’ Choppers
Two former National Democratic Congress (NDC) government appointees have denied vehemently that some helicopters (choppers) belonging to the Ghana Gas Company are missing. Ghana Gas has been in the...
Fire Ravages Shops At Nkrumah Circle [Photos]
More than 15 shops have been razed by fire at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle . Properties, running into thousands of cedis have also been consumed. The incident happened at about 9.30am this morning ...
Dead Student From Sunken S. Korea Ferry Identified
A third set of human remains found following the recovery of South Korea's sunken Sewol ferry has been identified as one of the missing victims, officials said Thursday. Cho Eun-Hwa, a 17-year-old...
Trevor Noah On Processing Tragedy On Late-Night
In times when it is easy and understandable to be at a loss for words, late-night television hosts often find themselves searching for the right ones to say. In light of the terror attack at an...
Ghana Gas Denies Reports of Missing Helicopters
The management of Ghana Gas has denied media reports suggesting that four helicopters it purchased in 2015 are missing. In a statement on Wednesday, the management was emphatic that the four...
Fuel Tanker Explosion Injures Six In Eastern Region
A fuel tanker has exploded at Nkwanta Number two in the Eastern region injuring six people. The explosion according to eye witness happened after the tanker driver lost control and veered off the...
Six Injured After Nkwanda Fuel Tanker Explosion
An explosion involving a fuel tanker at Nkwanda Number Two in the Eastern Region has injured six people. The explosion occurred after the tanker veered off the road. The six injured included four...
Trump Commits $300 Million To Fight Africa Famine
US President Donald Trump told Pope Francis on Wednesday he was committing more than $300 million (270 million euros) to help prevent or tackle famine in Yemen and several countries in Africa. Trump,...