The only pontoon that transports heavy loads and passengers across the Volta Lake from Yeji in Brong-Ahafo to Makango in the Northern regions has halted operations. This, according to authorities at...
South Africa's Western Cape region which includes Cape Town declared a drought disaster on Monday as the province battled its worst water shortages for 113 years. Boreholes will be drilled at...
Cholera has killed 315 people in Yemen in under a month, the World Health Organization has said, as another aid organisation warned Monday the outbreak could become a "full-blown epidemic". The WHO...
We said never again after June 3, we thought it was ending after Trade Fair explosion on December 22, we grinned our teeth after the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) explosion on January 26. What didn’t we...
An Indian has climbed Mount Everest twice in under a week in what may be a new woman’s record for the fastest double ascent. Anshu Jamsenpa, a 37-year-old mother-of-two, reached the summit on 16...
The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) is unable to carry out maintenance works on its transmission lines within the Akwatia, Nsutem and Anyinam communities in the Eastern Region because of illegal mining...
A 4-year-old girl, Precious Sarpomaa Boateng died after a wall collapsed in Soko a suburb of Sukura in the Greater Accra region. Two other children have also sustained serious injuries our reporter,...
More than 31 million people were displaced in their own countries by conflict, violence and disasters in 2016, with China and the Democratic Republic of Congo among the worst affected, a new report...
Three climbers died on Everest over the weekend and another is missing, officials confirmed Monday, in one of the deadliest episodes on the peak since an avalanche swept through base camp killing 18...
reas outside the famine zones are also suffering from severe food shortages. It has been three months since famine, which has been caused by a longstanding conflict between the government and rebels...
A cholera outbreak in war-ravaged Yemen has killed 315 people since April 27, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday. The cholera infection is continuing to spread across Yemen with...
French driver Sebastien Bourdais underwent successful surgery for pelvic injuries he suffered in a fiery crash while trying to qualify for the Indianapolis 500, IndyCar officials said Sunday....
An American climber died Sunday on his way to the summit of Mount Everest, expedition organisers said, the latest death to mar the ongoing climbing season. The 50-year-old mountaineer died close to...
play videoMany suburbs in Accra were submerged by floodwaters after a Saturday afternoon downpour Many suburbs in Accra were submerged by floodwaters after a Saturday afternoon downpour. The rains...
Apple is refusing to compensate a woman whose Beats headphones exploded in her face, claiming the batteries were at fault. Earlier this year, the anonymous woman says she was asleep on a flight from...
An Indian climber Sunday reached the summit of Mount Everest for the second time in less than a week, her expedition team said, setting a women's record for a double ascent of the world's highest...
In Ghana the mere mention of illegal small scale mining provokes unfounded accusations. The situation has led to disputing rightly formulated and comprehensive measures to tackle the menace galamsey...
Parts of the capital got submerged after the rains Many suburbs in Accra were submerged by floodwaters after a Saturday afternoon downpour. The rains that lasted about less than an hour rendered some...
Many suburbs in Accra were submerged by floodwaters after a Saturday afternoon downpour. The rains that lasted about less than an hour rendered some roads impassable. Accompanied by strong winds,...
A 62-year-old woman has been shot dead in Alavanyo in the Volta Region. Persons closed to the situation have blamed the incident which happened on Saturday on the protracted Nkonya-Alavanyo dispute....
