The first shipload of refugees left the quake-stricken town of Kaikoura Wednesday as the New Zealand government announced the magnitude of Monday's deadly tremor had been upgraded from 7.5 to 7.8....
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Around 14 million people will need humanitarian help in the former northeast Nigerian stronghold region of Boko Haram militants and tens of thousands of children will be at risk of dying from famine,...
The Ring Road Central leading to the newly opened Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange in Accra, reached a total gridlock Tuesday, leaving commuters frustrated for hours. A traffic light installed at the...
For senior citizen Elia Shaanika from Ongandjera District in northern Namibia's Omusati Region, the future seemed bleak and he did not know how he would survive next month as he faces severe food...
More than 4,000 chickens have died since the outbreak of the Newcastle disease in Namibia early July this year. The disease that was first detected at Etunda in the north of the country about 760...
Namibia has proposed a law that will ban foreigners from buying land in the country. The Land Bill of 2016 is a combination of the Agricultural Commercial Land Reform Act of 1995 and the Communal...
The Ring Road Central leading to the newly opened Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange in Accra, reached a total gridlock Tuesday, leaving commuters frustrated for hours. A traffic light installed at the...
Vice President K. B. Amissah-Arthur is in Marrakech, Morocco for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Dubbed COP-22, the conference has the task of drawing up the first steps on...
The U. S. Interior Department finalized rules on Tuesday that would prevent leaks of potent methane emissions from oil and gas production of federal and tribal lands, one of the last major Obama...
The School of Continuing and Distance Education (SCDE) of the College of Education, University of Ghana announces the 68th Annual New Year School and Conference which is on the theme “Promoting...
Two tractors were donated by Exim Bank to two farmers in this year’s Farmers Day celebration. The event, which was held at Kitampo in the Brong Ahafo Region saw 39-year-old Ariku Martin Akudugu...
Mr. Michael Aryeetey, Chief Operating Officer of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Exploration and Production Company Limited (Explorco) has projected that the country’s daily oil...
When I arrived in Babensi II village last July, the whole community was desperately expecting Greenpeace and its partners to provide them with answers and solutions to get their land back. For three...
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported that the year of 2016 is on track to be the hottest on record, said UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq on Monday. Preliminary data show that global...
President John Dramani Mahama on Monday evening cut the tape for the usage of the entire Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange project. The facility, which has three flyovers, also has a recreational...
President John Dramani Mahama on Monday evening cut the tape for the usage of the entire Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange project. The facility, which has three flyovers, also has a recreational...
2016 looks poised to be the warmest year on record globally, according to preliminary data. With data from just the first nine months, scientists are 90% certain that 2016 will pass the mark set by...
The Electricity Company of Ghana says it loses GH¢28 million on an average every year in the Ashanti Region due to electricity theft. Regional Director of the company’s Strategic Business Unit,...
Work has begun at Chernobyl in Ukraine to move a giant shield over the site of the world's worst nuclear accident. The concrete and steel arch will eventually cover the remains of the reactor which...