Most the people living in Muna camp have fled their homes due to the spate of attacks by Boko Haram At least eight people have been killed in multiple suicide blasts along a highway in Maiduguri in...
As many as 40,000 Tamil civilians may have died in the last few months of the fighting The United Nations has condemned Sri Lanka's government for failing to investigate civil war-era atrocities,...
The president of Ghana Bankers Association, Alhassan Andani has cautioned that until the fundamentals of Ghana’s economy are strengthened, the cedi will continue to depreciate in value. Mr. Andani...
If you were waiting for Manasseh Azuri to respond to Nana Kwame’s comment on his Tuesday Facebook post, the wait is over! The investigative journalist has fired back, abrantepa.com can state!...
Africa can be proud of many remarkable achievements in recent decades. Giving 427 million more people access to improved drinking water since 1990 – an average of 47,000 people every day across...
The Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) has pledged its commitment to the 2017 budget statement and economic policy of government, describing it as an “ambitious one that seeks to address the...
The United Nations has approved an emergency loan of $22 million (20.3 million euros) in a bid to prevent another famine in drought and crisis-hit Somalia, its food agency said Tuesday. The Central...
Final-year students of the Navrongo Senior High School (SHS) in the Upper East Region, who were sacked from the school for misconduct, have been given another opportunity to come back to the school...
This may sound funny but it is really true; for most people, when they are single, all they see is happy couples and when they are in a relationship, all they see is happy singles. They are not happy...
At least 26 people have died of starvation in Somalia’s southern region of Jubaland, the government-owned Radio Mogadishu website has reported. It quoted regional interior minister and drought...
Head of Commercial Banking at Stanbic Bank, Abdul Jaleel Hussein, has hinted that the Agriculture sector can contribute more to Ghana’s GDP. According to him, the use of basic farming tools in the...
The United Nations on Monday rejected a call by the Saudi-led coalition battling rebels in Yemen for the key port of Hodeida to be placed under its supervision. The coalition made the appeal...
Mariam Ibrahim, her seven children and two neighbouring families were the last to leave their village in southwestern Somalia. They loaded their combined belongings -- blankets, cooking pots,...
The total export revenue realized from cashew in 2016 was US$244,500,000, making the commodity the leading non-traditional crop export revenue generator. The President of the Ghana Cashew Industry...
Four members of the family who control South Korea's troubled retail giant Lotte, including its 93-year-old founder, went on trial Monday for embezzlement, tax evasion and fraud. The proceedings...
A SpaceX reusable cargo ship splashed down in the Pacific Ocean safely on Sunday, ending a mission to supply astronauts on the International Space Station, the company said. The Dragon capsule -- the...
Several thousand people descended on the Lebanese capital Sunday to protest a proposed tax hikes to cover a salary increase for teachers and other public servants. Demonstrators flocked to downtown...
Ghana’s first health insurance scheme for homoeopathic care has been launched in Accra. The scheme, launched by the C4C Homeopathic Hospital, is the set to promote access to alternative...
Tens of thousands have flowed out of war-wracked Mosul in recent weeks, but Samir Hamid and 33 family members have decided to go against the tide to return home. "We stayed with relatives for a week...
From hotels with segregated swimming pools to jelly made from seaweed instead of pig bones, Buddhist Thailand is chasing halal gold as it welcomes Muslim visitors and touts its wares to the Islamic...
