EgyptAir MS804 Crash An Accident
No traces of explosives were found on the remains of French victims aboard an EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean in May 2016, a source close to the French investigation said. The...
Tag: Geography of Africa
Black Starlets Arrive In Gabon Ahead of 2017 CAF U17 Cup of Nations
Ghana's Under-17 team have arrived in Libreville ahead of the 2017 African Junior Championship. The Black Starlets wants to acclimatize before the tournament starts on 14 May. Ghana are in Group A...
Ghanaian Peacekeepers Praised By UN For Foiling Attack In South Sudan
Ghanaian peacekeepers have been praised by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) for foiling an attack at a United Nations (UN) protection site in Leer town of former Unity State on...
Prez Must Set Example To Change Unsatisfactory Attitude of Workers – Lecturer
Lamenting about Ghanaians’ ‘unsatisfactory’ attitude towards work would not cause the needed attitudinal change, if the president and his appointees do not set example. That is the position of...
Filth, Weeds Engulf Accra As Ghanaians Ditch Sanitation Day [Photos]
A few years ago, political, traditional and religious leaders together with citizens were seen in gutters with gloves and boots; wheelbarrows and shovels cleaning the country on the first day of...
Akufo-Addo Pitches Accra-Ouagadougou Rail Line To Kabore
President Nana Akufo Addo has given himself an ambitious task of constructing a rail line from Accra to Ouagadougou. Speaking at a state dinner in Burkina Faso held in his honour by President Roch...
My Dream Is To See Accra-Ouaga Rail Line
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says one of the highlights of his presidency is to work with Burkina Faso to begin the Accra-Ouagadougou railway project. He said his commitment to the...
Libya Rescues 129 Migrants Stranded At Sea
Gunmen mugged 129 migrants on a rubber dinghy headed for Europe and also stole the craft's motor, abandoning them off the Libyan coast, Libya's navy said Saturday. Navy spokesman General Ayoub Qassem...
US Soldier Killed In Mission Against Somalia’s Al-Shabab
A US soldier has been killed in Somalia during operations against al-Shabab militants, the American military says. Two other US servicemen were injured in Thursday's incident, about 40 miles (64km)...
Stop Collecting Goats and Promising Jobs – Otiko Fires Back At Bugri Naabu
The dirty linen of the New Patriotic Party in the Northern Region appears to have been flown high in the open by the Minister for Gender, Women and Children Affairs, Otiko Djaba, as she launched a...
Stop Collecting Goats and Promising Jobs
The dirty linen of the New Patriotic Party in the Northern Region appears to have been flown high in the open by the Minister for Gender, Women and Children Affairs, Otiko Djaba, as she launched a...
Rwanda Tops Africa’s Best Performing Institutions, Ghana Is 12th
Rwanda has been ranked as the country with the best performing institutions in Africa. The East African country is followed by Mauritius and Botswana, which have also been named in the list of 32...
Referee JA Amenya Appointed To Handle Aduana Stars-Berekum Chelsea
Accra-based Class One referee Jorbua A. Amenyah will be the middleman for the big Brong Ahafo Regional derby league match Aduana Stars and Berekum Chelsea on Sunday. Amenyah teaches Financial...
Accra Brewery Marks World Press Freedom Day With GJA
Accra Brewery Limited (ABL), in consistency with its annual support for press freedom and high journalistic standards in the country, has commemorated World Press Freedom Day in Accra with the Ghana...
Former Mauritanian Junta Chief Dies of Heart Attack
Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, the former head of a military junta who ruled Mauritania from 2005 until 2007, died Friday of a heart attack while on holiday, his family and an official news agency said. Born...
Suspects In Uganda Police Murder Claim They Were Tortured
Thirteen men accused of involvement in the murder of high-ranking police officer Andrew Kaweesi and two aides appeared in court Friday, with some claiming they had been tortured while in detention....
Ghana Won’t Compromise Quality of Air Navigation Services
In as much as Ghana strives to become the aviation hub in the West Africa sub region, quality of air navigation equipment and services will not be compromised, the Aviation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah,...
UN Compound In Mali Under Attack; Ghanaian Soldiers On Alert
The UN Compound in Timbuktu, Mali where more than 100 Ghanaian soldiers are stationed has been hit by intense rocket attacks, Myjoyonline.com has gathered. Director of Public Relations at the Ghana...
Ghana To Submit Movie For 2018 Oscars
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has approved a 14-member committee to select a film to represent Ghana at the 90th Oscars which will run in 2018. Following the guidelines of the...
Migrant Rescues, Deaths In Med As NGOs Cry Foul
Rescuers in the Mediterranean raced Friday to the aid of more than 20 migrant dinghies in distress as the debate in Italy over privately-funded aid ships intensified and the death toll at sea ticked...