Geography of Africa

Headlines

US Warns South Sudan Regional Plan Is Last Chance For Peace

The United States warned Thursday that a new regional plan to shore up South Sudan's failing peace agreement was the...

Headlines

Six On Burundi Robotics Team Go Missing In US, Two Seen In Canada

Two of six teens from Burundi who were reported missing in Washington after taking part in an international robotics...

News

Ghana’s Economy To Expand

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has listed Ghana as one of the countries to watch on the continent saying the...

News

Down the Drain? The Economic Costs of Illicit Financial Flows In Africa’s Extractive Sector [Article]

Resource-rich African countries are facing significant economic headwinds. Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil producer,...

News

Lavender Hill Treatment Plant Fully Operational

Residents and pedestrians in and around Korle Gonno in Accra are now able to breathe fresh air without the regular...

Headlines

Peace Deal Eludes Senegal’s Casamance, 35 Years On

In Senegal's southern Casamance region, new houses dot a landscape once dominated by abandoned ruins full of bullet...

News

Today Holds 4th Annual Lecture

AS a newspaper, we are obliged to inform, educate and entertain the reading public.  This mandate of ours enables...

News

Chinese Nationals Arrested While Mining Opposite Tarkwa SHS

The Tarkwa Police Station has arrested 10 Chinese nationals suspected to be engaged in illegal mining. The 10 were...

Headlines

Libya’s NOC Sees 1.25 Mln Bpd Oil Output By Year-End

The head of Libya's National Oil Company announced on Wednesday that oil production is expected to reach 1.25 million...

News

Maxwell Mahama’s Mum Receives Posthumous MSc [Video]

The mother of Maxwell Mahama got a stirring reception at the University of Leicester Degree Congregation last Thursday...

News

Police Fighting It Out With Motorists, Cyclists

The issue of unregistered vehicles in Ghana and its disturbing consequences has moved the police into what has been...

News

Gov’t To Ban Mercury Imports By End of Year

Government has disclosed it will ban the importation of mercury to augment efforts to curb the impact of illegal mining...

Headlines

Congo, UN, Make Urgent Aid Appeal For Strife-Hit Region

Congo and several UN agencies have launched a joint appeal for $23.7 million (20.6 million euros) to help 138,000...

News

Implementation of Anti-Galamsey Plan To Cost $150 Million

Government’s proposed solution to ending the illegal mining menace also known as galamsey in the country will cost...

News

Ghana To Spend $150m On Alternative Livelihood Prog For Illegal Miners

An estimated 150 million dollars is expected to be used for the implementation of the government’s multilateral...

Headlines

Three Kenyans Jailed For Life For Stripping Woman

A Kenyan court on Wednesday sentenced three men to life for stripping and sexually assaulting a woman they believed was...

News

90% of Crime Scene Arms Locally Manufactured

The Minister for Interior Ambrose Dery has charged board members of the National Commission on Small Arms and Light...

News

Galamsey Killing Education In Ghana

A research conducted by Good Governance Africa has revealed that small-scale mining activities were affecting school...

News

Fertilizer Is Good, Has No Linkage To Life Expectancy – Yara Boss Defends

The Managing Director of Yara Ghana Limited has mounted strong defence for government’s move to increase fertilizer...