Has the US Apologised Yet? (1)
It is no news that some top public officials of the United States of America (US) respect no other country, not even its own allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). Yet the fact...
Tag: Geography of Africa
Grenade Kills Eight In Northern Burundi Bar
A hand grenade blast killed at least eight people and wounded about 60 others in a bar at Shinya in northern Burundi, local officials and police said Monday. "Still unidentified criminals threw a...
Sudan Hopes Trump Takes ‘courageous’ Decision To Lift Sanctions
Hopes are running high in Sudan that US President Donald Trump will decide this week to lift Washington's sanctions on Khartoum, despite rights groups calling for the decades-old embargo to be...
Stop Galamsey But Assist Miners – GGDP Urges Gov’t
The Ghana Growth and Development Platform (GGDP) says it supports governments effort to stop galamsey, but wants this done “simultaneously with measures to reform galamsey operations”. They also...
Conflict-Zone Contraception For the Boko Haram Homeless
Sixteen-year-old Aisha slips into the white family planning tent at the Bakassi camp for displaced people in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, and whispers in case she is overheard. The teenager, among...
EventGuide Announces Nominations For 2017 Ghana Event Awards
EVENT SPONSOR OF THE YEAR Vodafone Ghana MTN Ghana Unibank Ghana Twellium industries Adonko Bitters Nestle Ghana Kasapreko Company Ltd BEST EMERGING EVENT Kenkey festival Ghana Make-up awards DKB...
GN Bank Wins Two Trophies At Inter-Banks Sporting Event
GN Bank, a subsidiary of Groupe Nduom (GN) conglomerate, at the weekend won two trophies at Inter-Banks Sporting tourney held at the Legon Oval Stadium, Accra. The two trophies won by GN Bank were in...
Queen Selects Ghanaian-Born Officer As First Black Equerry In British History
A new personal assistant selected by the Queen is set to become the first black equerry in British history. Ghanaian-born Major Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah has been chosen for the role, one of the...
Ghana’s Parliament Should Be Turned To A Tourist Site
What a demeaning way to talk about a country’s law making body! Ghanaian columnist and critic, Sydney Casely-Hayford has just said the ‘unsayable’ about the Parliament of Ghana. And although...
AGI, IEAG Oppose 3% Flat VAT Rate
The 7th floor of the Job 600 (West Wing) of Parliament became the centre of attraction when the Finance Committee of Parliament met with some stakeholders in the business sector to discuss the...
StoneBwoy Champions Cocoa Farming With His Music
Dancehall artiste Livingstone Etse Satekla known in music circles as StoneBwoy has been using music to preach cocoa farming to youth in the country especially in the cocoa growing areas. The musician...
‘Northern Youth Not Violent’
Northern Regional Minister, Salifu Saeed, has mounted a strong defence for the youth of the region and fiercely kicked against the century long negative perception held by many Ghanaians that the...
Tamale In Darkness As Residents Attack NEDCO Staff
Several communities in the Tamale metropolis are likely to be in total darkness for a very longtime. This, Today gathered, follows attacks on some workers of the Northern Electricity Company...
‘Dumsor’ Hits Tamale Over Attack On Staff of NEDCO
Several communities in the Tamale metropolis are likely to be in total darkness for a very longtime. This, Today gathered, follows attacks on some workers of the Northern Electricity Company (NEDCO)...
Adwoa Safo In Trouble Over False Claim
It appears some Ghanaians are not willing to stop trolling the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dome Kwabenya, Honorable Sarah Adwoa Safo, for claiming that a school built in her constituency was...
UG Medical Centre Not Abandoned, Opens In October
The interim CEO of the University of Ghana Medical Center, Professor Aaron Lamptey Lawson has dismissed claims that work on the facility has been abandoned. In an interview with Citi News, Professor...
Zimbabwe Beat Zambia In the Final To Lift 2017 Cosafa Cup
Zimbabwe overpowered their northern neighbours Zambia 3-1 to win the 2017 Cosafa Castle Cup on Sunday and take a record fifth title. Knox Mutizwa, Talent Chawapiwa and Ocean Mushure all scored in a...
Procurement Delays Impeding New Oil Explorations – GNPC CEO
The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, GNPC, has appealed to President Akufo Addo to intervene and grant the necessary approval in the proposed oil exploration activities in the Voltaian basin....
Good News For PWDs But…
THE tollbooth management initiative by the government to provide jobs for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) is laudable. The initiative speaks to the fact that disability is not inability. CLEARLY,...
Rival Libyan Forces Battle East of Tripoli
Forces loyal to Libya's UN-backed Government of National Accord on Sunday battled rival forces in the Garabulli region east of the capital, witnesses said, drawing condemnation from the UN. Witnesses...