Dangote Rice, a subsidiary of Dangote Group, is set to launch in Sokoto state its multi-million naira 25,000 hectares of rice outgrower scheme with a prospect of hundreds of thousands of employment...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed shock at the level of deterioration of various economic indicators in 2016 saying Ghana's fiscal problems required strong efforts of consolidation...
Almost 200,000 people were under evacuation orders Monday after damage to the auxiliary spillway of a dam in northern California raised fears the structure could fail and unleash torrential waters....
More than 180,000 people in northern California have been told to evacuate their homes after an overflow channel at the tallest dam in the US was weakened by heavy rainfall. The emergency spillway of...
International Monetary Fund (IMF) is confident the plans outlined by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government to cut down and eliminate some taxes will restore fiscal discipline, promote debt...
Jakarta goes to the polls on Wednesday to elect a leader, but a blasphemy case against the Indonesian capital's Christian governor has transformed the election into a test of religious tolerance....
Jakarta's Christian governor will fight to cling on to his job at polls this week despite standing trial for blasphemy, in a saga that has fuelled concerns about religious intolerance in the...
The UN voiced "grave concern" Sunday over the killing of at least 25 civilians in the escalating conflict in the southern opium-rich province of Helmand, most of them in US air strikes. American...
Ghana's overall fiscal deficit, on a cash basis, in 2016 deteriorated to an estimated 9 percent of GDP, instead of declining to 5¼ percent of GDP as envisaged under the IMF-supported program. The...
More than 100,000 Indonesians descended on Jakarta's grand mosque Saturday to call on people to vote for Muslim candidates running against the city's incumbent Christian governor in an upcoming...
Tanzania’s main opposition leader Freeman Mbowe was summoned for police interrogations on Friday, February 10, following allegations that he is involved in a drug trafficking ring. He however...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is confident the plans outlined by the NPP government to cut down and eliminate some taxes will restore fiscal discipline, promote debt sustainability and...
Golden Link Savings and Loans Company aims at facilitating government’s efforts towards creating an enabling environment for private investors, as well as transforming the economy. The new...
The Central Bank has hinted it may halt licensing new firms in the next few weeks to ensure new entrants merge with non-performing Savings and Loans companies. There are currently about 32 licensed...
The Bank of Ghana(BoG) has intensified moves to encourage commercial banks in the country to cede some portion of their annual funds as credit to farmers in the Agriculture sector. Even though the...
It was Ayodele Fayose, the Governor of Ekiti State, who first said everything under the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari was becoming inconclusive. That outburst - and Fayose has quite a litany of...
The stunning postcard-perfect vista surrounding Misael Lopez in this town about one hour from Madrid belies his constant anxiety, even fear. That's because the former legal adviser to the Venezuelan...
Russia’s main opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has been found guilty of embezzlement and handed a five-year suspended sentence. It bars him from running for president next year against Vladimir...
Russia’s main opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has been found guilty of embezzlement and handed a five-year suspended sentence. It bars him from running for president next year against Vladimir...
It appears President John Dramani Mahama is not in a hurry to vacate the official residence of the Vice President at East Cantonments area of Accra, after spending huge sums of money to furnish his...
