Feyisa Lilesa of Ethiopia may have turned himself into a political exile because of the way he won a silver medal in the Olympics marathon on Sunday. He strode across the finish line with his arms...
Boko Haram has released a video of the Nigerian schoolgirls allegedly kidnapped two years ago, showing some who are still alive and claiming others died in air strikes. The armed group, which has...
A youth group calling itself Young Cadres and associated with the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) are alleging that some top officials of the opposition New Patriotic (NPP) are planning on...
August 1, 2016 has come and gone and Nigeria remains united. Let us rejoice and shout together: “In unity we stand!” and “The labour of our heroes past; shall never be in vain!” It was a day...
A struggle within Nigeria's Islamic extremist group Boko Haram is playing out in public, with a new leader named by the Islamic State group accusing the longtime leader of killing his own people and...
The campaign being waged by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to oust President John Dramani Mahama at the 2016 polls has received a major boost with the inauguration of a women-only group branded the...
Rebel factions in Syria say they have broken a weeks-long government siege of Aleppo, amid scenes of rejoicing in the crucial northern city. Sources close to government forces denied that they had...
Ebaahi Sounds, is a traditional music and dance group based in Accra. They recently digitised their latest album Naa Daniowie, which featured talented young men and women who are proud of their...
Derek Safo, better known as Sway, was born in Hornsey London in 1982. His mother a Ghana native was making a trip from Amsterdam back to Ghana when she gave birth during a London layover. At age 11...
Omanhene Pozo is a hiplife musician who was originally part of Nananom, one of the very first hiplife groups in Ghana. He has subsequently had a successful solo career, following a trend of...
Buk Bak started off as a 3- man rap group with Prince Bright, Ronney Coches and Shoetan. They trio registered a sensational hit with ‘Komi ke Kena’ and soon became a household name....
Bright, sometimes refered to as Price Bright was the lead singer of one of Ghana's first rap groups BukBak. In fact Bright's history is indistinguishable from that of his former group BukBak. Brights...
Nigeria announced on Monday it resumed payments to former militants in its oil-rich Niger Delta region, according to a Bloomberg report.
The payments of 65,000 naira per month (about $204) to about...
Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) has disbursed GH?886,400 to 89 women groups in the Upper West Region, to improve their livelihood in line with government's transforming Ghana and...
In 2014, NDFB rebels killed at least 62 people in Sonitpur and Kokrajhar
Gunmen have opened fire on a busy market place in India's north-eastern state of Assam, killing at least 13 people, officials...
This week, the world’s deadliest terror group wrought extraordinary carnage on crowds of people going about their daily lives.
The fruit and vegetable market in the northern Nigerian city of Yola...
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) says it is ready to co-operate with the security agencies to unravel the mystery behind one of its former students, Nazir Nortei Alema,...
Nigerian President-elect Muhammadu Buhari, a 72-year-old former military general, has traveled a long road to electoral victory. On Tuesday, Buhari defeated incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan in...
The Accra Report is focused on keeping global attention on the #bringbackourgirls campaign, and with that in mind we continue to explore the harrowing element of sexual gender based violence (SGBV)...
R2Bees, one of Ghana’s most popular hiplife groups, will be the main artistes to watch out for on Friday, August 22 at a musical concert to be held inside the Armenia Ballroom, 630, 2nd Avenue, New...
