The Somali people of Ethiopia's southeast have a name for the drought that has killed livestock, dried up wells and forced hundreds of thousands into camps: sima, which means "equalised". It's an...
Bank of Ghana (BoG) has warned financial institutions in the country to tighten their security system to check money laundering activities. The central bank’s warning comes on the back of global...
About 600 troops from Congo Republic serving as UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic will be returning home following allegations of sex abuse, the United Nations announced on Wednesday....
Mr Kofi Adjei, Berekum Municipal Chief Executive has commended the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) for helping to improve on the economic livelihood of the Ivorian refugees in the...
A woman was slapped while she sat on a bus in Turkey after a man allegedly asked her if she was not 'ashamed' to wear shorts during Ramadan. In shocking video footage, 21-year-old student Asena...
Outspoken Ghanaian professor, Stephen Kwaku Asare, has triggered a debate on whether it is important to have a retired Chief Justice on the Council of State, which he argues, lacks a place in the...
The head of Israel's air force said Wednesday that in any future conflict with Lebanon the Jewish state will have "unimaginable" military power at its disposal. Major General Amir Eshel told a...
Saudi King Salman, who ascended the throne in January 2015 and the last of the "Sudairi Seven" to rule, has presided over wideranging efforts to transform his oil-dependent, conservative Islamic...
Uber boss Travis Kalanick has resigned as chief executive after pressure from shareholders. Mr Kalanick will remain on the board of the ride-hailing firm, however. His resignation comes after a...
Venezuela’s president has replaced four top military commanders over the use of live bullets by security forces during months of unrest. President Nicolas Maduro also announced the recruitment of...
In squalid camps in Bangladesh, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who have fled violence and persecution in neighbouring Myanmar dream of a better life abroad -- and rely on increasingly high-tech...
Voters in Georgia cast ballots Tuesday in the priciest US congressional race ever, a $60 million political nailbiter where a Democratic novice could score an upset in a conservative stronghold -- and...
Mali's former rebel alliance on Tuesday rejected a national reconciliation charter unveiled on the second anniversary of the signing a peace deal with the government, underscoring the country's...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday swore in the former Chief Justice of the Republic, Georgina Theodora Wood, as a Member of the Council of State. It will be recalled that on the 14th...
The US-led coalition said Tuesday it had killed the Islamic State group's self-proclaimed top cleric in an air strike in May on a Syrian town near the Iraqi border. "Coalition forces killed Turki...
US President Donald Trump greeted his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko in the White House on Tuesday as Washington rolled out more sanctions against pro-Russian rebels, in a diplomatic coup for...
The University Council of Central University has appointed Professor Bill Buenar Puplampu as Vice-Chancellor of the University for a five-year term. The appointment took effect from June 1, 2017. A...
More than 600 troops from Congo Republic serving as UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic will be returning home following allegations of sex abuse and other misconduct, UN officials said...
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has debunked claims there was no consultation on the proposed new biometric drivers’ license. Chief Executive Officer of DVLA Kwesi Agyeman Busia...
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the new Chief Justice of the Republic, Justice Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo, will be an effective leader of the Judiciary, and will...
