Six stories you may have missed because of US election Iraqi Kurdish forces seized the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from ISIL, an official said While the US presidential race between Donald Trump and...
The China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC) will invest 300 million U. S. dollars in Ghana’s Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) zone covering five regions (provinces),...
Deterrent measures including lengthy prison terms for those accused of corruption are key to eradicating the vice in Kenya, experts have said. Acknowledging corruption as a threat to Kenya’s...
ST. PETERSBURG — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived here Sunday for the 21st China-Russia Prime Ministers’ Regular Meeting and an official visit to the northern neighbor. During the trip, Li and...
When Bill McAnulty, an elections board chairman in a mostly white North Carolina county, agreed in July to open a Sunday voting site where black church members could cast ballots after services, the...
South Korea presidential scandal: What you need to know South Korea has been plunged into a political scandal that threatens to engulf the presidency of Park Geun-hye and has seen thousands of...
Local media reported more than 400 workers are involved in attempts to rescue trapped miners Thirteen people were killed and another 20 remain unaccounted for after an explosion in a coal mine in...
Italy has a long history of being hit by powerful, destructive earthquakes. The country is one of the most seismically active in Europe, sitting at the meeting point of two tectonic plates. The Alps...
Thousands of South Koreans rallied in Seoul Saturday, demanding the resignation of President Park Geun-hye. Police estimated that around 12,000 demonstrators attended the night-time protest,...
South Korea's president has ordered the resignation of 10 of her senior secretaries as political turmoil grips the country. President Park Geun-hye directed the officials to step down Friday, her...
The chairman of the Ghana FA sponsorship and marketing committee, Frank Nelson, has denied reports that the FA has been contacted by brokerage agency Sports Cul Ghana Limited over a $44 million...
Although Ghana’s cocoa production fell short of industry forecasts for the 2015/16 growing season, increased investment in seed development programmes and infrastructure upgrades should improve...
Hearts are keen to sign former New Edubiase midfielder Asiedu Atobrah. Atobrah is a free agent after terminating his contract with Belgian outfit KV Kortrijk. According to reports in the local media,...
In what is undoubtedly one of the strangest stories you will ever read, a former Bournemouth player Tokelo Rantie is said to have been dropped from his national team for allegedly farting in the...
Fighters from the self-styled Islamic State (IS) group have attacked government buildings in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, killing at least six police officers and 16 civilians. Twelve IS jihadists were...
Liberia Presidential hopeful and former international football star, George Manneh 'Oppong' Weah, has been accused of owing the local subsidiary of Ecobank US$3,887. The amount is a loan the Liberian...
Former world champion sprinter Tyson Gay's 15-year-old daughter has been killed in a shooting in the US state of Kentucky, police say. Police in Lexington said Trinity Gay was hit in the neck during...
A MARRIED flight attendant who bragged about steamy romps with her colleagues in a graphic sex diary was left horrified when her husband tried to publish it. In the saucy memoir, she documents her...
In 1992, the media kept on reporting about an alleged feud between Akwasi Appiah and Abedi Pele. Tony Yeboah was later dragged in with persistent reports that he was fighting Abedi over the captaincy...
We at Africawatch pride ourselves on being one of the most uncompromising, unbiased and truthful pan-African magazines, and it was in that spirit that we covered in our August issue the health status...