Six people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in selling a two-week old baby in south-eastern Nigeria.
According to police in the country’s Cross River state, those arrested included...
A British Airways plane crash landed after its landing gear collapsed upon touching down in Johannesburg. The flight, operated by South African franchise Comair, had flown from Port Elizabeth to OR...
Prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang, the current Minister of Education has stated that Ghana would very soon stop using English as a medium of instruction in schools. She attributed the failure of the...
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,...
Details in a global leaked report have uncovered a total of $89 million of taxable money illegally stashed away in several HSBC private bank accounts in Switzerland by a number of wealthy Ghanaians...
Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore has announced his resignation following violent protests over his attempt to extend his 27-year rule. Mr Compaore issued a statement saying the presidency was...
It’s a pleasure to be here in your company and to be given the opportunity to share some thoughts on Ghana’s development goals, especially as they pertain to investment opportunities.
I learned...
A day after the World Health Organization declared Nigeria free of Ebola, the doctor who treated the country's first case of the deadly virus and later died from the disease herself is being hailed...
Senegal's health minister has confirmed a first case of Ebola, making it the fifth West African country to be affected by the outbreak.
Awa Marie Coll Seck told reporters on Friday that a young man...
Attempts to recycle E-waste and donations of old electronic devices are harming poor people's health and devastating the environment, writes Nele Goutier. Agbogbloshie, once an idyllic landscape of...
Everyone who knows me, knows that I am quick to put pen to paper, when I’m hungry, when I’m angry, when something moves me, when I want to make a difference… but what can I say, “life...
Uganda's Constitutional Court has annulled the tough anti-gay legislation signed into law in February. It ruled that the bill was passed by MPs in December without the requisite quorum and was...
Nigeria's weightlifting gold medal hero 17 years old Chika Amalaha has been provisionally suspended from the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games after failing a doping test.
Chika who won gold on Friday...
Ghanaian 22 years old soccer international Jordan Ayew has signed a four year contact with French Ligue 1 side FC Lorient. The financial details of the contract is undisclosed as of yet.
The striker...
When a presidential aspirant is successful in winning a West African election, the platform of the judicious use of money that the candidate campaigned upon soon becomes a distant memory. The element...
