17 Shot Dead In PNG Prison Breakout
Seventeen prisoners have been shot dead after a mass breakout at a jail in Papua New Guinea, reports said on Monday, with 57 still on the run. Inmates from the Buimo jail in the Pacific nation's...
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Stop the Chinanisation of Africa!
“Unknown.” That was the shocking response from Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Ministry to the question: “How many Chinese are here in the country?” that I posed sometime ago. If, this weekend, you...
Akufo-Addo Shortlist His Cousin and Two NPP Linked Judges
President Akufo-Addo has true to prediction, ignored the most senior jurist on the Supreme Court of Ghana, Justice William Atuguba, by short listing three others, including his cousin; Justice Sophia...
Justice Anin Yeboah Appointed FIFA Disciplinary Committee Chairman
Ghana’s Supreme Court judge, Justice Anin Yeboah, has been appointed by international football governing body, FIFA, to chair its Disciplinary Committee. He secured an overwhelming vote, 98 per...
Names Pop Up For Chief Justice Position
The race for the position of the fourth most powerful person in Ghana is on, as the Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, retires next month. There are two frontrunners in the race, one...
President To Present Nominee To Parliament
The race for the position of the fourth most powerful person in Ghana is on, as the Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, retires next month. There are two frontrunners in the race, one...
Jesse Bromwich and Kevin Proctor Out of World Cup After Cocaine Allegations
Jesse Bromwich and Kevin Proctor will not be selected for the 2017 World Cup, after allegations they took cocaine, say New Zealand Rugby League. Bromwich stood down as national captain after it was...
Kiwi Rugby League Team Have Spine To Test Australia
Strengthened New Zealand are bidding to end a losing four-match run against Australia while England pit their World Cup muscle against the bruising Samoans in a Test extravaganza Down Under this...
US To Honour ‘dumb’ Australia Migrant Deal
The United States has confirmed it will be going through with a migrant resettlement plan made with Australia. US President Donald Trump once called the deal, which was agreed under his predecessor,...
Queen Elizabeth 91 Today
The Queen of the United Kingdom, Elizabeth II, born Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, turns 91 today, Friday 21 April. She has been Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand...
GFA To Appoint New General Secretary
Kwesi Nyanyakyi, the president of the Ghana football Association (GFA), says steps are being taken to fill the vacant position of General Secretary at the secretariat. According to Mr Nyantakyi, the...
PNG To Investigate ‘drunk Rampage’ At Australia Refugee Camp
Drunk soldiers "went on a rampage" and fired shots in the air at an Australian asylum-seeker camp in Papua New Guinea, police said on Sunday, in the latest violence to rock the scandal-hit facility....
Black Princesses Defender Faustina Ampah Signs For Belarusian Side ZFK MINSK
Black Princesses defender Faustina Ampah at the signs her contract Black Princesses defender Faustina Ampah has joined Belarussian side ZFK MINSK. The former Blessed Ladies player signed a one year...
Refugees To Remain In PNG If No US Resettlement
Asylum-seekers sent by Australia to a Papua New Guinea camp will be resettled there if they are not offered a place in the United States, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said Sunday. Canberra sends...
Cannibalism Was Driven By CULTURE Rather Than Diet
Human bones marred with man-sized teeth marks have been found in caves and tombs across the world, leading scientists to conclude that our ancestors ate flesh. Scientists have previously suggested...
Netherlands Drop To Lowest-Ever FIFA Ranking
Netherlands have dropped to their lowest ever position in FIFA's latest World Ranking, following a dismal run under now-sacked head coach Danny Blind. Having failed to qualify for the 2016 European...
Why Fifa Is Silent On Banned Ghana FA Officials
A communique from Fifa, banning two Ghana FA officials, was sent to the country’s football governing body on March 20, according to starrsportsgh sources within the Adjudicatory Chamber of the FIFA...
Philippine Fisherman’s Tale of 58 Days Adrift
Adrift and alone in the Pacific Ocean, Rolando Omongos prayed to live long enough to bring home news of the death of his uncle, whose corpse he had cast off at sea. The 21-year-old Filipino fisherman...
Philippine Fisherman Back Home After 58-Day Sea Ordeal
A young fisherman flew home to the Philippines on Wednesday after being given up for dead at sea, battling hunger, thirst and despair for nearly two months on a tiny boat that drifted all the way to...
Ghana Football Association Officials To Appeal FIFA Ban
What was supposed to be harmless and genuine quest for information might have landed two top officials of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) in trouble per Papua New Guinean laws on sexual...