Buhari To Return Home Soon
President Muhammadu Buhari is “recuperating fast” and will return home “very soon”, says Nigeria’s acting head of state Yemi Osinbajo. He made the announcement at a press conference on...
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Akufo-Addo Sets Up $10m Fund For Entrepreneurs, Innovators
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has set up a 10 million dollar package to fund the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan (NEIP). The plan is an initiative of the Akufo-Addo government...
Obama Back In Political Fray With Democratic Fundraiser
Barack Obama headlines a key Democratic fundraiser Thursday in one of his first major appearances for the party since Donald Trump succeeded him as US president in January. Obama will attend a...
Fatal Football Team Bus Crash In Ghana
The British manager of Ghana Premier League side Asante Kotoko and one of his players were hospitalised after a bus crash that killed a member of their back-room staff, the club said on Thursday. The...
White House Mood Is Fantastic, Trump Says
President Donald Trump says the mood in the White House is “fantastic” despite intense scrutiny of his campaign’s alleged dealings with Russia. He told Reuters the administration was...
Everything About 2017-2020 Cooperation Strategy
Switzerland supports Ghana to help boost the country’s economy… The country of Ghana has received an amount of $80 million from Switzerland as part of efforts to strengthen the Ghanaian economy....
Trump Supported Us, Say Afghan Girls After Robotics Visa U-Turn
A team of Afghan girls who had been denied visas to attend a Washington robotics competition spoke of Donald Trump's support Thursday after US authorities changed course and allowed them to come....
AfDB, IsDB Sign New US$2bn Deal To Fund Energy, SMEs, Human Development Programmes
African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) have signed a landmark agreement to strengthen partnership at country level. Both parties have agreed to jointly pull together...
Nobel Laureate, Liu Xiaobo Dies At 61
China’s most famous political prisoner, the Nobel laureate and democracy icon Liu Xiaobo, has died at the age of 61. The Chinese intellectual and activist, who championed non-violent...
CBS, BBC Announce Global Newsgathering Tie-Up
CBS News and the BBC on Wednesday announced a new editorial and newsgathering partnership that aims to boost their global strength against rivals such as CNN. The US and British television news...
Sri Lanka Opens Landmark Inquiry Into 2012 Jail Massacre
Sri Lanka announced Thursday a long-awaited investigation into the massacre of 27 prisoners that became a symbol of the rights abuses allegedly perpetrated by the war-era regime. Inspector-General of...
Paralympic Athlete Passes On
Paralympic athlete, Abdullah Hayayei, has died while preparing for the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have confirmed. Hayayei, from...
Tillerson Leaves Gulf With No End In Sight To Qatar Crisis
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday wrapped up a four-day mission to the Gulf with little sign of progress in resolving the diplomatic crisis pitting Saudi Arabia and its allies against...
UTAG To Strike Over Gov’t Failure To Set Up University Governing Councils
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has threatened to strike in the next two weeks if the government set up governing councils for the various public universities across the country....
Stakeholders Call For Summit On Political Vigilantism
Participants at a day’s public forum in Tamale which focused on the need to disband political parties’ vigilante groups have called for a national security summit to deliberate on the human...
DR Congo Must Identify Those Behind Kasai Massacres
DR Congo must identify both senior army personnel and politicians behind the massacres in the volatile Kasai region, a top UN human rights official told AFP Thursday. Jose-Maria Aranaz, the UN human...
Nana Addo, Mahama, Others Commiserate With Kotoko After Crash
President Akufo-Addo has said he is saddened by last night’s fatal motor crash involving the Kumasi Asante Kotoko team that has left one person dead. He has also wished the injured who are still...
Police Charged With Philippine Mayor’s Murder Back On Duty
Philippine policemen accused of killing a town mayor when he was in jail on drugs charges are back on duty, an official said Thursday, in a case cited as a sign of growing impunity under President...
Nana Addo, Mahama, Others Commiserate With Kotoko After Crash
President Akufo-Addo has said he is saddened by last night’s fatal motor crash involving the Kumasi Asante Kotoko team that has left one person dead. He has also wished the injured who are still...
Iran Cancer Researcher Says Was Denied Entry To US
An Iranian cancer researcher with alleged links to a hardline militia in the Islamic republic says he was denied entry to the United States and deported with his family. Mohsen Dehnavi had flown to...