Kumasi In Black For Queen
SAD MOMENTS will certainly unfold at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi today where the late Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, will be laid in state for four days. All roads in the Ashanti...
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Asantehemaa’s Body Lies In State
The body of Queenmother of the Ashanti Kingdom has been laid in state The body of late Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Serwaa Kobi Ampem, is to lie in state starting today, Monday, 16 January till her burial...
Ashanti Region Gears Up For 4-Day Funeral Rite of Asantehema
The final funeral rites of the longest-serving queen mother of the Ashanti Kingdom, Nana Afia Serwaa Kobi Ampem, has commenced at the Manhyia Palace, Monday. The 4-day ceremony which started at...
Profile of Algerian National Team
The Algeria national football team represents Algeria in association football and is controlled by the Algerian Football Federation. Algeria,who are currently 38th in the world according to FIFA,...
Kumasi Residents To Stay Indoors Next Thursday
The Kumasi Metropolis will be on a lock-down from 7 p.m. on Thursday, January 19, 2017 till 4 a.m. the next day. Within the period, residents are expected to stay indoors as the body of the late...
Asanteman Announces Arrangements For Late Queenmother’s Funeral
The Asanteman Council has officially announced the arrangements for the funeral rites of the late Asante Queenmother, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem. Speaking at a press conference organized by the...
RTI Bill Is Needed To Curb Corruption In the Country
Corruption is a form of unethical or dishonest use of position of authority for personal gain. In the political field, it may linked to the abuse of power, embezzlement and bribery which causes a...
The RTI Bill Is Needed To Curb Corruption In the Country
A GNA Feature by Priscilla S. Djentuh Accra, Dec. 25, GNA - Corruption is a form of unethical or dishonest use of position of authority for personal gain. In the political field, it may linked to the...
Ghana Beach Soccer Can Rule Africa
The national Beach Soccer team BLACK SHARKS has returned home from the 2016 Beach Soccer AFCON in Lagos, Nigeria. Although we could not qualify to the World Cup in Bahamas, the boys gave their all....
Africa Has Highest Rate of High Blood Pressure, WHO Says
Africa has the highest rate of high blood pressure in the world, affecting about 46% of adults, a World Health Organization (WHO) study has found. It blamed increasing urbanisation and unhealthy...
Ghana Is In the Waste Bin
Media Reports on December 5th 2016 reported a drop in Foreign Direct Investment into Ghana compared to the previous period of 59, 8%. Regardless of the party in Power in any African country, an...
Introduce More Private Sector Reforms
A private sector development specialist at the World Bank, Mr Frederic Meunier, has urged the government to introduce more reforms in the private sector to improve the ease of doing business in the...
Ghana Moves Up Ease of Doing Business Index
Ghana has moved an impressive 13 places up on the Trading Across Borders in the latest World Bank Ease of Doing Business Report, an indication that the Ghana National Single Window (GNSW) programme...
More Women For Next Parliament?
At least 35-40 women contesting the election on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) are likely to make it to the next Parliament to be inaugurated...
Somali Pirates’ Hostages ‘ate Rats’ To Survive
A group of sailors who were held hostage by Somali pirates for nearly five years survived in part by eating rats, one survivor has told the BBC. Filipino sailor Arnel Balbero said they were also only...
Asian Sailors Freed By Somali Pirates Arrive In Kenya For Flights Home
26 Asian sailors freed after more than four years of captivity in a small fishing village in Somalia arrived in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Sunday, ahead of flights home, a maritime expert said....
Other Side of War On Terror
Despite the failure of the Middle East policy, the United States has not abandoned its strategy aimed at global domination to be reached with the help of military might. Libya, Somalia and Mali may...
Yaa Asantewaa Unremembered
One of the highlights of the colonial era was the exiling of personalities who stood in the way of the colonialists. The legendary Yaa Asantewaa and Nana Prempeh I made the chapters of our history...
Key Battles To Look Forward To
Every two years it comes along and splashes joy, spectacle and drama all over the continent. The African Cup of Nations is great, spellbinding and a time when we can pick out football as the ultimate...
Audit Exposes How Employees, Suppliers Wrecked Kenya Airways
On Wednesday, February 11, 2015, a Kenya Airways employee in charge of treasury and controls, received the first of several payments from the collapsed Dubai Bank — $20,000. By the end of June of...