Robert Mugabe Plots Second Coming
The leader of Zimbabwe’s newest political party has met up with Robert Mugabe, leading to speculation about whether the former president is really done with politics. Retired Brigadier Ambrose...
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Australia Approves Same-Sex Marriage
The first same-sex weddings are expected to take place in Australia in early 2018. Australia’s Parliament has voted to approve same-sex marriage following years of endless debate that was finally...
Mugabe Gives Sister-In-Law $60,000 Birthday Gift
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has given his sister-in-law $60,000 (£46,000) as a birthday gift, the state-owned Herald newspaper reports. It says that the gift was to thank Junior Gumbochuma,...
Mugabe Lavishes Sister-In-Law With $60,000 Birthday Gift
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe lavished his sister-in-law with $60,000 on her birthday, state-owned media reported Monday, at a time when the country is running critically short of cash. The...
Debt-Ridden Air Zimbabwe Sacks Half Its Workforce
Air Zimbabwe has laid off 200 employees -- nearly half its workforce -- to try to stay in the air, Zimbabwe state media reported Wednesday, as the country's economic troubles deepen. Under long-time...
Another Major League Baseball Milestone For Ichiro Suzuki
Ichiro Suzuki marked another Major League Baseball milestone on Thursday as he passed Rod Carew for most hits in MLB history by a foreign-born player. Ichiro singled twice in the Miami Marlins' 4-3...
Zimbabwe Bans Corn Imports After Bumper Crop
Zimbabwe has banned the import of corn after enjoying a bumper crop that authorities hope will be enough to feed the nation and stimulate home-grown production, state-owned media reported Tuesday....
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Fires Top Prosecutor For ‘misconduct’
President Robert Mugabe has fired Zimbabwe's top prosecutor, who now faces a misconduct trial, state media reported Saturday, the latest twist in a dispute dating back more than a year. "Suspended...
Female Rapists Attacking Men In Zimbabwe, Police Issues Caution
Zimbabwean police have cautioned unsuspecting men and the general public to be wary of a group of women accused of sexually assaulting men in the capital Harare. Two separate incidents were reported...
Council of State Caught In Shameful Deal
The Council of State, has been caught in a possible conflict of interest situation as it tried meeting the Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members in Parliament to beg for the withdrawal...
Soldiers Warn Akufo-Addo’s Government Over Age Extension
The Akufo-Addo administration, appears very far away from the realities of governance, despite having enough time to march utopian campaign promises against national resources and requirements of a...
Mugabe Daughter Appointed To Zimbabwe Censor Board
President Robert Mugabe's daughter Bona Chikore has been appointed to the Zimbabwe board of censors, state media reported Wednesday, the latest family member to take up an official role. The board...
Kofi Amoabeng Fraud Case Takes New Twist
A Nigerian–born Ghanaian lawyer, has been suspended from legal practice by the General Legal Council; the main regulatory body for the conduct and administration of legal education and profession...
Beckham Miami Stadium Faces June 6 Deadline
David Beckham is set to learn next month whether his long-gestating plans for a Major League Soccer franchise in Miami will come to fruition, it was reported on Friday. The Miami Herald said the...
Flagstaff House Ex-Gratia Cheques Bouncing, Akufo-Addo Confesses To Financial Crisis
The government of Ghana is broke and might soon have difficulties paying workers, honouring debt obligations and also meeting payments to contractors they promised a One Hundred Day payment plan by...
Aggrieved Akwamu Family Blocks Kwafo Akoto
The National House of Chiefs, led by Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State, Togbe Afede XIV, is being asked not to gazette, Odeneho Kwafo Akoto III, as the substantive paramount chief of Akwamu. Odeneho...
Turmoil Over Justice Sophia Akuffo As New Chief Justice
There’s turmoil in the Akufo-Addo government and the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP)over his decision to appoint his paternal cousin and former law firm partner; Justice Sophia Akuffo, as the...
All Eyes On Okyehene Again!
All eyes are focus on the Chief of Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area, to fairly and amicably end the 30-year litigation over the Akwamu Omanhene case today. Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin II,...
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Flies To Singapore For Health Check
The health of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, seen here at his 93rd birthday celebrations in February, has been the subject of increased speculation with two journalists arrested in March over a...
Former BOG Boss Resignation To Cost the State GHc7,476 Million
Details emerging from the Bank of Ghana (BoG), reveal the negotiated resignation of Dr. Abdul-Nashiru Issahaku, as Governor, three years ahead of his four-year mandate caused the taxpayer GH¢3,204...