US President Barack Obama has cancelled a meeting with controversial Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who had earlier called him a "son of a whore". Mr Obama had said he would raise the issue of...
Lawrence Amesu, the Director of Amnesty International Ghana, said a lot had been achieved towards ensuring that Ghana gains the status as abolitionist in practice. He said Ghana has not executed...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has called Barack Obama a "son of a whore", warning the US leader not to raise human rights concerns with him. Mr Duterte was asked by a reporter how he intends...
Since rising to prominence with his movie Beast of No Nation, there have been several calls for government assistance for Hollywood actor Abraham Attah, as he is has become a national treasure of...
She is arguably Ghana’s most famous English-language poet, playwright, essayist, novelist and educator. She is also one of the first of the then very few women to have graduated from the...
Indiscriminate destruction of biodiversity across the country spurred the Vice-Chancellor of University of Uyo and Shell Professorial Chair on Biodiversity and Climate Change, Professor Kingsley...
The US and China - together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions - have both formally joined the Paris global climate agreement. After arriving with other leaders of G20 nations for a...
The funeral of Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov, who died after a stroke this week aged 78, has been taking place in the city of Samarkand. Thousands earlier lined the streets of the capital,...
The US and China - together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions - have now both ratified the Paris global climate agreement. After arriving with other leaders of G20 nations for a...
Gabonese opposition candidate Jean Ping declared himself president on Friday, after a disputed election that triggered two days of post-election riots against President Ali Bongo. Violence erupted...
Uzbekistan is preparing to bury President Islam Karimov, one of Asia's most authoritarian leaders, who died this week aged 78. His death was confirmed by the government in Tashkent on Friday, six...
The Director of Amnesty International Ghana, Lawrence Amesu has revealed that there are 137 inmates currently on death row in the country’s prisons. He, however added that no one executed anyone...
A nation that does not honour its heroes isn’t worth dying for. That’s an adage. That adage has spurred many nations to become great because those who seek to make those nations great do so...
Tensions are simmering in Gabon after two days of violence over the disputed presidential election, with fears growing over more deaths and detentions. Since results were announced on Wednesday,...
My excitement and joy at reading the news item published by ghanaweb.com last saturday 27 August 2016 on the subject of a sod cutting event relating to the construction of a Juvenile Justice Centre...
President John Mahama has finally succumbed to pressure from the officers and men of the Ghana Armed Forces over their peacekeeping allowance, increasing it from $31 to $35. Earlier last month, the...
Violence has broken out in the Gabonese capital Libreville after President Ali Bongo was declared winner of Saturday's presidential election. Opposition candidate Jean Ping said two people had been...
Tripoli (AFP) - The head of Libya's unity government on Wednesday visited the coastal city of Sirte where loyalist forces have trapped Islamic State group jihadists in their last holdout, officials...
Speaking at the University of Professional Studies (UPSA) in Accra a couple of weeks ago, President Mahama is reported to have said that his economic achievements for Ghana are "remarkable". Yes,...
Sokoto (Nigeria) (AFP) - US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday praised Nigeria for its recent gains against Boko Haram Islamists but did not endorse military claims that the group's leader...
