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Yahoo ‘secretly Scanned Emails For US Authorities’

Yahoo secretly scanned millions of its users’ email accounts on behalf of the US government, according to a report....

International

Trump Accused of Cuba Embargo Breach

Hillary Clinton says presidential rival Donald Trump appears to have violated US laws, after a report said he broke a...

International

Congress Made Mistake On 9/11 Bill

President Obama has said Congress made a "mistake" by overriding his veto and pushing through a bill that allows legal...

International

Kenya Launches World’s First Child-Friendly TB Drug

Kenya has become the first country in the world to launch new child-friendly drug for treating tuberculosis (TB). The...

Top Stories

Obama Petitioned Over ECG Sale

A concerned citizen who is fighting against the privatization of Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has petitioned the...

Top Stories

Asante-Yeboah Petitions US Embassy Over ECG Concession

A leading member of the Coalition of Civil Society Organisations kicking against the concession of the Electricity...

Opinion

Privatising For Who? The Experience of Australia, UK

The financial, managerial and technical challenges facing the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have galvanised the...

International

Tanzanian Lecturer Charged For Insulting President On WhatsApp

A Tanzanian lecturer has been charged with insulting President John Magufuli in a WhatsApp message, a senior police...

International

US ‘holds Russia Responsible’ For Deadly Aid Attack

The US has said it holds Russia responsible for a deadly attack on an aid convoy near the Syrian city of Aleppo on...

International

US Releases Highway Code For Robot Cars

Robot cars in the US will have to be fitted with black boxes that record what happens if they crash, under US policy...

International

US ‘outraged’ Over Aid Convoy Attack

The US government has expressed "outrage" over an attack on an aid convoy near the Syrian city of Aleppo that, a war...

Politics

Programme To Ensure Food Security In the North Launched

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched the Northern Ghana Governance Activity...

International

Chelsea Manning Ends Hunger Strike

Chelsea Manning, the US soldier jailed for passing data to WikiLeaks, says she has ended a hunger strike because the...

International

South Sudan’s Kiir and Machar Profited During War

South Sudan's political and military elite have made themselves rich while the country has struggled under a civil war...

International

Arrests Over Hacks of CIA and FBI Staff

Two Americans have been arrested and charged for allegedly helping to hack high-ranking US government officials. The US...

International

US Judge Refuses To Block Oil Pipeline Near Tribal Lands

A US judge has denied a request to halt construction on a controversial oil pipeline in North Dakota. The Dakota Access...

International

FBI Releases Hillary Clinton’s Email Report

Hillary Clinton repeatedly told the FBI she couldn't recall key details and events related to classified information...

International

Uhuru Endorses World Bank President Jim Yong Kim For Second Term

President Uhuru Kenyatta has nominated and endorsed Jim Yong Kim to serve a second term as President of the World Bank...

International

Libyan CIA Torture Victims Speak To Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera speaks to the former secret prisoners, including two Libyans who opposed Gaddafi “In the immediate...