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International

Blast At Chinese Embassy In Bishkek

A car driven by a suicide bomber has exploded after ramming the gates of the Chinese Embassy in the Kyrgyz capital,...

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Mexico Police Chief Fired Over Killings

Mexico's federal police chief, Enrique Galindo, has been sacked following allegations police killed at least 22...

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Ewes Did Not Join Ghana In 1957

By Solomons Djaba-Mensah According to historical records, it is common knowledge that the South-Eastern Coastal area of...

International

Colombian Rebels Announce Ceasefire

The main leftist rebel group in Colombia, the Farc, has ordered all its fighters to observe a ceasefire from midnight...

International

Iraq Asks Saudi Arabia To Replace Its Ambassador

Iraq asked Saudi Arabia on Sunday to replace its ambassador in Baghdad, stressing that his presence in Iraq would...

International

I’m Willing To Swap Boko Haram Prisoners For the Chibok Girls

Nigeria’s President has again renewed his commitment to the rescue of the Chibok girls, saying government will not...

International

16 Killed At Wake In Aleppo

At least 16 people died when two barrel bombs struck as mourners attended a wake for children killed in a separate...

International

IS-Linked Group Frees Militants In Raid

Muslim extremists in the Philippines supporting the so-called Islamic State (IS) have freed at least eight fellow...

International

Bolivian President Says Government Defeats

Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Saturday his government had defeated a "coup d'etat" by protesting miners. "Once...

International

Soldiers Killed In Ambush In Paraguay

The EPP has been blamed for a string of kidnappings, murders and attacks Eight Paraguayan soldiers have been killed...

International

Why John Kerry Paid A Visit To the Sultan of Sokoto In Nigeria

When a top-ranking American diplomat visits Nigeria, one might imagine that their first destination would be the...

Profiles

Complete Biography & Profile of Yaa Asantewaa, Queen Mother of Ejisu

Her fight against British colonialists is a story is woven throughout the history of Ghana. A story from Ghana , A...

Profiles

Complete Biography & Profile of Flt.-Lt. (Rtd) Jerry John Rawlings, Head of State/President: 1981

Jerry John Rawlings was born in Accra on 22nd June, 1947, to a Ghanaian mother from Dzelukope, near Keta, in the Volta...

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Complete Biography & Profile of Professor Kofi Awoonor-Williams, Senior Citizen

Kofi Awoonor (13 March 1935 - 21 September 2013) was a Ghanaian poet and author whose work combined the poetic...

Profiles

Complete Biography & Profile of Lt. Gen Akwasi Amankwa Afrifa, Ex-Head of State: 1966

24 April 1936 - 16 June 1979 Father: Opanin Kwaku Amankwa Mother: Ama Serwaa Amaniampong Education & Career Pattern...

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Complete Biography & Profile of Air Vice Marshal Michael Samson-Oje , Chief of Air Staff

Air Vice Marshal Michael Samson-Oje was born on 5 January 1954 at Damongo in the Northern Region. He attended Tamale...

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Complete Biography & Profile of Lt-Gen Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka, Ex-Head of State: 1966

26 October 1926 - 17 April 1967 Place of Birth and Hometown : Education & Career Pattern Alakple Roman Catholic School,...

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Complete Biography & Profile of Rear Admiral Matthew Quashie , Chief of Naval Staff (CNS)

Rear Admiral Matthew Quashie was born on 23 March 1951 in Accra. He attended Mfantsipim Secondary School, Cape Coast,...

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Complete Biography & Profile of Major General JN Adinkrah, Chief of Army Staff-COAS

Major General J N Adinkrah was born on 19 April 1950.  He attended the Accra Academy (Accra ACA) from 1965 to 1970...