How It Went Down At O2 Arena
Ghana Meets Naija UK -It was a night of thrill and excitement as artists dazzled the elated crowd with massive electrifying performances. The concert, which was held at the 02 Arena, London, brought...
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US Woos Ghanaian Exporters Via AGOA
The US Ambassador to Ghana, Robert Jackson has bemoaned the low levels of exports from Ghana to the US. He argues that Ghanaian producers have not taken full advantage of the African Growth and...
Flood-Hit New Zealand Braces For More Rain
Flood-hit regions of New Zealand were warned to expect more wild weather Sunday after a deluge forced evacuations and emergency declarations in parts of South Island. The military was called in to...
Cameroon Elite Army Boat Capsizes Leaving Many Missing
Only three people have been rescued so far after a Cameroonian army vessel carrying 37 people capsized off the country’s south-west coast, an army source has told the BBC. Soldiers from an elite...
THE ‘JOLLOF WAR’
For some, it is just a ridiculous subject. Somehow it has suddenly assumed a matter of pressing national importance. Which country has the best jollof rice in West Africa? But now it is all settled....
Prodigy, Key Force In East Coast Hip-Hop, Dead At 42
Prodigy, one half of hip-hop duo Mobb Deep whose dark hardcore style helped define the East Coast sound amid the 1990s rivalry with the West Coast, died Tuesday. He was 42. The rapper, who had...
Pakistan Rape Victim Attends US Opera Inspired By Her Story
Fifteen years after her horrific gang rape by a local clan in her village in Pakistan, Mukhtar Mai is reliving her ordeal -- and courageousness -- through a US opera inspired by her story. "I was...
The Chinese Factor, Environment and Global Natural Resources
Monday June 5, 2017 marked World Environment Day. The day cannot pass by without talking about Chinese attitude and global environmental debacles. Don’t I sound excessively stereotypical and...
Cape Town Contends With Worst Drought In Over A Century
The worst drought in a century is forcing the most stringent water restrictions ever implemented for South Africa's second largest city. Cape Town has less than 10% of its useable water remaining for...
Tech Leaders Defy Trump On Climate Deal
The biggest US tech firms are rallying behind the 2015 Paris climate agreement, despite President Trump’s decision to leave it. Mr Trump’s move has been met with dismay from other world leaders...
From CIA Analyst To Beer Historian
She started her career in the shadows working for the CIA, but a historian at a prestigious Washington museum has been thrust into the limelight after the American press dubbed her job researching...
Sky-High PNG Trees Cause Re-Think On Forest Assumptions
Remote mountains in Papua New Guinea could be home to some of the world's tallest trees at extreme altitudes, scientists said Wednesday, with a new study questioning assumptions about forests at such...
Amid Comparisons To Jordan, James Out To Cement Own Legacy
LeBron James was once among thousands of youngsters striving to "be like Mike," but the Cleveland Cavaliers superstar never dreamed he'd be mentioned in the same breath as Chicago Bulls icon Michael...
Music To Dream and Make Love
Electronic music, to many in its soaring fan base, is synonymous with dancing. Not for Air, the duo which sees its suave, spacy songs as more appropriate for dreaming -- or sex. Two decades after...
Cape Town Region Declares Drought Disaster
South Africa's Western Cape region which includes Cape Town declared a drought disaster on Monday as the province battled its worst water shortages for 113 years. Boreholes will be drilled at...
10 UK Museums To Delight and Intrigue
Chances are good that if you’re traveling to the UK on business, you’ll want a bit of free time to explore the country’s many attractions. If so, you’re embracing the new “bleisure”,...
North Korea Carries Out New Ballistic Missile Test
North Korea has fired a ballistic missile from a region near its west coast, the South Korean military say. The missile was launched near Kusong, north-west of the capital, Pyongyang, and flew 700km...
Illegal Chinese Fishermen Will Soon Be Arrested – Minister
The locals are complaining of being harassed on the seas while the Chinese are allowed Mrs Elizabeth Naa Afoley Quaye, the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, has said security forces will soon...
Libya Seizes Oil Tankers and Crew After Shootout At Sea
Libya has seized two foreign-flagged oil tankers and detained their crews for allegedly smuggling fuel after an hours-long gunbattle off the west coast, authorities said. Oil is Libya's main natural...
‘Tontine’ Microcredit Helps Senegal Women Do Business
After months of waiting, 50-year-old Ndeye Khari Pouye has finally won the "cagnotte de la tontine", a precious jackpot to help feed her chickens and maintain her livelihood. Sitting on a mat...