The Konkomba Youth Association (KOYA) has congratulated Mr Dominic Nituwul, Member of Parliament for Bimbilla Constituency, in the Northern Region, on his appointment as the Deputy Minority Leader of Parliament.
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The European Parliament should establish a special committee to probe the tobacco scandal that led to the resignation of EU health commissioner John Dalli, Green lawmakers said Wednesday, arguing that their own inquiries have been blocked.…
Four seamen who had been abducted by pirates off the coast of Nigeria last month, including three Italians, have been freed, Italian officials said Wednesday.
"Our three seamen are free and will soon return to Italy," Foreign Minister Giu…
Kenyan health officials rejected Western news reports that counterfeit drugs in the country are imported from China.
"We import all range of essential medicines from China and so far we have not detected substandard or counterfeit drugs o…
Syrian rebels have released 48 Iranian pilgrims abducted some five months ago in Damascus, Turkish and Iranian media reported on Wednesday.
The Syrian government has started releasing 2,130 opposition prisoners in exchange for the rele…
The Movement for Mahama (MFM), a group that supported President John Dramani Mahama in the 2012 Presidential Election, has congratulated him on his successful inauguration as President of Ghana, on Monday at the Independence Square, Accra.…
Mr. Francis Kanwilley, Senior House Master of Amaniampong Senior High School (SHS) in Asante Mampong, said on Wednesday that the high level of indiscipline among students in second cycle institutions was seriously undermining academic work…
The government-appointed Commission of Inquiry into the dozens of deaths at the Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana, northern South Africa, will likely only present its final report in June, two officials said on Wednesday.
The commission…
South African police on Wednesday arrested dozens of striking farmworkers as protest over low pay turned violent in parts of the Western Cape Province.
The arrests were made after farmworkers stoned cars, burnt tyres and blocked roads wit…
Two Togolese, Senyiome Grumah, 19, and Kwadwo Grumah, 32, have been sentenced to 50 years imprisonment each by the Tarkwa circuit court for robbing a purchasing clerk of Produce Buying Company (PBC) "C" to the tune of 16,960 Ghana cedis at…
British Prime Minister David Cameron Wednesday urged the leaders of Northern Ireland to ease the current tension in the province by breaking down the long-standing "barriers of segregation."
Cameron told parliament in London that Prote…
A Regional Commander of the Motto Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU), has expressed worry that political interference has been a major challenge to road safety campaign in the country.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Teddy D…
British Airways, as part of its £5bn investment in new products and technology, is equipping its 3,600 pilots with iPads to further improve customer service and operational efficiency.
The move, which follows the airline's roll-out of iP…
Three of the five men accused in the gang rape and murder of an Indian student were tortured during police questioning and would plead not guilty, a lawyer claiming to represent them said Wednesday.
The gang rape of the 23-year-old wom…
Serbian leadership said Wednesday that it has drafted a platform for EU-brokered talks with Kosovo, with a proposal on how to defuse tensions in a volatile Serb enclave.
"With this document we offer our view how to resolve the problem…
An influential liberal Chinese newspaper was expected to publish its weekly edition as usual as officials and journalists neared agreement on a dispute over censorship, reports said on Wednesday.
Supporters of Southern Weekend journalists…
A Kumasi Circuit Court has sentenced a mechanic, who posed as a military officer and succeeded in swindling six people of GH¢9,450.00, to 10 years imprisonment.
The court presided over by Justice D.W.P. Amedior, also asked t…
The Syrian government endorsed Wednesday a new plan for political settlement put forward by President Bashar al-Assad, the state-run SANA news agency said.
During a cabinet meeting Wednesday, the government ordered the formation of a mini…
Two persons on Wednesday appeared before an Accra Circuit Court charged with conspiracy, rape and robbery.
They are Michael Kwabla, a 24-year labourer and Bismark Yeboah, a 24-year old mason both residing at Katamanso, near Adenta i…
The Director General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Ebenezer Appiah-Denkyira, has called for the use of bench marks to determine services delivered at health institutions to raise the standard of health delivery in the country.
He …
Vodafone customers and Facebook enthusiasts have a reason to smile, as Ghana's most respected Telco, Vodafone Ghana, is offering free browsing on Facebook for existing customers on their Streamer internet bundle.
A statement issued on Wed…
French police are investigating the murder of three Kurdish women activists, who were found dead in the early hours of Thursday at a community centre in Paris.
One of the founding members of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Sak…
The Thai Supreme Administrative Court on Thursday ordered the Industry Ministry to pay 122,580 dollars to a western community impacted by lead pollution, ending a nine-year legal battle.
The court upheld a 2008 verdict of a lower court…
Palestinian rival groups Hamas and Fatah have agreed to implement an Egypt-brokered unity deal to end a rift of more than five years, reported Egyptian television Thursday, quoting a presidential official.
"Under Egyptian auspices, leader…
A court in central Vietnam on Wednesday handed prison sentences to a mostly Catholic group charged with "activities against the government," their lawyers said.
One of the 14 was given a suspended three-year sentence for his minor role…
Maternal deaths in the Offinso Municipality saw a significant drop last year, Ms Beatrice Appah, the Municipal Health Director, has announced.
From the year 2011's high of 14 cases, it came down to six as of the end of year 2012.
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Over 1,000 different species of trees have been planted on a 170-acre land released by chiefs and individuals in
seven communities in the Kwahu West Municipality under the National Afforestation programme during the past three years.
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The horrific Connecticut elementary school shooting has reignited the debate over gun control in the United States but at the same time gun sales have increased dramatically in the country.
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) r…
Drivers plying the Suhum Atiebu-Akomasi- Aposs road in the Suhum Municipality have threatened to demonstrate to draw attention to the bad nature of the road.
Mr Abdul Yusif, Secretary of the local branch of Ghana Private Road Transpor…
Nana Ansah Sasraku, the Kyidomhene of the Akuapem Traditional Area and Chief of Mamfe, has noted that youth empowerment must be a shared responsibility between the government and traditional leaders in order to make them an integral part o…
The Suhum branch of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana, on Wednesday donated food items and GHC 200.00 to the Suhum Government Hospital.
The items included two bags of rice, two bags of sugar, 30 loaves of bread, six cart…
Two people were killed on the spot and several others sustained injuries when the bus on which they were travelling collided with a petrol tanker at Asuboi near Suhum at the weekend.
One of the deceased was identified as Louis Agyema…
Some business operators in Accra said they are optimistic that 2013 held bright more prospects for their activities than the previous year.
This, they said, stems from the assurance that President John Dramani Mahama gave the business com…
Tensions remained high in a Kenyan slum after a man was killed and 20 houses were torched by rival gangs late Tuesday.
The trouble happened in Nairobi's Mathare 3C area, Wilfred Mbithi, head of police operations in Nairobi, said Wednesday…
The Israel Security Agency ("Shin Bet") revealed on Wednesday that it had captured two Palestinian cells which officials said were behind attacks against motorists.
The information was released after a court gag order was rescinded.
Auth…
A joint British and Myanmar team on Wednesday began an excavation for 54 Spitfire fighter planes reportedly buried in Myanmar after the end of World War II.
Digging started at Mingaladon on the northern outskirts of Yangon for the remains…
At least three civilians were killed Thursday in two separate bomb blasts in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, according to the Iraqi website Alsumaria News.
A bomb in a parked car exploded in the predominantly Shiite Muslim district of Hurriyah…
Firefighters were working round-the-clock Thursday to snuff out blazes in Australia's south-east before hot weather predicted for the weekend makes for a return of perfect fire conditions.
January's record-breaking heatwave has seen li…
Ten people were killed on Thursday in ethnic clashes in the restive Tana River region on Kenya's coast, the Red Cross said.
Kenya has stationed 1,000 paramilitary troops in the area in an effort to prevent attacks between the Pokomo and O…
Turkey's BDP Kurdish party condemned the murder of three Kurdish political activists in Paris on Thursday, and called on French authorities to investigate to the fullest extent.
"We call on the French government to investigate this mas…
Lawyers in Sri Lanka boycotted courts and demonstrated on Thursday ahead of a Parliamentary debate to impeach the country's top judge over allegations of misconduct, officials said.
Court proceedings were suspended in most parts of the co…
Taiwan-based electronics assembler Foxconn Technology Group said Thursday it was cooperating with Chinese authorities over bribery allegations against its executives.
Foxconn procurement managers were alleged to have taken bribes from …
The 85th Annual Academy Awards nominations will be broadcast live on
DStv's M-Net Movies Premiere, Channel 103, today from 15:30 CAT. The
nominations will be presented by Seth MacFarlane and actress Emma Stone
at the Samuel Goldwyn Thea…
When the continents biggest football spectacle, the Africa Cup of Nations 2013, commences in South Africa on January 19th 2013, former Black Stars international players Abedi Pele and Samuel Osei Kuffour will form part of SuperSport's elit…
The 85th Annual Academy Awards nominations will be broadcast live on DStv's M-Net Movies Premiere, Channel 103, today from 15:30 CAT. The nominations will be presented by Seth MacFarlane and actress Emma Stone at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater…
Tipped as one of the biggest nights in Hollywood, the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards will be broadcast live to DStv audiences on M-Net Movies Premiere, channel 103, on Monday 14 January at 03:00 CAT. The Awards are set to recognise excell…
Mrs Paulina Ansah, Administrative Manager of the Great Commission Church International has urged Ghanaian women not to rely solely on single source of income.
She said looking at the present economic situation Ghanaian women found th…
Reverend John Azuma, an Ambassador of the National Heart to Heart (H2H) Caravan has blamed some religious leaders for the spread and stigmatisation of the HIV and AIDS in the country.
He said religious leaders quoted some versus in …
Barely 24 hours after the inauguration of President John Dramani Mahama at the Independence Square, the venue has become virtually empty.
As at 1100 hours that the Ghana News Agency (GNA) visited the venue, barricades which were mount…
A California woman has been arrested on suspicion that she forced a two-year-old girl to eat chili powder that sparked a fatal seizure in the toddler, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.
The report said that Amanda Sorensen, 21, will …
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