The death is reported of Lieutenant Colonel J.H. Blood-Dzraku (Rtd), a former Director of the Armed Forces Public Relations Directorate.
A statement signed by Lieutenant Colonel E. Aggrey-Quashie of the Public Relations Directorate …
More than 40 people were dead Friday after hundreds of metres of hillside in south-western China collapsed in the early hours, burying multiple homes, officials said.
Officials said 42 bodies had been found, out of a total of 46 who ha…
Recently renewed peace talks between Turkey and militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were under pressure Friday, as allegations continued to swirl about the murder of three Kurdish activists in Paris the day before.
No susp…
A 23-year old scrap dealer arrested by the police for alleged robbery has been remanded in prison custody by a Kumasi Circuit Court presided over by Justice William Boampong.
Shamuna Bawa is reported to have robbed a second hand foot…
A 37-mason caught with fake Ghana cedis has been remanded into prison custody by the Juaso Circuit Court presided over by Justice Alex Obeng Asante.
The plea of Bright Okyere was not taken and he was ordered to reappear before cour…
A 20-year old self professed pastor, accused of defiling a seven-year old girl, has been remanded into prison custody by the Juaso Circuit Court.
Kwasi Darkwah profusely denied the offence and was ordered to reappear on January 24…
The Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence (AITI-KACE) has held its first Technology Transformation Seminar (TTS) of 2013 to education people on the importance of Online Educational Resources (OERs).
TTS is an event which is geared t…
A Frenchman being held hostage in Somalia since 2009 was killed by his captors during a French rescue bid, the Defence Ministry in Paris said Saturday.
Two French commandos and 17 Somali militants were also killed in the raid, the ministr…
Sudan's army said it repulsed a rebel attack on its positions in South Kordofan state, killing 50 fighters, according to a statement from the military released late on Friday.
The army said the fighting took place about 15 kilometres sout…
The vast scale of child abuse committed by deceased BBC presenter Jimmy Savile was unveiled in a police report Friday, which described Savile as a "prolific, predatory sex offender who hid behind his "celebrity status."
The joint repor…
The first official portrait of Kate, the duchess of Cambridge and wife of Britain's Prince William, was unveiled in London Friday - two days after her 31st birthday.
Kate, who is pregnant, and William attended the unveiling in London's…
One quarter of Israeli voters are still undecided ahead of a general election on January 22, a poll published Friday showed.
The poll published by the Ma'ariv newspaper also found that most of the undecided voters identify with centre-…
A Spanish soldier was killed Friday in a bomb blast in north-western Afghanistan, the government said.
Sergeant David Fernandez Urena, 35, was defusing a bomb which had been located on a road near Qala-i-Naw, when it or another bomb ex…
Confusion reigned Saturday over the fate of a French hostage in Somalia, who was killed during a failed rescue bid according to the French government but whom his captors said was alive.
The French Defence Ministry said Denis Allex, a sec…
The Half Assini District magistrate's court has referred to the Western Region Supervising High Court Judge in Sekondi for punishment, two women it has convicted, as the gravity of their cases deserve stiffer punishments that are above t…
Islamist militia al-Shabaab on Saturday denied that French hostage Denis Allex had died during a rescue bid in Somalia, adding that, it had captured a French solder and killed several others.
"The injured French soldier is now in the cust…
A 16-year-old Indian girl attempted suicide by setting herself on fire, after allegedly being raped by a neighbour, police said on Saturday.
The alleged sex crime is among the host of cases that have been recently highlighted by the media…
The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) in collaboration with the International Trade Centre (ITC) would on Monday, January 14, 2013 organise a weeklong capacity-building workshop for Ghanaian exporters on reliable trade information on…
Thirty people died on Saturday when a passenger bus plunged off a mountainous road in Nepal's western Doti district, police confirmed.
The bodies were recovered from the accident site and 12 survivors were admitted to hospital.
Th…
The Sunyani Central Rotary Club has constructed a modern sanitary facility for traders at the Nana Bosoma Central Market in Sunyani.
The facility, which comprises a 12-seater water closet, reservoir and hand washing bay, is estimate…
A 25-year-old student, who forcibly had sex with a 9-year-old pupil has been jailed for 15 years with hard labour by the Akim Swedru Circuit Court.
Kofi Baiden pleaded guilty to the charge of defilement.
Police Inspector Kwaku …
The Akim Swedru Circuit Court in the Birim South District has jailed Francis Kofi Amoabeng, a driver's mate to 15 years imprisonment for defiling a 5-year-old kindergarten girl.
Amoabeng, 18, pleaded guilty to the charge of defiling …
Kwame Donkor, an unemployed who had sex with a six-year-old girl at a nearby bush under the pretence of giving her a Christmas gift has been sentenced to 18 years with hard labour by the Akim Swedru circuit court.
Donkor pleaded guil…
Chief Imoro Baba-Issa, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the National Council of Zongo Chiefs (NCZC) has said that the development of educational infrastructure in Zongo communities is very crucial to the improvement of people's living st…
Traders of Makola market have been living in constant fear following rumours circulating that some people are preparing to burn the market, and have therefore appealed to the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to beef up security.
Na…
The European Union has provided aid benefiting half of all Haitian citizens - or 5 million people - in the three years since its devastating earthquake, the bloc's executive said Saturday.
"Today, as we take stock of our actions since the…
Forest guards of the Forestry Commission (FC) have arrested some illegal chainsaw operators with 122 pieces of lumber and the culprits would be prosecuted.
The Western Regional Manager of the Forestry Services Division (FSD), Mrs. Lydia O…
Mr. Iddrisu Yahya, 2012 best farmer for Tano North District in Brong Ahafo Region, has called on government to master the political will and construct irrigation dams throughout the 10 regions of Ghana, to ensure sustainable food supply.
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Seven people, including four foreigners, were killed Friday in a fire that razed a budget hotel in the Philippines, police said.
The fire broke out before dawn at the Dryden Hotel in Olongapo City, 80 kilometres north of Manila, police Su…
Heavy smog prompted Beijing authorities to advise the city's 20 million residents to stay indoors if possible on Friday.
Older or ill people and children should remain in closed rooms, the environmental monitoring services said.
Le…
African Assistance Plan (AAP), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) in Sunyani, is to construct 60 boreholes in 20 communities in the Brong-Ahafo Region by the end of 2013.
The project, estimated at a cost of GH¢ 110,000.00, is be…
International envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi was Friday in talks with top diplomats from Russia and the United States in Geneva, as opposition activists said rebels, fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad, captured a major air base.
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Ms Ramatu Adamu, a teacher, who died in the last kotokuraba Market accident, in Cape Coast, was on Thursday buried at Asokyeano.
A large crowd of people, both Muslims and non-Muslims, gathered at the Ayiko-Ayiko Mosque to offer pray…
The authorities at the Takoradi Port have finally released seized second-hand refrigerators,deep-freezers and air-conditioners to their owners.
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority(GRA) seized the electrical gadgets followi…
The Sunyani High Court One, on Thursday dismissed a writ filed against Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Robert Ayalingo, Brong-Ahafo Regional Police Commander.
The writ sought to restrain DCOP Ayalingo from holding himself as the…
India's Supreme Court Friday criticized the government for the lack of protection of women's safety in New Delhi, a news report said.
The court was hearing a public petition filed amid public outrage following the rape and murder of a …
The European Union was assessing how developments in Mali will affect the military training mission it is planning to deploy there, a spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said Friday.
"The planning of the mission at…
Three policemen were killed Friday in an attack on a security checkpoint north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, a media report quoting security officials said.
The assault in Taj was carried out by unknown gunmen, the Alsumaria News websi…
Arsonists targeted the homes of five Greek journalists in Athens in the early hours on Friday, causing damage but no injuries, radio reports said.
Police said the unknown assailants planted devices consisting of gas canisters at the entra…
Several explosions shook the Croatian capital Zagreb on Friday, leaving at least one person injured, state television HRT reported.
Police confirmed that a blast at a bus stop in western Zagreb and two more elsewhere were being investi…
A landslide in south-western China early Friday killed at least 18 people and left dozens missing, officials said.
The death toll reached 18 as rescue workers sifted through the debris, the local authorities of Zhenxiong county in Yunn…
The start-up of an expanded hydropower dam Friday on the Nam Ngouang River in central Laos is set to impact the lives of thousands, an international environmental group said.
"The Theun-Hinboun Expansion Project has displaced over 7,50…
Young girls in some communities in the Upper West Region are cursing God everyday for making them female. Young men are preying upon them like the hawk preys on chickens that have no owner.
Young girls are slaves to "yesterday's" cultural…
Britain will be giving million of dollars worth of training to an Ethiopian paramilitary force accused of severe human rights abuses, including rape and extra judicial killings, the London-based Guardian newspaper reported on Friday.
It c…
The death toll in multiple bombings in Pakistan has risen to 113 with 230 injured, police said Friday, a day after the attacks in the south-west and north-west of the country.
The first of twin bombings in the south-western city of Que…
Management of the Tamale College of Education (TACE) is to embark on an expansion of its facilities in the year 2013 to increase student intake.
This will include the rehabilitation and building of new lecture rooms, dormitories and drai…
The Elections Committee of Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), on Thursday reminded members of the Association who are interested in filling their nominations to contest national executive positions to do so on Monday, January 14.
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The Bible Society of Ghana (BSG) on Thursday held a Bible week seminar to brief its members on the programmes and activities for the year.
Mr Nathaniel Nunoo, Manager in charge of Church Relations for BSG said the Bible week has b…
Assistant Chief Fire Officer (ACFO) Edward Kwaku Ashon, Eastern Regional Commander of Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), has observed that mentally deranged persons have been identified to be silent agents of bush fires in the area.
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Mrs Zenabu Wasai-King, Upper East Regional Director of Environmental Protection Council (EPA) has called on Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) and Ghana Social Opportunities Project (GSOP), to forge partnership with Ghana En…
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