A Bangladeshi court on Sunday sentenced five Bangladeshi nationals to death for killing a Saudi Arabian embassy official in Dhaka earlier this year, court officials said.
Judge Mohammad Motahar Hossain handed down the verdict nine mont…
A Bangkok taxi driver on Sunday returned a bag with 3 million baht (100,000 dollars) in cash to the Brink's security company, news reports said.
Pongsin Jirakulthavornpatthe said he ran over the cash early Sunday and alerted an army-ru…
German police were hunting Sunday for three suspects after a nighttime hotel-room stabbing left two dead in downtown Frankfurt.
One man died of stab wounds in the hotel room and a second man stumbled from the room as far as the hotel …
Three suspected al-Qaeda militants were killed in an airstrike in southern Yemen, said a security official on Sunday.
The strike carried out late Saturday destroyed a car carrying the insurgents in the southern province of Bayda, the S…
Most members of Southern African Development Community (SADC) are likely to receive normal to above-normal rainfall for the period January to May next year, according to a mid-season update.
The outlooks are split into rolling thr…
The following are the major health news covered in 2012
News in January
Ghana unlikely to achieve MDG on maternal and infant mortality by 2015.
16/01/2012
Korle-Bu Hospital suspends MRI services
17/01/2012
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One person is reported dead and two others injured in two shooting incidents on Saturday in a bush between the Nkonya and Alavanyo communities in the Volta Region.
The first incident was said to have happened at around 0530 hours, wh…
The Great Commission Church International – Ghana is to elect its National Executive Council members to steer the affairs of the Church from July 2013 to July 2018.
This election is schedule to take place at the Church's next Gene…
West Mamprusi District has more than 113 classrooms without teachers at the primary level.
In addition, 83 kindergartens are without teachers, Mr. Charles .B. Midzira, Assistant Director of Finance and Administration of the Ghana Ed…
Mr Daniel Benefoh, a Director at the Environmental Protection Agency has stressed the importance of youth participation in policy development at all levels of national engagements.
He said it was important for youth-focused non-gover…
Mr Emmanuel Asempa, a health education volunteer, on Friday asked journalist to reinvigorate their bodies to avoid stress-related illnesses.
He said journalists should visit health facilities regularly for medical check up since thei…
Six men accused of gang raping and beating a woman in the Indian capital on December 16 are to be charged with murder, police said Saturday after the woman died in a Singapore hospital.
"We have added the charge of murder to rape and as…
Mr John Effah Amoah, chairman of the Teshie North Methodist Church keep fit club in the Greater Accra Region, has said the group would intensify its efforts at winning souls for Christ and supporting the needy in the Teshie area.
He …
The Ghana Red Cross Society (GRCS) has handed over 22 bedroom houses to victims of heavy floods that hit Atiwa District in Eastern Region, in July 2011.
The GRSC was assisted by Swiss Red Cross Society (SRCS) to put up the houses f…
The Accra Archdiocese of the Catholic Church on Saturday held a carnival in Accra as part of activities marking its 120th anniversary.
The carnival involved brass band music provided by Ghana National Fire Service Band and cultural …
Former U.S. president George H.W. Bush remained in intensive care at a Houston hospital, but his condition "continues to improve," a Bush family spokesman said Friday.
"President Bush remains in the intensive care unit at Methodist Hospit…
Police fanned out in central New Delhi Saturday to seal off a high-security area anticipating protests following the death of a 23-year-old rape victim.
The woman, who was gang-raped and beaten by a group of men in a moving bus in the …
The second tropical cyclone of the southern hemisphere summer in the Pacific hit the Solomon Islands Saturday.
Cyclone Freda brought strong winds and rain flattening trees and lifting roofs, according to reports from the capital Honiara q…
An 11-year old boy from the southern Norwegian county of Telemark has died of a swine virus infection, the Norwegian-language newspaper Aftenposten reported on Friday.
The boy had been seriously ill for two weeks before being transferred …
At least seven suspected Islamist terrorists died during an anti-terrorism raid in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region, government officials told the Interfax news agency Saturday.
Anti-terrorism units freed a six-year-old girl the…
The death toll in Russia due to harsh winter weather has risen to at least 142 for the month of December, reported the Interfax news agency Saturday, citing the Health Ministry.
A further 1,350 people had to seek medical attention due …
Pastor Charles Sarkodie Director of Grace World Foundation, an NGO, has donated to three local children's homes to let inmates to be part and feel happy during the Christmas celebrations.
The orphanage homes are Hannukah at Baakonia…
The Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Mr Kwesi Ankonam Quayson has stressed the need for insurance firms to formulate policies that would help tackle the problem of domestic fires in the country.
He said the highest category of fire outbre…
The death of a 23-year-old woman nearly two weeks after she was gang-raped and brutally beaten on a bus in New Delhi evoked grief, anger and shame across India Saturday.
The victim died of multiple organ failure in a Singapore hospital wh…
After a year of enjoying a no wahala life with Tigo Cash, top users of Tigo Cash have been rewarded with a special gift this yuletide.
"Tigo Cash's most loyal customers have been given a hamper loaded with Tigo Cash goodies and some…
If you don't have your costume for the much anticipated "December to Remember" concert in Takoradi this festive season then you are late for the Christmas spike.
The show, which is proudly brought to you by Tigo Ghana, will be stag…
The National Lottery Authority in the Upper East Region on Thursday expressed gratitude to its clientele for patronizing its products in the Region and prayed such commitment would continue in 2013.
Mr John Joseph Dassah, Regional Ma…
Dr Koku Awoonor-Williams, Upper East Regional Director of Health Services on Thursday expressed gratitude to media houses in the Region for their immense contribution to improving health delivery.
"I particularly want to thank you fo…
Snow, icy rains and strong winds chilled the US north-east and parts of Canada on Thursday, raising the death toll to nine from a severe winter weather system.
The winter storms, which earlier swept through the US south and the lower G…
The Ridge Hospital in Accra recorded a total number of 57 births during the holidays, which are Christmas day and Boxing Day, of which 29 were males and 28 females.
On Christmas day the hospital recorded 20 normal deliveries, of whic…
World Vision International (WVI) has held a seminar on water quality monitoring in Bolgatanga where it showcased to stakeholders, its Regional Water Quality laboratory.
The Laboratory is located in the Savelugu (25km north of Tamale) …
The Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) of the Tema Regional Police Command recorded a total of 17 accidents with one death in the Tema Township during the Christmas period.
Superintendent Oduro Amening, Tema Regional M…
The Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova on Thursday expressed shock at the ferocity that has marked the latest round of the destruction of Timbuktu's mausoleums.
She was reacting to reports that at least three mausoleums in the a…
A GH¢400,000.00 street lighting project completed by the government at Abofour, a thriving market centre in the Offinso Municipality, has been inaugurated with a fanfare.
It was funded from the reserve fund of the Local Government an…
The leader of the Central African Republic on Thursday appealed to France and the United States for
military support, as he faces a rebel advance on the capital.
President Francois Bozize called on the "great powers" to help stop the …
Samsung Ghana Limited, an electronic manufacturing company, has presented a quantity of milk products valued at about GH¢5,000.00 to support the "Save Our Lives Orphanage" at Anwiankwanta in the Asante-Bekwai Municipality.
Mr Bilal A…
Five 4H-Ghana Clubs in schools and two other clubs won awards at this year's farmers-Day celebrations.
The clubs were engaged in the Enterprise Gardening Project of 4H-Ghana which was aimed at introducing the future farmers of the co…
All public engagements at the Volta Regional Coordinating Council (VRCC) have been suspended in honour of the late Henry Ford Kamel, Volta Regional Minister who died on Christmas Day, Tuesday, December 25, 2012.
A regional thanksgiv…
Mr Kwasi Tsibu Yirenkyi, the Eastern Regional Manager of the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), has cautioned motorists to eschew all tendencies that are likely to cause road accidents during the Christmas and New Year festivities.
…
The Reverend George Opare Kwapong, Akuapem Presbytery Chairperson of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, has called on Ghanaians to use this year’s Christmas celebration to preach peace, reconciliation and unity.
Speaking to the Ghana…
A Catholic Priest, The Reverend Monsignor Bobby Benson on Christmas day feted over 1,000 people in the Eastern Region including people living with HIV/AIDS, people on the streets, hospitals and prisons.
Supported by some Catholic st…
A total of 21 children; comprising 12 boys and nine girls were delivered at the Police Hospital in Accra during the Christmas festivities.
Mrs Grace Herman, Chief Superintendent of Police and Officer In-Charge of the Maternity Unit of the…
Six people were reported killed in floods in Malaysia's east coast states, as the number of people displaced rose to 21,800 as of Thursday, according to the official news agency Bernama.
The annual north-east torrential monsoon rains c…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he will sign into law a bill that bans the adoption of the country's children by US citizens.
He would also change procedures for the support of orphans, the Interfax news agency reported.…
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Saturday 29 December, 2012
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Focus on Africa: Join Komla Dumor and Sophie Ikenye as they cover the latest news in Africa. Focus on Africa reports on various issues including current affairs such as the fall of governments, rising eco…
Myanmar will allow new privately owned daily newspapers to start publication on April 1, ending nearly five decades of state monopoly over daily news, officials said Friday.
Both Burmese and English-language newspapers would be allowed fr…
The Metropolitan Catholic Archbishop of Kumasi, the Most Reverend Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye, has appealed to the government to make deliberate efforts to de-congest the country's prisons.
He described the present situation at th…
The Upper West Regional Police Command has called on the media to exercise restraint and allow the police to carry out proper investigations into the shooting of the Regional Minister, Alhaji Amidu Sulemana last week to avoid tarnishing an…
China on Friday adopted a regulation requiring the nation's 500 million internet users to register their real names, the latest move from the ruling Communist Party to control online activity.
Lawmakers said the regulation was designed…
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