Former President Jerry John Rawlings on Tuesday consoled the government and people of Togo over the tragic loss of three members of their national soccer team, the Hawks, in Cabinda, Angola.
In a message addressed to Togolese Preside…
A businessman, who allegedly defrauded a Finland national of GH¢ 20,000 under the pretext of obtaining documents to cover the transportation of 20 kilogrammes of gold to Finland on Tuesday appeared before a Circuit Court in Accra.
Jo…
Three persons, an adult and two juveniles, who allegedly gang-raped a 14 year old girl, were on Tuesday put before a circuit court in Cape Coast on charges of defilement.
The plea of Samuel Asifoa, an 18 year-old carpenter, and the ju…
A GH¢20,000 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre built for the Wamaase D/A Primary School in the Kwabre District of the Ashanti Region was inaugurated on Tuesday.
Akate Farms and Trading Company Limited in Kuma…
Ms Sherry Ayittey, Minister of Environment, Science and Technology (MEST), on Tuesday, said government would take immediate steps to address national capacity gaps relating to institutional and systemic capacities as well as human resource…
Government is to re-open Worawora Nurses Training College as a Midwifery Training College and this will be in addition to a planned Nurses Training College at Kete-Krachi,
Mr Joseph Amenowode, Volta Regional Minister, said on Tuesday. …
The Ghana Health Services (GHS) would from March, this year, commence an in-service training programme for health workers, especially nurses and community health assistants, to acquire the requisite skills for easy diagnosis of some trop…
A video footage of an alleged extortion of money by personnel of security agencies at the Ghana-Togo border at Aflao, has sparked tension and anxiety, among the personnel and their organizations at the frontier.
Some personnel of the …
The wounded leader of Guinea's military junta, Capt Moussa Dadis Camara, has arrived in Burkina Faso from Morocco.
Eyewitnesses said Capt Camara, who took power in a coup just over a year ago, had to be helped off the plane.
Burkina Faso…
A massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake has struck the Caribbean nation of Haiti.
The extent of the devastation is still unclear but there are fears thousands of people may have died.
Haiti's worst quake in two centuries hit south of the capi…
CNN) -- The faithful prayed -- for relief, for mercy, for safety -- as aftershocks rumbled across Haiti on Tuesday evening.
"It's 8:44 p.m. and we're still getting aftershocks! Can hear people gathered in the distance singing prayers," wr…
BERLIN (Reuters) - Moroccan Nawal El Moutawakel has been chosen to lead an International Olympic Committee team monitoring preparations for the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games, the IOC said on Wednesday.
The former Olympic champion will…
Nigeria's ailing president has broken two months of silence to assure his countrymen that contrary to speculation he is alive and intending to return to power soon.
President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua this week gave his first media interview si…
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Somali teenager extradited to New York last year on charges he attempted to hijack a U.S. ship in the Indian Ocean pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to taking part in two additional attacks.
Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse, th…
An estimated $1 billion in remittances by Somalis abroad makes its way into the country through informal transfers, Ali said in the capital of neighbouring Kenya, where many top officials and elite Somalis live.
RUNAWAY INFLATION
On infl…
A UN programme to combat child deaths from disease in West Africa has failed, a Johns Hopkins University study says.
Unicef spent $27m (£17m) rolling out vaccinations, vitamin A pills and bed nets to protect against malaria from 2001 to 2…
The Mutszini report released Monday collects new Belgian military testimony, ballistics investigations by British experts, previous UN reports, and some 557 witness testimonies – in an effort to take a definitive position on the April 6, 1…
Members of the Okwahuman Association of New York, made up of Kwahu Citizens in the USA, have donated items worth GH¢800 to the Tomo-Ni orphanage at Obomeng.
The items included two bags of rice, a bag of sugar, cartons of milk, cooking oi…
Mr. William Tei-Kpoti, Ellembelle District Engineer, has stated that preparations are set for the establishment of a court in the district.
He made this known when a team from Accra led by Justice Isaac D. Duose of the Appeal Court visit…
Mr Ali Bapula, a 52-year old farmer, has been arrested by the police and placed in custody for shooting and killing two cows on his farm at Kundungu in the Wa East District of the Upper West region.
The suspect is alleged to have killed…
The Tema Regional Office of the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service recorded a total of 1,020 domestic violence cases in 2009.
The Unit whose jurisdiction covers Tema Main, Ashaiman Division, Sa…
Members of the Association of Road Contractors on Wednesday appealed to the government to review the Road Fund levy upwards to enable contractors to undertake more road projects.
The association said the current levy of five Ghana pese…
Nana Barima Obeng Ameyaw II, Chief of Tuobodom in Techiman Municipality, has called on the government to create a new district for the area.
He said Tuobodom was currently densely populated with a lot of ethnic groups and villages sp…
Members of Techiman Branch of Friends of Trees and River Bodies, an environmental NGO, have undertaken a clean-up exercise along the banks of the Atwereda River and the Techiman Central Market.
The exercise, which lasted for more tha…
The Reverend Steve Painstil, Senior Pastor of the Calvary Charismatic Baptist Church (CCBC) at Gyinyase in Kumasi, has urged his colleague Ministers of the Gospel to reach out to the people, with the true teachings of Christ.
He sai…
The Tepa District Hospital in the Ahafo-Ano North District has rewarded 14 employees for their hard work, dedication and professionalism.
They received refrigerators, full pieces of cloth and Certificates of Honour.
Ms Monica T…
The Catholic Bishop of Obuasi, Right Reverend Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye, has appealed to Ghanaians to accept to live by the values of honesty, hard work and love.
He said it was by doing this that the nation would be assured of smoot…
Employers in the Kumasi metropolis have called for public education on the new pension scheme to promote peace and harmony on the labour front, especially at the initial stages of the scheme's implementation.
Sharing their views at a day…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Asante-Mampong, Mr Francis Addai-Nimoh, has used his share of the GETFund, totaling GH¢30,000.00, to support the improvement of school structures in the area.
Part of the money went into the construc…
The following is the level of water in the Akosombo Dam as issued by the Management of Volta River Authority (VRA) on Wednesday, January 13, 2010.
Current Level (January 13, 2010) - 81.47m (267.31 feet)
Previous Level (January 12, 201…
Russia's proposal for a new European security treaty is "timely," visiting Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said on Tuesday.
"This is a timely initiative," Moratinos, whose country holds the EU rotating presidency, tol…
Mr Yahaya Musah, Assembly Member for the Konimase electoral area in the Techiman Municipality, has appealed to the Municipal Assembly and the Urban Roads Department to provide speed ramps on the road leading to the slaughter house in Techi…
Ten needy girls' apprentices in Winneba have appealed to the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, Advocates and Trainers for Women Welfare and Advancement, Non-governmental Organisations
(NGO's) and other philanthropists for support t…
Mr. Alex Kyeremeh, the Techiman Municipal Chief Executive, has appealed to the people to bury their political differences and rally behind the Assembly to accelerate development of the area.
He said the municipality would lag behind …
A terrorist group named "Iran Royal Association" took responsibility for Tuesday's fatal bombing attack on an Iranian nuclear physicist, local Iran Daily reported Wednesday.
The Iran Royal Association, a group seeking to reestablish …
Filipino peacekeepers were reportedly among those trapped inside a hotel in Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti that was hit by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake on Tuesday.
Armed Forces of Philippines spokesperson Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner said…
The United Nations on Tuesday night confirmed that the headquarters of the UN mission in Haiti was
seriously damaged after a strong earthquake hit the small island country.
"For the moment, a large number of personnel remain unacco…
A major earthquake rocked Haiti on Tuesday and "catastrophic" casualties were feared although no official reports are currently available.
The magnitude-7.0 quake, the strongest ever recorded in the area, collapsed a hospital in a hi…
More than 200,000 people have been displaced in northern Yemen by the conflict between the government troops and Al Houti forces since it began in 2004, a UN spokesman said here Tuesday.
With the "latest influx" entering its sixth mo…
A Somali man accused of hijacking the
U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama last April pleaded not guilty for the hijacking of two more vessels, one of which is still being held hostage, according to local media reports on Tuesday.
Abduwali …
Italian authorities on Tuesday launched a "zero tolerance" policy on immigrant labour exploitation following the outbreak of racial riots in the southern town of Rosarno.
Welfare Minister Maurizio Sacconi said health and work inspect…
New York City announced on Tuesday that it would sue Nigeria over millions of U.S. dollars in unpaid taxes.
"The Nigerian government has failed to pay real estate taxes, interest and other charges for commercial offices and other non…
A Somali man accused of hijacking the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama last April has been charged with hijacking two more vessels, one of which is still being held hostage, said local
authorities on Tuesday.
Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse, w…
U.S. President Barack Obama offered Tuesday to assist quake-stricken Haiti. The U.S. government agencies and the military have begun to prepare for humanitarian mission.
"My thoughts and prayers go out to those who have been affected…
Recent violent clashes between two rival militia groups in central Somalia has had a " devastating effect" on the civilian population which has led to over 150 people killed as well as the displacement of 7,000 people, a UN spokesman said …
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon is expected to attend a discussion with university presidents at Yale later this week on how to strengthen the role of science in addressing global challenges, a UN spokesman said here Tuesday.
Marti…
A Nigerian delegation led by Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe on Tuesday met with the United States security officials on the listing of Nigeria as one of the countries of interest.
The U.S. government had in response to the attempted C…
The Italian police dealt a heavy blow to the Mafia on Tuesday by arresting 17 suspects linked to powerful clans of the Calabria southern region, according to ANSA news agency.
They were caught in the northern town of Bologna, a proof…
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday said that he regrets that the registrar of the United
Nations-backed tribunal set up to try the perpetrators of political killings in Lebanon is stepping down.
But he congratulated him on hi…
A senior Saudi official has said belonging to the so-called al-Qaida terrorist organization is "haram" or prohibited in Islam, the Dubai-based al-Arabiya TV channel reported on Tuesday.
Speaking to Saudi paper Okaz, Sheikh Abdul Mohs…
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