Six men, including a Catholic priest, pleaded not guilty Friday to the murder last month of a 77-year-old Italian bishop in the diocese he founded in northern Kenya four decades ago.
The accused appeared before Nairobi High Court Judg…
The Dean of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ghana, Legon, Professor Kwesi Yankah has been appointed the Acting Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University.
This followed the statutory retirement of Professor Anna Reynolds Barnes,…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) that it had renewed approval for seven anti-AIDS drugs made by Indian firm Ranbaxy, almost a year after they were struck from an international list because of concerns over the reliability of laboratory …
Hundreds of villagers clashed with police in southern China leaving several people injured, villagers and officials said Friday in the latest of a spate of disputes over land requisition and corruption.
An estimated 800 people in Das…
A man who claimed to be a driver's mate has been charged in two separate cases of stealing a quantity of oil palm fruit bunches and firewood had been remanded in prison custody by the Asamankese Circuit Court.
Stephen Kwaku Osei plead…
Forty brand new computers donated by the government to the Asankrangwa Secondary Technical School (ASANTECH) cannot be used.
Mr Dzidzeme K. Sedanu-Kwawu, Headmaster of the School disclosed this to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an in…
Six men, including a Catholic priest, pleaded not guilty Friday to the murder last month of a 77-year-old Italian bishop in the diocese he founded in northern Kenya four decades ago.
The accused appeared before Nairobi High Court Judg…
Economic analysts and trade experts meeting in Accra have predicted grave consequences for developing countries if the developed world succeeded in pushing their agenda of drastic reduction in industrial tariffs.
They said such a pro…
The Ghana Car Rentals Association has set new standards of operation to enable the industry to attain international standards.
The Association has therefore started organizing training programmes for its members and other partners in…
The GSE All-Share Index, the main market indicator, was up by 0.1 points to end trading at 4,837.72 points from 4,837.62 points on Thursday.
Change for the year-to-date remained at -28.84 per cent.
There were two positive price…
Economic analysts and trade experts meeting in Accra have predicted grave consequences for developing countries if the developed world succeeded in pushing their agenda of drastic reduction in industrial tariffs.
They said such a pro…
The Ghana Car Rentals Association has set new standards of operation to enable the industry to attain international standards.
The Association has therefore started organizing training programmes for its members and other partners in…
The GSE All-Share Index, the main market indicator, was up by 0.1 points to end trading at 4,837.72 points from 4,837.62 points on Thursday.
Change for the year-to-date remained at -28.84 per cent.
There were two positive price…
Economic analysts and trade experts meeting in Accra have predicted grave consequences for developing countries if the developed world succeeded in pushing their agenda of drastic reduction in industrial tariffs.
They said such a pro…
The Ghana Car Rentals Association has set new standards of operation to enable the industry to attain international standards.
The Association has therefore started organizing training programmes for its members and other partners in…
The GSE All-Share Index, the main market indicator, was up by 0.1 points to end trading at 4,837.72 points from 4,837.62 points on Thursday.
Change for the year-to-date remained at -28.84 per cent.
There were two positive price…
Russian President Vladimir Putin called Thursday for an international conference on Iraq by year's end and a timetable for withdrawal of foreign troops from the country, saying they were considered "occupying forces" by many Iraqis.
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Despite progress being made in Iraq, the British troops will stay in the country until conditions improve sufficiently for them to leave, said British Defense Secretary John Reid.
"Any withdrawal of forces will be based on local condi…
The scheduled voting to confirm Mr Ebenezer Ofoe Ceaser as the District Chief Executive (DCE)for Fanteakwa on Friday had to be postponed indefinitely following a court injunction filed at a Koforidua High Court against his nomination by …
Russian President Vladimir Putin called Thursday for an international conference on Iraq by year's end and a timetable for withdrawal of foreign troops from the country, saying they were considered "occupying forces" by many Iraqis.
…
Despite progress being made in Iraq, the British troops will stay in the country until conditions improve sufficiently for them to leave, said British Defense Secretary John Reid.
"Any withdrawal of forces will be based on local condi…
The scheduled voting to confirm Mr Ebenezer Ofoe Ceaser as the District Chief Executive (DCE)for Fanteakwa on Friday had to be postponed indefinitely following a court injunction filed at a Koforidua High Court against his nomination by …
Russian President Vladimir Putin called Thursday for an international conference on Iraq by year's end and a timetable for withdrawal of foreign troops from the country, saying they were considered "occupying forces" by many Iraqis.
…
Despite progress being made in Iraq, the British troops will stay in the country until conditions improve sufficiently for them to leave, said British Defense Secretary John Reid.
"Any withdrawal of forces will be based on local condi…
The scheduled voting to confirm Mr Ebenezer Ofoe Ceaser as the District Chief Executive (DCE)for Fanteakwa on Friday had to be postponed indefinitely following a court injunction filed at a Koforidua High Court against his nomination by …
South Africa's 2003 world high jump champion Jacques Freitag lost his title on Friday as he failed to make it through the qualifying round.
The 23-year-old failed three times at 2.24 metres and with 13 athletes having already successf…
Manchester United have moved to secure the services of influential midfielder Paul Scholes who has signed a four-year extension to his current contract.
The 30-year-old former England international has been a crucial member of Sir Ale…
South Africa's 2003 world high jump champion Jacques Freitag lost his title on Friday as he failed to make it through the qualifying round.
The 23-year-old failed three times at 2.24 metres and with 13 athletes having already successf…
Manchester United have moved to secure the services of influential midfielder Paul Scholes who has signed a four-year extension to his current contract.
The 30-year-old former England international has been a crucial member of Sir Ale…
South Africa's 2003 world high jump champion Jacques Freitag lost his title on Friday as he failed to make it through the qualifying round.
The 23-year-old failed three times at 2.24 metres and with 13 athletes having already successf…
Manchester United have moved to secure the services of influential midfielder Paul Scholes who has signed a four-year extension to his current contract.
The 30-year-old former England international has been a crucial member of Sir Ale…
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi is converting two hospitals into teaching hospitals in addition to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) to provide clinical training to its medical students.
P…
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi is converting two hospitals into teaching hospitals in addition to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) to provide clinical training to its medical students.
P…
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi is converting two hospitals into teaching hospitals in addition to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) to provide clinical training to its medical students.
P…
Worldwide newspaper sales edged up by more than two percent in 2004 while advertising revenue recorded significant gains, the World Association of Newspapers said Monday.
In its report on trends in the newspaper industry, the WAN sai…
Mr Kusi Aboraa, Ashanti Regional Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has reiterated the need for parents to invest in their children's education and development.
He said investing in children's welfare wo…
The Greater Accra Regional Police Command has chalked another success in its fight against armed robbers by arresting another high profile member of the gang of Aryee Aryetey, alias Ata Ayi, who is standing trial for various robberies.
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The media, especially the local FM stations have been urged to avoid inflammatory reports and discussions that could ruin the country's fledgling democracy.
Nana Kwadwo Domfeh, an activist of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) wh…
Egyptian women have launched two separate initiatives, one calling on citizens to wear black clothes and the other a white ribbon, to protest the assault of several women during last week's referendum.
Female activists protesting agai…
Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Friday an "all-out" effort to address human rights problems highlighted by a report from the 46-nation Council of Europe.
At a meeting in the Kremlin, Putin welcomed the 140-page report presen…
Hundreds of riot police armed with hammers and axes on Friday demolished houses and shacks on the outskirts of Harare as a campaign against illegal settlements forged ahead in Zimbabwe.
The demolition, conducted mainly by young parami…
HSBC staff in Britain were to strike in their thousands Friday in a dispute over pay and the biggest walk-out against a leading bank here for more than eight years, union officials said.
The global banking giant, which saw 2004 pre-ta…
Mr. Ambrose Dery, Upper West Regional Minister on Friday called on District Assemblies in the region to expand their scopes of tax collections to be able to initiate development projects on their own.
The expansion, he said, would no…
Local leaders from 13 communities in southern Nigeria's oil-rich but restive Niger Delta accused the Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell of reneging on a promise to build them a road Friday and demanded that the firm halt its operations in thei…
The Administrator of the Koforidua Regional Hospital, Mr Lucio Derry, had advised families in the Eastern Region to register with the District Health Insurance Schemes to stop the embarrassment of abandoning their relations at the hospital…
Farmers in the Northern Region have adopted extracts from neem leaves and seeds to control insects and pests.
The neem has an active ingredient called "azadirachtin" that is found in all parts of the tree with the largest concentrations …
The European Union's health commissioner called on Europe on Friday to protect itself from a possible epidemic of bird flu.
"Reinforcing the defences of Europe against infectious diseases is an urgent priority. Health experts warn us …
Dr Kofi Asare, Ashanti Regional Director of Health Services, has observed that radio stations are the worst culprits in the current proliferation of fake herbal and orthodox drugs in the country.
He said it has over the years been th…
Mrs Marian Adum-Atta, School Health Education Co-ordinator of the Accra Metro Education Directorate, on Friday called for responsible parenting, especially in the provision of the needs of their daughters to prevent them from being lured i…
Ethnic Albanian and Serbian officials have shown no signs of compromise in the lead-up to a key meeting of the UN Security Council on Friday to discuss the future of the southern Serbian province of Kosovo.
UN Secretary General Kofi …
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