The deadly Ebola virus has killed seven people in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia, health officials have said. These are the first deaths reported in the city since the outbreak of the contagious virus in several West African states. Among the dead are a nurse and four people from the same household, including a baby, officials said. ...

The Fast Track High Court yesterday adjourned the trial of Johnson Kombian, following the absence of a member of the jury.The court explained that the juror had written to seek permission to attend an interview. The court, presided over by Mr Justice Mustapha Habib Logoh, therefore, adjourned the trial to July 29, 2014. Background Kombian, ...

A suicide bomber has killed several people in northern Nigeria’s Yobe state at a venue televising a World Cup match, residents and medics say. A hospital worker told the BBC that truckloads of injured people are being treated in overcrowded wards. “The injured people are so numerous I cannot count them,” the worker said after ...

A Member of the National Communication Team of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Mr Charles Owusu, has said the internal wranglings in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have shown that the party is not ready to assume power come the 2016 General Election. “If we want an alternative party to govern this country, then it ...

Outgoing Minister for Health, Sherry Ayittey has stated that Ashanti region is next to join the NHIS instant ID card issuance based on biometric data platform. She said this will happen before the end of June. According to her, “all necessary installations of biometric equipment have been made at the registration centres and implementation will ...

Microsoft Ghana has organized a one-day training workshop for 25 journalists drawn from major media houses in Ghana. The workshop is a capacity-building programme designed to provide journalists with essential skills using Microsoft technologies to enable them work effectively. The objective of the workshop was to train the journalists on how to effectively report news on ...