The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has noted with concern the manner in which the Petroleum Revenue Management has been interpreted to justify transfers of money from the Ghana Stabilization Fund. The Committee is therefore urging government to apply the rules and go by the procedures established by law to gain access to the ...

Ghana remain optimistic of playing in the quarter-finals of the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup as they chase qualification going into the last group games. The Black Princesses kicked off the tournament in Canada with a 1-0 victory over the host nation which handed them a big opportunity of reaching the last eight from ...

Learning to sing or play a musical instrument can help disadvantaged children improve their reading skills, US research suggests. After a year of music lessons, the reading scores of nine and 10-year-olds held steady compared to a dip seen in those who were not taught any music. Another group of musically-trained children were found to ...

Algerian side Entente Setif went through to the 2014 African Champions League semi-finals after a 2-2 draw with Esperance. The result means that Esperance of Tunisia, the 1994 and 2011 African Champions, failed to qualify for the last four of the Champions League for the first time since 2010. Setif joined Tunisians CS Sfaxien in the semi-finals from Group B, and ...

A Nigerian man who was quarantined after he showed Ebola-like symptoms during a trip to Hong Kong has tested negative for the deadly virus. The southern Chinese city government said in a statement on Sunday that the man had “tested negative for Ebola virus upon preliminary laboratory testing”. “In the past one month … he had no ...

The Nsawam Government Hospital has dismissed reports claiming that the hospital has recorded suspected cases of the Ebola disease. Media reports over the weekend indicated that, three individuals who reported at the Nsawam Governement Hospital  on Saturday with symptons of the disease had tested positive with the Ebola virus. However the Medical Superintendent of the ...

Chad has decided to withdraw five exploration permits issued to a Chinese company and press charges in a row over a $1.2bn fine for environmental violations, the oil ministry has said. Djerassem Le Bemadjiel, Chad’s oil minister, told a news conference on Saturday that the move was “to avoid further environmental degradation, not to make place for other companies”. ...

A fresh three-day ceasefire agreed between Israel and Palestinian faction Hamas in Gaza was holding on Monday. The agreement, which began at midnight (21:00 GMT Sunday), came after days of intense mediation by Egypt. If the truce continues to hold, Israel will send negotiators to Cairo on Monday for talks on a longer-term deal. About ...

Government will today convene a high level meeting at the Flagstaff House to evaluate the nation’s response to the Ebola outbreak in the sub-region and re-strategize. The meeting which will be chaired by the Chief of Staff, Prosper Bani will have in attendance, the Inter-Ministerial Task Force established by government to prevent an outbreak of ...

The Tema Development Corporation (TDC) is to be transformed into a limited liability company by the end of 2014 to independently undertake development projects. Alhaji Collins Dauda, Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, who announced this said the process to facilitate the change had been completed by Parliament and  awaiting the approval of the ...