UN Security Council envoys have warned South Sudan’s warring leaders they would face sanctions if a civil war that has pushed the young nation to the brink of famine does not stop. “The council has made it very clear: that it is prepared to impose consequences if there continue to be spoilers, if there continue ...

A little girl lost in a remote region of Siberia inhabited by bears and wolves survived 11 days in the subarctic forest by eating wild berries and drinking river water before her dog finally left her side to summon help, leading rescuers to her location. Karina Chikitova, 3, wandered away from her home in a ...

Let’s face it: Weddings are expensive, and they’re exhausting to plan. Why should someone get a spot on your invite list if they aren’t really all that important to you? We came up with a few more people that you definitely do not need to invite to your wedding, in case you’re looking for an ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified Kenya as a “high-risk” country for the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. Kenya was vulnerable because it was a major transport hub, with many flights from West Africa, a WHO official said. This is the most serious warning to date by the WHO that Ebola could spread ...

The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital may have to close its doors to patients due to a financial crisis which the Senior Staff Association of the Hospital say looms. The association has petitioned the Health Minister to intervene to prevent a possible shutdown. The statement said the hospital will not be able to continue to provide ...

The cycle of shortage of petroleum products does not appear to end soon, as the remaining stock of premix fuel, which powers outboard motors used by canoe fishermen, is expected to run out by this weekend. This follows liquidity challenges facing the company that supplies the product, which is highly subsidised, resulting in the accumulation ...

President Mahama has directed the Ministry of Finance to release of GHC 6 milllion to fight the Ebola epidemic. A statement signed by the Minister of Communication said 10,000 protective gears are to be procured for frontline workers in health, immigration and other agencies who may come into contact with persons carrying the disease. The ...

Former Minister of Comunications under the Rawlings regime, Dr. Ekow Spio Gabrah took his turn before the Appointments Committee of Parliament on Wednesday. A session that lasted almost 6 hours saw the former minister of information answering questions covering a variety of areas including trade, industry,  and his political career. Dr Ekow Spio Gabrah was ...

The Ghana Police Service has arrested Chief Inspector Paul Akpabli of Golokwati Police Station in the Volta region for escorting seven bags of a substance suspected to be Indian hemp. The Police Officer was arrested together with two others by a team of Police personnel at Sokode-Ando in the region while transporting the narcotic substance ...

The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers(CODEO) has asked the Electoral Commission to take action against individuals involved in criminal activities at the various registration centers. The Electoral Commission begun its voter registration exercise on August 4, 2014 to register Ghanaians who turned 18 after the 2012 general elections and adults who could not register during ...

The United States of America has assured it will not withhold cash meant for the second compact of the millennium challenge account if Ghana goes ahead to secure a $300 million loan facility, from Russian bank, VTB Bank, to secure arms for Ghana’s security personnel who are on peace keeping duties in Mali and Sudan. ...

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has advised Ghanaians to avoid handshakes to protect them from contracting the Ebola virus. This comes amid growing panic over the spread of the viral haemorrhagic fever, Ebola, in West Africa. “We are urging all to be wary of handshakes, particularly, at public gatherings in view of the infectious nature ...

Singer Celine Dion has put her career on hold “indefinitely” for health and family reasons. The 46-year-old said on her website she was cancelling all performances to focus on her health, her husband’s health and their children. Her Las Vegas shows up until March have all been cancelled, as well as her planned tour of Asia this ...

A plane reportedly carrying the Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos has crashed in a residential area of the port city of Santos, in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state. The plane was frequently used by Mr Campos who is running for president for the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB). Party members said he was on board at the ...

Renowned Ghanaian undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas has signed an exclusive two-year deal with the Emmy, BAFTA, and Peabody award-winning production company Insight TWI: The World Investigates. Insight and Anas have previously collaborated on award-winning documentaries for Al Jazeera English, in which Anas’ exposes included the Tanzanian trade in albino limbs, money laundering in the ...

A 29-year-old man, Ekene Ucheagwu, who killed his 65-year-old mother, Agnes in her home at Ogbunka in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria was yesterday paraded by men of the Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, Awkuzu. Ekene, a cobbler, said he had to kill his mother because she was using witchcraft to ...

Inflation for the month of July recorded a record rate of 15.3 percent. This is the highest recorded since the beginning of 2010. Last month’s inflation increased from 15 percent recorded in June. The monthly inflation rate however for July was 1.6 percent, same as the previous month. The food inflation rate declined from 7.9 ...

Despite criticism that she is beautiful and doesn’t need too much makeup to look more beautiful, actress Christabel Ekeh says she is addicted to heavy makeup and there is nothing she can do about it. “Yes I welcome all criticism but I wish there is something I can do about the heavy makeup, my face ...

The children of late actor Robin Williams have said that “the world will never be the same” without him. Among heartfelt tributes to her father, daughter Zelda said: “One of his favourite things in the world was to make you all laugh.” But she added she would “never understand” how Williams could “not find it in ...

Libya’s parliament has called for foreign intervention to protect civilians from deadly clashes between rival militia groups. MPs were meeting in Tobruk in the east because of violence in the capital Tripoli and the second city Benghazi, and 111 out of 124 voted for the call. Neither the UN nor any foreign power has any ...