A 70-year-old father has been reunited with his daughter, 23 years after she was taken from Rwanda to Italy for adoption during the genocide, having been mistaken for an orphan. Jeanette Chiapello flew to Rwanda this month from Italy to meet her father, Leonard Sebarinda, after a brother had spent years tracking her down. Sebarinda ...

South Africa has been recommended to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup ahead of Ireland and France, the tournament’s organising board has announced. The World Rugby Council will meet on 15 November in London for a final vote. South Africa, who won the 1995 cup as hosts after returning to international sport, were endorsed after ...

Pressure group, OccupyGhana, is demanding an unqualified apology from Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa, George Ayisi Boteng, who in a recent comment said he will always treat members of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) as his priority, because they are more Ghanaian than others. Mr. Ayisi Boateng’s comment has been widely criticized with many calling ...

Black Stars duo Thomas Partey and Harrison Afful were on target in superb fashion on Tuesday night for their respective clubs. Atletico needed a 56th minute screamer from Partey to rescue a draw after a less than impressive performance against Azerbaijani champions Qarabag. The Spanish side needed to win the game to put pressure on ...

The Attorney General has withdrawn its application of a stay of execution at the court of appeal, in the case where the residence and work permits of Indian Business Ashok Sivaram are under contention. The Attorney General, represented by a state attorney, Jasmine Armah, filed the application at the court of Appeal after a similar ...

The National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), Dr. Kwame Adu-Nsiah, has dismissed pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) Burma Camp Youth group’s widespread misconception that selection of district Coordinators for the Northern Region was skewed. The group locked up the Northern Regional Secretariat of the GSFP for one week, and accused Children and Social ...

Out of 276 Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) filling stations inspected so far, 108 have been found not to be in full compliance with all regulatory and technical requirements. Consequently, the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) closed down 71 filling stations due to non-compliance with some regulatory and technical requirements. However, 26 of the filling stations closed ...

The Minority in Parliament has turned the heat on President Nana Akufo-Addo to break his silence over the widely condemned partisan comment made by Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Ayisi Boateng. According to the Minority, turning a blind eye on the issue will mean that Akufo-Addo endorses such comments which have been described as ...

Liberia’s Supreme Court has ordered preparations for Tuesday’s presidential run-off vote be halted amid allegations of fraud from an eliminated candidate. Ex-football star George Weah and Vice-President Joseph Boakai are due to go head-to-head in the 7 November vote. But the Liberty Party’s Charles Brumskine, who came third in the first round, has challenged the ...

Retired diplomat and once secretary to Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, K.B. Asante, has said the pledge by Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa, George Ayisi Boateng, to prioritize the welfare of New Patriotic Party members in his dealings “doesn’t make sense”. Comments like that put the country on the verge of “rot”, he asserted on the Citi Breakfast Show. ...

Former Managing Director of Accra Hearts of Oak Vincent Odotei Sowah has said he won’t contest for the position of president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) slated for 2019. Current president, Kwesi Nyantakyi’s tenure as president ends in 2019 and the 49 year old is not expected to contest for the presidency after serving ...

The local chapter of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), at University of Education, Winneba (UEW), has threatened to sue the Governing Council of UEW, over its decision to interdict the school’s Vice Chancellor and four other top officials. The officials were asked to step aside after it was discovered that some files at ...

Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL), has been adjudged the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Company of the year at the 7th Ghana CSR Excellence Awards held in Accra. The company beat off competition from other top CSR-aligned companies to win the award. The awards was in recognition of Guinness’ commitment to building thriving communities in Ghana through ...

The Ministry of Railways Development is seeking the services of a transaction adviser for the development of a metro rail transit system in Accra and its environs. The transaction adviser is expected to assist the Ministry to develop a bankable document and assist with the procurement of a private sector partner to undertake the development ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo wants the new Council of the Civil Service to, among other things, deal with the scourge of corruption and partisanship known to fester within the civil service. Speaking at the inauguration of the new eight-member Council of the Civil Service at the Flagstaff House on Tuesday, President Akufo Addo said the rot ...

The Danish Foreign Affairs Minister, Anders Samuelsen, has stated that until a country lifts its people out of poverty to a larger middle class society, the population will not be concerned about a better environment, since they will be much more concerned about how to get their daily bread. Anders Samuelsen said this in an ...

Russia has signed a deal to build two nuclear power plants in Nigeria, as Africa’s largest economy seeks to end its energy crisis. Russian state-owned company Rosatom will build one in the south, the other in the centre, sources at the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission told the BBC. The deal’s exact worth is unknown, although ...

The Danish Foreign Affairs Minister, Anders Samuelsen, has stated that until a country lifts its people out of poverty to a larger middle class society, the population will not be concerned about a better environment, since they will be much more concerned about how to get their daily bread. Anders Samuelsen said this in an ...

Facebook, Twitter and Google lawyers defended themselves to US lawmakers probing whether Russia used social media to influence the 2016 election. The three firms faced hard questions at a Senate panel on crime and terrorism about why they missed political ads bought with Russian money. Lawmakers are eyeing new regulations for social media firms in ...