There was uncontrollable wailing at the Nsamanpom Cemetery at Ashaley Botwe in Accra Friday, when the bodies of the four children who were found dead in a drain in the community recently were laid to rest.

Lightning struck the Okomfo Anokye Senior High School (SHS) at Wiamoase in the Ashanti Region, setting a second year female student on fire and killing her in the process.

The facility, estimated at GH¢335,000, is being financed by the Mobile Telecommunications Company, MTN Ghana Foundation.

A national action plan for sustainable energy project designed to extend electricity to all communities by the year 2020 has been launched in Accra.

About 4,000 lotto receivers have been out of business for more than a month now following the decision by SIMNET Ghana Limited to withdraw its services to the National Lottery Authority.

Five suspected armed robbers, including a teenager, have been arrested for allegedly robbing passengers of five vehicles and killing a pregnant woman near the Ankasa Forest Reserve in the Jomoro District in the Western Region.

The government is to distribute 100,000 laptops to tertiary students across the country to support their research work, President Mahama has announced.

It is the only seat in the country's political history which has for sometime now, been contested for by candidates with doctorate degrees.

A Supervising High Court Judge, Justice Robin Batu, has urged Returning Officers for the December 7 election to protect the integrity of the polls.

Lawyers for former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi are to appeal against his jail sentence for tax fraud, media reports say.

President Barack Obama has cast his vote in his hometown of Chicago as his campaign seeks to boost early ballots in a neck-and-neck election race.

The world's biggest platinum producer, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), has agreed to reinstate the 12,000 South African miners sacked for taking part in an unofficial strike.

Unknown gunmen have tried to kill a Congolese doctor widely praised for his work helping rape victims, he has told the BBC.