By Ken Sackey, GNA  Accra, June 21, GNA - President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday said government was taking steps to empower indigenous financial entities to be able to support and spur Ghana’s transformation agenda.

By Edna A. Quansah, GNAAccra, June 20, GNA - Mr. Stephen Oduro, Managing Director (MD) of SIC Insurance Company Limited, has re-affirmed the company’s commitment to the development of golf in the country.“Golf is played by all ages a

By Isaac Arkoh/Lordia Aggrey-OtooCape Coast, June 21, GNA - Yaw Kwarteng, a 35-year-old shop attendant has been sentenced to three years imprisonment in hard labour by a Circuit Court in Cape Coast for stealing the sum of GH¢106,827.50 from his employer at Twifo Agona in the Twifo Ati-morkwa District of the Central Region.

By Jo-ann Acquah, GNACape Coast, June 21, GNA - A 52-year-old unemployed beggar has been sentenced to six months imprisonment in hard labour by a Cape Coast Circuit Court for stealing GH¢1,460.00 belonging to an administrative assistant at Doctors -In - Service (DIS) Clinic in Cape Coast.

Accra, June 21, (UPI/GNA) - U.S. Forces in South Korea will leave its longtime base in central part of Seoul to a new headquarters, 70 kilometers south of the capital city next week.U.S. Forces Korea will hold an opening ceremony at its new Camp Humphreys in the city of Pyeongtaek on June 29, attended by U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mat

Accra, June 21,(dpa/GNA) - Some 12,500 people have been displaced from their homes in the southern Syrian province of Daraa in the past 48 hours for fear of an expected battle between government forces and their allies against opposition fighters in the area.The people who fled were from the eastern and north-eastern parts of Daraa, which

Accra, June 21,(UPI/GNA) - A revised animal protection law that aims to ban killings of dogs has been proposed by lawmakers in Seoul.The proposed legislation seeks to prohibit unlawful killings of animals such as dogs and cats that are not categorized as livestock.

Accra, June 21, (UPI/GNA) - The wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was charged Thursday with fraud and breach of trust over the alleged use of state funds for food and private chefs.Sara Netanyahu, 59, was indicted with Ezra Saidoff, a former deputy director general of the prime minister's office.

Accra, June 21, (UPI/GNA) - South Korea will discuss organizing a North-South family reunion of those separated in the Korean War with the North on Friday.President of the Korean Red Cross Park Kyung-seo told reporters Thursday the issue of family reunion will be the priority agenda in the meeting, Yonhap reported.

Accra, June 21,(dpa/GNA) - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has confirmed his participation in this Sunday's top-level meeting to discuss migration and asylum issues between a number of EU states, after receiving assurances from German Chancellor Angela Merkel.After receiving a phone call on Thursday from Merkel, who was concerned tha

Accra, June 21,(dpa/GNA) - German industry, union and opposition leaders united on Thursday in their criticism of the coalition government of Chancellor Angela Merkel 100 days after it was sworn in.Merkel, whose political capital is depleted after her party lost support in a September election, is in her fourth term in office and heads an

ALGIERS, June 21, (Xinhua/GNA) - Seven armed militants laid down their weapons and surrendered to the Algerian army on Wednesday, the Algerian Defence Ministry said in a statement.These terrorists laid down their arms, including six machine guns, a sniper rifle and 11 loaded magazines, on Wednesday morning to the military authorities in th

ABUJA, June 21, (Xinhua/ GNA) - Thirty-four Nigerians have been deported by the U.S. authorities for alleged criminal offenses, according to a Nigerian police spokesman.The deportees, comprising 32 males and only two females, arrived in Nigeria's Lagos city on Wednesday, police spokesman Joseph Alabi said on Thursday.

ABUJA, June 21, (Xinhua/ GNA) - Fifteen people were wounded following an attack by two suicide bombers who hit an army barracks in Nigeria's north-eastern state of Borno, local police confirmed early Thursday.The incident late Wednesday caused an unusual pandemonium inside the army barracks as the two female suicide bombers targeted a pub

LAGOS, June 21, (Xinhua/ GNA) - Two female suicide bombers lost their lives after a failed attack on a popular military market in Nigeria's northern Maiduguri city late Wednesday, local police confirmed on Thursday.Police spokesperson Edet Okon said in a statement reaching Xinhua that the first bomber was gunned down by soldiers while tryi

KAMPALA, June 21, (Xinhua/GNA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday said the government will closely monitor the use of social media for illegal purposes and causing insecurity.Museveni while addressing lawmakers on the security situation in the country said criminals were using social media platforms to spread lies, threaten v

BELGRADE, June 20 (Xinhua/ GNA) - Liberia revokes the recognition of independence of Kosovo, the country's Foreign Minister Gbehzohngar Milton Findley informed his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic in Belgrade on Wednesday.Findley gave Dacic an official note of Liberia, notifying him that the country no longer recognizes the unilaterally dec

Accra, June 21 - (UPI/GNA) - The political element of the oil market needs to be diminished in favour of market fundamentals, the Iranian oil minister said at OPEC's conference in Vienna."I would like to reiterate that, in our view, de-politicizing the oil market is vital for market stability and its stakeholders," Iranian Oil Minister Bij

Accra, June 21, GNA - The Chief Executive Officer of Artists Alliance Gallery, Professor Ablade Glover, has urged government and relevant stakeholders to develop a sustainable policy framework to recognise, promote and honour talents in the various fields to enhance development.He said the nation must know what she had and tightly hold on

By Robert Anane, GNAAccra, June 21, GNA - The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has learnt with deep concern the cold attitude of Her Worship Efua Sackey, a Magistrate at the District Court 8 in Accra, towards journalists.A release sig