An impeachment motion submitted on Sunday by some Somali legislators against President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has been dropped because of a lack of support. The parliamentary clerk issued a statement saying that 14 legislators had withdrawn their names from the 92 who supported the move, meaning there were no longer the required number of signatures to initiate the impeachment process. [...] The post Somalia

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is witnessing the spread of Ebola to major cities, according to the international nongovernmental organisation (NGO) Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF, or Doctors without Borders).   The MSF said on December 3 that the city of Butembo, in the northeastern DRC with a population of nearly one million, is among the latest affected urban locations. [...] The post Ebola

South Africa has summoned the Rwandan envoy in Pretoria after a Rwandan pro-government news site reportedly called a key minister a “prostitute”. Lindiwe Sisulu, the South African international relations minister, has also been criticised on Twitter by a senior Rwandan official. Her spokesman told the BBC the remarks were “unacceptable” and “must stop”. Ms Sisulu recently met an exiled critic [...] The post SA

THE approval of a resolution to give Parliamentary blessing to the now controversial  $12.5m Service Agreement between the Government and Fly Zipline Ghana Limited for the delivery of emergency health and blood products to public health facilities went down the wire via a head-count in the House yesterday.   It was necessitated by the Minority caucus’ opposition to the deal [...] The post House

LAST Saturday was, indeed a black day in our boxing history and a big blow to the Royal Storm, Isaac Dogboe, as Ghanaians watched their buddy boxer badly battered in an ill-fated World Boxing Organisation contest at the Madison Square Garden in New York. Dogboe fell from grace as he was defeated, through unanimous decision by Emmanuel Navarette, denying him [...] The post LESSONS LEARNT FROM

A self-styled national security officer, who claimed he works at the Jubilee House, Accra, has appeared before an Accra circuit court, charged with fraud. Ismael Ali, 40, had already been granted GH¢28,000 bail with three sureties, who should be residents of Accra and gainfully employed. He allegedly collected GH¢28,000 from Daniel Abew, a businessman, under the pretext of supplying him [...] The post Self-styled

An Aflao circuit court, in the Volta Region, has sentenced three armed robbers to a total of 176 years’ imprisonment in hard labour. The convicts Julius Gbede, alias “Bible”, 25, got 82 years, Kofi Kunya, alias “Sponsor”, 27, 79 years, and Malik Mohammed Urmaru Suna, 24, 15 years. According to police sources the arrest of Gbede, who is considered leader [...] The post 3 robbers jailed 176 years

A Kumasi district court has sentenced a 28-year-old labourer to a fine of GH¢600.00, for stealing GH¢900.00 being proceeds of a public toilet, at Kwadaso, in Kumasi. George Beryo, who told the prosecution that he used the money to cater for his sick wife, would spend six months in prison in hard labour if he defaults in paying the fine. [...] The post Labourer fined for stealing public