Some small scale miners are accusing the Inter-ministerial taskforce on illegal small scale mining (galamsey) of brutality and extortion.

Eastern Regional Minister Helen Ntoso has warned she will deal ruthlessly with any young person who opts for galamsey business despite decent job opportunities being offered them.

The acting Chief Director of the Justice Ministry Suleiman Ahmed has told the Fast Track High Court (Financial Division) that monies paid to embattled businessman Alfred Woyome resulted from consultations between the accused, the Attorney-General and others.

Officials of NADMO in the Western region say they have no relief items to support the over 100 people whose homes and shops were destroyed during MondayÂ’s rains

The Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS), University of Ghana, on Monday opened a five-day international conference to harness and share experiences that would help address issues of climate change in Africa.

On Monday morning, the first porn app for Google Glass was announced. A few hours later, Google officially banned sexually explicit material on the futuristic eyewear.

A driver working with the Bolgatanga branch the Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB), on Monday died on the spot when a bullion van he was driving collided head-on with a tractor on the Bolgatanga-Navrongo trunk road

Mobile Zone Ghana, sole distributors of Tecno Phones in Ghana walked away with the Mobile Distributor of the Year award at the 3rd MobileWorld Ghana Telecom Awards.

Residents at Gyedu, one of NewmontÂ’s Ahafo Mine host communities in the Asutifi District of Brong-Ahafo Region, say they live in fear because the activities of illegal miners are threatening their very existence.

A court in Cairo has convicted 43 Egyptian and foreign employees of non-governmental (NGO) organisations for working illegally in Egypt.

Coming on the heels of incessant public criticisms about police highhandedness in an alleged brutality in Cantonments last Friday, the Inspector General of Police Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan has ordered the Police Intelligence and Professional Standards Bureau (PIPS) to investigate the brutality.

Two British soldiers have admitted abusing Afghan civilians at a court martial hearing in Germany.

A Chinese city plans to fine mothers who have a child out of wedlock, sparking criticism that the policy is discriminatory and could lead to an increase in abandoned babies.

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has appeared in court for the first time since he was freed on bail over the killing of his girlfriend.

Police in the Volta Region say they will arrest the Paramount Chief of Nkonya if their investigations prove that the murder of a man from Alavanyo over the weekend was carried out by indigenes of his town.

The US offers rewards of up to $7m for information about Islamist militants in North and West Africa, the first time it has used the policy in the region.

Deputy Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Florence Rachel Appoh, has condemned the abuse by teachers and other staffs of girls in various schools across the country, saying such an action ruined their future forever.

One of the articles that got my attention last week was a news report on a roundtable conference that was organised by the Institute of Democratic Governance on the theme, GhanaÂ’s Democratic Process So Far.

Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya Constituency, Sarah Adwoa Safo has made donations to some victims of the recent fire outbreak at the Dome Market in Ga East Municipality of Accra. The gesture was to lighten the burden of the affected traders.

On this occasion of June 4, I salute all my fellow Cadres and all those who have held on to the spirit of the revolution: probity, integrity, accountability and social justice.