— Ethiopian Foreign Affairs Minister Workneh Gebeyehu said Ethiopia has the desire to replicate the people-to-people relation with Canada to the economic and political spheres. The minister held talks Friday with his Canadian counterpart Stephane Dion on ways of strengthening the multifaceted relations between the two countries. (Ethiopian News Agency/ENA) — The State of Emergency […]
— Women leaders in Kenya who had hoped to use Hillary Clinton’s win to shore up their chances of being elected for various positions in next year’s polls are at a loss after Clinton lost the elections. (Saturday Nation) — National football team Harambee Stars is looking for a win as they face Mozambique today […]
— The Zambian government intends to introduce a 10-percent export duty on maize next year. Minister of Finance Felix Mutati said the government will also refrain from using export bans or setting prices above market rates as they have an effect of generating uncertainty, which in turn affects production. (Zambia Daily Mail) — The Zambian […]
LOS ANGELES — A tow truck collided with a China Southern Airlines flight just before takeoff late Thursday night, resulting nearly 1,500 passengers grounded at Los Angeles International Airport. The collision happened just before midnight on the tarmac between Terminal 4 and Tom Bradley International Terminal. (US-Airport-Collision) – – – – MOSUL, Iraq — Iraqi […]
The two countries further resolved to promote South-South cooperation in the collective interest of the African continent. Ghana’s Deputy Foreign Minister Emmanuel Bombande said there was much scope for enhancing bilateral cooperation in areas such as agriculture, power, security, among others. The Namibian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Relations, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, urged both […]
Actor Robert Vaughn, best known as the secret agent Napoleon Solo in The Man from UNCLE, has died aged 83. Vaughn was also famous for his role as Lee in the Magnificent Seven, and television roles in Hustle and Coronation Street. The iconic actor died after a battle with acute leukaemia, his manager, Matthew Sullivan, […]
The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association has suspended its strike following assurances from government. This means Out Patient Department services are likely to resume with immediate effect across the various hospitals affected by the strike. They embarked on strike after government failed to resolve issues confronting them. The General Secretary of the Association, Perpetual […]
Latest opinion polls from pollster Ben Ephson on some parliamentary seats indicate that Afenyo Markin and Hanna Bisiw are set to retain seats but Freda Prempeh is likely to lose. Mr Afenyo Markin, the NPP Member of Parliament for Effutu Constituency in the Central region, is set to retain his seat. The 38-year-old lawyer is […]
Black Stars midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang Badu has promised Ghana that he and his colleagues will act as worthy ambassadors in their crunch world cup qualifier against Egypt this Sunday in Alexandria. Ghana’s 0-0 stalemate with the Cranes of Uganda dipped their chances of qualifying for the Russia Mundial. What has made Ghana’s qualification more dicey […]
Israel government’s most important security body, Mossad, has warned Ghana coach Avram Grant not to travel for Sunday’s crucial World Cup Qualifier in Egypt insisting the journey is dangerous for the Israeli. The Jewish state’s most feared security body says the Israeli coach’s trip with the Black Stars to Alexandria on Saturday for the Group […]
The presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2016 elections, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged Ghanaians to pray fervently for him because he needs their prayers to win the December 7 presidential election. According to him, he is doing what is required of him physically to win the election; however, his […]
The Power Ministry says a letter purported to have come from the Ivorian government announcing the termination of a power deal with Ghana is forged. The letter dated November 1, 2016, with the signature of one Adama Toungara stated: “Notice is hereby given that the government of Ivory Coast through the Ministry of Mines Petroleum […]
A group calling itself the International Standards Journalist Association (ISJA) has sued the Electoral Commission of Ghana over media accreditation fees. The EC had announced its intention of charging accreditation fees from journalists who would cover the elections. Though the Commission is yet to determine the fee a statement signed by its Head of Communications, Eric […]
Lower court judges in Ghana are threatening to embark on a strike on November 21, 2016 if government fails to increase their salaries by 10 percent. “We therefore respectfully wish to notify your good office that members of the lower bench have taken a decision to withdraw our services from 21st November 2016 if the […]
President John Mahama has declared government’s intention to add value to Ghana’s mineral resources to ensure the country derives maximum benefits. In this regard, President Mahama has revealed the vision of his administration to turn the country into a jewellery production center for Africa. Speaking at the inauguration of a $110 million gold refinery, the […]
President Xi Jinping greets two Chinese astronauts aboard the Tiangong II space lab during a video call on Wednesday afternoon. [Photo/Xinhua] Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday talked with the two astronauts in the space lab Tiangong-2, at the command center of China’s manned space program in Beijing. The two astronauts, Jing Haipeng and Chen […]
Police in Shanghai have busted a gang suspected of fabricating official documents and spreading rumors online. A Ministry of Public Security statement Friday said the group, with members from over 20 provincial-level regions in China, used WeChat as a major platform to spread rumors about the Chinese government’s control of free speech online. Han Wencai, […]
Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans are expected to rally in South Korea during an upcoming weekend to demand President Park Geun-hye’s resignation over scandal involving her longtime confidante and former aides. A private association aiming to let President Park step down, which is composed of about 1,500 civic groups, announced a plan to hold […]
Philosophy academics gathered at the International Forum for the Chairs of Departments of Philosophy held at Renmin University of China (RUC), Thursday, to share their views on how contemporary philosophy should respond to the fast-changing world. Philosophy academics from China, US, UK, Germany and France take a group photo at the International Forum for the […]
Former senior political advisor and police chief of north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Zhao Liping was sentenced Friday to death for murder, bribery, and possession of fire arms and explosives. Zhao was also stripped of his political rights and had personal property worth two million yuan (293,535 U.S. dollars) confiscated, according to a statement […]
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