President-elect, Nana Akufo Addo has said that his government will develop strategies to get traditional leaders across the country participate more effectively in the governance system. He noted that there was still a huge gap in the collaboration of political leaders and traditional authorities. According to him, that gap must be bridged to ensure close […]

West Brom goalkeeper Ben Foster has signed a new two-and-a-half-year contract that will run until 2019. The 33-year-old England international joined West Brom on loan from Birmingham City in 2011 before making the move permanent a year later. He has made 161 appearances for the club, keeping 41 clean sheets. “His form has been there […]

The hamper business usually booms during the festive period each year. But it appears the situation is different this year as traders in the supply chain comment of a relative drop in demand. Checks by Citi Business News at some cane weaving hubs in Accra also reveal that the general elections have had minimal impact […]

Telecommunication giant Vodafone paid for the transport fares of over 1,200 customers travelling from Accra to Kumasi, Takoradi and Ho on December 24, 2016. The network refunded the fares of all customers heading to the three locations from Circle, Kaneshie and Tudu. The move dubbed ‘Akwantuo Ay3 Free’ is part of Vodafone’s corporate social responsibility. […]

Traveling with top American documentary filmmakers and local journalists, we uncover massive abuse of power by a member of the Ghana Police highway patrol team. Fresh investigations by the New Crusading Guide has revealed that some police officers have resorted to using highway patrol duties for their personal benefit, intimidating civilians at will, flexing their […]

The amount Houston residents spend to deck the halls, gift family and friends, and purchase food for the Dec. 25 Christmas feast this year will be slightly less or no change from last year’s, say a varied group of seasonal consumers intent on making merry despite a Texas economy recovering sluggishly from the oil market […]

Morocco had warned Germany against an imminent threat twice before Monday’s deadly market attack in Berlin, local media reported Saturday. Citing a high ranking security source, the Moroccan daily Assabah said that the Moroccan security services warned their German counterparts on Sept. 19 and Oct. 11 against a potential terrorist attack by year end. The […]

Thursday December 22, 2016 For Immediate Release Media Advisory Date of Event: Monday January 16, 2017 Gathering: Rally begins at Noon at Central United Methodist Church 33 E. Adams at Woodward March: The demonstration leaves the church at 1:30pm Community Meal: Located at St. John’s Episcopal Church Woodward at I-75 at 2:30pm Cultural Program: Also […]

The two hijackers who diverted an internal Libyan flight to a Maltese airport are set to appear before a court in Malta on Christmas Day, police source told Xinhua on Saturday. Maltese Police Commissioner Lawrence Cutajar said earlier on Saturday that police had 48 hours to charge the two hijackers following their arrest on Friday […]

The Moroccan King Mohammed VI urged on Saturday the appointed Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane to form the new government, the king’s office said in a statement. Nearly three months after the appointment of Benkirane as prime minister for a second term, two of the king’s advisers met Saturday with Benkirane and informed him of “the […]

More than seven million trees, spanning 650 hectares of new woodland, are to be planted between London and Birmingham as part Britain’s biggest railway project, government officials announced Saturday. The trees will be planted between London and Birmingham as part of the first phase of the new High Speed Rail link (HS2) to help reduce […]

A woman from London and a man from Derby appeared before Westminster Magistrates Court in London Saturday on terrorism charges. Munir Hassan Mohammed, aged 36 of Derby and Rowaida El Hassan, aged 32 of Willeston Lane, London were remanded in custody by the court. Both were charged with engaging in the preparation of an act […]

Philippine disaster officials on Saturday ordered people living in coastal villages south of Manila to move to safer places as Typhoon Nock-ten is approaching the country. Speaking for the national disaster agency, Mina Marasigan told reporters that evacuation has got underway along the coastlines of Albay province to avoid possible storm surge and strong winds. […]

Tunisian security forces have arrested the nephew of Berlin Christmas market attacker Anis Amri and two other jihadist suspects, the interior ministry said on Saturday in a statement. Amri convinced his nephew to swear allegiance to the Islamic State terrorist organization, the statement said. Amri’s nephew said he had been in contact with his uncle […]

Seven police personnel were killed and five others wounded in two separate attacks in Afghanistan on Saturday, authorities said. In one attack, four police were killed and one wounded after a police vehicle was struck by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in outskirts of Qalat city, capital of southern Zabul province. “The IED attack occurred […]

ACCRA — Five people were killed and 42 others were severely burnt in the Thursday night fire resulting from an explosion at a gas station in Ghana’s capital Accra, authorities said on Friday. The five killed were attendants of the Louis Gas Station behind the Trade Fair site. They were helping in discharging the gas […]

— Religious leaders ask President Uhuru Kenyatta not to sign the elections amendment bill, which was passed acrimoniously in parliament this week. The changes allow a manual back-up in election management, a move that the opposition legislators oppose vehemently, saying it is a recipe for rigging next August’s polls. The clergy asked Kenyatta to rise […]

–The Zambian government has urged Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), a unit of London-listed Vedanta Resources Plc, to come up with a revival plan and settle various outstanding obligations as failure to do so will result in drastic action. The mining firm has been facing challenges which have seen it fail to pay money owed to […]

The simmering bad blood between the outgoing government and the waiting one is as unnecessary as it is avoidable. The idea of a transition arrangement is to ensure a soft take-off by the new political administration and a hitch-free disengagement by the outgoing team. Unfortunately what is being witnessed leaves much to be desired. There […]

The President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured the Overlord of the Bawku Traditional Area, Naba Abugragu Asigri Azoka II and the people that his administration will not abandon the Bolgatanga-Bawku Road and other projects started by the outgoing National Democratic Congress (NDC) government. According to him, during the campaign, he promised to complete all […]