About 695 million Chinese people — around half of the country’s population — had used mobile phones to access the Internet as of the end of 2016, an official report showed Sunday. The number of Chinese who surfed online using their phones increased more than 10 percent annually for the past three years, according to […]
NEW DELHI — The death toll in the derailment of a passenger train in India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh rose to 39, railway officials said Sunday. At least 50 have been injured in the accident that took place Saturday night in Vizianagaram district, about 436 kilometers northeast of Amaravati, the main city of Andhra […]
Pakistani army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Sunday visited a tribal town one day after a Taliban bomb killed 22 Shiite Muslims and injured nearly 50 others there, the military said. The army chief traveled to Parachinar, capital of Kurram Agency, and met the injured of the blast in hospital. He also met with […]
Ambassadors of the 54 member states of the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) of the African Union (AU) met on Sunday at the AU headquarters in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. The 33rd session of the PRC is in the framework of the 28th AU summit, scheduled between Jan. 30 and 31 under the theme “Harnessing the […]
Shortly after new U.S. President Donald Trump was inaugurated, the White House website published the America First Energy Plan, which has aggravated the anxiety and criticism concerning where Trump will lead the country to. The shift in energy policies, as seen in the website change of deleting these issues about climate change and claiming to […]
The Teachers of the Technical Universities and Polytechnics (POTAG) has congratulated President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on his assumption of office as the Fifth President of the Fourth Republic. The Association also congratulated Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, Minister of Education Designate and assured of good working relationship with the government. Addressing a press conference in […]
Government has been called upon to as a matter of urgency, complete the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETfund) school projects abandoned in the various second cycle institutions to help ease congestion. Many of the projects include classroom blocks, dining halls, Libraries and dormitories. Mr Kobina Bedu -Addo, Spokesperson for the 1989/91 year group of the […]
A 36 year-old security officer, Mathias Anobre, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment in hard labour for pouring acid on an illegal miner. The convict, who was also fined GH?1,200, would serve an additional two years prison term in default. The court also ordered the convict to compensate the victim with GH? 300.00. Anobre […]
An Accra Circuit Court has ordered the counsel for Bishop Daniel Obinim, the Founder of God’s Way International Church, who is allegedly involved in an assault case, to furnish it with his client’s medical report. The order came after Mr. Ralph Poku Edusei, Defence Counsel, informed the Court that Bishop Obinim had been taken ill […]
The American University of Nigeria (AUN) has won the maiden edition of the Africa Regional Peer-to-Peer: Challenging Extremism Competition held in Accra. The University for Development Studies (UDS) in Ghana was the first runner-up, while the second runner-position went to the Tunis Business School (TBS). The AUN was represented by Ms Zamiyat Abubakar, Abdulmalik Garbage […]
Police have seized one ton of marijuana in a crackdown operation carried out in northwestern Tanzania’s district of Tarime, authorities said Sunday. Andrew Satta, Regional Police Commander (RPC) of the Tarime/Rorya Regional Special Police Zone, said that four people have been arrested for allegedly possessing one ton of marijuana in the area close to Tanzania-Kenya […]
An art troupe from China’s northwestern Gansu province elevated celebratory activities for the Rooster New Year in Benin’s economic capital Cotonou. Chinese artists highlighted their performance with Chinese music, choreography and acrobatics as the west African country is organizing celebrations for the eighth time for the Chinese New Year. Hundreds of spectators, including the Chinese […]
A total of 18.46 million new babies were born in Chinese hospitals last year, an increase of 11.5 percent from 2015, according to the country’s health authority. More than 45 percent of the newborns were not the first child in their families, according to a document released by the National Health and Family Planning Commission […]
Kenya’s ministry of health said on Sunday that it is committed to negotiations with the doctors’ union that will lead to an amicable solution to the strike. The ministry said the government has made spirited efforts to engage the doctors’ union initially on a return to work formula and address contentious issues in the 2013 […]
The Kenyan government said it will spend 10 million U.S. dollars on drugs to deworm over 6 million school-age children between six and 14 years old. The ministries of health and education will carry out the exercise to distribute drugs to treat children whether in school or out against intestinal worms and bilharzias, said a […]
The death has been reported of the immediate past Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo region Akwasi Oppong Ababio. Family sources indicate that he died at about 9pm on Saturday night in his home at Sunyani. “He was watching Television at his private residence this evening and all of the sudden […]
File Image The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has condemned the 2016 post-election violent attacks going on in the country observing that Ghana has been hailed by the International Community and Civil Society Organizations for organizing a peaceful election and ensuring a smooth transition from an incumbent President to a newly elected President. “As the beacon […]
Bolewura Some New Patriotic Youth (NPP) Youth in Bole are fuming over the purported endorsement of one Mr Abudulai Ibrahim, the NPP Communication Director for Bole-Bamboi constituency as District Chief Executive (DCE) for the Bole District of Northern Region. In an interview with Bole-based Nkilgi FM, a top NPP activist for the constituency Abudulai Harisu explained […]
One of the abandoned structures Two-semidetached self-contained bungalows under various stages of completion meant for medical doctors and Staff of the Kibi Government Hospital in the Eastern region, is now a haven for wee smokers and other criminals. Hospital authorities have been battling with accommodation in the last eight years but the projects have been […]
A group of hackers claim to have shut down the website of the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament in protest at organisers holding it in the “dictatorship” of Gabon. The New World Hackers group, said to be based in Russia, said they have “taken down” the official website of top African soccer body the […]
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