Actor Sir Roger Moore, best known for playing James Bond, has died aged 89, his family has announced. He played the famous spy in seven Bond films including Live and Let Die and the Spy Who Loved Me. Sir Roger’s family confirmed the news on Twitter, saying he had died after “a short but brave […]

Zimbabwe’s cabinet has approved a Kazakhstan company, Todall, to mine platinum in the Midlands area of Zvishavane, bringing to four the number of platinum producers in Zimbabwe, Mines and Mining Development Minister Walter Chidhakwa said Tuesday. Chidhakwa said the new company, jointly owned by a Kazakh investor and the Kazakhstan Government, purchased the Bokai concession […]

South Korea’s former President Park Geun-hye has pleaded not guilty at her trial for corruption, the latest stage in her dramatic fall from grace. The ousted president faces charges including bribery, abusing state power and leaking state secrets. In her first appearance in public since her arrest in March, she arrived at court handcuffed in […]

Kenya’s low cost airline Jambojet plans to begin international flights beginning in 2018, company officials said on Tuesday. Jambojet CEO Willem Hondius told a media briefing in Nairobi that it has already applied to the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority for an international air service license. “We expect to get approval for international flights in June […]

In its quest to deepen financial inclusion, Access Bank Ghana has launched the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) mobile banking service *901# to its customers. Managing Director, Mr. Dolapo Ogundimu, observed the increasingly use of technology among the public fits into the company’s financial inclusion agenda. He said, “Digital Banking is gradually changing the behavioural […]

Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources for Ghana, Mr Benito Owusu-Bio, says more than $7 billion worth of gold obtained from illegal mining activities was smuggled from Ghana in 2016. Addressing the leadership of the new government in Ghana New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Owusu-Bio said a substantial quantity of the gold was allegedly […]

The Chinese woman believed to be deeply engaged in illegal mining reacted angrily to the court’s adjournment of the ruling for her application for bail today [Tuesday]. Aisha Huang, whose lawyer moved for the bail application, citing her worsening health, was seen slamming her fists on the seat which she sat on before breaking down […]

President Jacob Zuma will on Thursday, 25 May 2017, host the national 2017 Africa Day celebration at the Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guesthouse, in Pretoria. Africa Day is celebrated annually on 25 May within the African continent to mark the formation of the Organisation of African Unity on 25 May 1963 and the African Union in […]

Fighting illegal fishing is part of the EU’s commitment to ensure the sustainable use of the sea and its resources under the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy, and in the context of promoting better governance of the oceans worldwide Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the Comoros have been identified as non-cooperating third countries under the […]

World’s third penis transplant has been successfully performed on a 40-year-old man in South Africa by doctors from Stellenbosch University (SU) and the Tygerberg Academic Hospital in Cape Town. This is the second successful penis transplant performed in South Africa after the first operation in December 2014 by the same team. The 40-year-old recipient is […]

The two Russians and their two counterparts from Ukraine who were detained at the Kumasi Central Police station on Monday for mining beyond the allotted limits are to be sent to Accra later on Tuesday for further investigations. The four, who are managers of Geo professional Services were said to have mined about 500 acres […]

African governments need to integrate entrepreneurship more fully into their industrialisation strategies, according to the African Economic Outlook (AEO) 2017 released at the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group’s 52nd Annual Meetings in Ahmedabad, India. In a release it said in 2016, Africa’s economic growth slowed down to 2.2 per cent from 3.4 per cent in […]

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has justified its decision for suspending 22 students over the clashes between Atlantic (ATL) and Oguaa Halls during a hall week celebration. UCC in a statement signed by its acting Director, Maj. Kofi Baah-Bentwum (Rtd) said management of the school took the decision because the affected students were negligent […]

British High Commissioner to Kenya, Nic Hailey said: “My thoughts and prayers are with all those caught up in the terrible incident last night in Manchester. The full details of what has happened are still emerging, but the incident is being treated by the Greater Manchester Police as a terrorist attack.” “Manchester is a place […]

Veteran Ghanaian actor, Kofi Bucknor, has died Starrfmonline.com has learnt. The actor, aged 64 , according to Starrfmonline.com sources died in the early hours of Tuesday, May 23,2017. It is unclear the cause of his death. Bucknor was one of Ghana’s most seasoned male actors  having staged in movies such as  Heritage Africa, Run Baby […]

Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced the launch of the first eHealth Meetup in Tunis, in collaboration with MDI (Mediterranean Development Initiative). This first edition, which is open to professionals, students and young entrepreneurs, will take place on the 23rd of May 2017 from 9 am to 7 pm at Pavilion Soukra […]

The World Bank has signed a 5.5 million-dollar grant agreement with Solidaridad West Africa for natural resources management in 53 selected local communities of the Brong-Ahafo and Western regions of Ghana. A release from the World Bank, copied to the Ghana News Agency on Monday, said the 5.5 million grant of the Ghana Dedicated Grant […]

Expanding educational exchange between Egypt and the United States was the focus of a May 21 event hosted by the Binational Fulbright Commission in Egypt (BFCE) to mark the 70th anniversary of the prestigious Fulbright scholarship program. The U.S.-funded program began worldwide in 1947 under the initiative of the late Senator William Fulbright, who envisioned […]

Ghanaian fashion designer and former BBA housemate Elikem Kumordzi ‘the Tailor‘ has criticized Shatta Wale over his recent Twitter comments after his rival and colleague musician Stonebwoy was nominated for the BET Awards. Shatta Wale took to twitter to ‘mock’ Stonebwoy as he attempted to express his lack of interest in the international awards. He […]

Following the signing of an agreement between the Government of Equatorial Guinea and Arabian Energy DMCC to work together on the Bioko Oil Terminal in Saudi Arabia, the realization of the petroleum tank farm gained some important momentum. On May 11, the two sides agreed to collaborate on the development, implementation, construction and financing of […]