OBLIVIOUS to jibes from the sidelines, Britain’s only deaf referee has described how refereeing rugby matches is a walk in the park. Danny Shepherd, 49,

[Africa Top Sports]No team should be looked down upon in this year's Afcon tournament Ghana head coach James Kwesi Appiah has claimed.

Algerian troops end a siege at a gas facility in the Sahara desert killing 11 Islamist militants after they killed seven hostages, state media say.

South African referee Daniel Bennett has been appointed to handle the Black Stars Group B opener against DR Congo on Sunday at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth

Ghana’s opening match at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations against DR Congo on Sunday in Port Elizabeth has been sold out. The Stars will slug it out with the Leopards at the 46,000-capacity Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium and the Local Organising Committee insist tickets have been sold

Parliament’s Appointments Committee will vet six persons who have been nominated by President John Dramani Mahama for ministerial appointments on January 24 and 25

The two sides met in Ethiopia to talk about setting up a safe demilitarized border zone, which would require both nations to withdraw their armies at least six miles from the contested border region.

Ghanaian authorities need to ensure fair and credible justice for an Ivorian militia leader, Charles Ble Goude, arrested on Thursday, January 17, 2013, says Human Rights Watch on Friday

Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan has reiterated the sense of honour he feels leading the Black Stars out at the Africa Cup of Nations. Gyan, who endured a frustrating campaign last year when he missed a penalty in the semi-final to eventual winners, Zambia, wants a successful run, starting with the Group B opener against DR Congo on Sunday

Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah has played down talk that DR Congo's Claude Le Roy has an advantage due to his knowledge of the Black Stars, ahead of the clash between the two sides at the Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday.

Scores of energetic youth on Friday throng the premises of the Ghana Post (GP) Office in Bolgatanga to purchase application forms of the Ghana Fire Service

British Defense Secretary Philip Hammond says the hostage crisis in Algeria appears to be over, and more lives have been lost. In a joint news conference in London with U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Saturday, Hammond said terrorists bear the "sole responsibility" for the deaths. The British Foreign Ministry says fewer than 10 Britons remain unaccounted for

Watch video of Ghanaian women talking about the support they will offer the Black Stars as the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations starts in South Africa.

continuing loss of biodiversity and threatens to undermine attempts to meet international environmental goals. This is according to a new report involving scientists from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) made available to the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Friday

President John Dramani Mahama on Saturday joined his colleague Heads of State in an extraordinary session of the Authority of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abidjan, Ivory Coast

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Watch Ghana's Chief of Staff Prosper Bani delivering the President's message to the Black Stars team after Saturday evening's training session at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.

The third week of January 2013, turned out to be a sorrowful time for the Asian nation of Indonesia. “I am seeing a very big flood. And it will carry a lot of houses, property and human beings.”

Mr Victor Smith, Eastern Regional Minister, has called on owners of media houses to be properly organised to build a solid foundation of the journalism profession in order to contribute their quota to Ghana’s development

Ghana midfielder Mubarak Wakaso ready to explode on his debut at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.