The government has taken a number of measures to improve electricity supply to Kumasi and other parts of the Ashanti Region

A man looks at the wreckage of passenger plane Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on July 18, 2014 in Grabovka, Ukraine. Brendan Hoffman—Getty Images. European leaders have been reluctant to impose heavy sanctions on Russia. That may now change.

HOYLAKE, England (AP) — The British Open once again lived up to its unpredictable weather reputation, and doesn't half the field at Royal Liverpool know it. Ideal weather greeted morning groups Thursday, but the wind picked up in the afternoon. On Friday ...

Cook's early exit apart, this was a serviceable day two of the second Investec Test for the hosts - and significantly better than that for Ballance, whose 110 underpinned England's 219 for six in reply to 295 all out. The captain's wretched run of form, however, ...

The Chairman of the Council of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE), Dr. Sam Mensah, is pushing for the trading of new capital market instruments that will help safeguard and protect the investing public and consumers against volatility in the economy. According to Dr. Sam Mensah -- who has been with the GSE for the past 20 years -- globalisation and openness of the capital market has made the economy vulnerable to external shocks, requiring new instruments such as derivatives to manage the associated

Nigeria is booming, but a vast gap still exists between the growing middle-class and other Nigerians.

Organised Labour has declared a one-day national protest and is asking all workers under the umbrella to boycott work on Thursday, 24th July, 2014. ”…To back these demands and as a demonstration of our serious concern over the existing state of affairs, Organised Labour declares a one day national protestation on Thursday July 24, 2014,” said the General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress […]

A Palestinian man pauses as he inspects the rubble of building, destroyed by an Israeli strike, in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, July 18, 2014. Israeli troops pushed deeper into Gaza on Friday to destroy rocket launching sites and tunnels, firing volleys ...

Chris Attoh with fiancee Damilola Adegbite. Chris Attoh’s rep have revealed to BellaNaija that the actor and his fiancee, Damilola Adegbite are not married contrary to rumours that went viral after Chris updated the marital status on his facebook page to ‘Married’. Without giving details on whether the facebook update was real or fake, the […]

Christopher Opoku Ace sports journalist, Christopher Opoku, has described as unfortunate, the decision by the Ghana Football Association to extend the stay of current Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah by two years. The competence of Kwesi Appiah has been the subject of intense debate after he failed to guide the national beyond the group stages […]

Many people are feared dead after suspected Boko Haram Islamist gunmen attack the town of Damboa in north-eastern Nigeria.

Italy's Vincenzo Nibali won Friday's 13th stage of the Tour de France to continue his dominance of this year's race, while Australia's Richie Porte struggled in the high-mountain stage from Saint-Etienne to Chamrousse and fell out of the top 10 of the general ...

Mercedes duo Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg admitted that the loss of the FRIC suspension system affected their performance on Friday. The FIA ruled that the FRIC (front and rear interconnected suspension) system was illegal and barred teams from ...

China and Zambia have strong trade and business links, but the romance has not been without controversy.

Ghana may have lost 2-1 to the United States in its opening Group G match in Fortaleza but Andre Ayew could be a winner from the sad episode. His goal, which briefly brought the two teams level, has been selected by FIFA’s experts in a shortlist for Goal of the Tournament of Brazil 2014. The ...