PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa launched a set of limited edition gold and silver coins on Friday to honour former president Nelson Mandela on what would have been the late anti-apartheid hero's 96th birthday.

Philippine boxing icon Manny Pacquiao is to fight unbeaten American Chris Algieri in Macau in November, the Filipino’s US promoter Bob Arum has said. Pacquiao is to stake his World Boxing Organization welterweight title against Algieri on November 22, according to Arum, head of Las Vegas-based Top Rank boxing promotions. “Everything is done. Pacquiao is on board” for the Algieri [...] The post Pacquiao To Fight Unbeaten Algieri appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

As FIFA gets ready to distribute over $400 million to the 32 national federations who took part in the just ended Brazil World Cup tournament, Ghana Premier League side Aduana Stars are to earn close to $30,000 due to the inclusion of goalkeeper Stephen Adams in the Black Stars final squad for the 2014 competition, footy-Ghana.com has deduced. With the [...] The post Aduana To Get $30,000 For Adams’ Participation appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

ACE lawyer Dr. Maurice Ampaw has called on the police to arrest Asamoah Gyan, the skipper of the Black Stars over the missing  popular musician, Theophilus Tagoe, affectionately called ‘Castro. The hiplife star got missing on the Volta estuary when he and Janet Bandu  went jet skiing in the waters at Ada on 6 July. Castro and Black Stars captain, [...] The post ‘Arrest Gyan, others’ appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

FIFA has questioned the composition of a Commission of Enquiry to look into the performance of the Black Stars at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The world football governing body says: “The composition and competences of commission are unclear ” and wants the Ghana Football Association to furnish them with details. It looks like FIFA deems the three-member body announced [...] The post FIFA Questions Make-Up Of C’ssion appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Ghana slipped just one place on the latest FIFA ranking for the month of July despite crashing out at the Group stage of the 2014 World Cup. The Black Stars are now ranked 38th in the world with and have also dropped down one place in Africa. Ghana are now in fifth place behind new Algeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria and [...] The post Ghana Slips Down In FIFA Ranking appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

A Capacity-building workshop, designed to enhance the knowledge of civil society partners to influence policy processes on the development of an Affirmative Action Bill in Ghana and the Post-2015 development Framework, has taken place in Accra.

The leadership of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the NDC Parliamentary Caucus have unanimously endorsed the leader of the NDC, President John Dramani Mahama's nomination of Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin (MP) as Majority Leader in Parliament.

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, 2012 Flagbearer, Dr Kofi Konadu Apraku, Stephen Asamoah-Boateng, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen and Joe Ghartey The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has finally settled on Sunday August 31, 2014 for its Special Congress to prune down the number of aspirants contesting for the flagbearership position of the party from seven to five. It would be followed […]

MELBOURNE/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The world of AIDS research was in shock on Friday after dozens of leading HIV experts were feared killed when a Malaysian plane was shot down over Ukraine, fuelling concerns that research on curing the disease could suffer.

Seth Terpker The Finance Minister, Seth Terpker, was yesterday hauled before Parliament to explain the delay in the payment of statutory funds like the Common Fund, National Health Insurance Fund, the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), Road Fund, among others. In response, he told the MPs it was as a result of revenue shortfalls, payment […]

Rt. Rev. Stephen Richard Bosomtwe-Ayensu President John Dramani Mahama’s Wednesday presentation of 13 new vehicles to the members of the National House of Chiefs has attracted various interpretations, with an accusation that the gesture was an attempt to bribe the chiefs. According to Dr. Richard Amoako Baah, Head of Political Science Studies Department of the […]

Betty Mould-Iddrisu, Ex Minister of Justice and Attorney General The Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) yesterday tendered in evidence payment certificates issued to Messrs Construction Pioneers (CP) at the ongoing Commission of Enquiry investigating the payment of judgement debts. The company received €85.2million in addition to £7million during the tenure of Betty Mould-Iddrisu when she was […]

Human rights groups criticise an Ethiopian court's decision to charge with terrorism nine journalists and bloggers in detention since April.

YAOUNDE, July 18 (Reuters) - Cameroon's local cocoa grinders purchased 32,042 tonnes of beans for grinding by the end of June, up from 30,496 tonnes in the same period in the 2012/13 season, according to statistics from the National Cocoa and Coffee Board (NCCB) seen on Friday.

Mr Samuel Nii Odoi Mensah Nicknamed by some movie industry stakeholders as the ‘Mugabe of the Actor’s Guild’ for his seemingly long stay in office, President of Ghana Actors Guild (GAG), Mr Samuel Nii Odoi Mensah, has finally disclosed that he’s had enough and will step down during the next elections. Speaking to Razz Newspaper, […]