THE wait is over. After taking two weeks to count 135m ballots from 480,000-odd polling stations across the vast archipelago, Indonesia's Election Commission (the KPU) has at last confirmed that Joko Widodo has been elected president. The commission ...

Defender Kwabena Edusei has rejected a five-year contract renewal with Asante Kotoko worth GHS 80,000 (about $24000), according to local reports.

The Presidential Special Operations Unit (SOU) set up to check import and warehousing fraud has so far retrieved over GH¢764 million from bonded warehouse tax evaders. A number of Customs Officers have been implicated by the defaulting companies. The money was retrieved from a number of companies found to have evaded taxes through the use of Customs Bonded Warehouses, with [...] The post Pres. Task Force Retrieves GH¢764m appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Libyan-bound defender Nuru Sulley is adamant Hearts will cope without him.

Joko Widodo, the former governor of Jakarta, has been formally announced as the victor of the Indonesia presidential campaign, having defeated his rival Prabowo Subianto by about 8 million votes of the 133 million cast. The result has seemed obvious for ...

Acadre of 28 Africa’s young women leaders between the ages of 19-25 are undergoing a three-week intensive training under the 2014 Moremi Initiative Leadership Empowerment and Development (MILEAD) Fellows Program at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon. Selected from over 1,260 applications in 42 countries, the 28 Fellows represent twenty-six African countries and the Diaspora and epitomise [...] The post Developing The Capacity Of Young African Women Through MILEAD Fellowship

An attempt by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to block a challenge by an Accra lawyer in a landmark case to get the Supreme Court to compel it (the Bank) to arrest the depreciation of the cedi received a jolt yesterday. The court turned down a preliminary objection by the bank against the capacity of the plaintiff to sue it [...] The post BoG Fails To Block Lawyer’s Case In Court appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Hearts are on RED ALERT after ex-Ghana captain Stephen Appiah revealed he was far from retiring from the game.

It is for certain, that all countries across the continent cannot develop at the same pace. Even when a convergence point has been set to be met by all countries, it is still for certain that we would not achieve the same rate of economic development across the board. However difficult and complex this is, it is very attainable. Economic [...] The post Why Should Some Countries In Africa Fail To Thrive? appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

New Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has criticised the club’s pre-season tour schedule in America. United play Los Angeles Galaxy in Pasadena on Wednesday, before games in Denver, Washington and Detroit. Manchester United’s US Tour Wednesday July 23: LA Galaxy, Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena Saturday July 26: Roma, Sports Authority Field, Denver – International ...

Louis van Gaal last night revealed what a demanding Manchester United manager he will be, publicly berating players including Darren Fletcher and Luke Shaw in his first training session, after renewing his attack on the players' commercial duties which he ...

The Co-ordinator of National Disaster Management Organisation, Ebene-zer Kofi Ofori Portuphy, has formally launched his campaign to contest the national chairmanship of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC). Mr. Portuphy, who is currently the national vice chairman of the party was optimistic of unseating Dr. Kwabena Adjei who is yet to officially announce to seek a third four-year term. Speaking [...] The post Kofi Portuphy Launches Campaign appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

President John Dramani Mahama says the government will mobilize funds to find solutions to complications that may arise from climate change. “Government will adopt innovative means of mobilizing sustainable public and private financing to support the implementation of the policy from both national and international sources,” he said. The president said this at the launch ...

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The first bodies of the victims of MH17 have left Kharkiv airport in the Ukraine bound for the Netherlands. The Dutch C130 Hercules is carrying 16 victims who were on board Malaysia Airlines flight 17, which was downed over rebel-controlled territory almost a ...

TEL AVIV, Israel -- Thousands of people were expected to turn out in Jerusalem on Wednesday morning to mourn an American who died fighting in the Gaza Strip after volunteering to join Israel's military. Originally from California's San Fernando Valley, Max ...

Indian cricketing star Sachin Tendulkar is rumoured to play a special part in tonight's opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. This report from DNA India quotes a Unicef official - of which Tendulkar is an ambassador - saying the former batsman will ...