Russian airlines Aeroflot and Transaero turned back at least two planes flying to Israel on Tuesday, after a rocket fell about a mile away from Tel Aviv's international airport. Both companies said the aircraft were not experiencing any technical problems and ...

The Ghana Employers’ Association (GEA) on Tuesday said many manufacturing companies in Ghana are collapsing due to counterfeiting, piracy and infringement on intellectual property rights. The Association noted that the increase in counterfeiting and piracy pose many risks for businesses in the country and called for a legislative regime  to deter people from the act. It said counterfeit ...

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged Israel and the Palestinians to “stop fighting” and “start talking” to end the conflict in Gaza. He was speaking in Israel as diplomatic efforts intensified. More than 600 Palestinians and 30 Israelis have been killed in the past 14 days of fighting, officials say. Earlier, US Secretary of State John Kerry said a [...] The post UN Chief Urges End To Fighting In Gaza appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

From Usain Bolt to Bradley Wiggins, it feels like London 2012 all over again. This time though, we're in Glasgow. Here is your Channel 4 News day-to-day guide to the Commonwealth Games. Commonwealth Games in Glasgow (Getty) ...

A train carrying the remains of victims of the Malaysian airliner which crashed in Ukraine has arrived in the city of Kharkiv, outside rebel territory. Flight MH17 crashed in an area held by pro-Russia rebels last Thursday, killing all 298 people on board. Meanwhile, international monitors say parts of the wreckage were changed and cut into since they first saw [...] The post MH17 Bodies Leave Ukraine Rebel Area appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Accra -THE Chief of the Victoria Falls Region in Zambia, Chief Munokalya Mukuni, is in Ghana for a four- day official visit to explore investment opportunities in the tourism sector.

Accra -GHANA's Minerals Commission pledged its commitment to help skilled job seekers become self employed in this sector hit by massive job-cuts.

Set aside for the moment the Sulley Muntari classical slaps and the death of Castro De Destroyer and focus instead on what is happening in the country. In fact, put behind you the sex exploits of ministers who went to Brazil to chill and set your eyes on how John Mahama is managing the affairs of this […]

Some children playing with dirty water An outbreak of cholera has left two persons dead and 350 more visiting hospitals in Accra. The figures, according to Deputy Director of Health for the Greater Accra Region, Dr John Eleaza, has been recorded in the last three weeks in four out of Greater Accra’s 16 districts. He […]

 Some staff of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital are planning on ousting the already dismissed acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) from office as the pharmacy department temporarily shuts down in protest against a management directive that three local union leaders should go on a compulsory leave. The three are Stephen Corquaye, Raymond Tetteh and Eric […]

Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Gyan (second right), Hannah Tetteh (Third Right) Thelma Iremiren (fifth right) and Claude Maerten (Fifth Left) in a post with other participants after the opening ceremony HEADS OF electoral bodies and representatives of political parties from all parts of Africa – supported by a special delegation from the European Union (EU) – have […]

The head doctor fighting the deadly tropical virus Ebola in Sierra Leone has himself caught the disease, the government said. The 39-year-old Sheik Umar Khan, hailed as a “national hero” by the health ministry, was leading the fight to control an outbreak that has killed 206 people in the West African country. Ebola kills up ...

A former Director General of the Ghana Health Service, Prof. Agyeman Badu Akosa has also  blamed the 2007 redenomination for the country’s current economic challenges. According to him Ghana failed to sort out the fundamentals before the exercise was carried out. ‘’I think that the reality of the situation is that if you don’t fix the fundamentals ...

Eight people from a Tanzanian medical institute have been arrested after 85 bags containing body parts were found in the port city of Dar es Salaam. A police officer told the BBC that human limbs, fingers, ribs and skulls were in the bags, discovered in a landfill site in the Bunju suburb. Some of the bags contained surgical instruments and [...] The post Human Parts Dumped In Tanzania appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Ghana defender John Boye has been named in Kayseri Erciyesspor’s roaster for next season in the Turkish top-flight, GHANAsoccernet.com can confirm.

Komla Dumor The Academic Board of the African University College of Communications (AUCC) has approved a proposal to establish the Komla Dumor Centre for Broadcast Journalism from September this year. Named after the late iconic African broadcaster, Komla Dumor of Ghana, the Centre will design special training programmes, workshops, public lectures, international conferences, and publish […]

Accra -THE Supreme Court has given the Bank of Ghana (BoG) a fortnight to submit its statement of case, in the suit filed against it by a renowned private legal practitioner, Dr John Ephraim Baiden, on the continuous depreciation of the cedi.