Yesterday, Ghana’s Finance Minister, Mr.

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe has appealed for international help for victims of floods that have left 246 people dead and displaced hundreds since December when torrential rains started pounding a country emerging from severe drought.

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Some 1.5 million refugees have fled fighting and famine in South Sudan to neighbouring countries, half of them to Uganda, and thousands more are leaving daily, the U.N. refugee agency said on Thursday.

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's largest opposition party said it had named the son of its late leader Etienne Tshisekedi to succeed him on Thursday, but some within the opposition rejected the choice.

Government aims to shift the structure and content of the education system away from merely passing examinations to building character, nurturing values and raising literate citizens.

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said as part of the government’s commitment to fighting corruption, the criminal code will be amended to move corruption offences from a misdemeanour to a felony.

Putin's man in Washington is usually far from view. Now he's at the center of a storm that brought down a key Trump ally and threatens another. Sergey Kislyak has been described as a soft-spoken man whose abundant charm gives way to firmness in ...

Change has been the main campaign tool for many opposition leaders and Ahmad Ahmad has not deviated as he preaches a massive change in football on the continent if he is finally voted into office as the next CAF President. Ahmad, a CAF executive committee member and head of the Madagascar Football Federation, paid a swift visit to Nigeria to canvas for support in the upcoming CAF presidential poll slated for March 16 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. I think many things have to change in African football,

Singapore’s Ministry of Defence will set up a cyber command to enhance its defense capabilities against cyber attacks, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen announced in Parliament on Friday. The new cyber command, the Defence Cyber Organisation (DCO), will be in charge of developing policies and strategies for cyber security, improving the military’s cyber defense capabilities […]

Ghana is the only homeland we have as people and no other place. If we build it properly, we build it for ourselves and if we destroy it too, we destroy it for ourselves and our unborn generations. Whatever we do today us Ghanaians has effect on us and its ripples in future when we […]

Ex-President Jerry John Rawlings has advised boxers to be disciplined in their private lives if there are to succeed in their profession.

Ex-President Jerry John Rawlings has advised boxers to be disciplined in their private lives if there are to succeed in their profession.

The decision by the Akufo-Addo-led government to scrap market tolls imposed on itinerant head porters (Kayayei), as announced by Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta in the government’s first budget statement, is deceptive because such a tax does not exist, Dr Benjamin Kunbuor, former Member of Parliament for Nandom, has said.

Samini finally opened up on his Publicist, Elorm Beenie’s book “Love Myelitis”. Samini commented on the book in an interview he granted on Hitz 103.9fm after a video of him hit social media where he was selling copies of the book to University of Ghana Business School Students after his lecture on “Celebrity Brand Endorsements”. […]

High hopes are pinned on China to spur world trade and economic growth in the context of rising populism and simmering sentiment against globalization, said analysts. CHINA’S STRENGTH AGAINST NEGATIVE CHANGES “Britain leaving the European Union and Donald Trump becoming the U.S. president signal the rise of populism, anti-globalization, objection of free migration and trade […]

New Patriotic Party (NPP)  Member of Parliament for Obuasi West Constituency, Kwaku Kwarteng, says the government’s aim of abolition and reducing some taxes is to help businesses expand and employ more. According to him, the government noticed the challenges most businesses suffer, and has taken the action to ensure that they do not collapse or remain ... New Patriotic Party (NPP)  Member of Parliament for Obuasi West Constituency, Kwaku Kwarteng, says the government’s aim of abolition

A hot-air balloon carrying eight foreign tourists over Angkor Archeological Park in northwest Cambodia made an emergency landing on Friday after it was hit by high winds, officials said. No injuries were reported. “The balloon made an emergency landing at 7:30 a.m. (local time) when it met strong winds,” Gen. Sath Nady, police chief of […]

Former Finance Minister, Seth Terpker, has criticised the proposed abolishment of taxes charged on head porters (Kayayei), suggesting that the pronouncement was misplaced.

Danish side FC Copenhagen will earn close to 300K from English champions Leicester City if they survive the Premier League drop. The Danish club have a stake in Leicesters survival and are hoping for an upcoming financial boost. Reports are that Copenhagen structured Amarteys contract to Leicester City such that they will benefit from the English side whether they qualify for UEFA Champions League or survive the league. Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet reports that Copenhagen inserted clauses

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has stated that his government intends to build a strong diplomatic and economic partnership with Qatar, and, indeed, with all the countries of the Gulf, as this will draw in the necessary investments to help develop Ghana and return her onto path of progress and prosperity. President Akufo-Addo made this known when ... President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has stated that his government intends to build a strong diplomatic and economic partnership