It is common knowledge that the family is the foundation of every society, and is the bedrock on which every nation stands. Show me a weak, immoral, unprincipled, unprogressive, and carefree society, community, or nation, and I will point to you the dysfunctional families, weak marriages, depraved sexual morals, greed, selfishness, and unhappy homes that dictate the lifestyle of the people, and form all the fragile components of that aggregation of humans.

On Friday November 30 whatever your political ideology, colour or totem, all hearts will groove to one beat at the iconic Mirror Ball, the premium entertainment platform for mature and trendy residents of Accra and beyond.

Sierra Leone's main opposition has said it will boycott parliament and local councils unless its concerns about the recent elections are addressed.

Judges in Egypt's appeal courts will halt work in protest at President Mohammed Mursi's controversial decree giving himself new powers.

The sole commissioner charged with investigating judgment debts paid to various individuals has encountered a major investigative hurdle as key witnesses failed to turn up on the first day of the public hearings.

The United Nations reports, seven out of 10 women are victims of physical or sexual abuse at some point in life.

Fourth persons have died after eating soup made with poisonous mushrooms at a retirement home in northern California, local officials say.

As the political clock inches closer to December 7, pushing all the political parties traversing the country to have a last minute jaw-jaw with electorates, all indications and polls by independent research firms are pointing to the fact that the upcoming election will not travel beyond the first round.

Youth leaders of the two main political parties, the NDC and the NPP, have pledged to expose any of their supporters involved in acts that undermine the peace pact signed by presidential candidates yesterday in Kumasi.

A group loyal to the governing NDC, Platform for Electoral Dialogue (PED), has stated that the NDCÂ’s John Dramani Mahama is the only candidate who has shown beyond all reasonable doubts that he truly appreciates the challenges confronting Ghana.

Midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong will be available for Ghana at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations after his nationality switch was ratified by world football governing body Fifa.

At least 20 people have been killed and many injured by two bomb explosions in a south-eastern district of Syria's capital, Damascus, activists say.

One illegal miner has been killed in a dynamite explosion at Asare Bediako Senior high School at Akrokerri in the Ashanti region.

Vodafone GhanaÂ’s controversial capped fixed broadband packages begin today for all new customers, but would start on December 16, 2012 for existing customers.

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The commission of inquiry set up to investigate questionable judgment debts paid to various individuals and organizations on Wednesday started its public hearings.

Since 2000, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have contributed to the global poverty decline and 40 million more children are attending school.

According to the 2011 HIV Sentinel Surveillance (HSS) report, Cape Coast, the regional capital of the Central Region recorded the highest HIV prevalence in the entire country, leaping from a prevalence of 2.2 per cent in 2010 to 9.6 per cent in 2011.

The Savannah Accelerated Development Authority in partnership with the ACI Construction Limited has cultivated 4,200,000 seedlings of trees of tick, mahogany, cassia and shea in the five regions of the SADA ecological zone aimed at greening those areas and reducing climate change effects.

Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL) has won two top awards at the maiden edition of the Ghana Industries Awards.