The Neonatal intensive care unit of the Korle-Bu Teaching hospital has been without water for three days. Nurses at the unit now run around the hospital in search of water to be used at the facility. Ultimate News’ Daniel Nii Lartey who visited the facility reported that the taps used at the facility had ran […]

There was open display of magic by priests from various shrines in the Kumasi Metropolis at the weeklong burial rites of the Asantehemaa Nana Afia Serwaa Kobi Ampem II at the Manhyia Palace. Priests locally called ‘Akomfuo’ in different attire showed their magical prowess by performing some magic to the admiration of some people who […]

A fancy dress New Year festival that began almost a century ago in Ghana as a searing satire of colonial life is still thriving today, with hundreds of people dressing up and donning masks.

Senegalese troops have entered The Gambia to ensure Adama Barrow assumes power as the country’s new president, a Senegalese army spokesman has said. It comes shortly after Mr Barrow took the oath of office at The Gambia’s embassy in the capital of Senegal. He has been recognised internationally. But strongman Yahya Jammeh has refused to […]

There are mixed reactions over the Bank of Ghana’s decision to auction 120 million dollars to commercial banks between January and March this year. A calendar issued by the central bank said it will auction 40 million dollars monthly, to the commercial banks between the three month period. The move follows a similar one carried […]

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri called on the international community on Thursday to help his country handle the Syrian refugee crisis. His speech came at the launching ceremony of the Lebanon Crisis Response Plan, in the presence of Sigrid Kaag, the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, and Philippe Lazzarini, the United Nations Coordinator for […]

“Hard Brexit” could hit Slovakia’s business partners, and subsequently cause a slowdown in the Slovak economy. Slovak central bank (NBS) vice governor Jan Toth announced on Thursday. “We’ve so far counted on Brexit being carried out in its softer form. If it takes place in a harder form, however, there would be a negative risk […]

Adama Barrow has been sworn in as The Gambia’s new president at the country’s embassy in Senegal. His investiture which took place Thursday afternoon was graced by diplomats and officials of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). African leaders recognize Barrow as the leader of The Gambia as long-serving president Yahya Jammeh holds […]

A top British policeman has said that good intelligence is the best way to tackle the threat of terrorism. “Our best protection is good intelligence. When we know that people are going to hurt people then we arrest them before they get to that point,” Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe told the foreign press […]

A small plane crashed into the ocean near Rio de Janeiro in Brazil on Thursday, killing three people, including Supreme Court Justice Teori Zavascki. Zavascki had risen to prominence in recent months as he was overseeing the country’s sweeping probe into the corruption ring at national oil company Petrobras. The small plane left Sao Paulo […]

Five major car rental companies in Europe — Avis, Europcar, Enterprise, Hertz and Sixt — have pledged to improve their service to address the increasing number of complaints from consumers, the European Commission said Thursday. The Commission said in a statement that last year, 2,000 consumers in Europe reported they had booked cars online and […]

Senior Advisor to the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Jan Egeland, said Thursday that a cessation of hostilities in place in Syria since Dec. 30 had largely held, though clashes between warring factions were still occurring in a number of areas. “It is positive that the current cessation of hostilities is saving lives in many […]

Down 0.25 percent to 4,841 points by closing on Thursday, the benchmark French stock exchange index CAC 40 recorded a fourth consecutive session of decrease. In four sessions, the index showed a cumulative loss of 1.7 percent. Zodiac added a whopping 22.9 percent, Remy Cointreau increased by 6.4 percent, ad BioMerieux rose 3.1 percent. Safran […]

As political and logistical constraints continue to delay the much-awaited deployment of the regional protection force (RPF), experts said on Thursday that the force would help war-torn South Sudan regain lost confidence and credibility. South Sudanese President Salva Kiir’s officials in the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU) formed last April, have been sending mixed […]

Learning in Kenyan public universities was on Thursday paralyzed as faculty members and subordinate workers went on strike citing the government’s failure to honor a pay increase deal signed in 2013. Unions representing university teaching and non-teaching staff announced the strike after expiry of a one week ultimatum they had earlier issued to the government. […]

As president of the Swiss Confederation Max Petitpierre (1889-1994) wrote to chairman Mao Zedong in January 1950 to recognize New China. His son, retired Swiss professor Gilles Petitpierre spoke exclusively with China Daily after Xi Jinping's four-day visit to Switzerland.

King’s Quest to Build a Mass Struggle for the African American people After the famous Riverside Church address by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1967 in New York City where a position against the Vietnam War was spelled out, he visited Stanford University ten days later to make another profound statement indicating […]

This year’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Rally & March was organized under the demands for “Jobs, Peace and Justice” commemorating the 50th anniversary of the intersection between the Civil Rights, Black Power and Antiwar Movements in the United States. Dr. King during the early months of 1967 rapidly developed his theoretical views in […]

adidas Originals launches “Original” with a new film, Original is never finished, featuring visionaries from the worlds of music, skate, sport, style and art. Reaffirming the notion original is never finished, the film features a remix of the iconic song, “My Way” by Frank Sinatra with a provocative, reimagined approach to today’s streetwear culture. With […]

The Rights Alliance feels very petrified by the reaction of some foreign media networks in particular to the unfortunate incident of uncanny coincidences in the inaugural speech of our new President, H E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, with those of some former US Presidents including Bill Clinton and George Walker Bush. Particularly embarrassing is […]