Illegal abortion among teenage girls is on the increase in the Ahafo-Ano North District of the Ashanti Region. Health authorities recorded 403 cases in 2009, 491 in 2010 and 497 in 2011, making a total of 1,391.

A former employee of DHL, Karen Otoo has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by an Accra High Court for attempting to export seven packets of compressed cannabis sativa mixed with chocolates to the United Kingdom.

The funeral of veteran journalist Prince Ebow Godwin Sam will be held at the Ghana International Press centre on Saturday, December 22 after burial at Osu cemetery.

Hundreds of people across the world have been preparing for what they believe will be the end of the world on 21 December.

The State on Thursday prayed the Osu District Magistrate Court to fix a definite date to enable it commence the extradition process of Justin Katinan, an ally of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo currently in the country.

At least 55 people are believed to have drowned after a boat capsized off the coast of Somalia, the UN refugee agency says.