The African Mining Vision (AMV) instituted by the African Union (AU) is to ensure sustainable development of Africa’s mineral wealth, an official of the United Nations Economic Commission of Africa (UNECA), Mr. Oliver Maponga, has said. “It is all about life after mining and redressing the ghost towns and cities, that have become relics of […]
President John Mahama has left France for Japan to attend the 5th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD). A number of other African leaders including Ethiopian Prime, Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and the President of Burkina Faso, Blaise Campoare have also arrived for the Conference. President Mahama is expected to hold bilateral talks with the […]
Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC) on Thursday stated that no voting took place outside Ghana in the December 2012 General Elections. He said Ghanaians working in Diplomatic Missions abroad, students on government scholarships and security personnel on peacekeeping duties who were registered abroad were assigned polling stations back home to come […]
A suspicious letter sent to US President Barack Obama is “similar” to two poisoned letters mailed to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg this week, US officials have said. The US Secret Service said the letter to Mr Obama was intercepted and was being tested by FBI investigators. The letters to Mr Bloomberg referred to […]
Ghana has been commended for her contributions to and support for the Association of African Universities (AAU) over the years. Professor George Albert Magoha, the acting President of the AAU, who gave the commendation, could not hide his joy when he recounted the food relationship the AAU had enjoyed from Ghana and its people since […]
President John Dramani Mahama has said the challenge of his legitimacy at the Supreme Court by the 2012 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is not a distraction to his administration. Speaking on a BBC Newsday programme last Wednesday, President Mahama said he was the least perturbed by the court case. “Why should […]
Nigerian lawmakers have approved a bill banning same-sex marriage, setting jail terms of up to 14 years for offenders. The measure backed by the House of Representatives also makes it illegal to form gay groups or organisations. The bill – which was adopted by the Senate in 2011 – is now expected to be sent […]
The government of Malawi has defended a controversial deal it struck with South Korea to export up to 100,000 of its young people as migrant workers. Opposition MPs in Malawi have called the deal “slave labour”. But the labour minister, struggling to create new job employment opportunities in her own country, has denied that. Eunice […]
The Eastern Regional Police Command on Wednesday arrested 14 Chinese men and a Ghanaian for engaging in illegal mining at Abasewase near Anyinam. The suspects including Alhaji Mohammed Abdulai, the Ghanaian, were rounded up at their operating site under a special operation lead by the Anyinam District Commander, Police Superintendent Jeffery Darko, and the Regional […]
Selorm (Selly) Galley, one of Ghana’s representatives in the 2013 Big Brother Africa reality show could be on her way home just a week after the show kicked off. During the first nomination session Monday, the housemates in the two houses – Diamond and Rubies – took turns to nominate two housemates for possible eviction […]
