Ghana midfielder Derek Boateng has announced he has completed his move to English Premier League side Fulham from Ukrainian club Dnipro. The 30-year-old wrote on his Twitter account: “I have signed a two-year deal with Fulham FC! I’m happy to see this deal confirmed! “Thanks God, my family and everyone who support me!” Boateng also […]
J A Plant Pool, distributors of Chinese heavy duty equipment and other vehicles, is to establish a vehicle assembling plant in the country to assemble trucks, buses and other earthmoving and heavy duty equipment. The initiative is in line with the company’s new drive to reposition itself as the market leader in all segments of the business, […]
Dr. Jim Yong Kim, the President of the World Bank Group and Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary General will from May 22-24 make a historic joint visit to Africa’s Great Lakes region. This is in support of a recent landmark peace agreement and to push for economic development in one of the world’s most troubled […]
President John Dramani Mahama, on Tuesday received five Ambassadors, who were at the Flagstaff House, Accra, to present their letters of credence to begin their duty tour of Ghana and to strengthen their diplomatic relations. They are Mrs Nezha Alaoui from Morocco, Ms Hege Hertzberg from Norway, Mr Simeao Archer Pinto from Portugal, Mr Marco […]
The Sustainable Energy Network Ghana (SENG) has become the first country affiliate of the global Energy Access Practitioner Network which is led by the United Nations Foundation. This was after SENG was officially launched in the capital, Accra May 15, 2013 and the UN Foundation has welcomed the network as it seeks support for Ghana’s […]
US President Barack Obama will visit Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania in June, the White House has said. Mr Obama is expected to meet lawmakers as well as business and civil society leaders and youth on his trip. The 26 June – 3 July visit will be Mr Obama’s second to sub-Saharan Africa as president. […]
At least 91 people, including 20 children, are feared to have been killed by a huge tornado which tore through Oklahoma City suburbs, officials in the US state say. Worst hit was Moore, south of the city, where neighbourhoods were flattened and schools destroyed by winds of up to 200mph (320km/h). About 120 people are […]
Former President John Agyekum Kufour on Monday returned home from South Africa and Switzerland after engagements to woe investors to Africa. Speaking at either forum, he said Africa was witnessing rapid transformation and that the continent would soon turn into a hotbed of global economic activity in two decades from now. “I foresee a fast […]
Nelson Mandela’s daughters Makaziwe and Zenani Mandela are suing their father for the rights of his artworks and control of his millions. They intend to fight an April 2004 Johannesburg High Court order which gave Mandela the right to instruct his then lawyer, Ismail Ayob, to stop managing his financial, personal and legal affairs. The […]
In the line up of events for the 50th Anniversary of the African Union (AU), the National Planning Committee for the AU and the Ministry of Information is organising an Africa Union (AU) peace walk. The walk will start from the El-Wak Sports Stadium and end at the AU Liberation Center at Ridge on May […]
