The former head of Burundi’s army has been shot dead outside his home in the capital Bujumbura. Col Jean Bikomagu, who led the armed forces during the country’s civil war, was gunned down as he drove through the gates of his house. His daughter was badly injured in the attack, a family member told AFP. […]
Though he played only 71 minutes in his second English Premier League game, Andre Dede Ayew was on target again in Swansea City’s 2-0 victory over Newcastle United.
Three persons have been confirmed dead in clashes at Kwapong, a town near Sankore in the Brong Ahofo Region. The Saturday dawn hostility started after a young man was stabbed to death by a fetish priest. Deputy Regional Police Commander, DCOP Maxwell Atingani, told Accra-based Joy FM the fetish priest was arrested after a complaint
Government has released a draft document detailing some conditions of service for public sector doctors who have been striking for weeks.
Multimedia’s Seth Kwame Boateng has been adjudged the 2015 GJA/Prof. PAV Ansah Journalist of the Year for his ‘Locked and Forgotten’ documentary about the plight of remand prisoners in Ghana. “God has been indeed good. I am grateful to God. It is a miracle…..I didn’t dream a day like this will come,” Seth Kwame Boateng
Members of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) have voted to remain on strike but stay the execution of its final roadmap that would have seen their resignation from public service. At an extraordinary general assembly meeting on Friday, August 14, the doctors were divided over the activation of the final phase. While one group called
Your Excellencies, I am an African from the stony town of Nandom in the Upper West Region of Ghana and writing to you from the Green and forested State of New Hampshire in the United States of America. I am a true African. I owe my existence to the rich and diverse bio-physical environment of
African Union (AU ) soldiers allegedly killed six people at a wedding in Somalia’s port town of Merca, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said.
The Chinese authorities have ordered the evacuation of residents within a 3km radius of the Tianjin blast site over fears of chemical contamination.
Actress Nana Ama McBrown has expressed her dislike for the name Kumawood which over the years has become the brand name for movies produced in Kumasi. She said, “when people say Kumawood movies, it sounds as if they are not Ghanaian movies, let’s call them Ghana movies that way, I will feel proud because it is our own
