Facebook celebrates Ghana’s Asoriba app, others
Facebook celebrated the achievements and products of its growing African developer and partner ecosystem at its annual F8 developer conference held in San Jose, California.
African developers shared the stage with Facebook and developers from...
Riz Ahmed cover star for Time magazine’s 100 most influential
Rogue One actor Riz Ahmed has been made a cover star for Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential figures in the world.
Ahmed leads the way for the pioneers list, with other categories...
David Adjaye named world’s most influential architect
"Architectural visionary" David Adjaye has been named among Time magazine's 100 most influential people of 2017 – and is the only architect to make the list.
While last year BIG founder Bjarke Ingels was the sole...
18 students killed in South Africa bus crash
At least 18 schoolchildren were killed when a minibus and a truck collided north of the South African capital of Pretoria on Friday, emergency services authorities said.
The driver of the minibus was also killed,...
Mampong midwifery student commits suicide over choice of course
A female student of the Asante Mampong Nursing and Midwifery Training School in the Ashanti region has allegedly committed suicide.
The deceased is alleged to have drunk a poisonous substance and was rushed to the...
Russia court outlaws ‘extremist’ Jehovah’s Witnesses
Russia's Supreme Court has accepted the government's request to designate Jehovah's Witnesses as an outlawed religious group, deeming it to be an extremist organisation.
The justice ministry argued that the group had distributed pamphlets which...
JUSSAG threatens strike over unpaid allowances
The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSSAG) has issued a six-day ultimatum to government to release funds for the payment of outstanding allowances due it or would embark on an industrial action.
A statement...
Nigeria football fans ‘electrocuted’ while watching TV
Football fans, who had gathered to watch last night's Uefa Europa match between Manchester United and Anderlecht at a viewing centre in the southern port city of Calabar, have been electrocuted after an electric...
Former Aston Villa & England defender Ugo Ehiogu dies
English football is in mourning following the sudden death of former Aston Villa defender Ugo Ehiogu at the age of 44.
Ehiogu, who had had been working as a coach with Tottenham's Under-23 team, suffered...