Gambian army chief pledges allegiance to defeated president
The head of Gambia's army has given his full backing to the country's president, Yahya Jammeh, amid a deepening political crisis.
Mr Jammeh suffered a surprise electoral defeat last month to Adama Barrow.He initially accepted...
Opinion: No joy yet in NDC’s choice of Minority Leader
With the current majority leader of parliament, Alban Bagbin, all but set to move up to the deputy speakership, the newly minority must now find from among their fold, a new leader.Mr Bagbin leaves...
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Akufo-Addo storms Kyebi as president Sunday
President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will on Sunday January 8, attend a public durbar at Kyebi, his hometown in the East Akim Municipality of the Eastern region as Ghana’s president.The move is initiated by...
AFCON Fiestarr Update: Dauda replaces Kwarasey
Nigeria-based Ghanaian goalkeeper Fatau Dauda has replaced Adam Kwarasey in the Black Stars squad for the African Cup of Nations in Gabon.The decision was taken by Avram Grant in consultation with Black Stars goalkeeper’s...
37 Military Hospital runs out of blood
The recent gas explosion near the Trade Fair Centre at La in Accra, which resulted in the death of 11 people and injury to more than 40 others, has caused shortage of blood at...
Zambia women’s ‘day off for periods’ sparks debate
Discussing female menstruation publicly is something of a taboo in Zambia.
This is no doubt why a provision in the country's labour law that allows female workers to take off one day a month is...
German-Ghanaian who denounced ISIS faces war crimes charges
A German-Ghanaian Islamic State defector who claimed in news interviews to have refused to commit violence for the group has been charged by German authorities with murder and war crimes for his role in...
SSNIT increases pension benefits by 18%
The Social Security National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has increased the pension benefits of pensioners by 18%, the corporate Affairs Manager of SSNIT, Eva Amegashie has disclosed.“On the whole there has been an 18% increment...
Janet Jackson, 50, gives birth to a boy
Singer Janet Jackson has at the age of 50 given birth to her first child, a baby boy, her publicist has confirmed.
A statement said the musician and her Qatari businessman husband, Wissam Al Mana,...