USA Gymnastics board to quit over Larry Nassar abuse
The entire USA Gymnastics (USAG) board has said it will comply with a US Olympic Committee's (USOC) ultimatum to resign over an abuse scandal.
The USOC earlier said the 18-member board must step down by...
Gbagbo’s son jailed for ‘fake news’
Michel Gbagbo, the son of Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo, has been sentenced to six months in jail and ordered to pay a fine of $950 (£668) for "complicity in disclosing false news",...
Reduce ‘nuisance’ taxes causing fuel price hikes – COPEC
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) Ghana is calling for the immediately “scaling down” on some of the taxes “choking” the current price build-ups in petroleum products.
According to a research analyst with the Institute...
Stop politics of insult – Awuku tells aspirants
The National Youth Organizer of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sammy Awuku, has called for an end to the politics of insults and character assassination among the party's national youth organiser hopefuls.
At a...
ICC Prosecutor condemns violence in Benghazi
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda has condemned the violence in Benghazi, Libya that led to the death of at least 34 people.
Tuesday's first bomb went off outside Salmani neighbourhood's Bait...
UE/R: Fulanis to sue over Agogo attack
Fulani residents in the Upper East region, who are very unhappy about their tribespeople generally being stereotyped in the country as lawless and uncivil amid a recent faceoff in the Ashanti region, have announced...
DYMOG sues Ofori Atta, CHRAJ, AG over $2.25b clearance
Anti-graft organisation, DYMOG has sued the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta, the Commission on Human Right and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) and the Attorney General over what it described as the “infamous” GH$2.25billon bond.
The Ministry...
Hospital fire kills at least 39 people in South Korea
At least 39 people have been killed and more than 70 injured in a fire at a hospital in South Korea.
The blaze is thought to have started in the emergency room at Sejong Hospital...
Oprah not interested in presidential bid
Oprah Winfrey has told the US magazine InStyle that she does not "have the DNA" to be US president.
She has been widely touted as a future Democratic contender for the 2020 elections after a...
Bill Gates warns Trump not to abandon Africa
Bill Gates has warned that Donald Trump's "America First" position could damage the US' relationship with Africa.
" the balance of hard power versus soft power, the US uniquely has a ratio emphasising hard power...