AFRICA NEWS

The Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has told a high-level Africa Caribbean summit in Barbados how the Akufo-Addo government has been implementing policies to address the issues of gender inequality in the country. Addressing gender inequality from an African perspective was one of the topics …

A final-year student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been listed among the top ten global students making societal impacts. Mathias Charles Yabe, studying communication design, is the only Ghanaian and African among other shortlisted students. The 2022 Chegg.org Global Student Prize received applications from …

Potentially, Ghana is endowed with every resource, both natural and human, to develop to the level of any industralised nation on the globe. But since independence, we appear to be going round in circles, vis-a-vis socio-economic advancement to improve living standards of our people. Our developmental agenda has been disjointed …

The New York City police have released footage of the moment five teenagers fatally beat a yellow cab driver. A disturbing footage about how the Ghanaian was beaten to death in the US has surfaced. The 52-year-old taxi driver, Gyimah Kutin was jumped by five passengers who reportedly refused to …

Deputy President,   William Samoei Ruto has been elected president of Kenya following Tuesday’s (9 August) elections, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has said. He polled 7,176,141 representing 50.49% to beat his main contender Raila Odinga who got 6,942,930 (48.85%). The announcement was delayed amid scuffles and allegations of …

The President of Ghana, H.E  Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has described as “fake”, some media reports suggesting he was interfering in the upcoming Nigerian presidential elections and gone ahead to write to the APC leader, asking him to step aside.   In a tweet on Tuesday afternoon, President Akufo-Addo indicated …

Boko Haram militant group leader Alhaji Modu, alias Bem Bem, was killed last week in an air strike, the Nigeria military announced on Sunday. It said 28 militants were also killed in the airstrike carried out on 3 August in the north-western Borno State.   The BBC has not been …

Global footballers welfare body, FIFPro, has appealed the decision of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to ban players involved in an alleged fixed match between Ashanti Gold and Inter Allies played two seasons ago at the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS).     FIFPro, through its member association, PFAG, …

The controversial South African opposition figure, Julius Malema, has warned of an impending uprising similar to the “Arab Spring” that will target white people and “black elites”. “When the unled revolution comes… the first target is going to be white people,” Mr Malema told the BBC’s Hardtalk programme. He demanded …

Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana have decided to no longer sell their cocoa at origin differentials below zero, from as much as 125 pounds below the ICE terminal market, joint Côte d’Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative (CIGCI) announced in Accra Friday.   The origin differential is an additional country quality premium that has …