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The President of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that Africa is the best endowed continent in the world. The continent, he said, is the richest one by all standards, and yet, unfortunately, the mass of her people, in the midst abundance, are the poorest on the planet. He …

The Black Starlets of Ghana will play against Nigeria and Togo in group A of the 2022 WAFU Cup of Nations which will be hosted at the Cape Coast Stadium. Ghana has been handed a tricky draw as they will face perennial rivals Nigeria and Togo in a group with …

In early March the United Nation’s General Assembly voted on a resolution demanding Russia immediately stop its military operations in Ukraine. Out of 193 member states, 141 voted in support of the resolution, five voted against, 35 abstained and 12 didn’t vote at all. Of the 54 African member states, …

Nollywood actor, Mr Ibu has disclosed he was recently poisoned at an event in Abuja.   Veteran comic actor, John Ikechukwu Okafor a.k.a Mr Ibu, has revealed that he is currently in the hospital because he was poisoned.   “I just got poisoned again. It seems my enemies are using …

The first-ever model of unintended pregnancies and abortion rates for 150 countries has estimated that 266,000 abortions were done in Ghana between 2015 and 2019. The Guttmacher Institute, the World Health Organisation and the UN’s Human Reproduction Programme (HRP) released the model-based estimates of unintended pregnancy and abortion rates highlighting …

The SUPER Eagles of Nigeria will arrive in Kumasi (Oseikrom) today, 24th March, 2022, to face the Black Stars of Ghana. The two Africa powerhouses would lock horns at the Baba Yara Stadium tomorrow for a place in the 2022 Qatar Mundial.   Nigeria 🇳🇬 Super Eagles touch down at …

The head of Mali’s interim government , Col. Assimi Goita,   is to attend Thursday’s ECOWAS extraordinary summit in Accra, Ghana, to negotiate a compromise political transition programme and review the sweeping sanctions imposed on Mali by the regional organisation.   An official letter from the ECOWAS Commission addressed to …

Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari has apologised for the hardships caused by recent fuel shortages and the power cuts that followed this week’s collapse of the national grid which left the entire country without state-supplied electricity for hours.   The West African nation already generates too little electricity to supply its …

The United States government has issued a security alert advising citizens that the US Embassy has received unsubstantiated information that US citizens may be targeted for kidnapping for ransom in northern Ghana, to include the Upper East region and the Upper West region.   This threat could also apply to …

The Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley has called on Ghanaians to mark 7th September as Africa-Caricom Day. This is to celebrate the first-ever African Caribbean Summit as a path to stronger economic and social ties between the two global communities. Speaking at Ghana’s 65th Independence anniversary, on Sunday, …