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At least 17 people have been found dead in a nightclub in South Africa’s East London city, local media report.   Bodies were found at the Enyobeni Tavern early on Sunday and several others are said to have been injured.   “The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation as …

Yaw Annor has been named in FIFA’s list of top 10 goal scorers in 2022 after his spectacular performance in the just-ended 2021/2022 Ghana Premier League season.   Ashanti Gold striker Yaw Annor is the seventh player with the most goals in 2022, according to a chart released by the Federation …

Ghana faces a looming fuel shortage as the central bank rations dollars after oil prices surged following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The monthly fuel import bill for the West African nation jumped to $450 million in May, from $250 million in January, according to two people with knowledge of the …

Japan’s ban on same-sex marriages does not violate the constitution, a district court in Osaka has ruled. The ruling dealt a blow to gay couples and rights activists, after another district court in Sapporo ruled in 2021 that the failure to recognise same-sex marriage was “unconstitutional”. Japan’s constitution defines marriage …

Dr George Akuffo Dampare, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), has advised the British High Commissioner to Ghana not to interfere in matters that do not concern her. The advice is in reference to the High Commissioner’s tweet over the arrest of one of the conveners of the #FixTheCountry movement, …

The President of Ghana,  Akufo-Addo has been selected to chair the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), an international partnership of countries highly vulnerable to a warming planet. President Akufo-Addo takes over as Chair, following the end of Bangladesh’s two-year term as Chair of the Forum, which serves as a South-South co-operation …

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 …

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has conveyed the condolence of the government and Ghanaians to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the death of its President. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi, who had rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke …

Somalia’s former leader Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been elected president after a final vote that was only open to the country’s MPs. He defeated the current president, Mohamed Abudallahi Farmajo, who has been in office since 2017. The ballot was limited to Somalia’s 328 MPs due to security concerns over …

President of Ghana,  Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated President Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron of France on his re-election for a second term in office. He wish the new French President well in uniting of his people and the discharge of his mandate.   The Ghanaian leader expressed optimism that …