Nigerian parliament bans same-sex marriage
Nigerian lawmakers have approved a bill banning same-sex marriage, setting jail terms of up to 14 years for offenders.
The measure backed by the House of Representatives also makes it illegal to form gay groups or organisations.
The bill - which was ... Read More
Malawi defends South Korea labour deal
The government of Malawi has defended a controversial deal it struck with South Korea to export up to 100,000 of its young people as migrant workers.
Opposition MPs in Malawi have called the deal "slave labour".
But the labour minister, struggling to ... Read More
Ghanaian, 14 Chinese arrested for illegal mining
The Eastern Regional Police Command on Wednesday arrested 14 Chinese men and a Ghanaian for engaging in illegal mining at Abasewase near Anyinam.
The suspects including Alhaji Mohammed Abdulai, the Ghanaian, were rounded up at their operating site under a special ... Read More
UK Media Trains Journalists On Financial Reporting
African Means Business Project, a United Kingdom (UK) based media organisation, is training eight Ghanaian journalists on economic and financial reporting to improve public debate on finance and business issues.
The three-day course, being organised at the School of Communication Studies, ... Read More
Black Stars leave for Ethiopian camp
Six players are expected to join the Ghana camp as the Black Stars set up camp in Ethiopia this week for next month's World Cup qualifiers against Sudan and Lesotho.
Nineteen players departed Accra, Thursday afternoon with head coach Kwesi Appiah ... Read More
Militants are a threat to West Africa – President Maha...
President John Dramani Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama has warned that Islamist militancy poses a threat that could destabilise the whole of West Africa.
Mr Mahama told the BBC that although Ghana had not been directly affected, no country was safe ... Read More
UN Peacekeeping Day Celebration Ends
The United Nations Peacekeeping Day Celebration has ended with a flag- raising and Wreath-laying ceremony in Accra.
In an address, the Minister for Defence, Mr Mark Owen Woyongo, noted that, the International Day for the United Nations Peacekeepers was cerebrated every ... Read More
Africa Needs A Collective Voice – President Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama yesterday stated that, the only way Africa could develop and overcome its challenges is to provide a collective and common voice in pursuing development agenda.
This, he suggested could be achieved through partnerships ... Read More
Ethiopian Ambassador commends Ghana for democratic maturity
H. E. Mad. Gifti Ababulgu
Mrs Gifti Abasiya Ababulgu, Ambassador of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, has commended Ghana for its democratic dispensation and economic developments.
“The people and government of Ethiopia would continue to derive considerable inspirations, from Ghana’s ... Read More
Ghanaians appreciate China’s development success story- Ve...
Kwesi Amissah-Arthur – Vice President
Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur says the country appreciates the impressive record of the development success story of China, and assured of government’s determination to replicate the example.
Mr Amissah-Arthur was speaking at a meeting ... Read More