Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe in a handshake with President John Mahama Ghana and Japan have pledged to deepen bilateral relations for the mutual benefit of the people of the two countries. The two countries have enjoyed fruitful working relationship over ... Read More

The African Mining Vision (AMV) instituted by the African Union (AU) is to ensure sustainable development of Africa’s mineral wealth, an official of the United Nations Economic Commission of Africa (UNECA), Mr. Oliver Maponga, has said. “It is all about life ... Read More

President John Mahama has left France for Japan to attend the 5th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD). A number of other African leaders including Ethiopian Prime, Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and the President of Burkina Faso, Blaise Campoare have also ... Read More

Kwadwo Afari-Gyan - Chairman of the Electoral Commission Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC) on Thursday stated that no voting took place outside Ghana in the December 2012 General Elections. He said Ghanaians working in Diplomatic Missions abroad, ... Read More

US President Barack Obama A suspicious letter sent to US President Barack Obama is "similar" to two poisoned letters mailed to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg this week, US officials have said. The US Secret Service said the letter to ... Read More

Ghana has been commended for her contributions to and support for the Association of African Universities (AAU) over the years. Professor George Albert Magoha, the acting President of the AAU, who gave the commendation, could not hide his joy when he ... Read More

President John Dramani Mahama President John Dramani Mahama has said the challenge of his legitimacy at the Supreme Court by the 2012 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is not a distraction to his administration. Speaking on a BBC ... Read More

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

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

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