South Africa violence: Army deployment in Cape Town extended
According to a report by Aljazeera’s Fahmida Miller from Cape Town, the South African army has been ordered to stay for an extra three months in parts of Cape Town suffering gang violence. Troops have backed police in an area notorious for drug gangs since last month. Government statistics says the number of murders on […]
Crackdown widens after call for new protests in Egypt
At least 1,900 people have been detained since protests against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi began in Cairo and other Egyptian cities last Friday, the head of a rights monitoring group said on Thursday. Gamal Eid, head of the Arab Network for Human Rights Information, said the arrests had been made between Friday and Wednesday and […]
NHIA is most innovative public institution – IMANI Ghana
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) was on Wednesday (September 25) , adjudged the best public sector institution for innovations at this year’s Inspirational Public Sector Leadership Awards (IPSLA), in Accra. The annual awards is an event that honours public sector institutions based on the successful and effective delivery of services to their stakeholders in […]
US whistleblower alleges officials witnessed Trump ‘likely abuse his office for personal gain’
Donald Trump likely abused his office for personal gain, according to a whistleblower whose complaint was revealed in a newly declassified document. The Democratic-led US House Intelligence Committee released the complaint amid controversy around Trump’s call to his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky. The Democrats have accused the US president of asking Zelensky to look into corruption […]
Accra to be ‘clothe’ with artistic designs
Walls along principal and ceremonial streets in Accra are to be designed with artistic beautification as part of Government’s effort to make Accra the cleanest city. The artistic beautification being undertaking by the Accra Metropolitan Authority (AMA) forms part of Government’s ambitious project to make the national capital the cleanest city have received a major […]
Ghana Tourism Authority observes World Tourism Day in Tema
The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), Tema Office, has commemorated this year’s World Tourism Day with a clean-up exercise at the Chemu Lagoon estuary. The massive clean-up exercise was done by GTA officials, personnel of the Eastern Naval Command, Ghana National Fire Service, as well as staff of the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) and students of […]
Boris Johnson slammed over ‘inflammatory’ language in vitriolic parliamentary clash
Boris Johnson has been accused of using dangerous, inflammatory language during Wednesday’s belligerent clashes in parliament, and for aggravating the UK’s bitter divisions over Brexit. The House of Commons was in session for the first time since the country’s highest court ruling that the government’s earlier suspension of parliament was unlawful. Opening proceedings on Thursday, Speaker […]
‘Curious’ squirrel stops to smell a flower
A photographer managed to capture the moment a squirrel appreciates the beauty of a flower. The work of the Dutch photographer Dick Van Duijn is very popular, with over 180K Instagram followers from all over the world. Recently, he has been causing waves on the internet with his endearing pictures of ground squirrels smelling flowers. […]
“Marshall energies, resources to fight poverty” – President Akufo-Addo to world leaders
Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged world leaders to focus their energies and resources on combatting poverty, explaining that “poverty anywhere degrades us all, whether in the developed or developing world.” According to President Akufo-Addo, “for us (in Africa), poverty is a daily reality that we live with and feel, for far […]
Many feared dead in Chad gold mine collapse – Minister
Dozens of people are feared dead after an illegal gold mine collapsed in Chad, officials have said. Defence Minister Mahamat Abali Salah told AFP news agency on Wednesday that the mine caved in early on Tuesday at Kouri Bougoudi, a zone beset by illegal mining near the Libyan border. There there were “many deaths, for […]
