Recent News Headlines : Accra - Ghana

CHINA UNVEILS MODEL CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE EDIFICE IN GHANA UNIVERSITY


China handed over on Wednesday a newly constructed edifice housing the Model Confucius Institute at the University of Ghana... READ MORE

1st December, 2017 0

A KEY MOMENT FOR AFRICAN DEMOCRACY


The conduct of these elections and what happens in their aftermath matters hugely to Kenyans, millions of other Africans and the broader international community... READ MORE

25th October, 2017 489

AFRICA CAN ENJOY LEAPFROG DEVELOPMENT


A recent World Development Report on Education found that most sixth grade students in Sub-Saharan Africa are not sufficiently competent in reading or math... READ MORE

14th October, 2017 0

DEATH TOLL RISES TO 7 IN GAS STATION EXPLOSIONS IN GHANA


At least seven people have died and dozens were injured after an explosion at a gas station in a suburb of Ghana's capital of Accra... READ MORE

8th October, 2017 217

GHANA: GRIEF AND ANGER AFTER DEADLY GAS STATION BLASTS


Dominic Osei, a local businessman, said there were too many natural gas filling stations near petrol stations... READ MORE

8th October, 2017 164

GAS STATION EXPLOSION IN GHANA KILLS AT LEAST 1 AND INJURES SEVERAL


On Twitter, Accra city officials warned of an explosion in the Legon and Madina areas around 7 30 p.m... READ MORE

8th October, 2017 796

'DEADLY' GAS STATION BLASTS ROCK GHANA'S CAPITAL ACCRA


Police said the blasts happened in the Atomic Junction roundabout area of Legon, in northeast Accra, at about 7 30pm 19 30 GMT on Saturday... READ MORE

7th October, 2017 4941

GHANAIAN TRAVELS 4,900 MILES FROM PARIS TO ACCRA BY CAR


Homecoming Midafternoon on Sunday, July 16, Donkoh crossed from Burkina Faso to Paga in Ghana's Upper East region... READ MORE

30th September, 2017 2796

COCOA PRICES HAVE CRASHED BUT SMUGGLERS ARE STILL MAKING MONEY


Ivory Coast's cocoa regulator estimates about 70,000 tons of beans were smuggled into Ghana this season, equal to at least 7 percent of Ghana's annual production... READ MORE

20th September, 2017 254

Trending News Headlines : Accra

BILLIONAIRE BLOOMBERG TO FUND $5M PUBLIC HEALTH PROJECTS IN 40 CITIES WORLDWIDE


Exclusive Melbourne, Accra and Ulaanbaatar among cities to benefit from funding pledged by former New York mayor to tackle issues from air pollution to obesity... READ MORE

16th May, 2017 378645

RACIAL IDENTITY IS A BIOLOGICAL NONSENSE, SAYS REITH LECTURER


Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah says race and nationality are social inventions being used to cause deadly divisions... READ MORE

18th October, 2016 33777

'OUR PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO DIVIDE US'


Today, she is one of 7,193 Somali refugees resettled in Arizona since 1992... READ MORE

28th January, 2017 19658

GHANA'S PRESIDENT PLAGIARIZED CLINTON AND GEORGE W. BUSH WORD FOR WORD IN HIS INAUGURATION SPEECH


And Saturday, Ghanaians gathered in Independence Square in the capital, Accra, to witness another the inauguration of Nana Akufo-Addo as the country's fifth elected president... READ MORE

8th January, 2017 9224

GHANA: AKUFO-ADDO WINS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION


Ghana's main opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo won the country's national election, defeating President John Mahama, electoral commissioner Charlotte Osei said... READ MORE

10th December, 2016 8335

GHANA: NANA AKUFO-ADDO CAUGHT UP IN PLAGIARISM ROW


Office of new president apologises for lifting passages from speeches by ex-US leaders during his inaugural address... READ MORE

9th January, 2017 7459

NANA AKUFO-ADDO SWORN IN AS GHANA'S NEW PRESIDENT


Nana Akufo-Addo was sworn in as Ghana's new president on Saturday, in a ceremony attended by dozens of African leaders... READ MORE

7th January, 2017 5882

'WALKING BUSES' AND COUNCIL HOUSING: A WISHLIST FOR WORLD CITIES IN 2017


2017 brings a new president and expectation of a newly appointed city mayor, and potential for change... READ MORE

31st December, 2016 5383

NANA AKUFO-ADDO TO BE SWORN IN AS GHANA'S NEW PRESIDENT


Ghana's new president, Nana Akufo-Addo, will be sworn in on Saturday after beating incumbent leader John Dramani Mahama in elections last month... READ MORE

7th January, 2017 3398

AFRICA AND THE GULF CRISIS: THE PERIL OF PICKING SIDES


On June 5, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt announced that they were cutting ties with Qatar and imposing land, sea and air blockades... READ MORE

15th June, 2017 3176

IN GHANA, CALLS TO TEAR DOWN A STATUE OF 'RACIST' GANDHI


The University of Ghana's statue of Gandhi was unveiled June 14 by Indian President Pranab Mukherjee during a visit... READ MORE

20th September, 2016 2767

HERE'S HOW LONG IT TAKES TO EARN YOUR BREAKFAST AROUND THE WORLD


Breakfast costs just over 1 percent of a day's pay for people in Switzerland's Zurich and Geneva, while Ukrainians in Kiev must shell out about 6 percent... READ MORE

3rd March, 2017 1246

1) 1961 - PATRICE LUMUMBA'S ASSASSINATION IN CONGO


CIA covert operations are by their very nature hard to prove definitively... READ MORE

17th May, 2016 888

SMELLY, CONTAMINATED, FULL OF DISEASE: THE WORLDS OPEN DUMPS ARE GROWING | JOHN VIDAL


According to the atlas, compiled by teams of academics and waste professionals on four continents, the 50 sites are all pollution and health timebombs... READ MORE

6th October, 2014 770

AT LEAST 27 DEAD AFTER ISLAMIST GUNMEN STORM RADISSON BLU HOTEL IN BAMAKO


Mali security forces have reportedly evacuated 12 hostages from the hotel, according to Mali government authorities... READ MORE

20th November, 2015 640

EGYPTIAN ENERGY INNOVATION WINS $100,000 INNOVATION PRIZE FOR AFRICA


Egyptian Aly El-Shafei has won the ultimate prize of 100,000 for his energy innovation at the 2017 Innovation Prize for Africa IPA in Ghana's capital Accra... READ MORE

25th July, 2017 577

AUSTRALIAN SURGEON AND HIS WIFE KIDNAPPED IN BURKINA FASO


An Australian couple have nbsp been kidnapped by Islamic extremists in west Africa, a spokesman for the Burkina Faso government has confirmed. nbsp... READ MORE

17th January, 2016 473

AL QAEDA CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR IVORY COAST HOTEL SHOOTING IN WHICH 16 'INCLUDING FOUR EUROPEANS' KILLED AT RESORT


At around 6.30pm local time, an army officer in Grand Bassam said two attackers were encircled by special forces... READ MORE

14th March, 2016 454

THREE NO-GO ZONES WHERE GARBAGE RULES (DOCUMENTARY)


An infamous rubbish dump just outside of Guatemala City is the biggest landfill in Central America, with 16 hectares of land covered with all sorts of trash... READ MORE

6th February, 2017 434

WHY AFRICA BOYCOTTED THE 1966 WORLD CUP


In July 1964, Caf decided to boycott the 1966 World Cup unless Africa was given a place of its own... READ MORE

12th July, 2016 332

HOW MANY PEOPLE DID THE MILLENNIUM GOALS SAVE


The targets on reducing both under-five mortality and maternal mortality by two-thirds have proved more elusive and will not be met in Ghana... READ MORE

25th September, 2015 281

A DECADE AFTER DEBT FORGIVENESS AFRICA STILL HOOKED ON DOLLARS


Data from Frankfurt-based index provider Concerto Financial Solutions shows 37 sub-Saharan African nations with outstanding local currency debt of just under 260 billion by end-2016... READ MORE

19th May, 2017 155

THE WORLD'S WORST PLACE TO BE DISABLED?


But I believe that this paradigm shift comes with a responsibility, to continue to campaign for a better future for disabled people all over the world... READ MORE

20th August, 2015 141

NOW ROUGHLY EQUAL IN VALUE, UBER AND DAIMLER TRADE GENTLE BLOWS


"Cars are not going away soon and companies like Uber are not going to be making them," Uber's Kalanick said... READ MORE

8th June, 2016 122

MALI HOTEL ATTACK PUTS VETERAN MILITANT BACK IN SPOTLIGHT


Al Mourabitoun has staged several attacks in Mali and the region, but Belmokhtar has had a troubled relationship with al Qaeda... READ MORE

20th November, 2015 94

FALLING TREES KILL AT LEAST 19 AT KINTAMPO WATERFALL IN GHANA


Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia of Ghana led a delegation of officials who visited relatives of those who died to express the government's condolences, the state-owned Ghana News Agency reported... READ MORE

21st March, 2017 74

HOW THE HIPSTERS OF NATURE ARE ENCOURAGING ACCRA'S YOUTH TO RECYCLE


A group of young Ghanaians are determined to show how plastics can be recycled and not thrown into the gutter... READ MORE

11th February, 2016 38

WHAT A CITY'S 'SOUNDSCAPE' REVEALS ABOUT ITS CHARACTER


In some portraits--all posted on the group's website, CoLab Radio --the sounds reveal the city's social and economic dynamics... READ MORE

21st September, 2015 28

GHANA ELECTIONS 2016: POLLS, CANDIDATES, ISSUES AND EXPLAINER AHEAD OF VOTE FOR PRESIDENT


Incumbent John Dramani Mahama will again face off against Nana Akufo-Addo in Ghana's presidential election... READ MORE

6th December, 2016 22

GHANA'S PRESIDENT MOVES TO CURB GOVERNMENT SPENDING


A fiscal crisis saw inflation and the deficit rise sharply and the currency fall, forcing the previous government to enter the IMF programme... READ MORE

4th April, 2017 20


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