Recent News Headlines : Accra Ghana
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›
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›
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›
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›
'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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
POLICE HUNT NETWORK OF SUSPECTS AFTER RESORT BOMBINGS
Many hotels in Hua Hin, where Sirikit and her husband, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, keep a palace, were fully booked... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Akara
1) 1961 - PATRICE LUMUMBA'S ASSASSINATION IN CONGO
CIA covert operations are by their very nature hard to prove definitively... READ MORE›
SMELLY, CONTAMINATED, FULL OF DISEASE: THE WORLDA??S 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›
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›
CITIZENS DEFY MARTIAL LAW CURFEW TO TAKE TO THE STREETS
Thousands seople have been heading to iconic areas of Istanbul and other areas in defiance of a military imposed curfew... READ MORE›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
'LAW IS SUSPENDED': TURKISH LAWYERS REPORT ABUSE OF COUP DETAINEES
Lawyers from the Ankara Bar Association's human rights commission say members have reported the alleged abuses after trying to meet with clients... READ MORE›
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›
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›
ANGLICAN CHURCH SUFFERS FROM 'DEEP DIVISIONS'
Anglican Church Suffers From 'Deep Divisions', Warns Archbishop Justin Welby... READ MORE›
ISLAMIST GROUP AL MOURABITOUN CLAIMS ASSAULT AFTER LEADER 'RETURNS FROM DEAD'
Mali terrorist attack Islamist group Al Mourabitoun claims assault after leader 'returns from dead'... READ MORE›
GHANA KEEPS SUSPECT IN DEATH OF 'EASTENDERS' ACTRESS, SONS IN CUSTODY
Arthur Simpson-Kent, who was the boyfriend of former EastEnders actress Sian Blake, was arrested Saturday in western Ghana where he fled... READ MORE›
MALI HOTEL ATTACK PUTS VETERAN 'DEAD' MILITANT BELMOKHTAR BACK IN SPOTLIGHT
Al Mourabitoun has staged several attacks in Mali and the region, but Belmokhtar has had a troubled relationship with al-Qaida... READ MORE›