Prominent Ethiopian human rights lawyer Meaza Ashenafi has been elected as the first woman to head the country’s federal supreme court. Her name was put forward by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and MPs unanimously approved the appointment. It’s the latest … Read more →
Authorities in Tanzanian have announced the creation of a surveillance squad whose job it will be to identify gay people on social media and arrest them. Paul Makonda, regional commissioner for the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, said the 17-member … Read more →
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has directed all Forex Bureaus in the country to demand Identification Cards (IDs) before engaging in forex transaction. This is contained in the Central Bank’s new directives aimed at helping regulate the forex bureaux sector. … Read more →
The University of Education, Winneba has dismissed claims that the former Vice Chancellor of the university Professor Mawutor Avoke has been reinstated by the Supreme Court. According to the university, such claims are completely false and a deliberate attempt to … Read more →
The Government has stated that the Attorney General and Minister of Justice will soon take over the criminal case of the former President of the Ghana Football Association, Kwasi Nyantakyi after investigations were concluded by the Police CID. This comes … Read more →
The first recruits under the Nation Builder’s Corps (NABCo) will be starting work today [Thursday]. The programme, which has been criticised as unsustainable by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), forms part of government’s commitment towards addressing the high youth unemployment … Read more →
A US missionary has been killed in Cameroon about two weeks after moving there with his wife and eight children. Charles Wesco was in a car with his wife, son, another missionary and a driver on their way to a … Read more →
Chief Executive Officer of the National Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, has called on beneficiaries of the government’s Youth in Afforestation Program to exercise patience over their delayed allowances. He said his outfit is aware of the delay in the payment of … Read more →
The Institute of Energy Security (IES) is projecting a two-to-four per cent reduction of fuel prices on the local market in November 2018. This is as a result of the 5.94 per cent fall in Brent crude average prices, fall … Read more →