Monthly Archives: May, 2021

Three persons have been confirmed dead after a mining pit collapsed on them at Breman, a mining community in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central Region. The three unnamed persons, a man, a woman, and a 10-year-old girl...

The Executive Director of Africa Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEP) Dr. Rashid Dramani has chided the minority caucus in Ghana’s 8th Parliament to rise up to the occasion and prove to the electorates that they are government in waiting....

Jacob Zuma, the former South African president, has pleaded not guilty in a corruption trial involving a $5bn (£3bn) arms deal from the 1990s. He is facing 18 counts of racketeering, corruption, fraud, tax evasion and money laundering. Mr Zuma blames...

The Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) said it will in coming days drag the Roads and Highways Minister Kwesi Amoako Attah to Parliament to answer questions on the outcome of audit done on some cocoa roads last year. The minority...

Mali’s interim vice president, Colonel Assimi Goita has said that he seized power after the transitional president and prime minister failed to consult him about the formation of a new government. “This kind of step testifies to the clear desire...

Burkina Faso’s government has effectively banned local and foreign journalists from visiting official sites hosting people displaced by the country’s long-running conflict. A Burkina Faso government spokesperson confirmed the move in a WhatsApp message, saying “journalists and reporting teams’ safety...

Nigeria’s central bank devalued the naira by 7.6% against the dollar as authorities in Africa’s biggest oil producer migrate toward a single exchange-rate system for the local currency. The Abuja-based Central Bank of Nigeria replaced the fixed rate of 379...

The city of Gdansk in Poland is preparing to host the 2021 UEFA Europa League final between England’s Manchester United and Spain’s Villarreal on Wednesday. The final is expected to draw up to 9,500 spectators to the stadium. According to...

The Speaker of the 8th Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Bagbin, has urged members of the legislature to brace up for long sitting hours as the House prepare to consider numerous bills. In his open address on first day of...

Ghana, has been acknowledged by the World Health Organisaition (WHO), for achieving Maturity Level 3 of the Organisation’s global benchmarking tool for measuring the performances of regulatory systems. Director-General of the WHO, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus who made the acknowledgement,...