Africa Archive

Some Nigerians living in Sowutuom, a suburb in the Greater Accra region, have fled the area after a Nigerian stabbed a Ghanaian to death in the community. Following the tragic incident, there have been reports of reprisal attacks by some Ghanaian

The Community and Entrepreneurial Development Initiative (CEDI Ghana), a group of university lecturers and top government officials on Thursday 17th of August,  held an advocacy forum at the Golden Tulip Hotel, Accra to help address poverty and unemployment in Ghana. The

A 37-year-old suspected assassin and three chiefs have been arraigned before the Nkwakaw Magistrate Court for alleged assassination attempt on Nana Kofi Boamah during his installation Wednesday August 3, 2017. The chiefs who were arraigned before the court together with the

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has returned home after three months of medical leave in the UK. Officials refused to disclose what he was being treated for. It was the president’s second spell of medical leave this year – leading many Nigerians

MTN Ghana has made payments of over GHS25 million in interest to about 7.8 million Mobile Money customers for the first half of 2017. The amount comprises of GHS13.6 million paid in May for quarter one and GHS11.5 million paid in

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) in Wa has dolled out an amount of GHS60, 070.67 to eight undeserving officers. This is according to the 2015 Auditor General’s report being scrutinized by the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament (PAC). The eight whose

The death toll from Wednesday’s landslide in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is expected to rise above 400, officials say. Most of the dead are from a fishing community on Lake Albert. Officials say the figure is based on the number

Two persons were burnt beyond recognition at Kikam in the Ellembelle district of the Western region in a motor crash which resulted in a gas explosion Wednesday evening. According to an eyewitness, Egya Eti, a mini urban bus and a taxi