Africa Archive

Former President Rawlings has turned 70 and been celebrated by his family and friends. Amongst the celebrants was uncle Ebo Whyte who recounted how ordinary people had been devalued and how he felt after an encounter with a waakye seller who

This year, Saturday will be the 29th day of Ramadan for Saudi Arabia, Ghana, Nigeria and many other countries that started observing the fasting month onMay 27. These countries will be on the lookout for the Eid moon on Saturday evening.

Investigations according to Ultimate News have uncovered a Ghanaian-Nigerian syndicate that lures girls from Nigeria into prostitution under the pretext of securing them jobs in Ghana. The girls who are between the ages of 13 and 30 are swayed with promises

Parts of Ghana’s premier media outfit the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) were caught up in flames Friday evening. Eyewitnesses said the worst affected places were some stores at the Kanda-based broadcasting edifice which also houses Radio Ghana. Personnel of the Ghana

Just one wrong move of deliberately calling the attention of firemen to a false fire outbreak anywhere in Ghana will earn you a minimum ‘reward package’ of one-month jail term or a maximum of three-months if caught, government has announced. The

The Inspector General of Police David Asante Apeatu has challenged interdicted Police officers who are threatening to sue the Police Service over the 1.3 million gold scam to go to court if they wish. Five policemen, including the former East Legon

Angry youth backed by constituency executives have locked up the Savelugu Municipal Assembly office in the Northern region despite the presence of armed police personnel. A police officer who refused to come out from the building has been locked up inside,

Forty-eight Zambian MPs from the opposition UPND have been suspended for 30 days for boycotting President Edgar Lungu’s state of the nation address. They refused to attend in March as they argued Mr Lungu was not the legitimate winner of last