Africa Archive

The General Legal Council (GLC) has barred prominent Human Rights lawyer, Francis-Xavier Sosu from practicing as a lawyer for three years. The decision to suspend Mr. Sosu was reached last Thursday after the Council found him guilty of professional misconduct contrary

An estimated 70,000 cases of cholera have been reported by UNICEF in Yemen, with nearly 600 people dying over the past month, as the disease continues to spread at an alarming rate. The UN agency, which provides humanitarian and developmental assistance

The Zongo Community in Secondi in the Western region is in turmoil as indigenes there clashed Thursday afternoon leading to scores suffering from knife wounds. At least five people have suffered severe knife wounds, according to Starrfmonline.com sources. The cause of

A 12-year-old girl from California has won the Scripps National Spelling Bee after a tense final in Washington. Ananya Vinay from Fresno correctly spelled the word marocain – a type of dress fabric – to defeat Rohan Rajeev, 14, from Oklahoma.

The Chinese woman arrested for illegally mining in Ghana, Aisha Huang, has been granted bail eventually after two previous failed attempts. The court on Friday granted her and four others partial freedom with the sum of GH¢ 500,000 each and two

Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris accord on climate change on Thursday afternoon – deriding it as bad for American jobs and bad for the environment. He dared opprobrium from foreign leaders, environmentalists, scientists and celebrities to

One of the suspects seen  in the Captain Mahama murder footage has been arrested at Awutu Dominase near Kasoa in the Central region. The suspect, Charlse Buah,  was reportedly hiding in his girlfriend’s room when he was picked up. The lady

An Accra District Court has remanded the two alleged killers of the Abuakwa North MP  JB Danquah-Adu into police custody after they were discharged   by an Accra High Court on May 30, 2017. The prosecutor, DSP George Amega, told the