2008

Vehicular and human movement across the country's border at Paga, to neighbouring Burkina Faso and other Sahelian countries north of the country virtually came to a halt following an order for the closure of the border ahead of Sunday’s…

The Doha Center for Media Freedom (DCMF) has expressed concern about the deteriorating working condition of journalists in Lebanon while hailing the role of Ghana’s media in the successful conduct of democratic presidential elections in…

The top US envoy for Africa has warned that Zimbabwe could face the same fate as Guinea when Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe dies. Guinea has been in political turmoil since its longtime dictator died nearly a week ago. A military-led…

Copper rose from a four-year low on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold may advance for a fourth straight week on rising demand for the precious metal as a store of value. Mining AngloGold Ashanti says Guinea…

Indications emerged on Sunday that intense pressure was being mounted on President Umaru Yar‘Adua to revoke a new contract for the rejuvenation of the nation‘s power sector which was signed with a German company, Siemens. The pressure,…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has launched a manhunt for controversial billionaire businessmen – the Vaswani brothers – over an alleged shady importation deal in which they were said to have defrauded the Federal Government…

I had just recently returned form my second trip to Ghana to volunteer with  “Volunteer in Africa”,  My friend and I worked at an orphanage there closely connected with the organization, and it occurred to me just how lucky we were to have…

Election monitors in Ghana are investigating claims of fraud as votes in the closely-fought presidential run-off poll continue to be counted. Supporters of Nana Akufo-Addo, of the governing party, and the opposition's John Atta Mills claim…

Ghanaians voted in a run-off Sunday December 28, 2008 to decide the winner of elections that stated December 7, 2008, but from the certified results of about 178 constituencies released so far, there is no clear winner. As the results…

FC Köln have secured the signature of Ghanaian midfielder Derek Owusu Boateng, but will have to wait until the summer to get their man to the Rhein-Energie Stadion. The Rhineland club had hoped to bring the African international to…