The United Nations peacekeeping mission set up after the end of the north-south civil war has opened its first field office for the referendum to be held next January on whether the south should...

NEW DELHI: India on Friday called upon Ghana to ink the Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (BIPPA) to enhance the trade and economic engagement. India's desire was conveyed by...

The Southern Sudan government is purchasing 10 Mi-17 military transport helicopters from Kazan, a Russian company, for a total cost of $75 million, according to a March 2009 supplement to a May 2007...

AGOK, Sudan — Four months before Southern Sudan is scheduled to hold an independence referendum, tensions are already rising in this oil-rich region that sits on the expected future border,...

Nairobi — Food security in many parts of Southern Sudan is set to improve after good rains, according to recent crop and precipitation assessments. Some 2.4 million people in Southern Sudan...

China Using Detention to Silence Dissent China and Nigeria are building one of Africa's largest free trade zones in the commercial capital, Lagos. Chinese companies will use the facility to...

African Union peacekeepers have established nine new bases in Somalia's capital in recent months and will help develop Somali government forces to defeat al-Qaida-linked Islamist insurgents, an AU...

Michael Essien injured a hamstring while playing for Chelsea last December and ruptured a cruciate ligament the following month while on Ghana duty at the African Cup of...

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Armed men killed dozens of people in attacks on a busy market and surrounding villages in rebel-held territory in Sudan's Darfur region on Thursday and Friday, rebels...

ITN film about Fletcher's killing outside the Libyan People's Bureau in London's St James Square in 1984, Oliver Miles, then Britain's ambassador in Tripoli, has revealed how the UK government was...

Dar es Salaam — The national soccer team, Taifa Stars, begin their campaign for the Gabon-Equatorial Guinea CAN 2012 qualifiers against hosts Algeria at the Mustapha Tchaker in Blida on Friday...

There has been much noise and fury recently across a range of news outlets in this country about press freedom. "We want a free press" - you hear the journalists cry, and surely you think to yourself...

editorial No nation on earth is without developmental challenges and problems. The advanced countries of this world have once travelled the trajectory our dear nation Ghana is charting and were...

Bolgatanga — A renowned entrepreneur and a patron of the Northern Ghana Association of Entrepreneurs (NORGAE), Mr. Benjamin Anyanah, has expressed anger at the situation where Ghanaians are...

Government has been challenged to institute urgent measures to save the private sector from imminent collapse. The Chief Executive Officer of KAMA Industries, Dr Michael Agyekum Addo, who made the...

A South African academic and activist, Dot Keet has urged countries of the South to work more at developing co-operation among themselves than depending on the rich countries of the North. This, she...

column Come November this year Ghana will join the oil producing club by producing its first barrel of oil off the country's west coast. This will be Ghana's first foray into the oil industry and...

Several months after its botched attempt to annex government.s stake in the Agricultural Development Bank, Stanbic Bank Ghana has announced its intent of expanding its business in Ghana into...

The announcement Friday follows days of bloody clashes in Mogadishu that have claimed dozens of lives.The deputy head of the AU commission on Somalia says the peacekeepers have established nine new...

Kenya allowed Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is facing war crime charges, to visit. The move was smart for domestic and regional politics, although it brought international...

Nigeria's privatization plans for its power grid don't consider the role of the generator and diesel fuel industries, which may have an interest in holding up...

-(Dow Jones)- Nigeria's financial regulator said Friday that it is looking at allowing foreign stock exchange operators to invest in the Nigerian Stock Exchange as it undergoes privatization, in...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - African Union peacekeepers say they have established nine new bases in Somalia's capital over the last several months. The announcement Friday follows days of bloody clashes in...

NAIROBI, 3 September 2010 (IRIN) - Food security in many parts of Southern Sudan is set to improve after good rains, according to recent crop and precipitation assessments. Some 2.4 million people...

(David McNew, Getty Images) MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — The head of Liberia's state-owned oil company says it has signed an agreement with Chevron Corp. to begin explorations off the country's...

If a referendum on South Sudan's independence ends with a vote for secession from Sudan, internal clan rivalries could complicate the transition to...

Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien has stood down from international football for the foreseeable future, telling Ghana he wants to return to form at club level, coach Milovan Rajevac said. Essien...

NEW DELHI: India Friday urged Ghana to sign at the earliest a bilateral treaty aimed at protecting and promoting their investments in each other's territories. Commerce and Industry Minister...

The United Nations political chief has voiced his solidarity with the people of Somalia during a one-day visit to the Horn of Africa nation, and encouraged its leaders to focus on governing the...

The Ghana Stock Exchange is to establish a separate market for small businesses. The market which is set to begin operations by the close of this year is designed to serve small businesses wanting to...

The growth of banks' credit to the private sector and public institutions over the twelve-month period to May 2010 slowed to 3.2%, the lowest since May 2003, compared with an increase of 43.8%...

Cadbury Cocoa Partnership has intensified its effort at boosting cocoa production in Ghana, in order to sustain its business. In effect, it has expanded its grassroots initiative to bring more...

-(Dow Jones)- The Nigerian Securities Exchange Commission said Friday that it will appoint a new team at the country's stock exchange early next year, after it removed senior managers there for...

New Delhi, Sep 3 : India Friday urged Ghana to sign at the earliest a bilateral treaty aimed at protecting and promoting their investments in each other's...

I STANBUL — With nothing to play for, the United States looked as if it didn’t want to play. Outworked and outhustled, the Americans led winless Tunisia by only four points early in the...

press release Khartoum — The Joint Special Representative (JSR) of the African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, met yesterday in Khartoum with the World...

Cadbury Cocoa Partnership has intensified its effort at boosting cocoa production in Ghana, in order to sustain its business. In effect, it has expanded its grassroots initiative to bring more...

The government through the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) is to establish a permanent road maintenance and vigilant team to constantly repair the country's roads. The programme, which...

The Management of Firestone Liberia is expected to host a scholarship awards ceremony for deserving students who have been qualified to benefit from the company's Scholarship Program for the...

The Managing Director of the National Port Authority (NPA), Ms. Martida Parker and the Chairman of the Board of Directors have differed over the US$1.7 million concession agreement for the...

Liberia's Vice President, Joseph N. Boakai has welcomed the U.S. based Pantropic to Liberia, noting that its operations will touch the lives of rural dwellers, and help boost Government's Poverty...

The administration of the Booker Washington Institute (BWI) in Kakata, Margibi County, has lauded the long-standing partnership between it and the management of Firestone...

The head coach of Ivory Coast quitted on Thursday after the team won over Puerto Rico in a world championship game. Head coach Randoald Dessarzin fo Ivory Coast said he was quitting although it was a...

The coach of the U.S. basketball team said on Thursday that his team played better in the second half of its world championship game against Tunisia. Coach Mike Krzyzewski of the United States said...

(MENAFN) Algeria has launched a licensing round for 10 oil and gas contract areas, setting the stage for a new test of whether the Opec member can revive lacklustre foreign interest in its energy...