Explosion Rocks Near Somalia’s Presidential Palace
Abdifatah Faisal captured a picture of smoke in Mogadishu A conference debating the nature of Somalia’s election in 2016 had just ended in the compound. It is not clear if there are any casualties –...
View ArticleBurkina Faso Army Takes An Onward March Towards Ouagadougou
President Michel Kafando had been due to hand over power after elections due in October “All the national armed forces are converging on Ouagadougou with the sole aim of disarming the presidential...
View Article18 people perished in road accident
The scene was horrible as the omnibus was flattened on the ground leaving virtually nobody alive. (Stephen Rwembeho) The accident involved a Tanzania-registered truck which ran over a passenger service...
View ArticleKenya’s import cover hits a new low again
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) in its weekly statistical bulletin says that reusable foreign exchange reserves are now at 3.94 months of import cover, slipping to a new low from last week’s 3.98. The...
View ArticleKQ to rake in Sh1.4b from deal with Pakistan carrier
A section of Pakistan media reported over the weekend that Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), the national carrier, has finalised plans to take over, on lease terms, three planes from Kenya. At the...
View ArticleSept. 22 world news summary at 0030 GMT
LAGOS — Police in Nigeria on Monday confirmed the killing of at least 54 persons in the Sunday night multiple explosion in Maiduguri, the restive northeast Borno state capital. State police...
View ArticleMicrosoft gets to be biggest exporting organization in Ireland
The report, published by the Irish Exporters Association (IEA), in association with financial group Investec, showed that Microsoft, with over 1,200 employees in Ireland, had a big increase in export...
View ArticleFrance calls for fair races in Burkina Faso as quickly as time permits
During a phone discussion with his Senegalese counterpart Macky Sall, chairman of the ECOWAS, French president Francois Hollande condemned in the strongest terms the coup d’etat in Burkina Faso, and...
View ArticleFather, sibling of Mexican director executed after payoff paid
The father, Juan Manuel Gomez Fernandez, and brother, Juan Manuel Gomez Monteverde, “were killed more than two weeks after being kidnapped, news network Radio Formula reported. The bodies of the two...
View Article34 kids bite the dust of malnourishment in South Sudan early September, UN says
“It adds that water and sanitation organizations are stepping up activities to address malnutrition and child mortality,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said at a daily news briefing, citing the UN...
View ArticleU.S. stocks rally in the midst of housing data
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 121.90 points, or 0.74 percent, to 16,506.48. The S&P 500 gained 12.83 points, or 0.66 percent, to 1,970.86. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 27.12 points, or...
View ArticlePentagon denies telling U.S. troops to overlook sexual misuse of young men in...
“I can tell you we’ve never had a policy in place that directs any military member or any government personnel overseas to ignore human rights abuses,” said Pentagon spokesman Jeff Davis at the daily...
View ArticleEndeavour Mining forms long-term alliance with Naguib Sawiris and La Mancha
Endeavour Mining Corporation (“Endeavour” or the “Corporation”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a long term strategic partnership with La Mancha Holding S.àr.l., a privately-held gold...
View ArticleAll set for Anas to show corruption video today
The issue of an individual’s right to privacy vis-à-vis the public’s right to information is expected to be put to strenuous test today. This is because Anas Aremeyaw Anas, the popular undercover...
View ArticleDCE caught red handed in sex scandal
The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Kwahu Afram Plains in the eastern region, is allegedly embroiled in a sex scandal. Audio recordings of some of his supposed sex escapades and nude pictures of some...
View ArticleMobile 360 conference welcomes additional tech giants for conference
The event will take place 7-9 October at the African Pride Crystal Towers Hotel and Spa in Cape Town and MTN will again be the Platinum Sponsor. In addition to the main conference, which includes...
View ArticleDr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala gets two international positions
Former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has accepted two key international positions. The first is to serve as Chair of the 28-member Board of the...
View ArticleGhana’s coffers in risk … cash left can keep going for 2.8 months
According to figures from the Bank of Ghana, the country’s gross foreign assets as at July ending stood at $ 4.4 billion compared to $ 5.5 billion in December 2014, which was enough then, to cover...
View ArticleFrancis Dadzie ends his pre-season with a goal for East United
Francis Dadzie Ghanaian Francis Dadzie scored his third goal in the last pre-season friendly of North East United in their 4-0 win against Summerfield Dynamos FC. Dadzie came in for Nicholas Valez in...
View ArticleHearts Offers Latif Salifu Three-year Deal
Hearts of Oak Hearts of Oak have made an early move on the transfer market by talented striker Latif Salifu on a three-year deal, the club have confirmed. Salifu, a former Ghana youth international,...
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