Ethiopia has detained 1,200 people over the deadly political violence that broke out a fortnight ago, police say. These are the first mass arrests since reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came to power in April. At least 28 people died in clashes near the capital, Addis Ababa, following the return of exiled leaders of a former rebel group, the Oromo ...

Lecturers at the Ghana Technology University College (GTUC) have declared an indefinite strike following government’s failure to constitute a governing council for the school. According to faculty members, some decisions being taken by the Interim Management Committee have not benefited the university. They have, therefore, suspended all academic activities in all the school’s campuses with immediate effect, until the government ...

After Luka Modric was confirmed as FIFA player of the year, the votes of top stars including Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have been revealed. The award was decided by a collection of votes, coming from the captains of each international team, their managers, and designated media officials from each country. Modric took the top honour with 29.05 per cent ...

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has thrown its weight behind the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for shutting down gold-trading firm Menzgold Ghana Limited. SEC ordered the company to suspend its gold vault marketing operations over certain regulatory infractions, a situation which the legal advisor to the gold-trading firm, Kwame Akuffo, said smacked of unfairness. In a recent press interaction, ...

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has denied claims that it intends pumping U.S$6 million into gold-trading firm, Menzgold Ghana Limited, on behalf of the government of Ghana toward rescuing the embattled firm. “That rumour about BoG putting dollars into Menzgold, obviously, this is just misinformation and I don’t think there is any basis for that,” Governor of the BoG, Dr ...

Popular television host, Israel Laryea, has fired back at Chief Executive Officer of Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah, following the latter’s description of a report he did on Menzgold as a mark of “stupidity and retarded mindedness”. Nana Appiah Mensah, mostly known as NAM 1 in a post on instagram accused Israel Laryea of embarking on a smear campaign against him. ...

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has strongly defended Minister of Communications Ursula Owusu-Ekuful in connection with the Kelni-GVG and the Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) agreements. According to Mr. Agyapong, the Communications Minister is not capable of handing over Ghana’s broadcasting space to Chinese firm StarTimes as is being perceived by some Ghanaians. He said the Minority in ...

One of Ghana’s favourite stout, Guinness Foreign Extra Stout, has delighted the thousands of foodies who thronged this year’s Accra Food Festival with an array of meals and cocktails made with the popular beverage. Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd., in partnership with Yolo Experiences – restaurant owners of Coco Lounge, Urban Grill and Carbon, gave Ghanaians a bold food experience made ...

Chief Executive Officer of Gold dealership company, Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah has berated popular radio and TV personality Israel Laryea for what he describes as a smear campaign against his business. A post put up by the embattled businessman describes a report by Mr. Laryea who visited the UK office of Menzgold to ascertain the truth or otherwise of a ...

Dancehall artiste Stonebwoy Burniton born Livingstone Etse Satekla has said it baffles him when he reads history of the great things some personalities within the music , movie , sports and the political arena have done but cannot confidently point at any section of the new generation aspiring to be great like them. Speaking at the unveiling of Ambassadors of ...