Musicians, family, friends and fans have said a final goodbye to Aretha Franklin at her funeral in Detroit. Lasting over seven hours, the memorial was both mournful and celebratory, with the crowd breaking into a spontaneous dance of praise at one point. Focusing on Franklin’s gospel roots, the service featured music from Ariana Grande and Chaka Khan, with Stevie Wonder ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has charged delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) who will elect regional officers this weekend to reject candidates who will approach them with money in order to gain their votes. According to Mr Rawlings, who is founder of the NDC, the time has come for the delegates to reject individuals who are interested in ...

Ethiopian Airlines (Ethiopian) have announced a new route for its cargo services with a landmark route connecting Africa with South and North America, the airline said in a statement. The twice weekly service will be to the Colombian capital Bogota from the Spanish city of Zaragoza with a stopover in the city of Miami in the United States. The service commenced ...

Presidents and heads of government across Africa are already in or arriving in the Chinese city of Beijing for a high-level summit hosted by the Chinese government. The Forum for Africa-China Cooperation, FOCAC, summit is a meeting between the two partners and is largely premised on ways to increase diplomatic, economic and bilateral ties. It officially kicks off on September 3 ...

Ugandans on social media are engaged in a fierce debate over the justification of an action by revelers at a music concert who blocked a popular musician from performing at a concert on Friday, accusing him of aligning himself with the oppressive government of president Yoweri Museveni. Bebe Cool, real names Moses Ssali, one of the leading Reggae musicians in ...

Minister of Information Designate, Kwadwo Oppong Nkrumah says that the Executive committee will be not be allowed to work at the Ghana Football Association (GFA). FIFA after meeting the government of Ghana outlined several steps to resolve the current football crisis and one of the decisions they made was to take steps to form a normalization committee to replace the ...

When she approaches you to sell one of Republic Bank’s numerous amazing products, the last thing you’d think is that Vivian Thompson could out-run and outsmart you in a game of football. Chances are, she just might. “I love football, I don’t know,” she says. “I just do.” She’s been a regular fixture of the Joy Sports Invitational over the ...

Usain Bolt has finally made his football debut with a brief appearance off the bench for Central Coast Mariners in Australia. The eight-time Olympic sprint champion, who is on trial with the club, failed to find the target during the pre-season friendly. The 32-year-old was put on the pitch in the 71st minute after 10,000 fans repetitively chanted “WE WANT ...

Host of ‘You Sey Wetin’ On Hitz 103.9 FM, Prince Tsegah, has explained why Zylofon Music signee Shatta Wale’s interview with King lagazee On Hitz FM was called off. The ‘Wumaame Twe’ hitmaker whose interview with King lagazee was called off had accused the programs manager for the Station Mark Okraku Mantey of masterminding the calling off of the interview ...

After 3 years of thrilling Ghanaian audiences from Tamale to Accra with the epic theatre production ‘WogbeJeke’, which is grand reenactment of Ghana’s history from ancient to modern times, producers of Heritage Theatre Series have launched the 2nd phase of the series which will focus on specific individuals starting with the story of Africa’s greatest boxer, Azumah Nelson. The Play, ...