A Portuguese court on Thursday ruled that former Angolan Vice President Manuel Vicente, accused by Portuguese prosecutors of corruption and money laundering, can be tried in Angola, which Portugal hopes will remove a major thorn in the bilateral ties. The long-running case, which will now be sent to the African nation, has angered Angolan authorities, including its new president, Joao ...

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo Prampram, Sam George, has described as weak the argument by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate hopeful, Dr. Ekow Spio Garbrah, that party members must elect a candidate who is eligible to serve two terms. Dr. Spio-Gabrah speaking on Morning Starr Thursday urged members of the main opposition party to be particular about ...

Actress Afia Schwarzenegger has descended on Peace FM’s Akwasi Aboagye. According to her, the man has been hating her after she bluntly told him his manhood is small and the fact that it is bad he does not last for long in bed. In a post on Instagram, the Queen of Comedy indicated that Akwasi Aboagye was bad mouthing her ...

Ethiopia to have stake in Djibouti port Djibouti has agreed to a proposal made by Ethiopia to acquire a share of its port, though the size of the stake is unclear. To finalize the deal with Djibouti, Ethiopia is agreeing to trade shares in its major firms, including Ethiopian Airlines. More than 95% of Ethiopia’s import and export trade passes ...

Vice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia yesterday launched the Mobile Money Payment Interoperability in Accra, paving the way for customers to transfer money from one mobile network to another seamlessly. They can also transfer money from their mobile money accounts with MTN, Airtel-Tigo or Vodafone to their bank accounts and vice versa. “This will make Ghana one of the global leaders ...

Authorities in Kenya have ordered an investigation into circumstances surrounding the Nakuru dam burst that left over 40 people dead. The walls of the reservoir, on top of a hill in Nakuru county, 190 km (120 miles) northwest of Nairobi, gave way late on Wednesday, unleashing a ‘sea of water’ that careered down a hillside and smashed into two villages, ...

he World Health Organization is preparing for the worst case scenario in an Ebola outbreak in a remote area of Congo, including spread to a major town, WHO Deputy Director-General of Emergency Preparedness and Response Peter Salama said on Friday. He told a regular U.N. briefing in Geneva that he hoped the Democratic Republic of Congo would give the green light within ...

The government has issued a cheque of GhC 410,389 to the Northern Regional Director of Ghana Education Service, Alhaji Cambodia, to rescue the Ghana Senior High School (GHANASCO) from a judgment debt. A court in Tamale in the Northern region has confiscated a student bus and the official vehicle of the headmistress of Ghanasco after the Ghana Education Service failed ...

Mr. Chris Aviah, the Project Manager of the ongoing renovations at the Accra Sports Stadium, has revealed that, work is 60-70 percent complete, as they have stepped up efforts to complete within four months. The Accra Sports Stadium is currently being handed a massive facelift ahead of the Total Africa Women Cup of Nations to be hosted in Ghana, on ...

Shatta Michy, the longtime girlfriend and baby mama of Dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale, has sent a strong warning to her rival, Socialite Dotty Lana. According to the mother of one, the popular Accra boss chick has already carried out an order she issue, warning her to be wary of her and not to start what she can’t complete. The singer ...