Liberian President-elect George Weah on Saturday declared the country open to investment and pledged to tackle entrenched corruption, in his first speech to the nation since decisively winning an election this week. Speaking in front of reporters and aides packed into a small conference room at his party headquarters, Weah thanked his predecessor, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, ...

Damilola Adegbite, ex-wife of Ghanaian actor, Christopher Attoh has disclosed some challenging times she went through in 2017. In an Instagram post to wrap up 2017, Damilola wrote that she went through some painful heart breaks but also got closer to God in the midst of the tribulations. “2017 was a tough year for me. One of the toughest of ...

A few days ago Angola sent a satellite into space. A first for the country that joins the list of African nations that are embarking on space exploration. Soon after the take-off of the AngoSat-1 communications satellite which cost $300 million, the Russian ground control staff said they had lost contact with it. On December 26, the Russian space corporation ...

Last Friday, YEN.com.gh broke the news that actress Yvonne Nelson had accused TV programme host Berla Mundi, of dating a married man. Berla Mundi, with her guests – Sika Osei and MzGee – on the Late Afternoon Show on GHONE discussed Yvonne Nelson. The show host and her panelists touched on Yvonne’s romantic affair with Jamie Roberts, Yvonne’s baby daddy ...

Effective Monday January 1, 2018, all visitors to Rwanda started to get a 30-day visa upon arrival without prior application, the Rwandan Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration announced. Under the new visa regime, first announced last November, citizens of the other East African Community Partner states are entitled to six months visitors pass (renewable) upon arrival with no fee. ...

Some churches in the Volta regional capital, Ho, last Sunday were virtually left empty as hundreds of residents, mostly supporters of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), abandoned church service to attend the 36th commemoration of the 31st December 1981 revolution which ushered in the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) government under the chairmanship of Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings. ...

President Akufo-Addo has assented to five Acts including that of the Special Prosecutor which were passed by Parliament last year. The others are Northern Development Authority, Middle Belt Devt Authority, Coastal Development Authority, and the Zongo Development Fund. Addressing a brief ceremony attended by the Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, the Minister for Information, Mustapha Hamid and his deputy Kojo Oppong ...

The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, on Monday, said the government will this year take delivery of about 275 new ambulances for use in all the districts across the country. He said the procurement of the ambulances is factored into the one constituency, one million dollars agenda promised by the government, and was meant “to ensure that each district has ...

MANCHESTER UNITED star Ashley Young allegedly denied elbowing Dusan Tadic when the Southampton wideman asked him about the incident during Saturday’s Premier League showdown. Young and Tadic were in close quarters on corners during the goalless draw at Old Trafford last weekend. And their duel came to a head when Young swung his right arm back into Tadic’s midriff, catching ...

As people celebrated the new year with prayers, parties and fireworks, many African leaders took to social media to share their congratulations and also share their plans for the year ahead. Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta reminded the citizens of the achievements of his government in his first term of office and committed to do even more in his next term starting ...