Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, Volta Regional Minister has appealed to the Competitive Cashew Initiative and the German Development Co-operation (GIZ), to help increase cashew production in the Region. He said the Region had a vast potential to become the leading cashew producer in the country and pleaded with the institutions to consider the Region on their promotional agenda. Dr Letsa ...

Beijing – China has freed a prominent human rights lawyer on bail, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, after he admitted to his crimes in what critics called a show trial. Xie Yang, who had worked on cases considered politically sensitive by China’s ruling Communist Party, was among hundreds of legal staff and activists detained in the so-called “709 crackdown” in ...

The Ghana Immigration Service says the current visa sticker issued to travellers who wish to visit the country, is archaic. According to Public Affairs Director for the Immigration Service, Chief Superintendent Francis Palmdeti, the Ghana visa sticker lacks certain security features making it quite easy to fake. It also means that information on the visa cannot be read when placed under ...

Curvy Ghanaian actress Joselyn Dumas has confessed she would love to act in Kumawood movies but says nobody is giving her roles. The beautiful actress, who is known for her physical attractiveness, is not happy about being sidelined by Kumawood moviemakers. Joselyn disclosed in an interview on Accra-based Peace FM that she has shown a lot of interest in Kumawood ...

Barcelona’s recent Champions League exit at the hands of Juventus will have been painful enough for the club’s fans, but seeing their former hero Dani Alves on the opposing side in the quarter-final tie may have hurt them even more. Beating Barca was bittersweet, says Alves Alves left Barca last summer in a shock move to Italy that took everyone ...

Seoul – South Korea’s new President Moon Jae-In and US President Donald Trump agreed on Wednesday on “close cooperation” in dealing with North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme, Seoul’s presidential office said. In their first phone call since Moon’s inauguration, the two leaders “agreed on close cooperation in resolving security concerns on the Korean peninsula including North Korea’s nuclear ambitions”, the ...

Afro-pop queen, Wiyaala has weighed in on Sulley Muntari’s racial abuse brouhaha. The “Make Me Dance” hitmaker’s reaction came after an Italian TV show ‘La Notizia’ ambushed Muntari on his way to training to offer him a trophy for standing up again racial abuse. Reacting to the video on Ghanafuo.com Instagram, Wiyaala described the trophy as ‘the most ugliest trophy’ ...

Former Ghana captain Stephen Appiah has called on government to invest in youth football. “Government and corporate entities must channel resources towards youth football development as it would go a long way to help raise talents for the country,” the 36-year-old said this during the launch of the 2017 Milo Under-13 championships League. “This is what has made other nations ...

Bulawayo – A 26-year-old man reportedly drowned after he slipped from a rock and fell into a dam while taking selfies during an outing with friends inside Matopo National Park in Zimbabwe over the weekend. According to the state-owned Chronicle newspaper, Tichawana Nyamande’s body was retrieved from Maleme dam on Monday following the tragedy on Sunday. Nyamande slipped and fell ...

Gareth Bale will sign for Manchester United this summer if they qualify for the UEFA Champions League, according to reports in Diario Gol. The report states that Real’s president, Florentino Perez, has become increasingly impatient with Bale’s injury issues and will be allowed to leave the Santiago Bernabeu this summer. Bale, 27, was said to be close to joining United ...