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Africa As A Frontier In Emerging Markets

Africa has the potential to lead and direct global investments and take it rightful position in the global economy. Africa has experienced a tremendous growth ...

Model Commits Suicide

A fast rising Nigerian model Yinka Olonode is reported to have jumped to his death from the 15th floor of a hotel building.According to reports, ...

Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta Confimed Winner Of Kenya's Presidential Election

Kenya's Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta has been confirmed as the winner of the presidential election.Mr Kenyatta won 50.07% of the vote on a turnout ... Full story

Africa: The Humble Toilet's New Era

Disgust at world leaders' inability to deal with climate change has upset the stomach of many an activist. But their subsequent run for the humble toilet ...

Africa: The Humble Toilet's New Era

Disgust at world leaders' inability to deal with climate change has upset the stomach of many an activist. But their subsequent run for the humble toilet ...

Namibia: What Is the Future of Kyoto Protocol?

Doha — The first week of the meeting of the parties to the Kyoto Protocol has been described as successful, with the countries managing to ...

Nigeria: Nollywood Veteran Actor, Enebeli Elebuwa Dies in India

Veteran Nollywood actor, Enebeli Elebuwa, has died in an Indian hospital. Elebuwa, who died on Tuesday night, had been battling the effects of a stroke ...

Nigeria: Nollywood Veteran Actor, Enebeli Elebuwa Dies in India

Veteran Nollywood actor, Enebeli Elebuwa, has died in an Indian hospital. Elebuwa, who died on Tuesday night, had been battling the effects of a stroke ...

Mali: African Union, UN Disagree Over Mali Plan

Nouakchott — The UN Secretary-General's report on intervention in Mali received harsh criticism from African states. Ministers from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ...

Ghana: Voting for Peaceful & Quality Leadership

Yesterday, The Chronicle warned in its editorial that in spite of the roof-top advertisement of preparing to conduct transparent, free and fair elections in a ...

South Sudan: Women, Children Bear Brunt of Violence

Juba — Women and children are increasingly being caught up in violent attacks related to cattle rustling and inter-communal rivalries in South Sudan's Jonglei State, ...

South Sudan: Women, Children Bear Brunt of Violence

Juba — Women and children are increasingly being caught up in violent attacks related to cattle rustling and inter-communal rivalries in South Sudan's Jonglei State, ...

Egypt: Opposition Sit-in Resumes By Presidential Palace, No Security

Tens of protesters have set up tents by Egypt's presidential palace in a sit-in against a constitutional decree issued by President Mohamed Mursi and a ...

Egypt: Ministry of Interior - 40 Policemen Injured in Presidential Palace Scuffles

Egypt's Ministry of Interior said on Wednesday that 40 policemen were injured in Tuesday scuffles by the presidential palace. Opposition forces staged protests on Tuesday in ...

Egypt: Brotherhood to Back Mursi in Palace Protest

The Muslim Brotherhood has called for a demonstration by Egypt's presidential palace on Wednesday afternoon to "defend legitimacy", its media spokesman Mahmoud Ghozlan has said. Tens ...

Egypt: Brotherhood to Back Mursi in Palace Protest

The Muslim Brotherhood has called for a demonstration by Egypt's presidential palace on Wednesday afternoon to "defend legitimacy", its media spokesman Mahmoud Ghozlan has said. Tens ...

Egypt: Court Considers Challenges to Mursi's Decree

Egypt's administrative court will consider on Wednesday appeals to annul a decree issued by President Mohamed Mursi. Mursi issued a constitutional decree on November 22 shielding ...

Egypt: Court Considers Challenges to Mursi's Decree

Egypt's administrative court will consider on Wednesday appeals to annul a decree issued by President Mohamed Mursi. Mursi issued a constitutional decree on November 22 shielding ...

Egypt: Morsi Returns to Presidential Palace After Protests

Cairo — Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has returned to the presidential palace after a violent protest of over 100,000 people the night before had forced ...

Egypt: Morsi Returns to Presidential Palace After Protests

Cairo — Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has returned to the presidential palace after a violent protest of over 100,000 people the night before had forced ...

Ghana: Observer Mission Puts Ghana's Democracy Ahead of Others

Former Nigerian President, General Olusegun Obasanjo has eulogized Ghana's democratic credential as a vanguard of democracy in the West African Sub-region, as it embarks on ...

South Africa: Molewa Confident of Positive Outcome At COP18

Doha — Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa is positive that a favourable agreement will be reached at COP18 on Friday, despite concerns ...

Congo-Kinshasa: Sexual Violence More than Weapon of War in DR Congo

Washington DC and Cape Town — A new study by Promundo and the Sonke Gender Justice Network conducted in Goma, eastern DRC finds that more ...

Congo-Kinshasa: Sexual Violence More than Weapon of War in DR Congo

Washington DC and Cape Town — A new study by Promundo and the Sonke Gender Justice Network conducted in Goma, eastern DRC finds that more ...

South Africa: The Political Pied Pipers On the Road to Mangaung - a Different Kind of Tale

He advanced to the council-table: and, "Please your honours," said he, "I'm able, by means of a secret charm, to draw all creatures living beneath the sun, that creep, ...

Sudan: Bashir-Kiir Summit Proposal Gets Cool Reception in Khartoum

Khartoum — The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) today downplayed the need for a new summit between president Omer Hassan al-Bashir and his South Sudan ...

South Africa: Dewani Killer Gets Life

Cape Town — The Western Cape High Court jailed Xolile Mngeni for life on Wednesday for killing honeymoon tourist Anni Dewani. He was also sentenced to ...

Sudan: Bashir-Kiir Summit Proposal Gets Cool Reception

Khartoum — The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) today downplayed the need for a new summit between president Omer Hassan al-Bashir and his South Sudan ...

Africa: Preparing Youth for Africa As a Country

More than 1,000 participants from around the world recently gathered in Doha, Qatar, for the fourth annual World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), convening under ...

Sudan: Sudanese Foreign Minister Predicts Additional Time Over Abyei

Khartoum — Sudanese foreign Ali Karti minister said confident that the African Union would give Khartoum and Juba additional time to solve their difference over ...

Africa: Preparing Youth for Africa As a Country

More than 1,000 participants from around the world recently gathered in Doha, Qatar, for the fourth annual World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), convening under ...

Gambia: A Professional Army Ensures a Safer Society

The role of modern day armed and security services goes far beyond combat activities, contrary to how we, in this part of the world, tend ...

Sudan: Captured Islamist Extremists Planned Assassination of Officials - Sudan's Security Chief Says

Khartoum — The head of Sudan's security apparatus said on Tuesday that the cell of Islamist extremists captured by the authorities in a central province ...

East Africa: East African Body Rejects South Sudan, Somalia Membership Bids

Juba — Members of the East African Community (EAC) have deferred a decision to have South Sudan and Somalia as members of the regional body, ...

Egypt: Clashes Outside Egypt Presidential Palace in Cairo

Cairo — Opposition forces rally together in Tahrir Square as others join thousands-strong march on presidential palace to denounce President Morsi's 22 November decree and ...

Ethiopia: China to Put U.S.$1.4 Billion in Railway Pouch

Ethiopian officials have succeeded in winding up a deal with their counterparts in China that involves a 1.4 billion dollars in loans, which will be ...

Nigeria: Deported Nigerian Prisoners From Thailand Plea for Mercy

Nigerian prisoners in Thailand prisons, who were transferred to the Nigeria prisons, have called on President Goodluck Jonathan for help, saying only the presidency could ...

Namibia: Cabinet Redeployed 'Congress Made Changes Imperative'

Windhoek — President Hifikepunye Pohamba yesterday reshuffled 12 Cabinet ministers, redeploying Dr Hage Geingob to the senior post of Prime Minister and moving Nahas Angula ...

Liberia: Snowe's Repeated Mistakes

Montserrado County District #6 Representative Edwin Melvin Snowe has fallen on bending knees for the second time, with apologetic expressions to President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and ...

Namibia: Three Governors to Swop Regions

PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has rotated three regional governors to allow Laura McLeod-Katjirua to perform her duties better as the newly elected deputy secretary general of ...

Nigeria: Commission to Issue 40 Million Identity Cards Next Year

Enugu — Director General, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Mr. Chirs Onyemenam, has said at least 40 million national identity cards would be issued to ...

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Prez Mahama Makes A Case For African Renaissance

Today is Africa Day, and marks the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), now the African Union (AU). African ...

Exercise Restraint In Coverage Of Petition

A traditional ruler has advised media practitioners to exercise the greatest restraint and circumspection in the coverage of the ongoing election petition before the Supreme ...

Happy 50th Birthday, African Union!... The NPP Is Particularly Proud

The New Patriotic Party of Ghana joins all the peoples of Africa in celebrating the golden jubilee anniversary of the African Union, formerly the Organisation ...

Africa Needs To Cultivate Her Own Democracy

A senior research fellow of the Legon Center for International Affairs and Diplomacy (LECIAD) of the University of Ghana, Dr. Vladimir Antwi-Danso, has reiterated the ...

All Set For Employment Opportunities In Jewellery

The KNUST Jewellery Design and Technology Centre (KJDTC), has taken delivery of several sets of modern computer equipment used to design and manufacture jewellery.The REVO ...

‘Let’s Support Orphanage Homes’

Ghanaians, especially philanthropists and religious bodies, have been encouraged to support the running of orphanages in the country.It is not easy to manage an orphanage ...

So Long, Kojo Adu-Asare!!!

I have before me two news articles, respectively, titled "NDC Legal Team Denies Ever Implying 2012 Polls Were Flawed," dated May 9, 2013 and sourced ...

Muslim Students At Pentecost University Angry

Even though the 1992 Constitution grants that every Ghanaian shall practice any religion of his or her choice, Muslim students at the Pentecost University College ...

Black Stars To Play Japan

Ghana's national team, the Black Stars, will play Japan in an international friendly in September.The match will be played in Japan on Tuesday 8th September.The ...

President Mahama Sex Video, Blame NDC

I have not seen the video of the President Mahama bonking a woman in his office which has come out to be the work of ...