The debate over parole for apartheid killers reveals that South Africa’s truth and reconciliation was a mirage.

High tariffs on many goods in Tunisia make it profitable to bring everything in across the border, as Leana Hosea reports.

Sri Lanka were shot out for a total of 421, losing their last five wickets for a mere 36 runs. Mahela Jayawardene and Niroshan Dickwella emerged the top scorers for the Lankans with scores of 165 and 72 respectively. The hosts went into lunch with a score of ...

After yesterday’s outpouring of disaffection for the government by millions of Ghanaians, I said a prayer for President Mahama. I was quite elated when he stepped in later to stop the nonsense going on at Korle Bu Hospital where suspicious and crooked characters are running affairs. I know he feels like doing something new in ...

Ghana on Thursday donated some items and cash to the National Chief Imam, Sheik Dr. Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu.

The Supreme Court has ordered the Electoral Commission (EC) to suspend its intended limited voter registration exercise scheduled for commencement today, pending the determination of a suit brought before it, restraining it from undertaking the exercise. The court has also ordered a stop to adverts of the said exercise, running in the various media platforms. This was after the plaintiffs, [...] The post Supreme Court Halts EC’s Limited Voter Registration Exercise appeared first on The Ghanaian

A study published in Volume Two, Issue Eight of The Lancet Global Health journal shows that Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection during pregnancy in Africa leads to adverse outcomes including low birthweight.

Amazon has reported a loss of $126m (£74m) in the second quarter and warned that sales could slow in the current quarter. Amazon forecast third quarter sales of between $19.7bn and $21.5bn, which could mean sales growth of as little as 15% – well down on previous quarters. Amazon has traditionally survived on thin profit ...

The debate over parole for apartheid killers reveals that South Africa’s truth and reconciliation was a mirage.

President John Dramani Mahama has appointed Dr. Gilbert Buckle, the international Public Health Physician, as the new acting Chief Executive Officer of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. His appointment takes immediate effect. This appointment goes to nullify the directive by the new Minister of Health, Dr. Kweku Agyeman Mensah, for the dismmised CEO, Rev. Okpoti Botchway, to be reinstated. A statement [...] The post K’Bu CEO Dismissed Again appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

BSkyB is paying £4.9bn to take over Rupert Murdoch’s pay TV companies in Germany and Italy. The move was announced along with the company’s annual results, which show pre-tax profits fell slightly to £1.2bn from last year’s £1.26bn. BSkyB also reported revenues rose by 7%, with strong demand “across the board” for its services. It ...

Dean of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University for Development Studies (UDS) Tamale City Campus is reported dead. Reports have it that Professor Kwabena Kyei-Aboagye was yesterday involved in an accident at the UDS Tamale City Campus junction on the Tamale-Yapei highway. Eyewitnesses accounted that a Metro Mass transit bus ran ...

The Tema Metropolitan Office of the Electoral Com-mission has advised political parties to adhere to all laid down rules and regulations governing the upcoming supplementary voter registration exercise. The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) would, on July 25, begin a nationwide supplementary registration for eligible voters who have attained the age of 18 years as well as those who could [...] The post Political Parties Should Adhere To Regulations appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.