Malaysia's state investment company plans to make Malaysia Airlines fully government owned, removing it from the country's stock exchange before carrying out a far-reaching overhaul of the carrier that is reeling from double disasters. Share. Go To.

NAIROBI, Aug 8 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Friday. - - - - - EVENTS: *MAURITIUS - Bank of Mauritius auctions 273-day Treasury bills worth a total 500 million rupees. GLOBAL MARKETS Asian shares tumbled on Friday as investors sought out safe-haven assets on growing fears that conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East could sap global growth, extending l

The limited the voters registration exercise is ongoing in the Twifo-Atti Morkwa District (TAMD) of Central region. The exercise which started on 4th August, 2014 will end on 13th August, 2014.

Nsumia Waste Disposal facility is a newly inaugurated refuse disposal site set to reduce the pressure on the Kpone landfill site. It is located within the Nsawam Municipality off the Nsawam- Accra Highway; the facility will serve as an alternative solid waste landfill site for residents particularly in western Accra.

Public health authorities are wrestling with whether and how to bring an experimental medicine to the countries in Africa afflicted with the virus.

The defense for Oscar Pistorius entered a final day of closing arguments Friday in a murder trial that has seen the Olympic star gag, vomit and break down in heaving sobs.

Sensational Nigerian Christian leader, Prophet T.B. Joshua, has thrown a challenge to the governments of countries where persons have contracted the Ebola virus, to invite him over to cure the infected persons with his ‘anointed water.’ T.B. Joshua has however asked Ebola victims, not to troop to his church in Lagos, Nigeria, but remain in their home countries and respect new immigration laws […]

This country is going through one of the most challenging periods in its history, even under what can be described as ‘normal times’. At least we can say we are in ‘normal times’, since no group of people are pointing guns at our heads. We are being governed by people supposedly elected by us to […]

Why does Ebola cause more concern than other diseases?

Barack Obama US President Barack Obama said it is “premature” to send an experimental medicine for the treatment of Ebola to West Africa, as Liberia declared a state of emergency amid an outbreak that shows no signs of slowing. Obama said on Wednesday that he lacked enough information to green-light a promising medicine called ZMapp […]

Justice Yaw Apau Executive Secretary of Divestiture Implementation Committee (DIC), Asakkua Agambila, has brought a sudden twist into the case involving Subin Timbers Limited, a company that was confiscated by government in the heat of the revolution in 1982. He asked the Commission of Enquiry investigating the payment of judgement debts to revisit the matter, […]

The suspects and the items retrieved from them The Western regional Police command has arrested 21 persons suspected to be dealing in narcotics in the northern part of the region. Out of the 21 suspects, seven were women, and the items retrieved from them included 213 wrappers of brownish substance suspected to be cocaine. Other items retrieved were 467 wrappers of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp, […]

DCOP Kofi Boakye The Ashanti regional Police command has sternly cautioned the ruling National Democratic congress (NDc) and the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) to refrain from hiring thugs to visit the centres for the ongoing limited voter registration exercise in the region. DCOP Kofi Boakye, Ashanti Regional Police Commander, disclosed that reports reaching him indicated that some political parties were visiting the registration centres […]