Residents living in the communities of Weija, Oblogo and surrounding areas in the Ga South Municipality of Accra risk contracting diseases, including cholera, if the heaps of refuse in the communities are not cleared as soon as possible. Besides the loads of refuse which are an unsightly spectacle, the atmosphere in the communities is diffused ...

Monrovia has become, in a few short weeks, a major focal point of the epidemic, with the outbreak overwhelming the government of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan formally launches a national electronic identity card, which can also be used to make payments.

The Ghana Agricultural Workers Union, GAWU is demanding government announces its strategic policy to increase local tilapia production following a ban on its importation. The ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture today announced it will ban the importation of tilapia as part of efforts to create a market for the local fish industry. This will also cut ...

LUSAKA, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Ghana's cedi is expected to remain stable in coming weeks, supported by positive investor sentiment ahead of the country's Eurobond issue, while east Africa's currencies are seen flat to weaker next week.

An explosion of cases in early summer seems to stem from a traditional healer’s funeral at which 14 women were infected, according to scientists.

When Tim Cook takes to the stage at Cupertino's Flint Center on 9 September to announce the new iPhone, it will be 30 years since Steve Jobs announced the first Mac at the same venue. Apple is returning to where, folklore claims, their founder started a ...

Business mogul and Co-founder of technology firm IrokoTV has advised aspiring entrepreneurs not to prepare a business plan before they start their business. This controversial assertion stands contrary to traditional thinking that a business plan is a springboard to translating an idea into reality. Jason Njoku, speaking to Citi Business News said business plans don’t ...

As concerns continue to mount about the ongoing cholera crisis, and with Ebola spreading in West Africa, fears are rising that managing these diseases will become more difficult because of the presence of fake and counterfeit medicines, which the WHO says make up 25% of all medicines in West Africa. An event in Accra to ...

North Korea’s communist dictator Kim Jong-un has always been a Red… And now the 31-year-old Manchester United fan is making sure the rest of his country can also watch their games. He has ordered state TV to broadcast the matches, which observers claim are being illegally streamed. Other changes to the normally staid TV schedules include the ...

The workers union of Golden Tulip hotel is accusing the director of finance and administration Ernest Asamoah and some other members of management of the hotel of embezzling 15 million dollars. According to the workers the money was to be used for the hotel’s renovation project however the hotel is still in a mess less ...

Zambia's leader sacks his justice minister, seen as a potential successor, amid rumours the president is gravely ill.