KINSHASA (Reuters) - The death toll from an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Djera region of northern Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 31, the government said on Tuesday, as the World Health Organization confirmed there was no link with an epidemic in West Africa.

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Four United Nations soldiers were killed on Tuesday and another 15 were wounded when the convoy they were traveling in struck a landmine in northern Mali, a spokesman for the country's U.N. peacekeeping mission said.

Nine persons aboard a Hyundai H100 vehicle escaped death when their vehicle, travelling from Asesewa to Koforidua, skidded off the road into the bush to avoid hitting a taxi that crossed it

MONROVIA (Reuters) - Scores of healthcare workers at Liberia's main hospital have gone on strike over unpaid wages, complicating the fight against the world's worst Ebola epidemic that the U.S. disease prevention chief said was spiralling out of control.

Nana Akuamoah Tannor II, Chief of Donkorkrom, has expressed worry about indiscriminate logging and charcoal burning at Kwahu Afram Plains North and said this was destroying the vegetation

The Africa office of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has partnered with Simli Radio to educate communities on human rights issues as well as empower them to challenge their Members of Parliament (MPs) to pass the Right to Information (RTI) Bill into law

ATUABO, Ghana, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Ghana's delayed project to supply gas from its offshore Jubilee oil field will start production by the end of the year, President John Mahama told reporters on Tuesday during a visit to the site.

Some stakeholders in land administration have called for a Brong Ahafo Regional Spatial Development Framework to assist the proper planning and land administration of the area

Professor Thomas Kwadwo Djang-Fordjour, Rector of Sunyani Polytechnic, has said the embargo on the recruitment was affecting the performance of polytechnics because they could not replace experienced staff on retirement

Mr Samuel Afari-Dartey, Chief Executive of the Forestry Commission, has hinted that, Ghana would soon have to import potable water if the nation continues to lose its forests cover

The Public Procurement Authority (PPA) has began its training programme on Sustainable Public Procurement for all entities towards creating an efficient and effective public sector procurement system that is beneficial to the public

The Eastern Regional Minister, Hon. Antwi-Boasiako Sekyere has cut the sod for the construction of a Community Day Senior High School at Mem-Chemfre in the Kwahu Afram Plains North District.

Wa Municipal Assembly has emerged successfully in the Functional Organisational Assessment Tool (FOAT) for both the District Development Facility (DDF) and the Urban Development Grant (UDG) appraisals conducted in July this year.

The continuous refusal of trained teachers to accept posting to the Kwahu Afram Plains North District is seriously affecting academic performance in the area. As a result of this, a number of pupil teachers engaged some years ago to augment the efforts of the few committed and selfless professional teachers in the district, yet their input is not up to expectation.

oomlion Ghana Limited, a waste management company is undertaking fumigation exercise on dumping sites, drains and public places of convenience to control the spread of communicable diseases particularly cholera in the Western Region

Ms Martha Bissah, Ghana's first ever Olympic gold medalist, on Monday presented the gold medal she won at the Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, to President John Dramani Mahama at the Flagstaff House, Kanda

The Daffiama-Bussie-Issa constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has elected Mr. Poulabong Bayiilela Rachard as its chairman

The National Peace Council has appealed to District and Municipal assemblies to focus more on conflict areas and plan strategies that would address and promote peace in those areas