BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) - Libya hopes to hold a referendum on a new constitution in December, a committee said on Thursday, undeterred by a descent into chaos and violence that has forced the elected parliament to move hundreds of miles from the capital.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen's charitable foundation on Thursday will announce it is donating $9 million to support U.S. efforts to fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, a source familiar with the matter said.

Collins Ntim (middle) flanked by Minority Leader (right) and Dr. Afriyie Akoto addressing the media. THE MINORITY New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Parliament yesterday chastised the government for not putting in enough efforts to fight the current cholera outbreak in the country which has so far infected over 12,622 Ghanaians and killed over 110. The group said the President should tackle the issue […]

A former flagbearer aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kofi Osei Ameyaw has told Citi News, despite bowing out of the flagbearership race, he still has the desire to lead the party someday. Osei Ameyaw on Thursday announced he was dropping out of the race and declared his support fellow aspirant, Nana Akufo-Addo. After escaping ...

Judge Thokozile Matilda Masipa is set to rule on lesser charges after finding he did not commit premeditated murder.

Nicole Kidman's father died in Singapore on Friday, the Australian magazine for which he wrote reported. Auction bid begins at R1,000 for Michael Jackson family treasures · Khloe Kardashian addresses French Montana split · Chris Brown denies ...

Prof Mike Oquaye The Application filed by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for an Accra Fast Track high court, presided over by Justice P. Ofori-Atta, to strike out the entire action by David Hoezame, who last month failed to stop the party from holding its Super Delegates’ congress, will be considered on September 30, 2014. This was after the counsel for the party […]

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Horseman Shoes, Tonyi Senayah recently celebrated his 31st birthday and spent some time with women of Beads of Hope, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Paga. Mr Senayah also donated sandals to some students in Navrongo in the Upper East region as part of his birthday. According to Mr Senayah, he first got into contact with the founder and CEO […]

FOUR people accused of orchestrating a knife attack that killed dozens of people at a Chinese train station went on trial Friday, a court said, in a case authorities blamed on separatists from largely Muslim Xinjiang. The March 1 carnage in Kunming, ...

Johan Ferreira NEWMONT GHANA has reached an agreement with the Ghana Mineworkers Union (GMWU) to lay-off about 470 workers instead of the between 500 and 600 employees that the company had previously communicated. The move, which was initially opposed by the mine workers who demanded justification, forms part of the retrenchment and restructuring exercise that the company is undertaking to ensure its survival. The two bodies, in […]

Government and rebel forces exchanged dozens of prisoners captured during fighting in Ukraine as part of a ceasefire agreement sealed earlier this month. The transfer took place outside the main rebel stronghold of Donetsk early Friday under the watch of ...

Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus during an Apple event at the Flint Center in Cupertino, California, September 9, 2014. Reuters. What did you think, that Samsung Electronics was going to let its rivals in Cupertino, Calif.

CUPERTINO, CA - SEPTEMBER 09: Apple CEO Tim Cook announces the iPhone 6 during an Apple special event at the Flint Center for the Performing Arts on September 9, 2014 in Cupertino, California. Apple is expected to unveil the new iPhone 6 and ...

Pioneering photographer Ernest Cole made it his life mission to capture the injustice of the apartheid system in South Africa.