Several legal groups in South Africa have expressed concern about threats and harsh criticism of the judge who found Oscar Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide, but not guilty of the more serious charge of murder. Some South Africans said they were surprised and even shocked when Judge Thokozile Masipa ruled last week that the Paralympic champion was negligent but did [...] The post Judge In Pistorius Trial Faces Criticism appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Jose Mourinho expects Eden Hazard to commit his long-term future to Chelsea after revealing the Belgium playmaker is discussing a contract extension. The 23-year-old signed for a reported £32million from Lille in 2012 and has become an increasingly influential figure in his two years at Stamford Bridge. Hazard has three years to run on his current deal, but Mourinho believes [...] The post Chelsea To Offer Hazard New Deal appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

The death toll in last week's collapse of a guesthouse at a church run by a famous Nigerian preacher has risen to at least 70, a rescue agency official said Wednesday.

The Ghana Football Association has discredited the testimony given by GNPC at the Commission of Inquiry that it received double payments for some Black Stars friendly matches

Ghanaian midfielder Mohammed Fatau must work his socks off to make Rayo Vallecano’s squad this season.

The Adentan Municipal Assembly (AdMA) has held my first day at school at the Adentan Community Kindergarten in Accra.

The fourth National Financial Literacy Week which aims to follow through existing policy priorities to improve outreach for the full range of financial services to the Ghanaian populace is to be held in Accra.

The 8th Annual National Delegates Congress of the Private Universities Students Association of Ghana (PUSAG) has been launched in Accra.

President John Dramani Mahama has frowned on countries, isolating Ebola affected countries terming it as not the best way to jointly fight the disease. According to an Executive Mansion release, the Ghanaian President said isolating countries will further compound the precarious situation, especially trade and commerce thereby seriously affecting the economies of these countries.

Ghana is a signatory to various international and regional protocols such as the Convention for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the Africa Protocol on Women's Rights, for example, which aim to promote women's rights--yet compliance with such protocols is hardly evident in any of the country's development sectors, including oil and gas.

Abu Dhabi: Just as you finish reading this, a sizeable portion of the 4.2 million registered Scottish voters will have already begun thronging the 2,608 polling places across Scotland to answer the one overriding question: “Should Scotland be an independent ...

Residents look at Liberia's Red Cross health workers wearing protective suit disinfecting a courtyard after removing the body of a victim of Ebola virus on Sept. 12, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images. This week President Barack ...

Nana Oye Luther, Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) has revealed that the ministry is expanding the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty ( LEAP) programme to cover pregnant women and infants from extremely poor households under a "LEAP 1000" initiative.

Government has been commended for the development of major policies and legislations such as the Petroleum (Local Content and Local Participation) Regulations (L.I. 2014), Natural Gas Pricing Policy and the Gas Master Plan to promote the development of the energy sector.

Pornchai Sutheerakune, Head of the Thai Institute of Forensic Medicine, gave details of post-mortem examinations on the bodies of Hannah Witheridge, 23, and David Miller, 24. "The man died from being hit on the head and from drowning. The woman died ...

Those who say Muslim Arab society is not ready for democracy should recall Europe's 20th-century dictatorships.

Bank of Ghana’s rate setting committee will keep its policy rate at 19.0 per cent this week on an expected foreign exchange liquidity boost, despite inflation surging above target, a Reuters poll has showed. Twelve out of 14 economists polled about today’s rate announcement expect the bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to hold the rate as recent Eurobond and cocoa [...] The post MPC Likely To Hold Policy Rate appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.