Samsung Electronics chief executive Kwon Oh-hyun has resigned citing an “unprecedented crisis”. It is the latest management upheaval at the firm after the heir of the entire Samsung Group was imprisoned for corruption in August. Mr Kwon is one of three co-chief executives of Samsung Electronics. His resignation comes on the same day the firm ...

NIAMEY/DAKAR (Reuters) - Chad has withdrawn hundreds of troops from neighbouring Niger, where they were helping local forces fight Boko Haram Islamist militants, humanitarian sources and officials said.

US and UK police have launched investigations into sexual assault allegations against the film producer Harvey Weinstein. The New York Police Department is looking into an allegation dating from 2004 and is reviewing whether there are any additional complaints. London’s Met Police has received an allegation of sexual assault in the London area in the ...

The number of people confirmed dead in wildfires sweeping northern California has climbed to 31, as officials warned that conditions would worsen. Hundreds of people remain missing as at least 22 fires rampaged across the state’s famous wine country. More than 8,000 firefighters are now battling the flames. The wildfires have destroyed more than 3,500 ...

Veteran Nollywood actress now turned evangelist, Patience Ozokwor has waded in the ongoing conversation on the influx of Telenovelas on Ghanaian screens.

MONROVIA (Reuters) - Former soccer star George Weah leads in partial presidential election results in 11 of Liberia's 15 counties, the electoral commission said on Thursday, after a vote meant to bring about the country's first democratic transfer of power in decades.

Japanese women are entering the workforce in droves.

Magic Leap could raise $1 billion, an Amazon exec has been suspended following a rape allegation, and Virgin invested in Hyperloop One.

MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - A Turkish Airlines jet carrying 121 passengers and six crew made an emergency landing in Kenya on Friday after one of its engines sucked in a bird, police said.

The niece of Ambrose Dery, Ghana’s Minister of Interior and MP for Nandom in the Upper West Region, Margaret Mwintuur Dery was crowned Miss Ghana 2017.

Black Starlets coach Paa Kwesi Fabin has lauded his side following their dominant 4-0 victory over India in the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Black Starlets coach Paa Kwesi Fabin has lauded his side following their dominant 4-0 victory over India in the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Broadcast Journalist Kojo Yankson has unreservedly apologized for prematurely concluding that the gas explosion at Atomic Junction on Saturday night was sparked by a fire lit by a kebab seller.

The Black Starlets of Ghana on Friday departed to Mumbai from the base in New Dehli as they prepare for their round of 16 clash in the 2017 FIFA Word Cup.

National  Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has said the Minority in parliament should commended for bringing to the attention of Ghanaians, a report by the Libyan government, which claimed that between 50 to 100 Ghanaians have joined the dreadful terrorist group, Islamic State. According to Okudzeto Ablakwa, who is ...

Board member of Hearts of Oak Frank Nelson Nwokolo has eulogized the MTN FA Cup committee for a magnificent job done in making the competition attractive.

A Cabinet meeting on Thursday saw the introduction of nine safety measures to ensure sanity within the fuel distribution chain nationwide, and ostensibly to curb explosions. These safety measures are aside President Nana Akufo-Addo ordering the implementation of the Cylinder Re-circulation Model of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) distribution. Key are among these measures is the impending closure ...

The Premier League Board has appointed referee Isaac Quaue to handle Sunday's Ghana Premier League cracker between Medeama and Hearts of Oak in Tarkwa. His assistants will be Ibrahim Adams and Fallah Rahman. Bechem-based Otis Oppong will be centre referee when Inter Allies host Liberty Professionals at the El Wak Stadium in the relegation showdown. Support on the lines will come from Haruna Bawa and Freeman Awulo. Below is the full list of match officials appointed for the week 29

132 injured persons, 64 of them have been treated and discharged.

Partial results from Liberia’s presidential election show former football star George Weah has taken an early lead. Figures from the National Elections Commission (NEC) put Mr Weah ahead in 11 out of 15 counties, although most votes have yet to be counted. His main rival, incumbent Vice-President Joseph Boakai, leads in one county and is ...