A 38-year-old Nigerien, Ibrahim Karaou has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment in hard labour by the Bekwai Circuit court in Ashanti Region for defiling a 12-year-old girl multiple times. The complainant in the case is a farmer and father of the victim while the victim is a primary school …

France bears “heavy and overwhelming responsibilities” over the 1994 Rwanda genocide, a report by French historians says, but they found no evidence of French complicity. The expert commission presented the report to French President Emmanuel Macron. The report said France had been “blind” to genocide preparations. At least 800,000 people …

file photo The Kwahu traditional Council say the government should not use the Covid-19 pandemic as an excuse for its inability to construct the Kwahu Abene road. According to the Chiefs, President Akufo Addo assured them in 2020 that, funds for the construction of the road had been secured, therefore, …

Africa Confidential, a Pan-African news magazine, claims Ghanaian MPs granted tax holidays and other investment incentives worth US$832 million to Meridian Port Services (MPS) without knowing the contract. The incentives covered a period of 10 years. According to the report sighted by GhanaWeb, in March 2016, the Mahama administration asked …

  Multiple Award-winning Musician Article Wan together with Quamina MP has been recognised by United Kingdom-based Ghanaian Artist Fuse ODG as the best Afrobeats dance artistes at the moment.    Fuse ODG made eulogized the duo during an interview with Spotify in South Africa.   “At the moment there are …

  An explosion outside a Catholic church in the Indonesian city of Makassar has wounded at least 10 worshippers. Police said one or two suicide bombers had targeted people leaving a service for Palm Sunday, the first day of Easter. There were body parts at the scene, police told media, …

Islamist militants have ambushed a convoy that was trying to rescue civilians from a hotel amid fighting in northern Mozambique, reports say. A South African man has been confirmed as dead, but many details are unclear. Hundreds of people fled the fighting, which began on Wednesday in the town of …

    The government plans to raise $889m from new taxes this year to contain its deficit. That commitment means the country “should be able to borrow”, says Charles Robertson, global chief economist at Renaissance Capital.   Still, Ghana’s debt level is amongst the highest of any country we look …

  A total of 31 awards were received at the 4th edition of the 3Music Awards after an introduction of new categories to the scheme. The event took place at the Accra International Conference Center. Below is the list of winners: ARTISTE (MVP) OF THE YEAR KiDi GROUP OF THE …

The US has said that it is “horrified” by the killing of scores of anti-coup protesters in Myanmar on Saturday. Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused the military of “a reign of terror” that was “sacrificing the lives of the people to serve the few”. Saturday was the deadliest day …