Ethiopian distance runner Tirunesh Dibaba made history at the 2008 Beijing Olympics when she became the first woman to win gold in both the 5,000-metre and 10,000-metre races. She defended her gold medal title in the 10,000 metres at the 2012 London Olympics, becoming the first woman to win the …

A Rwandan who used his YouTube channel to criticize the government has been sentenced to seven years in prison by a court in Kigali, amid a growing crackdown on dissidents in the tightly controlled East African nation. Dieudonne Niyonsenga, whose YouTube channel Ishema TV had amassed more than 15 million …

The Volta Regional Acting Director of the National Disaster Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), Mr. Ebenezer Azumah, has disclosed that some of the residents affected by the total waves in the region have received relief items. Speaking on Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm, he said a little over 4,000 …

Ten Junior High students drowned in the River Oti on Friday, November 12, 2021, when their boat capsized. Citi News reports that the incident took place in the Saboba District of the Northern Region and originally involved 30 students. The students who are due to write the Basic Education Certificate …

The Bono East Regional Police Command has arrested five persons in connection to the manufacturing of guns in Kintampo. According to the Police, the arrest was successful following an intelligence they gathered. A Police statement issued about the arrest said some materials used for manufacturing weapons have been retrieved from …

• A KNUST lecturer has been remanded over the alleged disappearance of his wife • Rhodaline Amoah-Darko, a staff of Lands Commission was reported missing • The lecturer is to reappear before the court on November 26, 2021 The Asokwa District Court in Kumasi, on Friday, November 12, remanded a …

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Adentan constituency, Adamu Ramadan, broke down in tears before the House when he recalled the horrific death of a seven-year-old boy in the area. The boy, identified as Prince Wisdom Mawuena, was a class one pupil and the only child of his mother. Young …

Daughter of former President Rawlings’ appeal to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at the commemoration of his one year anniversary has been met with stiff opposition. Pollster Ben Ephson has noted that no present member of the party founded by her father can extend an invitation to the former First …

TWI NEWS • Jerry John Rawlings died on November 12, 2020, at the age of 73 • A remembrance service was held in his memory t • A tomb was unveiled for the former president Zanetor Agyeman Rawlings has appealed to the National Democratic Congress to do whatever it takes to …

Angry residents of Mankessim in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region have threatened to set some mentally ill people ablaze after accusing them of taking over the Municipality. Some market women who spoke to Starr FM, the individuals who loiter about in the municipality always steal their foodstuffs in …