Tag Archives: SOUTH

At least one person is reported to have sustained a gunshot wound in a clash between miners of the Asanko Gold Mine and the youth of Amansie South District in the Ashanti Region. According to a news report by UTV, the person shot was one of the youth of Amansie …

South Sudan’s government has suspended the use of the US dollar and instead directed all transactions be executed in the local currency, the South Sudanese pound (SSP), in a move feared to stifle economic activity in the war-ravaged economy. Most transactions in the country are carried out using the US …

Ahead of his planned return to school to continue with his medical programme and subsequent continuation abroad, Ningwei Leonard Lanyeli, a former participant in the popular National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) will receive treatment for his mental health condition in South Africa. This will be courtesy of businessman, Ibrahim Mahama who …

The lives of two South African musicians, Lucky Dube and AKA, were cut short by gunmen who murdered them in separate years. The wounds from the 2007 murder of Lucky Dube, the man regarded as Africa’s reggae giant remain fresh. The latest murder case involving a musician was reported on …

  Pope Francis waves to the crowds from his popemobile at the John Garang mausoleum in Juba before delivering an open-air mass. By Simon MAINA (AFP) Pope Francis flew home Sunday with the leaders of the Anglican and Scottish churches after a joint trip to violence-plagued South Sudan, where he …

  “Death threats, police harassment, assault and other forms of target violence are driving me away from home in the Offinso South Municipality to seek safety in other jurisdiction.” This is the weep of one Nana Yaw, a business man to press men in Offinso South Municipal Assembly of the …

  Two Nigerian nationals have been reportedly killed in Johannesburg, South Africa at the weekend.   Details of the incident are still sketchy at the time of filing this report, however, it was gathered that one of the deceased identified simply as Dashu was shot dead at Midrand Hyper in Johannesburg …

South African student Aphiwe Hlatshwayo has rejected an offer to study in the U.S. on a scholarship. Aphiwe, who achieved six distinctions in her final matric exams at Redford House The Hills in Pretoria, has been accepted to study anatomy at Seattle University in the U.S. But she declined that …

Scores of National Democratic Congress (NDC) supporters have reportedly besieged the party’s office in the Tamale South Constituency in the Northern Region. According to reports, the NDC supporters trooped to the party’s office over the replacement of their Member of Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, as minority leader of the 8th Parliament of Ghana. …

The Nigerian consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa, had their power supply cut after it emerged that they owed the utility provider to the tune of 400,000 rand ($23,000). The power cut happened on Wednesday (January 18) but was restored same day after officials arranged to pay a deposit of US$7,000. …