Confederation of African Football (CAF) Champions League debutants, Berekum Chelsea, on Saturday established themselves as an emerging force on the continent with a real display of character that saw them come from behind twice to defeat experienced Zamalek of Egypt 3-2 in their CAF Champions? League group B opener at the Accra Sports Stadium. And though it was a collective effort, the name of striker Emmanuel Clottey reverberate the whole stadium after the blast of the final whistle of ... Read More

A two day coaching seminar has been held for hard ball level one cricket coaches in the country as part of programmes to upgrade the technical know-how of the participants at the Achimota Senior High School, Accra. The seminar, which began on Saturday, July 7, 2012 and ended on Sunday, July 8, 2012, was organized by the Ghana Cricket Association (GCA) under the auspices of International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Africa Cricket Association (ACA). It was also aimed at enhancing and ... Read More

The Tarikpah and Somoah Primary Schools in the Savelugu-Nanton District in the Northern Region, have received English and Mathematics textbooks, and dictionaries, worth GH¢4,000 from Gaidoo Foundation, a non-governmental organisation. The Executive Director of the Foundation, Mrs. Abena Awuku, made the donation at Savelugu, last weekend, remarking that despite the high enrolments at the basic level, schools in the rural areas still lacked the resources with which to educate the ... Read More

Government has been urged to create sustainable employment under the National Youth Employment Programme for ex-convicts. That, the Vice President of the Pan African Bible Seminary, the Very Reverend Fredrick Akakpo, said would help reduce crime and facilitate the integration of release prisoners into the society. He made the call at a doctorate award ceremony for Reverend Dr Gabriel Kwesi Dankwa, Chaplain General of the Ghana Prisons Service on Friday. The award was conferred on him by ... Read More

The Governing Council of the Dominion University College (DUC) was inaugurated in Accra last Thursday. The 15-member Council is chaired by Dr Justice Emile Francis Short. The other members are Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams (Chancellor); Dr. Ekow Spio-Garbrah, (president); Kwame Acheampong-Kyei; Dr. Jendayi Fraser, a former United States Secretary of State for Africa; Professor Samuel Bonsu; Mrs. Obiageli Ezekwesili, a former vice president for Africa at the World Bank, Mrs. ... Read More

Libyans have been voting in their first free national election for 60 years.

Libyans voted on Saturday in their first election in more than 40 years.

Libyans enjoy first free vote for decades

Heavy rains and a ceaseless stream of the hungry and sick fleeing a contested border area are creating an epidemiological disaster, said Doctors Without Borders.

Kenya's lions under pressure from human settlement

Many Libyans still hope that the election of a new national congress will offer a more peaceful way to resolve differences.

In a third week of protest against the government, the demonstrations in greater Khartoum and other Sudanese cities have remained small but show signs of gathering momentum.