Gold Mafia: Money launderer claims Akufo-Addo is his friend and lawyer
A gold trader exposed in Al Jazeera’s Gold Mafia investigative documentary has alleged that President Akufo-Addo is his friend and lawyer.Al Jazeera’s latest investigation,...
Man ‘eaten alive’ by bed bugs in jail
A man who died in an Atlanta jail cell was “eaten alive by insects and bed bugs”, the family’s lawyer has alleged.Lashawn Thompson was...
Stay tuned and stay positive – IMF boss urges Ghanaians
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, has expressed optimism about Ghana’s economic situation, urging, Ghanaians to remain positive.Responding to questions at...
We must support Ghana, it has sound macroeconomic management track record – IMF boss
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, has urged Ghana’s creditors to support the country, saying, Ghana has a track...
Libya arrests 2 over alleged conversion attempts
Libyan security forces have arrested two American citizens for allegedly trying to convert Muslims there to Christianity.Neither have been named by the authorities. Both...
CCTV footage captures final moments of volleyball star who fell from 6th floor in Turkey
A CCTV footage has captured the final moments of Italian-Nigerian volleyball star, Julia Ituma, who died after falling from 6th floor hotel window in...
Cash App founder stabbed to death; suspect arrested
Police have arrested a self-described tech entrepreneur over the fatal stabbing in San Francisco of Cash App founder Bob Lee.The suspect is 38-year-old Nima...
Pastors arrested over illegal army uniforms
Two pastors of an Angolan religious sect, army of faith, have been arrested for allegedly donning replicas of Angolan Armed Forces uniforms, local media...
Policemen sacked for gun salute to Nigerian singer
Three Nigerian policemen have been sacked for unprofessional conduct after being filmed firing in the air to salute a popular singer.The three officers were...
Short man undergoes painful surgical procedure to increase his height
A short man has gone to extreme lengths to increase his height by five inches by undergoing excruciating surgeries.Moses Gibson, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, experienced "heightism"...
Top Nigerian internet fraudster ‘Woodberry’ pleads guilty in USA; agrees to pay victims
Notorious internet fraudster, Olalekan Jacob Ponle, alias Mr Woodberry, has entered a plea of guilt with the U.S. authorities, agreeing to surrender $8 million...
Jamie Foxx hospitalised after facing a medical complication
Jamie Foxx is on the mend.The Academy Award winner’s daughter, Corinne Foxx, issued a statement on Instagram Wednesday revealing that the actor is recovering after facing a...
‘Facebook rapist’ repatriated after SA prison escape
A South African rapist and murderer who escaped prison was flown back to his home country in the early hours of Thursday following his arrest...
Ghana first to approve ‘world-changer’ malaria vaccine
Ghana is the first country to approve a new malaria vaccine that has been described as a “world-changer” by the scientists who developed it....
Uber driver caught on camera attempting to rape young drunk female passenger
A new disturbing video shared online shows a male driver trying to rape a young drunk female passenger.But his efforts were thwarted by a...
From Ghana to Germany: Tracking down the owner of a lost wallet
The black, weathered, plastic wallet found on the Italian island of Lampedusa had been carried 3,500km (2,200 miles) from Ghana and then seemingly discarded....
Tanker unloads Russian crude in Ghana after 6-week wait
The tanker Theseus offloaded its cargo of Russian crude into storage tanks at Ghana’s Tema oil refinery over the weekend, after being anchored full...
On the hunt for the businessmen behind a billion-dollar scam
A global scamming network has robbed ordinary investors of more than a billion dollars. BBC Eye identified a shadowy network of businessmen who appear...
Michael Mantey: Ghana-born British soldier who sued for £1.6m after an injury fined £70,000
A former British soldier who attempted to fraudulently claim £1.6m from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) by asserting that he was severely disabled and...
Man given weeks to live survives two years after wife gives him drugs
A dad-of-two who was given just weeks to live following a deadly brain tumour diagnosis survived another two years after his desperate wife gave him illegal drugs.Neil...
‘Facebook rapist’ escape: Two charged with murder
Two men have been charged with murder and arson after being accused of helping notorious convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester escape from a...
Kentucky bank employee shoots dead 5 colleagues
Five people died when an employee opened fire at a bank in Louisville, Kentucky, and livestreamed the attack on Instagram, police say.The victims were...
UK red list Ghana, Nigeria for health workers’ recruitment
Ghana is now among the list of 54 countries that should not be actively targeted for recruitment by health and social care employers in...
Man dies at airport while waiting to board plane
Police in Nairobi have launched investigations after the death of a passenger at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi.The body of the...
Spiritual leader apologises after video asking boy to ‘suck my tongue’
The Dalai Lama, the Tibetans’ 87-year-old spiritual leader, apologised on Monday after footage showed him asking a young boy to “suck my tongue” at...
Woman, 78, arrested on bank robbery charges
A 78-year-old woman with two past bank robbery convictions was arrested again for a third heist in Missouri, police said.Bonnie Gooch walked into Goppert...
US to push for ‘speedy’ action on debt relief for Ghana
The United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will push for immediate action on requests by Ghana and Zambia for restructuring their sovereign debts during...
Bride on the run after firing gun at wedding
Police in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh are on the lookout for a woman who fired a gun at her wedding.A video...
Pope Francis: Easter Mass brings relief to public after pontiff’s illness
In the early hours on a stunning Easter morning in Vatican City, thousands of people from around the world waited to be let into...
Groom killed after bride’s ex gifted them sound system rigged with explosives
Police in India have arrested a man after he allegedly gifted a music system rigged with explosives, which killed the new husband of his ex-lover, according...
Pilot forced to make emergency landing after spotting snake on plane
A routine flight turned into a nightmare for pilot Rudolf Erasmus when he discovered a highly venomous Cape cobra on board.Erasmus, who obtained...
Chained woman case: 6 jailed in trafficking case that horrified China
A Chinese court has jailed six people in a high-profile human trafficking case of a woman found chained in a remote village last year.The...
Man cries out in agony as he is nailed to cross in real crucifixion on Good Friday
Eight people were nailed to crosses to reenact Jesus Christ's suffering in a gory Good Friday tradition that draws thousands of devotees and tourists to the...
Husband catches wife poisoning his tea
A wife was allegedly caught poisoning her husband's tea with drain cleaner after he installed hidden cameras in the kitchen to catch her.Dermatologist Yue 'Emily' Yu,...
Worshippers in tears as Virgin Mary figure bursts into flames during Easter parade
Easter worshippers were left in floods of tears and two people were injured when a statue of the Virgin Mary burst into flames during...
Guinea seizes 1.5 tonnes of cocaine
Authorities in Guinea have seized 1.5 tonnes of cocaine from a ship flying the Sierra Leone flag.The crew included four Sierra Leoneans, three Ghanaians...
54-year-old dies after having bum lift and tummy tuck
A British grandmother died after travelling to Turkey to undergo a tummy tuck and a Brazilian Bum Lift procedure.Carol Keenan, 54, died in April last year...
18-year-old dies a week after beating cancer
A brave teenager tragically died a week after beating cancer.Molly Hinchliffe fell ill with an infection due to her immune system being low after she completed chemotherapy.The...
The barefoot nun who became Ethiopia’s ‘piano queen’
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, the composer and piano-playing nun who died this week at the age of 99, had an extraordinary life, which included being...
Ramadan and Passover raise tensions at Jerusalem holy site
As so often in the past, the latest scenes of violence at Jerusalem’s most important holy site for Muslims and Jews are igniting widespread...