Wali Hazrata is in police custody. She has made no public comment about the allegations A woman in north-eastern Afghanistan has been arrested for allegedly strangling her daughter-in-law for giving birth to a third daughter. The murdered woman’s husband, a member of a local militia, is also suspected of involvement but he has since fled. The murder took place two days ago in Kunduz province.... 

Nii Armah Ashietey The Friends of Nii Armah Ashietey (FONAA) wish to congratulate the Hon. Minister Nii Armah Ashietey for winning Klottey Korle parliamentary primaries last Saturday in a landslide victory.  The honuorable minister won the parliamentary contest with over 70% of total valid votes casted. This is an affirmation of the tremendous work and success he chalked for the constituency as a... 

Over ownership of five-bedroom facility a charred leg of one of the deceased What started as a heated argument between a man and his wife at Breman Kwantwoma, a suburb of Kumasi, over who owns a five-bedroom apartment later became gory when the former allegedly set fire to the building killing his own parents, wife and their last born son. Forty-year-old Mr. Agyeman, who hails from the Volta Region,... 

THE national football team, the Black Stars, last Saturday beat Mali two-nil to virtually ease to the quarter final stage of the on-going African Cup of Nations (AFCON) co-hosted by Gabon-Equatorial Guinea. As per the tournament regulations, Guinea would have to beat Ghana 3-0, while Mali beat Botswana by the same margin tomorrow evening to deny the Stars qualification to the next stage of the competition. WITH... 

3 children die Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, Minister of Health-designate As of press time yesterday, three children were reported dead following the outbreak of a deadly bacterial infection called Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococus Aureus (MRSA) at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. The outbreak necessitated an indefinite closure of the Children’s Emergency Ward last Friday. The MRSA is a type of... 

 For Volta Lake project In a clear demonstration of its commitment to beef up operations on the Volta Lake to safeguard lives and property of Ghanaians who conduct daily business on and around the lake, Zoil Services Limited has embarked on the training of more lifeguards for its Volta Lake Transport Enhancement Programme. The two-week training, which is in collaboration with the Ghana Navy, is being... 

Key facts Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral infection. The infection causes flu-like illness, and occasionally develops into a potentially lethal complication called severe dengue. The global incidence of dengue has grown dramatically in recent decades. About half of the world’s population is now at risk. Dengue is found in tropical and sub-tropical climates worldwide, mostly in urban and semi-urban... 

The US embassy has been conducting 'outreach' with mosques, such as London's Finsbury Park mosque  As the presidential campaign begins in earnest, Republican contenders are stirring up racial animosities: Newt Gingrich calls President Obama a “foodstamp president”, and demands a federal law to preempt sharia; Santorum makes derogatory remarks about “blah” people... 

Generally, the Yuletide is a time of reminiscences, accessing how our affairs went in the soon-to-end year and establishing wishes, dreams and projects for the coming year.  It is also a period for giving and receiving gifts.  And it goes without saying that each gift comes with a specific intention and is also expected to or does eventually elicit certain response.  Going on about the Yuletide... 

Heavy and 'inappropriate' use of tear gas causing growing concern Amnesty International has called for an investigation into what it says is the misuse of tear gas by Bahraini security forces. The organisation says that more than a dozen deaths may have resulted from the heavy use of tear gas in residential areas. Police are struggling to contain a growing wave of protests in the gulf island...