China at the week-end said it would provide a total of RMB 600 million free assistance to the African Union (AU) in the next three years. The Asian nation said it was ready to add new dimension to the development of China–Africa relations, and would work with the AU to improve on the mechanism of the China-AU Strategic Dialogue. Furthermore, China would enhance co-operation in cross border and cross... 

Concentrations of microplastic were greatest near coastal urban areas, the study showed Microscopic plastic debris from washing clothes is accumulating in the marine environment and could be entering the food chain, a study has warned. Researchers traced the “microplastic” back to synthetic clothes, which released up to 1,900 tiny fibres per garment every time they were washed. Earlier... 

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The Cape Coast Robert Mensah Sport Stadium witnessed a spectacular football action on Sunday when Elmina Sharks Football Club (FC) locked horns with their counterparts, Sekondi Eleven Wise, from the Western Region. The fierce encounter, which was a national division one zone 2B match, saw the Sharks display all the fine football tactics but that was not enough to fetch them a goal. Even though the... 

DCOP Andoh Kwofie, Central Regional Police Commander The Central Regional Police Command on Saturday impounded two taxi cabs at Kasoa loaded with locally-manufactured guns and cartridges as well as goats during a dawn swoop in the area. The police also arrested 30 males suspected to be armed robbers at their hideout at Kosoa in the Awutu Senya District of the Central Region.   The suspects, whose... 

For national prayer breakfast   The 2012 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Accra yesterday to the United States to honour an invitation by the United States Congressional Committee. Nana Akufo-Addo, the leader of Ghana’s main opposition party, has been invited to join the President of the United States, Barrack Obama, members of the US... 

Apostle Onyina being inducted The Vice-President, John Dramani Mahama, has made a called on the Christian body to vote to make sure God’s chosen people lead the nation. The Vice president also remarked that “as an election year, all church members must endeavour to register in the biometric registration exercise slated for March this year.” Mr. Mahama made this call at the induction service for... 

Avoka Cletus Avoka The Majority Leader of Ghana’s Parliament, Cletus Avoka, has appealed to sitting MPs who lost the National Democratic Congress (NDC) primaries over the weekend in a bid to re-run on the ruling party’s ticket not to shun government business in the House. He said the defeat is a blessing in disguise because in a way the losers will have more time to stay in the House to champion... 

Mayor Dr. Alfred Oko Vanderpuije, Mayor of Accra The Mayor of Accra, Alfred Oko Vanderpuye, has revealed to Citi News that excessive interference in his work is stifling progress and good plans that he has for the metropolis.  Although he failed to mention names or institutions, Mr. Vanderpuije appealed to all and sundry to cooperate and understand the work of the city authorities in order to strive... 

A Human Rights Court hearing the case involving the top policewoman detained for her role in the cocaine-turned-baking soda scandal has ordered the BNI to produce her in court Tuesday January 31. The court gave the order today after lawyers for DSP Gifty Tehoda brought an application for bail. An Accra circuit court remanded DSP Tehoda after she was charged of abetment of crime and stealing of cocaine. But...