The introduction of electronic voting and the authorities’ exclusion of a number of candidates from the ballot have united opposition parties ahead of the long-delayed vote on December 23 that will choose a successor to Kabila. Despite the suspension of all state public transport in the capital and the presence of heavily armed police, the rally site was thronged with [...] The post Congo’s

At least 832 people were killed in the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, the national disaster agency says. Many people were reported trapped in the rubble of buildings that collapsed in Friday’s 7.5-magnitude earthquake, agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho told a news conference. The quake triggered tsunami waves as high as 6m (20ft), he [...] The post Huge

Parliament by a resolution approved three loan agreements totaling US$115 million to fund some development projects in the country, before bringing to an end its five-day emergency meeting on Friday.   They include the drawdown agreement for US$30 million which formed part of a US$95 million facility to finance the establishment and strengthening of Agricultural Mechanisation Service Centres (AMECs).   [...] The post Parliament

LAST Saturday, the Ghanaian Times carried a back page story with the headline “Keta residents send SOS to government over tidal waves” in which the residents of Puveme, in the Keta Municipality, are appealing to government to construct a sea defence wall on the eastern side of the Ada estuary. The appeal followed the destruction of property and the displacement [...] The post AN SOS FROM KETA! appeared first

The Upper Denkyira Divisional Police Command in the Central Region on Thursday gunned down two highway robbers in separate operations.   The robbers engaged the armed policemen in a Rambo-style gun fire-exchange at Anhwiahwia and Abura, farming communities in the Upper Denkyira West District.   The police retrieved four pump action guns, one locally manufactured pistol, 32 live cartridges, tramadol, [...] The post Police

A Ho circuit court has remanded Harrison Ganyo, a driver, and Gaffaru Ezetu, a mechanic, into prison custody for allegedly robbing a cabbie of his vehicle.   The accused, who robbed Emmanuel Nyanuvor of his taxi at gunpoint, pleaded guilty, and will appear again before court on October 11. Police Inspector Agnes Ahiable told the court presided by Madam Pricilla [...] The post 2 remanded for