The body of Professor Kofi Awoonor who met his tragic death at the Westgate Mall in Kenya is expected to be flown into the country on Wednesday, September 24, a family spokesman has said.

Kofi Awoonor was attending a literary festival in Nairobi when he was killed in a siege at a Kenyan shopping centre. Ghanaian journalist Elizabeth Ohene looks back at the life of one of Ghana's most prominent men of letters:

US President Barack Obama conquered a long-term smoking habit because he was afraid of his wife, First Lady Michelle Obama, he has joked with a UN official.

A 36-year-old woman, Atta Yagyiri, was in the evening of last Sunday clubbed to death by her husband, Dakurah Yagyiri, at Tizaa Zampare in the Gyirapa District in the Upper West Region, after the husband accused her of gossiping about him.

A 44-year-old lawyer, Kofi Yawson-Adjei, yesterday committed suicide by hanging himself.

Ms Helen Adjoa Ntoso, Eastern Regional Minister, says she would meet with telecommunication companies in the country on how best to make telecommunication accessible to the people at Boti, a tourism destination.

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) says Sub-Saharan Africa is the region with the highest incidence of child labour, despite a decline in the incidence from 25.3 per cent in 2008 to 21.4 per cent in 2012.

The United NationsÂ’ Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has strongly condemned the terrorist attack at NairobiÂ’s Westgate Mall, which occurred on Saturday, September 21, 2013.

The Divisional Chief of Prestea Himan, Nana Nteboa Pra IV has refuted allegations by some section of the youth that six divisional chiefs in the Prestea/Huni Valley District are corrupt.

People from all walks of live have visited the Accra residence of Professor Kofi Awoonor, former Chairman of the Council of State, who died in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday September 21, to express their condolences.