Ethiopian players are promised $111,000 each if they win the Africa Cup of Nations.

Madam Martha Opoku a teacher at the school told the Ghana News Agency that the deceased who was also the regent of the town met his death when supervising some carpenters roofing a building when a wall collapsed on him.

The GuardianFrance, Germany and Italy: Terrorists in Mali must goCNN International(CNN) -- Europe's largest powers appear to coalescing for a common cause -- getting rid of al Qaeda-linked militants in the West African nation of Mali. Islamist rebels, considered well-armed and trained, are fighting to overthrow Mali's government. A quarter ...Rebel advance forced Mali interventionThe AustralianYour letters: French forces in MaliJakarta PostCanadian C-17 heading for Mali to support French troopsCTV NewsSan Jose Mercury News -Wall Street Journal -Expatica Franceall 12,126 news articles »

South Africa's police are being investigated after a man allegedly being shot by rubber bullets during the on-going farmer workers' strike died.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The desire by the state to retrieve the controversial GH¢51 million paid to an Accra-based businessman, Mr. Alfred Agbesi Woyome, as judgement debt, suffered a temporary jolt yesterday, as state prosecutors handling the case failed to produce witnesses as earlier promised to testify in the case.

Independent OnlineIsrael can remove Palestinian tentsIndependent OnlineFILE - In this Friday, Jan 11, 2013 file photo, Palestinians, together with Israeli and foreign activists, stand near newly-erected tents in an area known as E1 at the settlement of Ma'aleh Adumim, near Jerusalem. Dozens of apartment towers sprouting up illicitly ...Court rules to allow removal of Palestinian E1 tentsJerusalem PostIsrael tells High Court: Palestinian Authority behind E-1 protest campHaaretzControl of E1 zoneThe Australian (blog)Jewish Telegraphic Agency -gulfnews.com -Ynetnewsall 1,002 news articles »

Telegraph.co.ukPakistan cleric will not end protest until government backs downTelegraph.co.ukThe preacher who led thousands of democracy campaigners into the heart of the Pakistani capital has denied being part of a conspiracy to destabilise the country but says he will not back down until the government is dissolved. Tahir-ul-Qadri has watched ...and more »

The Supreme Court building The Supreme Court says it will rule on the National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s application seeking to join a petition contesting the declaration of President John Dramani Mahama as winner of the December 7, 2012 presidential poll.…

[Ghanaian Chronicle]An Accra Fast Track Court (FTC) has ordered the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for the Madina Constituency in the December 2012 parliamentary election to pay a security cost of GH¢1, 000 for an election petition he filed before it.

Voice of AmericaPakistan Protest Leader Demands Electoral ReformsVoice of AmericaISLAMABAD — Firebrand Muslim cleric Tahir-ul Qadri said Wednesday his supporters would not abandon their sit-in on the streets of Pakistan's capital until the country implements his demands for clean and transparent national elections. In a three-hour ...Pakistan government digs in as cleric keeps up pressureReuters CanadaWill hold polls by May 15: Pakistan governmentPress Trust of IndiaQadri calls for Pakistan 'revolution'Khaleej TimesFirstpost -The Hinduall 1,450 news articles »

A South African minister calls the world's biggest platinum miner, Amplats, "arrogant" after it reveals plans to cut 14,000 jobs and close four shafts.