Last week, on the first anniversary of President Atta-Mills, he was memorialized for very different things. For Ghana and Africa, perhaps the defining moment in his leadership came in response to British Prime Minister David Cameron’s remarks during the Commonwealth summit in Perth, Australia in 2011. The British Prime Minister urged African countries to recognize the rights of homosexuals or expect decreases in British aid. Echoing the sentiments of the British Prime Minister, then U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared, “Being gay is not a Western invention. It is a human reality.”

Pope Francis has said gay people should not be judged or marginalised.

The Miss Ghana pageant, the oldest among its kind in the country, has gone through tough times. From leasing of the brand to its re-lease, the pageant appears to have found its bearing; and now is grappling with other pageants to take its rightful place.

Although she is married to Olumide Akande, the son of a Nigerian billionaire, Nollywood actress, Dakore Egbuson-Akande has revealed that money is not everything.

The “Rap Dacta” Okyeame Kwame has collaborated with the Hepatitis Society of Ghana, Save Your Liver Foundation and Theobald Hepatitis B Foundation, to observe World Hepatitis Day in Accra with a mass screening exercise.

Situated exactly opposite the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum in Accra, the Old Parliament House accommodated Ghana’s Legislators from the era of Kwame Nkrumah till 1981 when the Provincial National Defence Council (PNDC) ousted the government of the People’s National Party (PNP) under the leadership of the late Dr Hilla Limann.

Bangladesh – a vibrant nation in Asia suffered a deadly disaster recently. This country never knew what hit it during the early morning rush hour of Wednesday, April 24, 2013. When the dust finally settled at Savar, near the capital of Dhaka, many were trapped as a huge eight-storey industrial complex, Rana Plaza, had collapsed!

Los Angeles - Lady Gaga is working hard to drum up excitement for her new material after months out of the spotlight, Huffington Post reported.

Finance Minister Terkper is right in denying that Ghana is broke.  He admits that the economy faces challenges.  These days that is how we call problems.  It is a good word.  Challenges are to be faced and overcome; they are not like problems which we tend to moan about until they overwhelm us.

Santiago de Compostela, Spain (CNN) -- The 79 passengers who perished in last week's train crash in Spain will be memorialized together Monday night at a cathedral not far from where they were killed.

A coach has plunged off a flyover in southern Italy leaving at least 38 people dead, rescue services say.

President John Dramani Mahama has described the renaming of the National Hockey Pitch after the late President John Evan Atta Mills as a “sad mistake” and apologised to Mrs Theodosia Okoh for the act.

Since the news broke that actress Emelia Brobbey had shoplifted a bracelet in London while on vacation, many people have doubts about the story.

MTN has made key appointments to bolster its leadership structures within the group and at its key operations, including Ghana and Nigeria.

Actress and TV presenter, Naa Ashorkor, has encouraged the youth to follow their passions, explaining that everybody has the potential to rise in life provided one puts a lot of energy into the field that he/she finds herself.

The driver of the train that crashed near the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela, killing 79 people, has been provisionally charged with multiple cases of reckless homicide.

The Commissioner of Insurance at the National Insurance Commission (NIC), Miss Lydia Lariba Bawa, has called for support and collaboration between the commission and insurance companies.

Three siblings who had been quarantined for nearly nine years by their parents have been rescued by the Madina branch of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service.

The Progressive People's Party has suspended its planned demonstration, which was scheduled for this week, over alleged corruption in the government.

The Accra Fast Track High Court on Friday granted leave to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Ablekuma Central in the 2012 general election to amend his petition filed at the court.