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Facebook has suffered the most severe outage in its history, with key services rendered unusable for users globally for much of Wednesday. The last time Facebook had a disruption of this magnitude was in 2008, when the site had 150m users - compared with around 2.3bn monthly users today. Facebook's
Boeing has grounded its entire global fleet of 737 Max aircraft after investigators uncovered new evidence at the scene of the fatal Ethiopian Airlines crash. The US plane-maker said it would suspend all 371 of the aircraft. The Federal Aviation Administration said fresh evidence as well as newly re
A UN investigation says violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo last year may amount to crimes against humanity. It says at least 500 people were killed, including families burnt alive in their homes and a two-year-old who was thrown into a septic tank. Ethnic violence broke out when one commun
National Security Minister, Albert Kan-Dapaah and senior police officer Kofi Boakye will on Wednesday join security experts for a public forum seeking to find solution to the growing acts of violence and other lawlessness in the country under the guise of political vigilantism. The issue of politica
Contrary to the long-held perception that traditional councils in northern Ghana have no space for women, descendants of Naa-Gbewa, founder of the great Dagbamba Empire have reserved paramouncies for women. Strange? In the following report, our Northern Region Correspondent, Zubaida Ismail, explores
A graduate of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), David Wakpal, has manufactured a low-cost indigenous incubator for the poultry industry. Mr. Wakpal who is now a Teaching Assistant (TA) at the university's department of Animal Science, is hoping to make the incubator eas
The maiden awards to celebrate excellence in the digital space in Ghana has been launched in Accra with a call on Ghanaians to take the sector seriously. The event dubbed “Africa Digital awards” will take place from June 27 and 28, 2019 in Accra with a summit on digitalisation on the first day while
Thousands of people in Russia have protested against plans to introduce tighter restrictions on the internet. A mass rally in Moscow and similar demonstrations in two other cities were called after parliament backed the controversial bill last month. The government says the bill, which allows it to
US plane maker Boeing is facing questions after an Ethiopian Airlines 737 crash on Sunday killed all 157 people on board. It was the second crash in five months involving a 737 Max 8, and comparisons are being drawn with a Lion Air accident in Indonesia last October. In response, China and Ethiopian
Authorities at the Kpone Health Centre in the Greater Accra Region have appealed to the first lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo, to help expand and give a facelift to the facility to better serve the health needs of the people in the For over 22 years, the facility has not seen any expansion or facelift despi
The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Krachi West Constituency, Helen Ntoso, has observed it is unfair the way the government disbursed a sum of GH₵1.75 million compensation to families of Seven Asawase youth who lost their lives in the Manso Nkwanta shooting incident last year. The seven, who were
Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings has bemoaned the deteriorating state of Ghana’s sanitation, noting that it breaks her heart. According to Mrs. Rawlings, she has lived the most part of her life in the Ridge area of Accra and that what she has observed over the years with respect to sa
Following our story on the brilliant but needy street boy, Abdul Hakeem Alhassan Aremeyaw, who has returned to the streets of Accra after winning an essay competition and representing Ghana in China, many have been moved and have expressed interest in helping him realise his dream of becoming a pilo
The Government of Ghana has protested a CNN documentary for its poor reflection of efforts by government to address the detestable practice of child labour on the Volta Lake. Cable News Network CNN in the past week has been airing a documentary which highlights the history and impact of the practice
From the streets of Accra, 13-year-old Abdul-Hakeem Alhassan Aremeyaw, had distinguished himself from his peers by emerging the overall winner of an essay competition organised for basic schools across the country, but has returned to the streets because he does not have help. As a winner of the com
