A student has been killed at the University of Khartoum after being hit by a stray bullet amid continuing deadly clashes in Sudan's capital city.
A Facebook post, verified by the BBC, said the body was buried on campus after safe passage off site could not be secured.
Sudan has been rocked by violence since tensions spilled over between the army...
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) have uncovered an illegal explosives manufacturing hub in Tarkwa, Western Region, resulting in the arrest of 13 foreign nationals.
The syndicate, comprising eight Chinese, three Togolese, an Ivorian, and a Nigerian, were found to be producing over 20,000 pieces of illegal explosives, including around 10,000kg of ammonium nitrate concealed in flour and rice sacks.
“Most of...
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) Ghana, has released the timetable for candidates who will be writing the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) this year, 2023.
WAEC in a statement said the first papers will be written on Monday, August 7, 2023.
Subjects to be written on August 7 include: Religious and Moral Education 2 (Essay), Religious and Moral Education 1...
The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has arrested a Kenyan national, Njeri Mary, for smuggling 11.04 kilogrammes of cocaine into Ghana.
She was nabbed at the arrival hall of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) when she came in from Nairobi via a South African Airways flight.
Njeri Mary according to NACOC was in possession of cocaine worth $309,120.
NACOC in a statement dated...
The Ghana Education Service(GES) has interdicted Mr. Kenneth Agbomodze, Headmaster of Fijai Senior High School with immediate effect over alleged illegal fees collection in the school.
This was contained in a statement issued by the GES on Tuesday, April 18.
He has been asked to hand over the administration of the school to the Western Regional Director of Education.
The GES indicated...
The operations of importers and freight forwarders in the country are being severely hampered by the hefty import tariffs at the ports.
The Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders said the situation is disincentivizing importers.
Traffic inflows at the ports have recently decreased, owing primarily to low importation.
The high import charges that must be paid before goods are cleared, according to players...
The police service has met with the largest political parties, the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) over issues much concerned about the police service.
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) George Akuffo-Dampare who seems ‘not happy’ about political interference in his led administration asked the political parties to “cease” meddling during the crunch...
Opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza has been sentenced to 25 years in jail in Russia for charges linked to his criticism of the war in Ukraine.
He was found guilty of treason, spreading "false" information about the Russian army and being affiliated with an "undesirable organisation".
The Russian-British former journalist and politician is the latest of several Putin opponents to have been...
Swansea City head coach, Russell Martin, says he welcomes Premier League clubs withdrawing gambling sponsorship from the front of their matchday shirts.
The Swans boss says his father lost the family home over a gambling addiction when Martin was eight years old.
Ex-Scotland defender Martin believes the impact of gambling is “horrific,” and says he has also seen it negatively impact...
A Texas man was sentenced to 70 years in prison Wednesday, April 12, after he was found guilty of spitting at Lubbock police officers during an arrest last May.
Larry Pearson, 36, was arrested in May 2022, for domestic violence after a victim flagged down an officer in northeast Lubbock, prosecutor Jessica Gorman said.
The victim told police that...
