Baltasar Engonga Ebang, former Director General of Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF), is currently on trial for multiple corruption-related charges, with state prosecutors pushing for a combined 18-year prison sentence and a nearly one billion CFA franc fine. Engonga is being prosecuted for alleged mismanagement of a public enterprise under the Ministry of […]
The Club’s Fan Advisory Board (FAB) held its latest meeting on Tuesday 24 June. The FAB welcomed Club CEO Vinai Venkatesham to his first meeting, where he provided supporter representatives with an overview of his role, his motivations for joining the Club and explained recent changes within the football department, including the appointment of Thomas […]
A federal jury has found music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs not guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy but convicted him on two counts of transporting women for prostitution. The verdict, delivered Tuesday in a New York courtroom, follows a high-profile trial that began in May. After three days and 13 hours of deliberation, the […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced that a rerun of parliamentary elections will be held in 19 polling stations within the Ablekuma North Constituency on Friday, July 11, 2025. This follows months of unresolved electoral disputes that have left the constituency without a sitting Member of Parliament since the December 2024 general elections. The decision […]
A number of communities in Accra are currently experiencing an interruption in water supply due to a temporary shutdown of the Weija Treatment Plant by Ghana Water Limited (GWL). According to GWL, the shutdown is necessary to enable its engineers to carry out critical repairs on main transmission pipelines that serve the western part of […]
Luana Buhler has unfortunately been ruled out of this summer’s UEFA Euro 2025 for Switzerland through injury. The defender missed the last four games of the Barclays Women’s Super League campaign due to an injury but recovered in time to be named in the Switzerland squad earlier this month. However, with the European Championship set […]
On July 1, 2025, Senegal officially launched the introduction of the hexavalent vaccine into its Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI). Following in Mauritania’s footsteps, Senegal is part of this regional dynamic of vaccine innovation. This vaccine is a combination that protects against six diseases: diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, hepatitis B, Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib), […]
The official death toll in South Africa’s devastating floods remains unclear as rescue efforts for missing people continue in the Eastern Cape province. Authorities said last week that 101 people had died but this number is likely to increase. Victims include 38 children. The youngest fatality is an infant about 12 months old. Seven bodies […]
Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has disclosed that 107 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been recorded within the University of Ghana community, stressing that no infections have been reported beyond Accra. The Minister gave this assurance during his appearance in Parliament on Tuesday, July 1, as he briefed the House on the recent resurgence of […]
Togo’s capital, Lomé, has been the scene of intense confrontations between protestors and security forces for two straight days, as anger mounts over constitutional reforms that critics say could entrench President Faure Gnassingbé’s grip on power indefinitely. Protests erupted following the recent overhaul of the country’s governance structure, prompting a harsh response from authorities. On […]
