INTERNATIONAL

The Republic of Ghana and the Republic of South Africa, have officially established a visa waiver agreement for ordinary passport holders. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration made this announcement on the 13th of October, 2023. This bilateral agreement, which is set to come into effect from the …

  Dutch judges have ordered a man fathering more than 550 children through sperm donations to stop donating, in the latest fertility scandal to shock the Netherlands. The man, identified in Dutch media only as “Jonathan M.”, 41, was dragged to court by a foundation protecting the rights of donor …

Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has pardoned a former cabinet minister who was serving a five-year sentence after being convicted for abuse of office. Uladi Mussa was sentenced in 2020 to six years in prison over corruption linked to the illegal issuing of passports. His release was an act of mercy …

  A Mozambican pastor has died after fasting for 40 days, in an attempt to copy what Jesus Christ is said to have done in the Bible. The death of Francisco Barajah, the pastor and founder of the Santa Trindade Evangelical Church in the central province of Manica, was confirmed …

  A family of six was pulled out alive after 101 hours under the rubble in Iskenderun, southern Turkey. A family was rescued from the debris of a collapsed building on Friday morning, in the Hatay region, one of the worst-hit areas in Turkey. A 17-year-old was saved in Gaziantep, …

Residents digging through a collapsed building in a northwest Syrian town discovered a crying infant whose mother appears to have given birth to her while buried underneath the rubble from this week’s devastating earthquake, relatives and a doctor said Tuesday. The newborn girl’s umbilical cord was still connected to her …

News received indicates that Ghanaian international, Christian Atsu and his Turkish teammates who were currently trapped under rubble after an earthquake have been found. Sports Journalist Saddick Adams has tweeted that Christian Atsu has been found and taken to the hospital. According to him, a teammate of Ghanaian International confirmed …

  One may have anticipated things to go well for him as he follows in the footsteps of the “Akwaboahs” to pursue a career in music given that his family, from his grandfather Kwabena Akwaboah through his father Akwaboah Snr., has provided Ghana with great singers. Contrary to what is …

  The 2023 Grammy Awards took place on Sunday, February 5, 2023, and Nigerian international music sensation Tems won her first Grammy award for her part on Future’s hit single ‘Wait For U’ The single won the award for the Best Melodic Rap performance at the 2023 Grammy awards. The …

BBC’s recent article about a Ghanaian who was thought by some to be the word’s tallest man has sparked an Ethiopian to come out on social media to say that he is bigger. Negewo Jima posted his picture alongside that of Sulemana Abdul Samed on Facebook saying “never give up”. …