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The West African grouping ECOWAS has asked Laurent Gbagbo to step down or it will use ‘legitimate force’ to remove him from office. ECOWAS in a statement issued by its President, Victor Gbeho is urging Gbagbo to make a peaceful exit from…

Chinese stocks led global markets lower Friday after plans were announced to sharply limit new vehicle registrations in traffic-congested Beijing, while the latest downgrade of Portugal's credit rating kept sentiment in check in European…

Stymied in Congress, the Obama administration is moving unilaterally to clamp down on power plant and oil refinery greenhouse emissions, announcing plans for developing new standards over the next year. In a statement posted on the…

A blast at a food distribution point in Pakistan killed at least 40 people and injured 70 others on Saturday, a senior government official said. Sohail Khan of the Bajaur Agency told CNN a suicide bomber blew himself up near a World Food…

Pope Benedict has prayed for peace as he delivered his traditional Christmas Eve homily in Rome. At a Mass at St Peter's Basilica, the Pope prayed for God to "implant his peace in our hearts" but also to "break the rods of the…

The World Bank has commended the Mills’s administration for handling the economy of Ghana well and for moving faster than usual in getting things done. The Bank describes government’s pace as “moving at a cruising speed.” The Ghana Country…

The World Bank says it will invest an amount of over $150m into five key areas in the agricultural sector in Ghana. The five key areas are agriculture research, modernization of the fisheries sector, commercial agriculture, livestock and…

Airtel Ghana has lowered its international call rates from 19 pesewas to 10 pesewas per minute for this Christmas season Airtel customers can now call mobile and fixed lines in the USA, Canada, India, and China, and landlines only in the…

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU), of which Ghana is chair, has declared that WiMAX and LTE (Long Term Evolution) can be classified as fourth generation (4G) technologies. The decision was taken at the ITU World…

Vodafone UK has announced an exclusive agreement with TransferTo, to offer international top up transfer services. This gives Vodafone UK's Mobile Network Virtual Operators (MVNO) customers the ability to transfer credit from a pre-pay or…