Weah leads in Liberia polls

Partial results from Liberia's presidential election show former football star George Weah has taken an early lead.

Figures from the National Elections Commission (NEC) put Mr Weah ahead in 11 out of 15 counties, although most votes have yet to be counted.

His main rival, incumbent Vice-President Joseph Boakai, leads in

2018 World Cup: Play for pride - Stephen Appiah to Black Stars

The Technical Coordinator of the Black Stars, Stephen Appiah says the time has come for the current crop of players to play for national pride despite the heavy odds that are against Ghana in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign.

The Black Stars will later this weekend find out if the slim mathematical chance they have of qualifying to the tournament is still alive or over, but first they have to beat Uganda in Kampala and hope that

Manhunt for a Ghanaian man who steals at conferences

Information available to YEN indicates that a man, who is referred to as Kojo Smith, attends events, only to take items away.

His modus operandi, according to information available is

NDC ‘fed’ me when NPP was in opposition – NPP Minister confesses

The Minister for Zongo and Inner City Development, Boniface Abubakar Saddique has disclosed that the National Security Advisor for the erstwhile NDC government made his life comfortable even when

Equatorial Guinea banned from 2019 Women's World Cup

Equatorial Guinea have been expelled from the 2019 Women's World Cup in France for fielding 10 ineligible players and using forged documents.

The players all took part in qualifying for the 2016 Olympic women's tournament in Brazil.

The latest sanctions come on top of their ban from competing at the 2020 Olympics, which was issued last year.

Fifa has also imposed a fine of

Daniel Amartey to captain Black Stars in Uganda clash

Leicester City defender Daniel Amartey will captain Black Stars of Ghana in the 2018 World Cup Qualifier against the Cranes of Uganda in Kampala on Saturday, Ghanasoccernet.com can exclusively reveal.

This follows the last minute pull out of skipper Asamoah Gyan from the squad due to injury while Andre Ayew was excluded from the squad by

Parliament approves agreement to go solar

Parliament has ratified the framework agreement on the establishment of international solar.

The agreement, which was ratified by Parliament on Tuesday, 4 October will see the country benefiting from an opportunity to access a $10 billion renewable energy loan facility from India.

The agreement, which is for countries located in the tropics, comes at no financial burden to the country.

Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, touting the benefits of the international agreement to Class News after approval was given by Parliament said Ghana's seat of government and the legislature are expected to run on solar power following the ratification of the framework agreement.

He told parliamentary correspondent, Ekow Annan, that: “The Parliament of Ghana and the Jubilee House must all go solar to send the right signals to the rest of the nation that the government is behind it and that is the proper thing to do. Secondly, it reduces the crunch on the national budget so that government doesn’t have to spend all that money.

“Thirdly, it reduces the load on the national grid so that instead of continually adding generation capacity as the population and demands grow, we will be able to manage what we already have. We have hydro and hydro is renewable. The best combination we know and all the research points to is to combine hydro with solar so that during the day, you run solar and at night you run hydro. That way, you are able to expand the possibilities of the dams and also conserve the water in the reservoir much better.

“This is how we think the combination ought to happen. As soon as we deposit the articles of ratification, we become members and then we can begin to tap into the resources…”