WAFU Zone B U17 Boys Championship: Ghana hold Togo to a draw despite early r

The Black Starlets battled gallantly with ten boys to earn a hard-fought 1-1 draw against Togo in their opening game of the WAFU Zone B U17 Boys Championship at the Charles Konan Banny Stadium in Yamoussoukro on Saturday evening. The game took a...

WAFU B U-17 Championship: Togo hold Ghana’s Black Starlets in opener

The Black Starlets battled gallantly with ten boys to earn a hard-fought 1-1 draw against Togo in their opening game of the WAFU Zone B U17 Boys Championship at the Charles Konan Banny Stadium in Yamoussoukro on Saturday evening. The game took a...

Tributes pour in as popular African football legend Passes at 51, cause of death emerges

A popular goalkeeper has passed away at the age of 51 after a prolonged illness on the morning of Thursday, October 16 The late goalkeeper was a dominant force in the Ghana Premier League during the late 1990s and won the hearts of football fans...

Mbappe Sends Real Madrid Top Of La Liga

Kylian Mbappe extended his goalscoring streak to 11 consecutive games to help Real Madrid reclaim top spot in La Liga with a 1-0 victory at nine-man Getafe on Sunday. After rivals Barcelona briefly displaced Los Blancos with a narrow win over...

French Nuclear Giant Ordered to Trial Over Niger Hostage Crisis

A French uranium mining company will stand trial for its alleged role in one of the most dramatic hostage crises of the Sahel’s terror era, 15 years after seven of its employees were kidnapped by Al-Qaeda militants in northern Niger. Nuclear...

Reclaiming sanity on our roads

By Osei KUFUOR Every nation has its mirror. For Ghana, that mirror is increasingly our roads and what we see reflected is worrying. A once-proud driving culture, rooted in patience and courtesy, is fast deteriorating into chaos. Today, driving in...

New Wave of Mayors Takes Office, Reshaping Local Leadership

(Togo First) - Togo is renewing its municipal leadership following local elections held earlier this year. This marks the start of a second term for local officials, six years after the first municipal vote in 2019. Earlier this week, several of...

French nuclear giant Orano to face trial over 2010 Niger hostage case

French nuclear group Orano is to stand trial in Paris over claims it failed to protect staff from a 2010 Al-Qaeda kidnapping near its uranium mine in Niger. Fifteen years after one of France's most harrowing hostage crises, a French court has...

ECOWAS Parliament @25: Looking Forward With Optimism Amid Challenges

The Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will roll out the drums to celebrate its 25th anniversary in November 2025 with varying levels of milestones amid challenges confronting the institution and the sub-region....

Former AshantiGold goalkeeper Nibombe Wake is dead

Former AshantiGold SC goalkeeper and Togolese international Nibombe Wake has passed away at the age of 51, after a long illness. The tragic news was confirmed on Thursday, October 16, 2025, sending waves of sadness across both Togo and Ghana,...

Why Leaders Are Pushing for an African AI Agency Before the Window Closes

Last week’s Lomé Peace and Security Forum did what these gatherings sometimes fail to do: it turned murmur into momentum. On October 11 and 12, policymakers, security officials and technologists gathered in Togo to ask a blunt question – who will...

Super Falcons Squad Revealed Ahead Of Morocco 2026 WAFCON Qualifiers

October 17, (THEWILL) — Nigeria head coach, Justin Madugu, has named a 21-player squad for the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifying double-header against the Republic of Benin. The Super Falcons will face their opponents in the first leg at...

Basic schools in Anlo begin preparation for children’s Hogbetsotso durbar

By Evans Worlanyo Ameamu Keta (VR) Oct 17, GNA- Various basic schools within Anloland in the Volta Region are buzzing with excitement as they prepare for 2025 edition of Children’s Hogbetsotso durbar scheduled to take place on Wednesday, October...

Africa bets on homegrown peace as foreign fixes falter

Africa’s path to lasting peace and stability may lie not in imported solutions but in its own time-honoured traditions of conflict resolution—methods that once calmed even the fiercest rivalries. This idea took centre stage at the Lomé Peace and...

Govt considers private health providers as partners, not competitors – Akandoh

The Minister of Health, Mr Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has affirmed that the government views private health providers as partners rather than competitors in the delivery of quality healthcare. He emphasized that private health operators are vital...

U.S.-Ghana Deportee Pact stirs Constitutional, Legal, and Human Rights Crisis

The controversial agreement between the government of Ghana and the United States to accept West African third-country deportees is currently facing a triple threat: a Supreme Court challenge, intense domestic political scrutiny, and severe human...

‘Hustling Kingdom’: The Rise of Internet Fraudsters in South-South Nigeria

A young Kelvin carries multiple identities. Today, he’s Kelvin, but that might change tomorrow, depending on the identity game he’s up to. For at least 14 hours a day, he describes himself as “Richard”, a stranded American engineer needing...

E&P Takes Full Control of Black Volta and Sankofa Gold Mines in US$100 Million Deal

Engineers & Planners (E&P) has officially secured complete ownership of Ghana’s Black Volta and Sankofa gold concessions following the completion of a $100 million acquisition of Azumah Resources Ghana Ltd. The transaction, executed through the...

Ecobank Launches Digital Centres for Deaf, Blind Students

Ecobank Ghana has commissioned ultramodern Digital Learning Centres at two schools as part of the 13th edition of Ecobank Day, demonstrating renewed commitment to removing barriers and promoting equitable education for students with disabilities....

From the margins to the Vatican

The most well-known is undoubtedly her: Sister Simona Brambilla, the first woman to serve as prefect of a dicastery in the Roman Curia. A Consolata missionary, Sister Brambilla belongs to one of the institutes founded specifically for the first...