Masked kidnappers in Egypt have seized 19 hostages including German, Italian and Romanian tourists in a remote desert area near the Sudanese and Libyan borders, Egyptian officials said today.

Police have halted the Kampala City Council's planned ban on boda bodas' operation in the Central Business District (CBD), which was expected to start today, Daily Monitor has learnt. Police spokesperson Judith Nabakooba said at the weekend the police had

Mr Fernando Ventura, on Thursday said the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), has initiated excellent preventive measures, to detect and arrest persons carrying narcotic drugs.

The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Ghana Limited (TCCBCGL), over the weekend embarked on a safety campaign to educate the general public and its staff on the need to esteem safety precautionary measures in the environment, to ensure healthy lifestyle.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Unilever Ghana, Charles Alexander Coffie, has disclosed that the company has placed quality on top of its business agenda, to reflect the global quality policy of its mother company.

Construction works on Mbarara, Isingiro and Ntungamo rural electrification project have started. The six-month-long process will see these western districts get hydro electricity supply in 30 trading centres.

Mozambique's publicly owned electricity company, EDM, in partnership with as yet unspecified funding agencies, plans to invest 2.5 billion US dollars in a new electricity transmission line from the western province of Tete to Maputo.

Dear Tingasiga: One hovers between tears and laughter as one reads reports of the unfolding story of Temangalogate. It is a story whose central allegation is that Amama Mbabazi, Uganda's minister of security, used political pressure to sell his land

The future leaders of the country precisely, Priests, Pastors, Engineers, Lawyers, Journalists, Medical Doctors and other professionals would probably not be future leaders as about two million Ghanaian children are engaged in various forms of child labour.

Zoomlion Ghana Limited, the leading waste management company has announced plans to recruit over 4000 workers in 170 districts across the country as sanitation guards to augment the work of environmental health officers.

NANA ADDO Danquah Akufo-Addo, the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has assured the youth in Obuasi, who engage in illegal mining, popularly referred to as 'galamsey' that his administration will streamline their operations by transforming their business into

A total of 1,063 farmers registered in five communities in the Prestea Huni-Valley District have so far cultivated 5, 878 acres of oil palm as part of efforts to improve the economies of mining communities to ensure sustainability during and

Banking experts have said that the fall of United States banking giants, Lehman Brothers and Merril Lynch last week is a powerful signal to Nigerian banks on the limitation of size (capital base) and age in determining the future of

THE NEW GT-Vodafone partnership is expected to exploit the market potential of the telecommunication industry in Ashanti, to the fullest.

Construction of the "Unity Bridge" over the Rovuma river, the border between Mozambique and Tanzania, is now nine months behind schedule.

Uganda has called on the Israel business community to invest in the country's high business potential areas.

Three murder cases were reported to Police in Hoima District last Tuesday putting the death toll to eight in the area since the start of the month.

A Mitchells Plain woman was terrorised by her former husband for two years until he dragged her from her home and shot her in the head before killing himself, relatives say.

Police have arrested over 20 people in two incidents for alleged involvement in drug theft and dealing in narcotic drugs, Daily Monitor has learned.