Mr Andrew Adjei-Yeboah, Deputy Minister of Lands, Forestry and Mines, said public funding towards biodiversity conservation continues to decline in many developing countries, including Ghana.

Market Beat has the singular honour and privilege of meeting one of Gambia's finest dons within the indigenous printing industry. This is no other than a perfect gentleman and a real youth man among the youth folk of our beloved

The powerful Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has called on international labour organisations to work towards a total isolation of the Zimbabwean government.

ATTEMPTS to turn the Rivers State Truth and Reconciliation Commission into another theatre may delight those who lose sight of the seriousness of the issues.

Nyandeng Akot rushed out of the rude shelter of thatch and plastic sheeting pinned against the side of a tree with sticks. Grabbing a passing aid worker's arm, she said she has nothing except the four children that she grabbed

In spite of the controversies that trailed the appointment of Mrs. Farida Waziri as the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the former Assistant Inspector General of Police has since assumed duties. Omololu Ogunmade looks at the

The case of Corle Nolte, expected to give birth any day next month, was yesterday postponed to July 18.

Urban grooves musician Rockford Josphat, popularly known as Roki, was arrested at the weekend in Harare's Avenues area after he was found in possession of more than 125 grammes of mbanje.

The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Waziri, yesterday told officials of the Commission that its mandate entailed the total eradication of corruption from the society.

The owner of a bar in Marangu district, Kilimanjaro region, shot dead three armed men who were attempting to raid his bar on Sunday night.

The External Payments Arrears scandal that cost the nation Sh133 billion yesterday clouded the Prime Minister's budget speech, with the opposition camp strongly refuting the remarks made by the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs last week that the money

The Minister of state for Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Dr. Aliyu Idi Hong, has debunked allegations that he forged documents of the Federal Capital Territory Authority to secure a house in Abuja.

GAUTENG community safety MEC Firoz Cachalia has promised that arrest rates in crimes such as business and residential robberies and hijacking would increase in the next 12 months.

All 164 Tanzanians who were stranded in South Africa following last month's xenophobic attacks have returned home, the Government confirmed yesterday.

A STABBING incident in Katutura on Saturday night not only resulted in the loss of an eye for the 23-year old victim, but may also have spelt the end of the young Black Africa football player's career.

Rampaging gunmen at the weekend stormed Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory where they attacked a lady, snatched her car at gun point and drove away with a baby who was sleeping on the rear seat of the car,

Management and staff of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) was yesterday thrown into mourning as two of its senior staff, Mr Izevbigie Osawaru and his wife, Aisosa Osawaru were murdered in their residence.

A 22-YEAR-OLD man is being held in connection with the murder of well-known Walvis Bay resident, Awie Brand, on Friday night.

THE Prosecutor General has decided to reverse a decision to withdraw armed robbery and triple murder charges against one of the accused men in the killing of three people in a late-night robbery at a house in Windhoek's Kleine Kuppe

A woman believed to be the main supplier of narcotics in Lamu and Malindi districts has been arrested.