France To Ban Petrol and Diesel Vehicles
France plans to ban all petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040, the country’s new environment minister has announced. Nicolas Hulot ...
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Hamas Says Egypt Ready To Help Gaza
Hamas leader Ismail Haniya said Wednesday recent talks in Egypt could lead to improving the humanitarian suffering in the impoverished ...
One-District-One-Factory Takes Off In Saltpond
In line with the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government’s one-district-one-factory policy, the defunct Saltpond Ceramics Company is being revived ...
Guinean Former Fashion Model Digs Into West African Mining
Leaving behind chic gowns and catwalks to stomp in the mud in heavy work boots, Guinean former fashion model Tiguidanke ...
Californians Take A Shine To Solar Power
Jacquie Barnbrook had grown tired of the high electricity bills and her gas-guzzling luxury car when she finally decided to ...
Painted Huts Offer DR Congo Village A Tourism Lifeline
There's no electricity and only 500 residents in the Congolese village of Makwatsha, but a longstanding tradition by its womenfolk ...
Freeze In Contracts, Vehicle Purchases Reduces Growth In Service Sector
The first quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures for 2017 have shown that the services subsector recorded the least growth. ...
Tanzania To Speed Up Hydropower Project On UNESCO Site
Tanzania's President John Magufuli plans to speed up the building of a hydroelectric dam in one of Africa's largest game ...
Hamas Building Gaza Buffer Zone As It Seeks Improved Egypt Ties
Gaza's rulers Hamas said they had begun building a new buffer zone along the southern border with Egypt on Wednesday, ...
UN Refugee Cash Card Scheme Boosts Lebanese Grocers
In three years, Lebanese grocer Ali Khiami hired six staff, invested in property and funded his children's university education. Business ...
‘Dumsor’ Hits Assin-Praso
Business activities are grinding to a halt at Assin Praso in the Assin North Municipality of the Central Region following ...
Three-Day ECOWAS Gender and Energy Workshop Opens In Accra
A three-day validation workshop for Economic Community and West African States directive on gender and energy assessment opened in Accra ...
China’s Hydropower Frenzy Drowns Sacred Mountains
Towering walls of concrete entomb lush forests on mountainsides in southwest China as workers toil on the dry riverbed below ...
Karpowership Ghana Makes Donation To Muslim Households
Karpowership Ghana Company Limited, has made donations to about 200 Muslim households in the Tema New Town Community, as part ...
Children Electrocuted In Turkish Pool
Three children and two adults who tried to rescue them have been electrocuted in a water park in north-western Turkey, ...
Anger In Nigeria’s South Over Oil Spill Clean-Up Delay
Under a leaden sky in oil-rich southern Nigeria, young men hang around with nothing to do, covering their noses from ...
Gaza Restarts Power Station As Egypt Fuel Eases Crisis
The Gaza Strip's sole power station has been fired up again, the energy authority in the Palestinian enclave said Thursday, ...
Defence Minister Accuses Abbas of Wanting Israel-Hamas War
Israel's defence minister on Thursday accused Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas of trying to spark a fresh conflict between the Jewish ...
Solar Solution Brings Water To Besieged Syria Town
Solar panels on wheels make for a strange sight on the streets of Syria's besieged Douma, but the makeshift generator ...
Hoteliers To Enjoy Subsidised Electricity Tariffs Soon – Tourism Minister
The Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Catherine Afeku, has hinted of government’s plans to subsidise electricity bills for operators ...