Author: Krobea

About 950 workers are trapped underground in a gold mine in South Africa after a storm caused a power cut and blocked their way out. Without electricity, the lifts could not bring night shift workers to the surface, but they “appear to be fine”, a spokesman for their employer said. He said about 65 miners have so far been rescued and all are accounted for. South Africa is a leading gold producer, but the industry has often been accused of a poor safety record. The Beatrix mine is in Welkom town, about 290km (180 miles) south-west of Johannesburg. It is…

The arrival of the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, will not be open to the public, 3news.com has gathered. Dr Bawumia will arrive from the United Kingdom on Thursday night after a 12-day medical leave. He had been flown to London upon his doctors’ advice on Friday, January 19. Minister of Information Mustapha Hamid had adduced that flying the vice president to London’s Guy Hospital was to prevent so many visitations from sympathisers. There was political debate about the state of health of Dr Bawumia with the Minority in Parliament and some pressure groups demanding full disclosure on his health.…

As part of efforts to boost the government’s ‘One-District, One-Factory’ policy in the country and also revive the employment status of the youth in the Ga East Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, Happy Sunshine Company Limited, a tomato paste manufacturing company based at Kuntunse, is to begin operations. Even though the company has satisfied all statutory requirements to regularize its operations including receiving approval from the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) and the Registrar General’s  Department, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) halted the operations of the company due to some environmental concerns. But the…

Swansea City returnee Andre Dede Ayew has made his goal clear after putting pen to paper in a three-and-a-half deal on Wednesday. “My goal and my challenge is to do everything possible to help the club stay up – the same as it is for all the players and the staff,” he told the club’s website on Thursday. “That’s what I am here for and I will do everything I can to make sure it happens.” The Swans currently lie 19th on the 20-club log. They moved out of the drop zone for the first time in several months last…

A decision to overturn the Olympic life bans of 28 Russian athletes “may have a serious impact on the future fight against doping”, says the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) overturned the IOC suspensions – for doping at the 2014 Winter Olympics – partially upholding 11 other appeals. Cas said that in 28 cases evidence was “insufficient” to prove doping. The IOC said it would consider its own appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal. Cas said that for the 11 athletes whose appeals had been partially upheld, evidence “was sufficient to establish an anti-doping…

Comedian Amy Vreeke has based a show around her diagnosis of endometriosis, in a bid to challenge the taboos around the condition. Source: BBC

Black Stars’ Deputy Captain Andre Dede Ayew will spend the rest of the 2017/2018 English Premier League season at familiar club Swansea City. The 28-year-old on Transfer Deadline Day clinched a record deal to the Welsh club, where he first played in his professional career outside France. After protracted talks, Swansea City finally reached an agreement with West Ham United, who had secured the left-footed player in 2016 in a then record fee for the East London club. Ayew will reunite with junior brother, Jordan, for the first time in five years. The two had played together for Ligue 1…

The Presiding Archbishop and General Overseer of the Christian Action Faith Ministries, Archbishop, Nicholas Duncan Williams, has charged the international community and all humanity to ensure that, the atrocities committed against the Jews during the Second World War by the German Nazis (HOLOCAUST) is not repeated. Speaking at this year’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Archbishop Duncan Williams bemoaned the act and emphasized that as the world marks the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, it should be a beacon call on all humanity to ensure that “good people do not sit and do nothing as evil triumphs over good … it is…

Three of Kenya’s biggest television stations will remain off-air until further notice because they had planned to broadcast the opposition leader’s unofficial “inauguration” in Nairobi. Interior Minister Fred Matiang’i told reporters they would stay closed until investigations were complete. Shortly after he spoke, opposition MP Tom Kajwang was arrested. Mr Kajwang played a prominent role in Tuesday’s ceremony naming Raila Odinga as “the people’s president”. The outspoken MP had donned a lawyer’s robe and wig, to the amusement of thousands of cheering opposition supporters in Uhuru park, in the capital Nairobi. It is unclear what charges he will face. The…

Arsenal have signed Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Borussia Dortmund in a club record £56m deal. The Gunners had two bids for the 28-year-old rejected by Dortmund before agreeing a fee that eclipses the £46.5m July purchase of Alexandre Lacazette. Dortmund agreed to complete the deal after striking a deal to sign Chelsea forward Michy Batshuayi on loan. Arsenal said the 2015 African Footballer of the Year had joined on “a long-term contract”. Aubameyang scored 141 goals in 213 games for Dortmund since 2013, including 21 in 24 matches this season. But he was suspended by the German club for…