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Four-time champions Cameroon beat Ghana 2-0 in the semi-final on Thursday to reach the final of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. Two second half goals from Slavia Prague’s Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui and Denmark-based Christian Bassogog gave the Indomitable Lions the ticket to face Egypt in Sunday’s final. The semi-final game at the Stade de Franceville was a repeat of the 2008 semi-final, which saw Cameroon pip Ghana, then hosts, 1-0. Ghana’s goalie Razak Brimah, who came under disciplinary action a couple of days to the game, was the busier of the two goalkeepers, having to be called to action on…

Brothers Jordan and Andre Ayew will lead Ghana’s attack in their semi-final clash against Cameroon on Thursday. The two powered Ghana into the semi-final stage after scoring both goals in the Black Stars’ 2-1 win over DR Congo in the quarter-final last Sunday. Captain Asamoah Gyan will start from the bench with Mubarak Wakaso and Frank Acheampong returning to the starting line-up. Afriyie Acquah also starts after making an impressive showing in the quarter-final clash. Thursday’s semi-final will be played at Stade de Franceville and the winner will meet Egypt in the final on Sunday. The loser, on the other…

Part of the Police Hospital is to be closed to the public from Friday, February 3 to Monday, February 6, 2017. The closure is to allow management to carry out an intended fumigation at selected units and departments. The targeted units include the Paediatric and out-patient departments, Radiology Unit, Dental Unit, Chemist Unit, Quartermaster Stores, and general administration areas. Affected areas will be open to public on Monday, February 6 as management put in place measures to deal with emergency cases. The public is therefore advised to take note and cooperate with management since the exercise is intended to help…

Ghana’s largest vessel to convert crude oil and gas into finished products is ready to set sail in April. The vessel, which first Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel to operate in Offshore Cape Three Points, will be named after Former President John Agyekum Kufuor. The former president is in Singapore for the commissioning. The vessel is the third to be named after a former leader of Ghana after Kwame Nkrumah and John Evans Atta Mills had two named after them. Source: 3news.com|Ghana Follow @3Newsgh

The Majority in Parliament says Ghana may be fined by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for wrong figures provided by the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) government. The caucus says its investigations have revealed that the country overspent its 2016 budget contrary to claims by the immediate past president, John Mahama, that the country will stay within budget expenditure “in an election year”. Speaking to Onua FM’s Omari Acheampong after a press conference in reaction to Minority’s response over the missing GH¢7 billion as claimed by Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Dr Mark Asibey Yeboah said as per the recent…

Beyonce and her husband Jay Z say they “have been blessed two times over”, using Instagram to announce that she is expecting twins. “We are incredibly grateful that our family will be growing by two,” the pair wrote, and “we thank you for your well wishes”. The post, signed “The Carters”, has a photo of Beyonce with a baby bump, wearing lingerie and a veil. The couple already have a daughter, Blue Ivy, who has just turned five. Beyonce has been nominated in nine categories for the 2017 Grammy Awards, extending her lead as the most-nominated woman in Grammys history.…

Minister of Education Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has paid a visit to families of victims of the kindergarten school building that killed six pupils in Jamra in the Central Region. He also visited those on admission at the Breman Asikuma Government Hospital. Dr Prempeh promised to foot the hospital bills of the injured on admission and help in the funeral arrangements of those who lost their lives. The disaster occurred on Tuesday, January 31, when the kindergarten of the Jamra Methodist School collapsed. Four pupils died instantly and two later died at the Breman Asikuma Government Hospital. Speaking at the…

A US court has ordered Facebook and other defendants to pay $500m (£395m) after finding they unlawfully used a firm’s virtual reality technology. The jury found Oculus, which Facebook bought in 2014, used computer code belonging to video game developer Zenimax to launch its own VR headset. Oculus said it was “disappointed” and would appeal against the ruling. The case threatened to overshadow Facebook’s latest results, which showed it enjoyed a strong end to the year. Facebook’s net profit more than doubled to $3.6bn in the fourth quarter. The social network was helped by 53% growth in advertising revenues, and…

DR Congo’s main opposition leader has died in Brussels aged 84, reports say. Etienne Tshisekedi, one of the country’s most important advocates of democracy, was a prominent opponent of successive Congolese leaders. The party he helped found in 1982, the Union for Democracy and Social Progress party (UDPS), said he had travelled to Belgium last week for medical checks. He was due to head a transitional council under a deal for President Joseph Kabila to step down this year. Image copyrightAFP/GETTYImage captionMr Tshisekedi (C) remained popular and could draw huge crowdsMr Tshisekedi served as a minister under autocratic ruler Mobutu…

The National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams, has resolved to treat those who raided his house and made away with five vehicles as thieves. Mr. Adams says, “I will take personal action against them and treat them like thieves because the laws of the country don’t permit them to enter into my house and take those cars”. “There is no warrant, no court order, how can you enter my house and take away the cars, so I will not let it go like that,” Mr. Adams told Onua FM’s Yen Sempa on Thursday. Some alleged gun-wielding…