2015-05-27 Ghana Health

Business Recorder (press release) (blog)   

Ebola set to persist in 2015, but funds for aid are lacking: WHO   
Business Recorder (press release) (blog)
image GENEVA: The Ebola outbreak in Guinea and Sierra Leone is expected to take all of 2015 to stamp out and may persist even longer because of dwindling financing, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday. Guinea and Sierra Leone ...

2015-05-27 Ghana Sports

ESPN   

Cavaliers' LeBron James, With Rout of Hawks, Again Heads to Finals   
New York Times
CLEVELAND — LeBron James secured his fifth straight trip to the N.B.A. finals on Tuesday night, extending a storybook season with the Cleveland Cavaliers, his hometown team, with whom he reunited this season after a four-year separation. That James ...

2015-05-27 Ghana Entertainment

Citifmonline   

Prof Adei re-ignites debate on management of mission schools   
Citifmonline
Former Rector of Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Stephen Adei, has rekindled the debate on government handing over mission schools to the founding religious organizations. Prof Adei made this known in Accra ...

2015-05-27 Ghana Sci/Tech

TechSpective (press release)   

Microsoft rolled out several new features to strengthen Outlook.com   
TechSpective (press release)
Microsoft has revealed tons of new features for its popular Web-based email client Outlook.com. The preview is currently available to a small group of customers, but will be rolled out for everyone through an opt-in program in the coming weeks. The features ...

2015-05-27 Ghana Business

The Australian   

African economies to grow 4.5pc on average in 2015   
The Australian
Africa's fitful and uneven economic growth will gain momentum this year and next, three prominent organisations said in a joint report released yesterday. On average, the continent's economies will grow 4.5 per cent in 2015 and 5 per cent in 2016, according ...

2015-05-27 Ghana World

Fox News   

Amnesty International accuses Hamas of torturing, killing Palestinians in new ...   
Fox News
File - In this March 30, 2015 file photo, a Palestinian girl walks next to destroyed houses, in the Shijaiyah neighborhood of Gaza City. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File). Amnesty International accused Hamas militants Wednesday of abducting, torturing, and ...

2015-05-27 Ghana Africa

NewsDay   

'Don't rule out Mujuru in Mugabe succession'   
NewsDay
TOP academic Ibbo Mandaza has said people should not rule out the possibility of ousted former Vice-President Joice Mujuru bouncing back as leader of Zanu PF and the country despite her recent expulsion from the ruling party. BY MOSES MATENGA.
Grace Causes Govt to Squander Hundreds of Thousands On More By-Elections   ZimEye - Zimbabwe News
Succession race could get messy (and possibly bloody)   Nehanda Radio
MORE BY-ELECTIONS LOOM   NewsdzeZimbabwe

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New York Times   

Former Strongman, Taking Over Presidency, Raises Hope in Nigeria   
New York Times
ABUJA, Nigeria — Here in the Nigerian capital, the rows of campaign billboards promoting President Goodluck Jonathan have been ripped down. In some places, images of the soon-to-be ex-president have been defaced. Mr. Jonathan, with his legacy of ...

2015-05-27 Ghana Ghana

GhanaWeb   

'African gov'ts must confront youth unemployment'   
GhanaWeb
Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has on call on African governments to confront head-on the problem of youth unemployment, which he said has the potential to cause mass social unrest and agitation on the continent. According to him, the issue of youth ...