http://www.myjoyonline.com/pages/rss/site_world.xml Visit Myjoyonline.com for latest news, breaking news, audio and feature stories in Ghana en-us Joy FM Online 2009 2013-05-24T01:36:59+01:00 Michael Ofori Amanfo Boateng Ghana News http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/us/201305/106570.php The Boy Scouts of America organisation votes to accept openly gay scouts, after a divisive campaign pitting liberals against some religious groups. http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/us/201305/106570.php http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/nigeria/201305/106563.php Thousands of mourners attended the funeral of renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe in his home town of Ogidi in Anambra state. http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/nigeria/201305/106563.php http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/us/201305/106557.php President Barack Obama has defended the use of drones in a "just war" of self-defence against deadly militants and a campaign that had made America safer. http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/us/201305/106557.php http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/nigeria/201305/106516.php Dignitaries from across the world are gathering in Ogidi, in Nigeria's Anambra state, to witness the interment of renowned author Chinua Achebe on Thursday. http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/nigeria/201305/106516.php http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/africa/201305/106512.php Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy are named in connection with post-election violence in a long-awaited report investigating human rights abuses. http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/africa/201305/106512.php http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/nigeria/201305/106503.php Renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, who died in March, is due to be buried in his home town in Anambra state. http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/nigeria/201305/106503.php http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106502.php Amnesty International says the world has become an increasingly dangerous place for refugees and migrants in its annual report. http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106502.php http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/africa/201305/106492.php The World Bank has unveiled a $1bn (£660m) aid package to help the Democratic Republic of Congo and its neighbours, as fighting continues near the eastern city of Goma. http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/africa/201305/106492.php http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/nigeria/201305/106449.php Emotions ran high, Tuesday, at Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, following startling revelations by suspected members of three syndicates, who specialised in selling human parts to herbalists and persons suspected to be clerics. http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/nigeria/201305/106449.php http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/us/201305/106440.php A sweeping immigration bill that would offer a chance of citizenship to millions living in the US illegally takes a stride forward in Congress. http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/us/201305/106440.php http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/africa/201305/106439.php The brother of South African athletics star Oscar Pistorius, Carl, is acquitted of culpable homicide over the death of a motorcyclist in 2008. http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/africa/201305/106439.php http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/nigeria/201305/106428.php Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the release of all women held in connection with "terrorist activity", the defence ministry says. http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/nigeria/201305/106428.php http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/africa/201305/106417.php Fighting between government and rebel forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has continued for a second day, near the regional capital, Goma. http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/africa/201305/106417.php http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/africa/201305/106374.php US President Barack Obama will visit Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania in his first extended tour of sub-Saharan Africa, the White House says. http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/africa/201305/106374.php http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/us/201305/106373.php At least 51 people are killed after a gigantic tornado rips through Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening whole neighbourhoods. http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/us/201305/106373.php http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/africa/201305/106366.php Ugandan police raid the offices of at least two newspapers following reports that President Yoweri Museveni is grooming his son to succeed him and people opposed to the plan could be killed. http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/africa/201305/106366.php http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/nigeria/201305/106365.php About 120 militant Islamists are arrested in Maiduguri as they organise the funeral of a commander killed in clashes, the Nigerian army says. http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/nigeria/201305/106365.php http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/us/201305/106364.php Discrimination against Jews and Muslims is on the rise around the world, according to an annual US Department of State report. http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/us/201305/106364.php http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/africa/201305/106342.php Heavy fighting has taken place between government and rebel forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/africa/201305/106342.php http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/nigeria/201305/106311.php The Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Okigwe South, Rt. Rev. David Onuoha, has expressed worry over what he termed “the serious threat corruption is posing to our corporate existence as a nation”. http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/nigeria/201305/106311.php