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Monarch Airlines has ceased trading and its 300,000 future bookings for flights and holidays have been cancelled, the Civil Aviation Authority has said.

South Africa’s rand firmed against the dollar in early trade on Friday as data showed private sector credit demand growth rose in August, with focus on more economic data due later in the day that could provide further clues on the health of the economy.

A new report by one of Ghana’s leading research institutes showed that many Ghanaians do not think about working conditions when accepting job offers.

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg fired back at US President Donald Trump on Wednesday after he accused the leading social network of being "always anti-Trump."

The parliament of South Africa on Wednesday cut ties with renowned accountancy firm KPMG, by ending its contract with the company.

The villagers of Tafi Atome, in Ghana's Volta Region, grew up listening to tales of their spiritual links to the 1 000 or so mona monkeys that inhabit the surrounding lush forest.

Social media site Twitter is trialling longer character limits to help users "easily express themselves". Twitter currently limits tweets to 140 characters, but has doubled that to 280 characters for a small group of users.

EasyJet is backing plans to develop commercial passenger aircraft powered by electric batteries instead of conventional aero engines.

South African Airways has confirmed it will cancel flights on six of its regional destinations due to "operational reasons".

Ghana on Saturday won a maritime dispute with its neighbor Ivory Coast as both countries lay claim to oil fields in the Gulf of Guinea within which they both share borders.