Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Canadian PM Mark Carney have announced lower tariffs, signalling a reset in their countries' relationship after a key meeting in Beijing.
China is expected to lower levies on Canadian canola oil from 85% …
Former Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, Samuel Atta Akyea, has cautioned the New Patriotic Party (NPP) against presenting a new presidential candidate in future elections, describing such a move as a political gamble the party s…
Okweredom Owusu Obuobi I has been enstooled Mponuahene of Awukugua in the Nifa Division of the Akuapem Traditional Area in the Eastern Region.
Okweredom Obuobi, 59, a Football Coach by profession, succeeds the late Nana Kantinka Addy,…
Sedina Christine Tamakloe-Attionu, the former Chief Executive Officer of Ghana’s Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) who was convicted and sentenced in absentia to ten years’ imprisonment, has been arrested and detained in the U…
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has taken a strong lead in partial results from Thursday's presidential election, the electoral commission says.
Figures announced on Friday morning put Museveni in front with 76% of the votes, based…
South Korea's impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol will be jailed for five years over abuse of power, obstructing justice and falsifying documents in relation to his failed martial law bid in 2024.
This is the first of the verdicts in fo…
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has given her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump during a meeting at the White House, saying it was a recognition of his commitment to her country's freedom.
"I think to…
President John Dramani Mahama has established a Presidential Advisory Group on the Economy (PAGE) to provide high-level, independent, and non-partisan advice on economic governance, as the government seeks to restore macroeconomic stabil…
For weeks, Somalia has been engaged in intense diplomatic efforts to rally international support after Israel recognised its breakaway region of Somaliland as an independent state.
Through diplomatic outreach and high-level phone call…
Ukraine has declared a state of emergency in the country's energy sector, with a particular focus on Kyiv, as ongoing Russian strikes continue to leave thousands of residents without power.
President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow …
Donald Trump has said he has been told "the killing in Iran has stopped", but the US president has not ruled out military action against the country over its violent crackdown on anti-government protesters.
According to human rights g…
The National Chairman of the Zongo Political Groupings, Yahaya Alhassan, has formally announced his intention to contest the East Ayawaso seat on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Speaking at a ceremony in Nima, Mr…
Former Deputy Education Minister John Ntim Fordjour has hit back at Minister for Government Communications Felix Kwakye Ofosu, accusing the government of what he described as arrogance of power over alleged LGBT content in school materia…
A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has stated that he has no intention of leaving the party.
He said it was the current crop of leaders who needed to be shown the exit from their rol…
Member of Parliament for Zebilla, Ebenezer Alumire Ndebilla, has blamed persistent distortions in Ghana’s transport fares on a combination of greed and systemic failure, arguing that the problem goes beyond individual drivers to reflec…
The Trump administration is placing an indefinite pause on immigrant visa processing from 75 countries, further restricting the legal routes for entering the US.
The State Department on Wednesday said the administration wants to bring…
Dr. Olayinka Ajala, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Leeds Beckett University, has observed that U.S. President Donald Trump is pursuing American interests even when they conflict with those of the country’s a…
The Minister of Transport, Joseph Bukari Nikpe, has summoned officials of the Ghana Private Roads and Transport Union (GPRTU) and other commercial transport operators over the creation of artificial scarcity in the sector.
Speaking …
Polls have opened in Uganda's presidential and parliamentary elections, though voting has been disrupted by logistical delays in many parts of the country amid an internet shutdown.
In the morning, the BBC observed growing frustration…
Denmark's foreign minister has said there is a "fundamental disagreement" with the US over Greenland after talks at the White House.
Lars Lokke Rasmussen said the meeting with Vice-President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio…
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer has shot a man in the leg in the US city of Minneapolis, where tensions have been running high since an ICE agent shot dead a woman last week.
The Department of Homeland Security (D…
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, through its work, has helped to retrieve public funds of close to GH¢12.7, the Chairperson of the committee, Abena Osei-Asare, has said.
She said the committee collaborated with the A…
"I saw it with my own eyes - they fired directly into lines of protesters, and people fell where they stood."
Omid's voice was shaking as he spoke, fearful of being traced. Breaking the wall of silence between Iran and the rest of the…
It's crunch time. The US Vice-President, JD Vance, is hosting the Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers, as well as their US counterpart, Marco Rubio, in the White House on Wednesday.
The focus of the talks: the future of the world…
Uganda's communications authority has told all service providers to suspend internet access ahead of Thursday's general election.
It justified the decision on the grounds of public safety to prevent "online misinformation, disinformat…
Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah, former Member of Parliament for New Juaben South, has commended the government for reducing inflation but cautioned against over-reliance on currency stabilisation at the expense of export-led growth.
Speaki…
Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr. Kwame Asah-Asante, has said former Environment Minister Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng went too far in describing the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as a “fake party,” even as h…
Former Member of Parliament for New Juaben South, Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah, has called for a critical review of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary performance following the 2024 general elections, warning that some sitting MP…
Delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will head to the polls in roughly three weeks to select a flag bearer for the 2028 elections.
While there are five candidates vying for the enviable position, a close observation of the race…
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has congratulated the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, on her election as Chair of the Council of the Association of Commonwealth Universities.
In a…
Across North Africa, the Amazigh people have been coming together to usher in the year 2976.
They have, unfortunately, not cracked time travel. Rather, they are almost a thousand years ahead of much of the world because they follow a …
The Supreme Court will on January 28, 2026 deliver its ruling on whether or not to quash the High Court judgment that annulled the 2024 parliamentary result for Kpandai in the Northern Region.
The five-member panel, comprising Justice…
Venezuela has started releasing multiple Americans detained across the country, according to a US state department official.
The official did not confirm the identities or number of prisoners released by Venezuela, but in a statement …
Donald Trump is the only world leader capable of stopping Vladimir Putin from threatening Europe, according to Poland's President Karol Nawrocki.
In an interview with Radio 4's Today programme he said the Russian leader was not to be …
Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr. Kwame Asah-Asante, has urged the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to handle the controversy surrounding former Environment Minister Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng strictly within …
Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado will meet President Donald Trump on Thursday, the White House has confirmed.
The visit comes just weeks after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was seize…
Professor Naa Afaley Sackeyfio, one of Ghana’s pioneering female politicians of the Fourth Republic, has passed away.
Family sources confirmed that she died over the weekend, although further details about the circumstances of her dea…
Exactly 31 years ago to the day, two Kenyan pilots, Hussein Mohamed Anshuur and Mohamed Adan, received an unexpected visitor at their office at Wilson Airport near the capital, Nairobi.
It was a Nigerian diplomat, who drew them into a…
The Adentan Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Ella Esinam Christine Nongo, has commended staff of the assembly for their sacrifices and dedication to duty, which have brought the assembly this far.
According to her, development at the …
The Member of Parliament for Nandom in the Upper West region, Lawyer Richard Kuuire, has presented a comprehensive account of his first year in Parliament, outlining key interventions across health, education, employment, agriculture, in…
The 2024 Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has called on members of the party to unite for victory in the 2028 general election.
He said it was through unity among themselves that they cou…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described the conduct and utterances of Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng as highly reprehensible and inimical to the values, unity, and integrity of the political party.
It has consequently invoked…
Former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has warned that re-electing former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) would spe…
As Ugandans go to the polls next week they are faced with a choice of propelling a leader into his fifth decade in power or backing a candidate seeking to capitalise on the desire for change from some quarters.
President Yoweri Museve…
Lord Mandelson has offered a personal apology to the victims of Jeffrey Epstein over his decision to maintain a friendship with the late paedophile after his conviction.
The former cabinet minister had faced criticism after he offered…
For President Trump, it's decision time.
Ten days ago, he said the US was prepared to go to the "rescue" of Iranian protesters if their government used violence against them.
The US was, the president said, "locked and loaded and r…
The National Youth Wing of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has criticised President John Dramani Mahama’s administration over what it describes as a failure to deliver on promises made to the youth, particularly in the area of job creati…
With his charisma, tenacity and everyman appeal, music star Bobi Wine has shaken up Ugandan politics.
Since his career pivot a decade ago, the 43-year-old has become a major thorn in the side of President Yoweri Museveni, an 81-year-o…
Sudan's military-led government has returned to the country's capital after nearly three years of operating from its wartime base in the eastern city of Port Sudan.
Sudan's Prime Minister Kamil Idris told reporters on Sunday that the …
India and the US are continuing to actively engage on trade deal negotiations, Sergio Gor, the new US ambassador to India, has said during a trip to Delhi.
The next call to discuss the deal was scheduled for Tuesday, Gor said, but did…
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