King Charles faced shouts of "you are not my King" from an independent senator just after he finished an address at Australia's Parliament House on the second official day of his engagements in the country.
Lidia Thorpe, an Aboriginal…
The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, commenced a seven-day campaign tour of the Bono Region to canvass votes for the party.
Dubbed "Retail Campaign", Mr Nketiah is expected to have a s…
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has taunted former President John Mahama, accusing him of avoiding a debate because he is "afraid of his own record."
Dr. Bawumia has called for a one-on-one debate between the two leading president…
The High Court has dismissed an application filed by Bernard Mornah, the flagbearer of the People’s National Convention (PNC), who sought to contest his recent disqualification from the upcoming presidential election by…
Vice President and New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has reaffirmed his commitment to inclusive policies aimed at benefiting all Ghanaians.
Speaking in Hohoe on Sunday, October 20, 2024, at the start of his c…
Members of Parliament from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) side have said they will protect their new majority status in Parliament following last Thursday declaration of four seats vacant and by that, they have said they will act…
Vice President and New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has reminded the opposition NDC that parliamentary majority is achieved through wins at the polling station level within constituencies, not "manufactured" in…
Venezuelan authorities have arrested five foreign nationals in connection with an alleged anti-government plot, the latest in a wave of arrests following July's contested presidential election.
The country's interior minister Diosdado…
South Africa's government said on Friday that it had asked Taiwan to relocate its de facto embassy out of the capital Pretoria, while Taiwan accused it of bowing to pressure from China.
South Africa rejected this characterization and said…
Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, the African Union (AU) High Representative for Silencing the Guns and Chairman of the AU High-Level Panel on Sudan, has appealed to Ghanaians to ensure peaceful and violent free elections.
"We have a track record…
The new Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Mr. Tong Defa, Wednesday, October 16, 2024, paid a courtesy call on Ghana's Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr. Samuel Abu Jinapor, to deepen the relations between the two nations.
The visit…
The flag bearer of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Nana Akosua Frimponmaa Sarpong-Kumankumah, has said tourism development in the Volta Region will be among her priorities when given the nod.
She said the development and management…
Ghana’s political landscape has hardly been kind to independent candidates in both presidential and parliamentary elections, but this has not dimmed the ambitions of such non-aligned political adventurers.
Across the eight elections o…
North Korea has started sending troops to fight with Russia in Ukraine, South Korea's spy agency has said as Seoul warned of a "grave security threat".
The allegation comes a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he be…
Kenyan President William Ruto chose Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki as his new deputy on Friday, but a court blocked his appointment until it hears a case next week challenging the impeachment of Kindiki's predecessor.
The high court's …
Nana Kwame Bediako, an independent presidential candidate in the December elections, has called on the youth of Asawase to vote massively for him to help implement pragmatic and practical initiatives that will help promote human developmen…
The Central Tongu Constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has sued Mr Dramani Selorm Dzramado, an Independent Parliamentary Candidate for Central Tongu for using NDC's paraphernalia, flags for his campaign.
Mr Brilliant F…
The vice presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has charged voters to reset the country and re-direct its course from stagnation and corruption to jobs, women empowerment and …
The Chairman of the Manifesto Committee on Science and Technology of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Emmanuel Marfo, has called for constitutional reforms to strengthen the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) to guide the c…
Sydney Opera House was lit up with images of past royal tours as King Charles and Queen Camilla touched down in the Australian city on Friday.
The couple arrived on a Royal Australian Air Force aircraft, following a torrential rainsto…
The U.N. envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, has floated the idea of dividing the territory between Morocco and the Polisario front as a solution to the near five-decades-old dispute, according to remarks seen by Reuters.
The lo…
Madam Akosua Frema Osei Opare, Chief of Staff at the Office of the President, has reaffirmed the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) commitment to support female traders by creating a special fund that will offer soft loans without any collateral.…
Dr. Rasheed Draman, Executive Director of the African Center for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA), has expressed concerns about the timing of Speaker Alban Bagbin’s declaration that four parliamentary seats are vacant—a mo…
Members of Parliament from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) side have said they are remaining steadfast in the commitment to upholding the constitution and serving the interests of the Ghanaian people.
In a statement reacting to the Speake…
The Chancellor of the Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences at the Vatican, Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the two major presidential candidates to commit to a…
Israeli troops had for more than a year hunted the leader of Hamas, who disappeared in Gaza soon after masterminding the 7 October attacks.
Yahya Sinwar, 61, was said to have spent much of his time hiding in the tunnels under the Stri…
Kenyan senators have voted to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office despite his failure to testify at his impeachment trial after his lawyer said he had been taken to hospital.
In one of the most dramatic days in Kenya'…
Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Eric Bossman Asare, has announced that the Commission will declare the regional presidential results from all 16 regions before announcing the national results in the upcoming Dec…
John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has described the declaration of four parliamentary seats as vacant by Speaker Alban Bagbin as a sign of the NDC’s impending success in the December 2024 el…
A Senior Campaign Aide to the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, has stated that Ghana needs Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to restore the values of service, sacrifice and selflessness.
That, he said…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Asunafo South, Eric Opoku, has stated that the next NDC government will establish cocoa clinics in all cocoa-growing regional capitals across the country.
He said …
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin’s decision to declare four parliamentary seats vacant has generated widespread debate and uncertainty about a possible shift in Ghana’s parliamentary power dynamics.
On October 17,…
Niger’s military leaders have renamed streets and monuments bearing French names, in the latest move to cut links with the country’s former colonial power.
Avenue Charles de Gaulle in the capital, Niamey, is now Avenue Djibo Bakary in…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has accused India of making a "massive mistake" that Canada could not ignore if Delhi was behind the death of a Sikh separatist leader last year on Canadian soil.
Trudeau made the comments two days after …
The vice presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has urged electorates to put their developmental needs ahead of all other considerations as they go to the polls on December 7, 202…
Harold Atuguba, counsel for Bernard Mornah, a disqualified presidential aspirant on the ticket of the People’s National Convention (PNC) has called on the Electoral Commission (EC) to hold on with the printing of notice of poll and ballo…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for the Amenfi Central Constituency in the Western Region, Joana Gyan Cudjoe, has been disqualified from the 2024 parliamentary election.
The Electoral Commission in a lette…
The vice-presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has pledged that the next NDC government will prioritise girls' education, ensuring that more girls complete their studies.
She …
A fuel tanker exploded overnight in northern Nigeria, killing at least 153 people who rushed to the scene of the accident to collect leaking petrol, officials say.
The fire engulfed the overturned vehicle, which had been cordoned off …
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said the EU could "draw lessons" from a contested Italian policy of processing migrants offshore in Albania, as leaders of the 27 member states hold an EU summit focusing on migratio…
Former Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, has raised concerns about a petition submitted by the Member of Parliament for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu, which is seeking to have four parliamentary seats declared vacant.
…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has given an assurance that it will make available adequate number of ballot papers, known as tactile ballots, to enable the visually impaired to vote without hindrance.
The commission would also ensur…
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential candidate for the upcoming 2024 presidential election, has taken a pioneering step by introducing a personalised AI chatbot.
The chatbot, known as Bawumi…
Going into the future, Ghana should consider a fixed day for the presidential and parliamentary elections in December, instead of the traditional December 7 date, which sometimes conflicts with religious beliefs of some sects, the vice p…
Kenya's parliament has begun the final step to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office just two years after he was elected on a joint ticket with the president.
An overwhelming majority voted in the National Assembly last…
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is under fire after buying a multi-million-dollar cliff-top home amid a national housing crisis.
Albanese made the purchase months out from an election in which the cost of living and housing…
The certified voters register for the December 2024 elections will be ready in the first week of next month, the Electoral Commission (EC) has announced.
The EC also plans to commence the printing of the ballot papers for the elections …
The Caravan Campaign Tour of the Movement for Change has made its presence felt in the Eastern Region as Mrs Patricia Kyerematen, wife of the independent presidential candidate, Alan Kyerematen, led a high-powered delegation to the Zongo c…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is set for a double electoral victory in the December polls by winning the Eastern Region and ensure that Professor Naana Jane Opoku- Agyemang becomes Ghana’s first female Vice-President, Dr Mark Oliv…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commended the chiefs and people of Dagbon for understanding one another to bring lasting peace to the protracted chieftaincy conflict in the Dagbon Kingdom.
He said the reconciliation committee…
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