The Electoral Commission has suspended the printing of presidential ballot papers for Election 2024 following the sudden death of Akua Donkor, the presidential candidate of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP).
The EC has therefore given the G…
In a bold counter-response to questions posed by NDC flagbearer John Dramani Mahama, Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has issued a list of 50 questions challenging Mahama’s leaders…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has requested that the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) nominate a new presidential candidate within 10 days following the passing of flagbearer Madam Akua Donkor.
In light of this development,…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, John Dramani Mahama, has urged the people of Bawku to avoid escalating conflicts in the area.
He urged the chiefs and people of the area to exercise restraint in their de…
Botswana’s governing party - in power for almost six decades - is trying to pull off a trick in Wednesday’s general election by using a phrase normally associated with long-suffering opposition groups.
In its manifesto, the Botswana D…
Global efforts to tackle climate change are wildly off track, says the UN, as new data shows that warming gases are accumulating faster than at any time in human existence.
Current national plans to limit carbon emissions would barely…
The Electoral Commission (EC) is doing everything possible and reasonable to ensure that the country holds another successful general election, a Deputy Chairman of the Commission, Dr Eric Bossman Asare, has said.
He said the Commissi…
Patricia Christabel Kyerematen, wife of presidential candidate Alan Kyerematen, founder and leader of the Movement for Change, has appealed to traders across Ghana, urging them to support her husband in the upcoming ele…
The newly registered Action Alliance Party (AAP) has officially declared its support for Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the upcoming December 2024 General Election.
According to the AAP, its vision aligns with…
More Ghanaians would vote for presidential and parliamentary candidates from the same political party than from different parties popularly known as ‘skirt and blouse’, the 10th Afrobarometer survey has shown.
Per the survey, conduc…
At least 60 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, the Lebanese health ministry said.
Two children were among those killed in strikes which targeted 16 areas in the Baalbek region, officials said…
The Member of Parliament for Zebilla, Cletus Avoka, has accused the government of complicity in the renewed chieftaincy crisis in Bawku.
This escalation of violence follows the resurgence of a long-standing chieftain…
The Electoral Commission has announced a slight revision to the 2024 Ballot Statistics provided to various political parties and printing firms.
This adjustment follows the decisions of the District Registration Review Officers (DRROs),…
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Bagbin, has filed an application asking the Supreme Court to overturn its decision which put on hold the Speaker’s ruling declaring four seats in Parliament vacant.
Again, the Speaker is further …
Former Majority Leader and current Member of Parliament for Suame, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has advised Parliament’s leadership to engage in meaningful dialogue with the Speaker of the House to resolve the recent impasse…
Japanese elections are normally steady and boring affairs - but this snap election was neither.
The dramatic vote follows a political funding corruption scandal that was revealed last year, which implicated senior lawmakers and cabine…
Prominent Kenyan human rights activist Boniface Mwangi has been released without charge after being detained by police on suspicion of inciting violence, his wife told the BBC.
She described on Sunday how six masked individuals forcib…
The NPP’s Vice Presidential Candidate, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has called on nursing students to support the New Patriotic Party (NPP), emphasizing that their votes are crucial to securing key policies like Agenda 11…
The Director of Democracy Project, Dr John Osae-Kwapong, has challenged presidential candidates to treat the problem of youth unemployment with the urgency it deserves.
He said it was undoubtedly clear that Ghanaian youth found themse…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary candidate for the Subin constituency, Kofi Obiri Yeboah, has set an ambitious target for the 2024 elections, pledging to secure 90 percent of the votes in the area.
He made…
The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has described the recent expulsion of four Members of Parliament by Speaker Alban Bagbin as symptomatic of a deepening crisis within Ghana’s…
A senior UN official in Sudan says she is deeply troubled by reports of "atrocious crimes" in the central Gezira state, including the mass killing of civilians by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Clementine Nkweta-Salami's…
Georgia's prime minister has hailed a "landslide" election result, rejecting allegations of vote-rigging and violence.
"Irregularities happen everywhere, in every country," Irakli Kobakhidze of the Georgian Dream party told the BBC's …
Traditional rulers at Keta in the Volta Region have commended the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, for his high moral principles as a leader.
They praised Dr Bawumia for upholding positive …
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has stated that the party and he will win a landslide victory in the constituency in both presidential and parliamentary polls on Decem…
The presidential candidate of Ghana's opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, met with 24 members of the diplomatic corps in Accra on Thursday to discuss the nation’s upcoming general elections and the need for …
For years, Western critics have dismissed Brics as a relatively inconsequential entity.
But this past week, at its annual summit in Russia, the group triumphantly showcased just how far it has come.
Top leaders from 36 countries, a…
Calls for the UK to provide reparations for its historical role in the slave trade have reignited ahead of a meeting of Commonwealth countries on Friday.
While Sir Keir Starmer said reparatory justice would not be on the agenda, Commo…
Beatrice Annan, the spokesperson for John Dramani Mahama’s campaign, has expressed strong confidence in the National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) prospects of winning the December 7 general elections in Ghana.
In an interview on Citi…
The Voters Compass, a groundbreaking initiative by Penplusbytes, has been launched in Accra to improve accountability in governance by systematically tracking political party commitments outlined in their manifestos.
The digital tool wi…
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, has expressed strong confidence in leading his party to victory in the December 7 general elections.
Speaking at a rally in Ketu North in the Vo…
Alhaji Mustapha Ibrahim Ismail, the Deputy Tano North Municipal Chief Imam in the Ahafo Region has advised election stakeholders to cooperate with the Electoral Commission (EC) to conduct credible, peaceful, and successful General Election…
The King has told Commonwealth leaders "none of us can change the past" at a summit in Samoa.
But leaders could commit to learning from history and "finding creative ways to right inequalities that endure," he told the Commonwealth He…
Turkey's foreign minister will travel to Djibouti next week to attend a Turkey-Africa ministerial meeting and discuss improving cooperation between Ankara and the continent, officials from his ministry said.
NATO member Turkey has ramped …
Dr. Hassan Ayariga, the Flagbearer of the All People's Congress (APC), has promised to establish a fair and inclusive system for all Ghanaians if elected in the December 7 election.
He committed to enacting policies that benefit the broad…
The Director of the Democracy Project, Dr John Osae-Kwapong, has stressed the need for Parliament to find common ground and work collaboratively to resolve the current impasse in the House.
yyHe said it was better to resolve their dif…
The clergy must eschew partisan politics and election prophecies to help prevent tension in the country says the Secretary to the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Mrs Lucille Hewlett Annan.
According to her, the pulpit p…
The Second Lady, Mrs Samira Bawumia, on Tuesday appealed to the electorate in Yendi to vote for her husband, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and the parliamentary candidate for Yendi, Alhaji Farouk Aliu Mahama, in the upcoming general elections for …
Two months ago, Kamala Harris was crowned as the Democratic presidential nominee at a jubilant national convention in Chicago.
For thousands of party faithful, she was the electoral saviour, replacing an 81-year-old incumbent who seem…
Mozambique's ruling party, Frelimo, has won the country's divisive, violence-marred election, extending its 49-year grip on power in the southern African nation, according to official results.
Daniel Chapo, Frelimo's relatively unknow…
The Assembly members of the Gomoa East District in the Central Region have appealed to the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, to elevate the district to a municipal status, to help in the expansion of development.
Mr Ge…
Kofi Tontoh, a political aide to Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has expressed his excitement and satisfaction with the warm reception the campaign team received during their tour of the Volta Regi…
The Essikado/Ketan parliamentary seat is expected to be one of the fiercest contests in the 2024 elections in the Western Region.
Undoubtedly, bookmakers are watching with keen interest of the two horse race between key contestants, Ch…
Mr John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has pledged to prioritise the rehabilitation of the road network within the Kpone-Katamanso constituency if elected to office in the upcoming g…
A video purportedly showing popular Cameroonian singer Simon Longkana Agno, widely known as Longue Longue, being tortured has led to widespread outrage in the country.
The artist, renowned for making hits about bad governance, colonia…
Georgians know all about Russia's wars. Several years before Russia invaded Ukraine, its army launched a five-day war in August 2008. The city of Gori was bombed and occupied, and a fierce battle further north in Shindisi left the statio…
Former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyei Agyapong, has hailed Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as a leader of "impeccable integrity," declaring that he is the kind of leader Ghana needs.
Mr. Agyapong, …
The Vice-Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has said the party is committed to ensuring peace before, during and after the 2024 December general election.
He said this was premised on N…
The Paramount Chief of the Likpe Traditional Area, Nana Soglo Alloh IV, has been elected President of the Oti Regional House of Chiefs.
He beat the Krachiwura, Nana Mprah Besemuna III, who was the incumbent and thus the first Preside…
A huge meteorite first discovered in 2014 caused a tsunami bigger than any in known human history and boiled the oceans, scientists have discovered.
The space rock, which was 200 times the size of the one that wiped out the dinosaurs,…
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