Joseph Ade Coker, former Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has credited the party’s landslide victory in the 2024 general elections to the tireless efforts of President John Dram…
Protests have broken out once again in Mozambique after the country's highest court confirmed that the ruling party candidate, Daniel Chapo, won October's disputed presidential election.
Deadly protests erupted when the preliminary re…
An explosion at an ammunition and explosives factory in north-west Turkey has killed at least 12 people and injured four others.
The blast happened at 08:25 local time (05:25 GMT) in the capsule production section, the governor of the…
Nandaya Yaw Stanley, the Member of Parliament-elect for Wulensi, has clarified that his decision to run as an independent candidate did not mean he forfeited his allegiance to the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
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The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has justified its decision to re-collate election results in nine constituencies after their initial declaration, emphasizing that the practice is not unprecedented in the…
Cyclone Chido has killed 94 people in Mozambique since it made landfall in the east African country last week, local authorities have said.
The country's National Institute of Risk and Disaster Management (INGD) said 768 people were i…
The Saudi authorities, I am told, are currently working flat out to collate everything they have on the Magdeburg market suspect, Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, and to share it with Germany's ongoing investigation "in every way possible".
Insi…
President-elect John Dramani Mahama is concerned about the funding crisis currently affecting Ghana’s education sector, from basic schools to tertiary institutions.
Speaking during an engagement with key stakeholders in the educatio…
The management of the University of Ghana (UG), led by Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, last Friday paid a courtesy call on the President-elect, John Dramani Mahama, to congratulate him on his victory in the December 7 el…
A democracy fellow at the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Dr John Osae-Kwapong, has called for specific guidelines on how to invalidate a declaration of elections and consistently apply it to all cases.
“The situa…
The incoming Vice-President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, could deliver the temporary budget statement in Parliament upon the assumption of office by the National Democratic Congress administration on January 7, 2025, the party’s…
The Seventh Meeting of the Fourth Session of the Eighth Parliament has been adjourned to January 2, 2025, with the House stopping short of approving the GH¢68.13 million Expenditure in Advance of Appropriation to cater for public sector wo…
The number of dead from a crowd crush in the south-east town of Okija in Nigeria has risen to 22, police say.
It is the third case this week of people being crushed to death at events where free food was being distributed.
The fata…
President-elect Donald Trump has demanded Panama reduce fees on the Panama Canal or return it to US control, accusing the central American country of charging "exorbitant prices" to American shipping and naval vessels.
"The fees being…
The Deputy Director of Research at the Electoral Commission (EC), Fred Tetteh, has attributed the circumstances that led to the re-collation of some parliamentary results to widespread lawlessness from political partie…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has rejected the re-collated election results, accusing the Electoral Commission (EC) of manipulating the process.
The party claims that the results were declared under dubious and unlawful circums…
The Dome Kwabenya branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has provided an explanation for the events that led to the suspension of the collation of results at the regional collation centre on Saturday, December 21.
T…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the Ghana Police Service to reassess its protocols to address and mitigate prolonged post-electoral violence.
In the aftermath of the 2024 general elections, there were…
Malawi's government is demanding the astonishing sum of $309bn (£245bn) in unpaid taxes and royalties from a US-based gemstone company for rubies exported from the southern African state over the last 10 years, its attorney-general has t…
Poland has accused Hungary of acting in a hostile manner by granting political asylum to a former Polish deputy justice minister accused of defrauding the state.
Marcin Romanowski, 48, is facing 11 charges in Poland, including defraud…
The Western Nzema Youth League (WNYL), a youth group, has lauded the President-elect John Dramani Mahama for constituting a preliminary team to champion an anti-corruption drive in his next government.
The five-member team is part of a …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed optimism that history will favourably judge his tenure as he approaches the end of his presidency on January 7, 2025.
Speaking at the launch of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana's B…
A pressure group belonging to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called for the dissolution of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party, following the party's defeat in the 2024 general election.
"The defeat of the NPP in the …
The Coalition of Parents of Students in Private Institutions (COPOSIPI) has congratulated Mr John Dramani Mahama on his election as the President of the Republic of Ghana and wished him success in his tenure.
The Association has also co…
US diplomats are in the Syrian capital Damascus where they plan to meet representatives from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the group now in charge but which Washington still designates as a terrorist organisation.
The visit follows thos…
Thirty-five children have been killed in a crush at a Christmas funfair in the south-west Nigerian city of Ibadan, with six others hospitalised, the police say.
The organisers had promised to give cash handouts and also food but so ma…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has called on Ghanaians to support its efforts in conducting credible and transparent elections amidst ongoing disputes over the re-collation and declaration of some parliamentary results.
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The Independent parliamentary candidate (IPC) for Sunyani East constituency of the Bono Region in the just-ended 2024 general elections, Mr Ransford Antwi, has congratulated the MP-elect, Mubarak Seid, on winning the constituency seat.
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French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to Gisèle Pelicot for the strength she showed in the mass rape trial of her husband and 50 other men.
Describing her as a trailblazer for women, he said her "dignity and courage moved …
In a decisive ruling by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the arbitral tribunal has dismissed the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) latest jurisdictional objections, marking a major procedural victory for Centurion La…
Kenyan business student Nelson Amenya has been hailed as a hero by those campaigning for greater transparency in the deals his government makes with private firms.
Recent Kenyan history is littered with stories of huge contracts that …
The President-elect, Mr John Mahama, has explained that the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) initiative is not a witch hunt but rather an initiative that calls for concerted effort to tackle corruption.
He said it was designed to ga…
A security analyst, Professor Kwesi Aning, has praised the Electoral Commission (EC) for suspending the re-collation of parliamentary results for nine constituencies, citing procedural breaches and threats to its staff.…
The Minority in Parliament has described the decision by the Electoral Commission (EC) not to uphold the parliamentary election results of nine constituencies as a “contemptuous breach” of the Constitution and regulation of Public Election…
Malaria has been identified as the likeliest cause of an illness that has killed more than 80 people in south-western Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa's main health agency said.
Victims of the previously unknown disease had been s…
A funny thing happened on the way to a bipartisan agreement to fund US government operations and avoid a partial shutdown this week.
Conservatives in Congress – encouraged by tech multi-billionaire Elon Musk – balked.
Republicans t…
Dr. Clement Apaak, Member of Parliament for Builsa South, has accused the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government of using the 2025 mini-budget as a bargaining tool to pressure the Minority to support its proposals.
His…
The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has announced its decision not to uphold the parliamentary election results declared in nine constituencies following the December 7, 2024, general elections.
The affected constituencies are Nsaw…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Russia should have launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine earlier and been better prepared for the war.
In his end-of-year press conference on Thursday, Putin said, with hindsight, there sh…
The chairman of the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) team, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has announced the establishment of toll-free hotlines, emails, and online platforms to allow whistleblowers to report corruption anonymously.
This is ai…
The Chairman of the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) team, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has revealed that President-elect John Dramani Mahama is committed to reducing his presidential powers as part of a broad strategy to combat corruption.
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A court in Guinea has sentenced a former highly influential defence minister to five years in prison for corruption, illicit enrichment, embezzlement and money laundering.
Mohamed Diané served as defence minister between 2015 and 2021…
At least 100 North Korean soldiers have been killed in fighting in the Ukraine war since entering combat on the Russian side earlier this month, a South Korean MP has said.
Lee Sung-kwon, speaking to reporters after parliament was bri…
The incoming government’s transition team claims that despite an agreement that last-minute recruitments and payments must be addressed by the joint transition team, the government continues to undertake such activities without recourse …
Members of Parliament will meet on January 5, 2025, to elect the Speaker of the Ninth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.
Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, Speaker, said the Presidential Transition Act made provision for the elec…
The Apostolic Fathers, a group of renowned Christian leaders, led by the Founder of Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, has presented a nine-point proposal for national development to the President-elect, John…
Former Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko, a stalwart of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has urged the party to implement meaningful reforms to prevent it from being dominated by a single individual.
In a statement issued on December 18, 2…
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has suggested that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) faced a significant communication challenge during the December 7 presidential election due to the National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) dominance in key…
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has urged a constitutional review to address the growing issue of political financing in Ghana.
This comes in the wake of claims by Dr Dickson Adomako Kissi, the M…
The embattled speaker of Liberia's House of Representatives has been questioned by the police after a huge fire at the West African nation's legislature.
Residents of the capital Monrovia woke up on Wednesday morning to see thick blac…
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