Rwanda's President Paul Kagame, feared and admired in equal measure, is seeking to extend his 24-year rule in an election analysts say he will win by a landslide.
He has dominated every election since becoming president in 2000, with …
US President Joe Biden has condemned the assassination attempt on his predecessor Donald Trump in a primetime address from the White House, telling Americans that US politics must never be a "killing field".
Trump, the presumptive Rep…
The 2024 election campaign has a new iconic image: Donald Trump, moments after narrowly avoiding serious injury or death from an assassin’s bullets, standing with his fist raised, lines of blood streaked across his face, an American flag…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appealed to the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church to reconsider its stance on not participating in the elections due to religious observance.
The upcoming general elections are scheduled fo…
The Founder and Leader of Kristo Asafo Mission, Apostle Kwadwo Safo, has urged Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the running mate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), to prioritize peacebuilding and consensus within the party to facilitate victory…
Joyce Bawah Mogtari, spokesperson for the John Mahama Campaign Team, has maintained that a pre-election debate between the NDC flagbearer and Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the NPP flagbearer, is unnecessary.
Despite appeals from political a…
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has stated that a debate must precede the 2024 elections, involving some of the political parties intending to contest.
IEA stresses that such debates are crucial for voters to assess both pre…
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has stated he plans to curb small boat arrivals to the UK by taking tougher measures to "smash" criminal people smuggling gangs.
Mr Starmer's Labour Party has pledged to use investigators and counter-terro…
Nigerian graduate Olotu Olanrewaju is facing a choice between remaining in the country he loves and the possibility of a better life elsewhere.
He adores the culture, food, music and family mentality at home, especially how people loo…
Mr Yaw Boadu Ayeboafo, Chairman of the National Media Commission (NMC), has charged political parties and their candidates to guard against inflammatory language when on radio and television.
He said that was the only way to protect the…
The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, says he has executed many developmental projects in the northern part of the country, especially in Chereponi.
Bawumia questioned Mahama’s track …
Donald Trump met Viktor Orbán in Florida on Thursday night, just weeks after the Hungarian prime minister met Russia's Vladimir Putin.
His visit to Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach is the latest in a number of meetings between the two men.
…
Kenya's under-fire President William Ruto has dismissed with "immediate effect" all his ministers and the attorney-general, following the recent deadly protests that led to the withdrawal of an unpopular tax bill.
The president said t…
A National Liberation Congress (NLC) government will create an environment for the establishment of more banks to fund all sectors of the economy, the Founder and Leader of the party, Stephen Atubiga, has said.
When that was done, he …
Ahead of the December 7, 2024, elections, the Upper East Regional Minister, Alhaji Dr Hafiz Bin Salih, has cautioned the people against preventing candidates from campaigning, especially in the Bawku area.
He said some people were preve…
China's foreign minister Wang Yi has hit back at Nato's "groundless accusations" that Beijing is helping Russia in its war on Ukraine.
He has also warned the Western alliance against stirring up confrontation.
Mr Wang's comments, m…
Authorities in Niger have declared a curfew in the volatile Tillaberi region after several prisoners escaped from a heavily fortified jail known to hold jihadists.
The incident occurred on Thursday at Koutoukale prison located about 5…
The running mate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has apologised for his comments about Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah.
In a brief statement, Dr Opoku Prempeh popularly known as NAPO explained that …
A deputy Volta Regional Women’s Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Cynthia Afeafa Woayor, has stated that access to credit facilities, particularly for women will be a major focus for former President John Dramani Maham…
Burkina Faso's military junta has announced a ban on homosexual acts, making it the latest African state to crack down on same-sex relations despite strong opposition from Western powers.
Homosexuality was frowned upon in the socially…
Joe Biden took to the stage at his Thursday night news conference with everything on the line – his presidency, his re-election hopes, his political life.
If those were the stakes, he barely acknowledged them at the hour-long session …
The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has dared former President and flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, to a live presidential debate to explain their respective visi…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has designated the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources and Member of Parliament for Damongo Constituency, Samuel A. Jinapor, to have Cabinet oversight responsibility over the Energy Ministry.
T…
Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh commonly known as NAPO has resigned as Energy Minister to be able to focus on the New Patriotic Party (NPP) 2024 Elections campaign as a running mate.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has since accepted t…
Rwanda has said it is not required to refund the UK after a multi-million pound migrant deal between the two countries was scrapped.
New UK Prime Minister and Labour Party leader Keir Starmer announced at the weekend that the plan to …
The Israeli military has told all residents of Gaza City to evacuate south to the central Gaza Strip, amid intensified operations in the north.
Leaflets dropped by aircraft instruct "everyone in Gaza City" to leave what is described a…
Samsung bounded into a new wearables segment Wednesday with the Galaxy Ring, an on-the-finger tracker that monitors physical activity, heartrate, sleep and other health indicators. The electronics giant also introduced the Galaxy Watch7, t…
Four individuals seeking to replace Manhyia South Member of Parliament as the New Patriotic Party’s Parliamentary Candidate for the 2024 elections in the Constituency have been cleared to contest the upcoming internal e…
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has slammed Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the running mate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), for drawing comparisons between President Akufo-Addo’s achievements and those of the late President Dr. Kwame…
The flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has resumed his campaign tour and started from the North East Region on Wednesday with an appeal to the electorate to critically examine the policies and initiatives imp…
A Ugandan court has sentenced a 24-year-old man to six years in prison for insulting the president and the first family through his video posted on TikTok.
Edward Awebwa was charged with hate speech and spreading "misleading and malic…
The most devastating argument against Joe Biden’s re-election bid may have come not from a politician or a pundit, but from a film star.
But George Clooney, with his stinging New York Times opinion piece, isn’t the only one speaking o…
Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the running mate of NPP flagbearer Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has justified his comments that no President since Independence surpasses the achievements of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
During his introd…
Parliament has approved the nominations of Herbert Krapah as the Minister of State for the Energy Ministry and Kofi Ahenkorah Marfo as the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry.
However, the approval was one-sided as…
Uganda is backing M23 rebels fighting across its border in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, UN experts say, warning that a rapidly escalating crisis “carried the risk of triggering a wider regional conflict”.
The well-armed M23 i…
Women’s representation in the African Parliament has increased by one percentage point, from 24% in 2021 to 25% in 2024, as revealed in the Topline findings of The Women in Political Participation Barometer (WPP).
During the same …
Russia has promised an early release of all Indian citizens fighting in its army, India’s foreign ministry has said.
The announcement came at the end of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Moscow, during which he raised the…
The Majority Caucus in Parliament has stated that the Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, committed no illegality when she wrote a letter to the President requesting more Justices at the Supreme Court to handle the numerous c…
Former President and flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, says he will support any Bill that seeks to improve the free senior high school (SHS) policy, stressing that the free SHS policy has come to…
The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr Mahamudu Bawumia will begin the second phase of his nationwide campaign towards the 2024 General Elections on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, with a visit to Nayiri’s Palace in Nalerigu to s…
The Minority caucus in Parliament has notified the Ghana Police Service of its intention to protest to demand the resignation of the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr. Ernest Addison and his two deputies from off…
A young Tanzanian portrait artist who was convicted last week of cybercrimes has been released from prison after social media users raised more than $2,000 (£1,600) to pay his fine.
Shadrack Chaula was ordered by a court to pay the fi…
US President Joe Biden has pledged to provide Ukraine with five new strategic air defence systems to counter relentless Russian attacks, in a forceful speech welcoming Nato leaders to Washington DC.
In brief but strongly delivered rem…
The Member of Parliament for Ellembelle, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has criticised the running mate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh for comparing President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s achievements to that o…
The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has advised his grandson, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh to work in such a way that will not let the New Patriotic Party (NPP) regret in his selection as a running mate.
He said his nomination as the runnin…
Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the running mate of the New Patriotic Party’s flagbearer Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has claimed that no president, including Ghana's first President Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, has developed the nation as extensively as the …
At a carnival atmosphere in Kumasi, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) upped the campaign stakes with a rally attended by thousands of supporters at the unveiling of Manhyia South Constituency Member of Parliament (MP), Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh…
On Saturday afternoon, US Vice-President Kamala Harris sat on stage at a black cultural festival in New Orleans, talking about her life story and what she felt she had achieved in the White House.
It was the kind of event that the fir…
Liberia's President Joseph Boakai has announced that he will slash his salary by 40%.
His office said he hoped to set a precedent for "responsible governance" and demonstrate "solidarity" with Liberians.
Government salaries have be…
The Missionary Supervisor of the Western West Africa Episcopal District of the AME Zion Church, Cynthia Serwaa Dogbe, has stated that it is the civic responsibility to God and country for Ghanaians to turn out in their numbers to vote in t…
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