President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appealed to the chiefs and people of Sene East to change their one-way style of voting and and vote for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the December polls arguing that, to him, he has not seen any…
Mr Anthony Anamoo, the Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has charged the party’s campaign teams to decentralize their efforts to the grassroots to better educate the electorates about the vision of the party tow…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s election as Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a confirmation of his stellar leadership experienced everyday in Ghana, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia said on Tu…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Tuesday began a six-day working visit to the Bono East, Bono and Ahafo Regions.
He started the tour from Basa in the Sene East constituency of the Bono East Region with a call on the Basamanhene, an…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Atwima Nwabiagya North, Madam Gertrude Nartey, says she would work to build a Gari processing factory for the people if given the nod.
She would also work to seek suppor…
Nana Osore Krunku III, the Acting President and Kyidomhene of Nkomi Traditional Area in the Sene East District of the Bono East Region, says the Chiefs and people of his Traditional Area are confident that the people of Ghana will give Pre…
The Sekyere Kumawu District Assembly is prioritizing tourism development and promotion as well as investment in the Planting for Exports and Rural Development (PERD) to boost socio-economic development of the area.
Mr Samuel Addai Agyek…
Kenya's government is to release new guidelines on burial protocol for Covid-19 victims this week, after health ministry officials observed that bodies of people who died from coronavirus do not transmit the virus.
Chief Administrative …
Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, the Deputy Campaign Manager of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), says the Party has superior track records in fulfilling campaign manifesto promises as against the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Party.
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A London court has granted Nigeria more time to appeal against a nearly $10bn (£7.5bn) fine in a case with a UK-based company in relation to a major botched project to develop a gas processing plant.
Nigeria had sought permission to app…
The military junta that ousted Mali's president has been given until 15 September to appoint a civilian leader to lead the transition.
Leaders from the West African bloc, Ecowas, said the proposed civilian president and prime minister w…
China is considering setting up military bases in four African countries, according to a report by the US Department of Defense.
Kenya, Seychelles, Tanzania and Angola were mentioned among a dozen other countries where China is consider…
Zambia is mourning the death of a giant pond fish at one of country’s biggest public universities, the Copperbelt University (CBU).
The fish - affectionately known as Mafishi - has been mourned by political adversaries President Edgar L…
Doctors in Nigeria's state-run hospitals have embarked on a strike to demand a pay rise, better welfare and adequate facilities.
The strike by the National Association of Resident Doctors (Nard) is the latest in a string of strikes by m…
Donald Trump behaves like a mobster and has "a low opinion of all black people", according to the US president's former lawyer Michael Cohen.
The allegations come from Cohen's new book, Disloyal: A Memoir, written during his jail term f…
South Africa has dropped to seventh among countries with the highest number of coronavirus cases globally as new cases continue to reduce, official data shows.
The US, India, Brazil, Russia, Peru and Columbia are the top six nations in …
The fallout between President Kenyatta and his deputy has caused division in the ruling party.
A Kenyan MP was arrested on Monday evening for remarks made against President Uhuru Kenyatta over the weekend, according to local media.
Joh…
Donald Trump and Joe Biden have been trading insults over each other's position on a vaccine for Covid-19.
President Trump again hinted that a vaccine might be available before the November presidential election and accused his Democrat…
A "sharp rise" in coronavirus cases in recent days in the UK is "concerning", Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said.
He told MPs that the increase had been across the whole country rather than in localised "hotspots", but there was "no…
Australia says it will secure almost 85 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine if two promising trials prove successful.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the country had struck two deals that would allow free doses to be rolled out in…
The National Executive Committee of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), on Monday unanimously approved the “People’s Manifesto” at a meeting held in Accra, following a presentation by the Party’s Manifesto Committee.
A statement iss…
A leading opposition figure in Belarus has gone missing, shortly after witnesses said she was bundled by masked men into a minibus in Minsk.
Maria Kolesnikova's whereabouts are unknown. Police have denied detaining her, the Interfax news …
The 2020 Manifesto of the National Democratic Congress, NDC, dubbed the People’s Manifesto, will address Ghana’s under-development challenges once and for all, says Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, General Secretary of the party.
He says the peo…
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Doctors at one of the largest private COVID-19 facilities in the Indian capital say they are exhausted and facing staff shortages after nearly six months of relentless work.
India’s total cases of the novel coronav…
Mr Justice Eric Baah, a Ho Supervising High Court Judge has appealed to traditional leaders to equip themselves with the judicial procedures to enable them properly adjudicate cases brought before them.
He said arbitration by chiefs hel…
A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bono Region, Mr. Yaw Dabie Appiah-Mensah has commended the First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo for the excellent manner she has supported the President in finding solutions to proble…
The Deputy Campaign Manager of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Abdul Mustapha Hamid has advised Ghanaians to choose who becomes their next president in the upcoming December presidential polls based on the candidate's track record…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union aims to impose economic sanctions on 31 senior Belarus officials including the country’s interior minister by mid-September, three EU diplomats said, in response to an Aug. 9 election that the West s…
Mr Peter Ayamga Ayinbisa, the 2020 Parliamentary Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the Bongo Constituency in the Upper East Region is poised to snatch the Bongo Seat from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the NPP for …
The Electoral Commission has announced that it will undertake the Exhibition of the Provisional Voters Register nationwide from September 18 to 25.
A video advertisement produced by the Commission cited by the Ghana News Agency encourag…
The Overlord of Kpembe Traditional Area, Kpembe Wura Daari Haruna Bismark says the people of Savannah Region cannot thank President Akufo-Addo enough for making their dreams of having a region a reality.
The Kpembe Traditional Area fall…
Mr John Dramani Mahama, Flagbearer, National Democratic Congress (NDC), has appealed to Ghanaians to vote the Party back to power for sustainable growth and prosperity for all.
Speaking ahead of the Party’s Manifesto launch on Monday…
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says this year's election will be contested based on track records and competencies, not on ethnocentric comments that divide the people.
He, therefore, condemned former President Mahama for endorsing…
Senegal's President Macky Sall has launched an emergency aid plan after a seven-hour downpour caused widespread flooding.
The water minister said there had been more rain in a single day than the total amount that usually falls during t…
Delegates of Libya's rival administrations have met for talks in Morocco two weeks after the two sides declared a ceasefire.
Five delegates each met from the UN- recognised government in Tripoli and the rival parliament based in the eas…
India has recorded more than 90,000 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, taking its total above that of Brazil.
The country now has the second-largest number of confirmed cases in the world, 4,204,613. It has reported 71,642 deat…
In our series of letters from African journalists, Waihiga Mwaura looks at what has changed in Kenya 10 years after it adopted a new constitution intended to reform how the country was governed and reduce ethnic tensions.
There are many…
Uganda's Labour Minister, Mwesigwa Rukutana, is expected to appear in court on Monday after he was arrested over the weekend over a shooting incident.
The minister allegedly shot at his opponent's supporters after he lost the primaries …
The authorities in Ethiopia have launched a mobile service which allows people to receive their coronavirus test results through an SMS.
The results will be available three hours after one is tested, the Ethiopian Public Health Institut…
Tensions are rising between Delhi and Beijing amid reports that Chinese troops kidnapped five Indian civilians in a border state last week.
The allegation was first tweeted on 5 September by an Indian lawmaker from Arunachal Pradesh sta…
Hundreds of people have been arrested in Belarus following a fourth consecutive weekend of protests against President Alexander Lukashenko.
At least 633 people were detained during the unrest, the interior ministry said on Monday.
Thousa…
Brazil’s health ministry has said that the country has now surpassed more than four million cases of Covid-19. The total number of deaths in the country from the virus is now more than 120,000 but there are signs that the spread of the vir…
Only five of India's states are responsible for more than half the country's Covid-19 caseload - 4.2 million confirmed cases and counting.
After overtaking Brazil earlier today, India now has the world's second-highest tally.
The fiv…
The flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr John Dramani Mahama, has said the 2020 manifesto of the party, which will be launched today, will provide a path to turn Ghana into an advanced nation as soon as possible.
Pr…
The Tema East Constituency branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has vowed to retain the seat with at least 60,000 votes in the December 7th general elections.
Mr Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, MP and Parliamentary Candidate for the…
Mr Kofi Dzamesi, Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Thursday, inaugurated a reconstituted Volta Regional House of Chiefs.
The reconstitution was made necessary by the passage of 2020 LI 2409 in July, which paved the way for…
President Alassane Ouattara has been nominated by the ruling party for a third term.
French President Emmanuel Macron will on Friday meet his Ivory Coast counterpart Alassane Ouattara in Paris, the AFP agency reports quoting a source in…
President Trump has mocked his presidential rival Joe Biden for wearing a face mask so often and letting it hang off his ear when he gives speeches.
Speaking to his supporters - few of whom were wearing masks - at a campaign rally in Pe…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has promised that the next government of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will upgrade the Wa Municipality unto a Metropolis.
This according to him will facilitate the speedy development of Wa …
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia says government is in discussion with the University of Development Studies (UDS) to set up a satellite campus in Yendi.
In addition, he announced plans to convert the Pong Tamale Veterinary College into …