A senior Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr. Kwame Asah-Asante, has proposed that Energy Minister Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh is the most suitable choice for Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s running mate.
Dr. …
Pakistan's recent elections were supposed to bring in a period of stability, badly needed to deal with crippling inflation and bitter political divides in the country, writes author and journalist Mohammed Hanif.
Instead, t…
The alleged gang rape of a tourist with Brazilian-Spanish dual nationality in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand has led to outrage.
The 28-year-old woman and her husband, who were on a motorbike tour, had stopped for the…
The secretariat of the East African Community (EAC) regional bloc has dismissed a post on X, formerly Twitter, which claimed that the bloc's member countries have launched a common regional currency.
The post had been shared on Sunday b…
Sudan's military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan says Sudan will only consider the African Union’s proposal to end the conflict if the continental bloc reinstates its full membership.
The AU suspended Sudan following the military takeover…
The government's attempts to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda will be voted on by the House of Lords later.
There will be votes this afternoon and this evening, and again on Wednesday - almost two years after ministers fir…
Rev. Dr. Eric Adu-Gyamfi, Chairman of the National Peace Council, has clarified that his outfit serves as a mediator and remains impartial on matters concerning the anti-LGBTQ+ bill.
Rev. Dr. Adu-Gyamfi stated that they have not taken a…
The next National Democratic Congress (NDC) government will decentralise the implementation of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programme into all senior high schools, the leader of the NDC, John Dramani Mahama, …
The leadership of the Abossey Okai Spare Parts Dealers Association has endorsed independent presidential candidate, Alan Kyerematen’s commitment to introduce a fixed rate on import duties.
Mr. Kyerematen has pledged to implement this in…
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has raised concerns about the challenges faced by the House due to events held at the forecourt of the State House.
He emphasized that several of these occasions present security threats to lawma…
Hundreds of protesters in the Senegalese capital Dakar have called for elections to be held before the end of President Macky Sall's term on 2 April.
Mr Sall sparked huge protests when he postponed last month's elections and failed to …
The government of Haiti declared a 72-hour state of emergency on Sunday after armed gangs stormed a major Port-au-Prince prison. At least 12 people were killed and about 3,700 inmates escaped in the jailbreak.
Gang leaders …
Donald Trump supporters have been creating and sharing AI-generated fake images of black voters to encourage African Americans to vote Republican.
BBC Panorama discovered dozens of deepfakes portraying black people as suppor…
US Vice-President Kamala Harris says people in Gaza "are starving" and has urged Israel to "significantly increase the flow of aid" there.
She said "there must be an immediate ceasefire for at least the next six weeks", whic…
The Ranking Member of Parliament’s Finance Committee, Isaac Adongo has outlined the National Democratic Congress (NDC) commitment to implementing an advanced digitalization system for Ghana if elected, surpassing current effor…
The Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly (KoKMA) has been awarded the Best Performing Assembly at the second edition of the National District Awards.
The assembly, located in the Greater Accra geographical space, received the honour based…
The Electoral Commission (EC) will receive nominations of candidates for this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections from September 9 to 13 in a major countdown to the climax of the political season.
This will be followed by th…
The UK will pay at least £370m to Rwanda as part of its plan to relocate asylum seekers there, the government's spending watchdog has revealed.
Up to £150,000 will also be paid for each person sent to the east African country o…
Minority Members of Parliament have called on the leadership of the House to summon the Minister of Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempreh, to provide an update on steps the government has taken to resolve the recent power cuts.
The Member …
The Vice President and Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has shared an extensive list of achievements chalked up by the NPP Government in Zongo communities over the past seven years.
Dr. Bawumia made t…
The Director of Elections and IT of the National Democratic Congress, Dr Edward Kofi Omane Boamah, in an open letter to the Electoral Commission, has raised concerns regarding the perceived delays in preparations for the upcoming December …
Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema has declared a national disaster to tackle the prolonged drought affecting the country.
Addressing the nation on Thursday afternoon, Mr Hichilema said 84 districts out of a total of 116 were affecte…
A former career US diplomat who had served as the US ambassador to Bolivia has pleaded guilty to working as an agent of Cuba for more than 40 years.
Victor Manuel Rocha, 73, was charged with secretly passing information to …
Isaac Adongo, the Ranking Member on the Finance Committee in Parliament and the Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, has criticized the analogy used by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, referring to it as born out of an inferior…
The spokesperson for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) delegates in the La Dade-Kotopon constituency, John Danso, has issued a stern warning to the party against imposing a Parliamentary Candidate on the constituency for the upcoming 2024 gene…
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the now-defunct UT Bank and UT Holdings, Prince Kofi Amoabeng, has announced his intention to throw his support behind John Dramani Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the upcoming 2024…
A military court in Somalia has sentenced six Islamic State fighters from Morocco to death.
The men will be executed by a firing squad if their appeal, which they have one month to file, is unsuccessful.
"They cam…
Several countries have joined the UN in calling for an investigation into the deaths of more than 100 Palestinians during an aid delivery in Gaza.
At least 117 people were killed and more than 760 injured on Thursday as the…
Moses Foh-Amoaning, the Executive Secretary for the National Coalition for Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, believes that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will sign the recently passed anti-LGBTQ+ Bill.
On February 28, 2…
If countries can be said to go in and out of fashion, then Vietnam is certainly having its moment in the spotlight.
Once better known for sitting quietly in the strategic shadows, its leaders almost unknown to the rest of th…
Voting is under way in Iran as the country holds its first elections since the 2022 anti-government protests.
Friday's elections are seen as a crucial test of legitimacy and national support for Iran's leadership - but a low…
A leading critic of Chad's military leader, Mahamat Déby, has been killed in a shootout with security forces, officials say.
Yaya Dillo's death comes after the government blamed him for a deadly attack on the country's secur…
At least 112 Palestinians are said to have been killed and 760 injured trying to get desperately needed aid in Gaza.
Crowds descended on a convoy of lorries on the coastal road south-west of Gaza City, in the presence of Isr…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle in the Greater Accra Region, Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has described the Fourth Republic as resilient.
She said the several transitions of power from one…
The Board Chair for the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) Ghana, Professor Audrey Gadzekpo, says activists who are against the passing of the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021, popularly kn…
The Minority caucus in Parliament has urged the government to release a timetable for the ongoing load shedding (Dumsor) to allow people to plan their lives accordingly.
It expressed dissatisfaction with the government's continuous deni…
The flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has kept faith with Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang as his running mate for the 2024 presidential election.
Although Mr Mahama has scheduled to offici…
A rapidly spreading Texas wildfire has killed one person, forced residents to evacuate, cut off power to homes and businesses, and briefly paused operations at a nuclear facility.
It has burned 1.1 million acres north of th…
More than 30,000 Palestinians have now been killed in Gaza since 7 October, the Hamas-run health ministry says.
That number equates to about 1.3% of the 2.3 million population of the territory - the latest grim marker of th…
Nigeria has imposed a mandatory annual levy for organisations employing expatriate workers, requiring them to pay $15,000 (£12,000) for a director and $10,000 for other employees.
The move is meant to encourage foreign compa…
During the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, value-added tax (VAT) will be removed from Zanzibar's imported sugar in an effort to make life more affordable.
Traders are also being told by the president "there is no excuse" to hike their foo…
The Vice-President and flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has called for unity within the party and urged every member to play a part in the party’s quest to win this year’s general election.
He said th…
The flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has criticized the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) for its failure to supply textbooks to students, years after revising the curriculum for basic…
Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry, Stephen Amoah, says President Akufo-Addo’s State of the Nation Address has brought hope to Ghanaians.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo delivered his penultimate address on Tuesday, February 2…
The Chief Executive of the Tema Metropolitan Assembly, Yohane Armah Ashitey, has recounted the factors that contributed to the New Patriotic Party’s defeat in the Tema East constituency during the 2020 general elections.
According to Ar…
Heavy gunfire has been heard in Chad's capital N'Djamena following a deadly attack on the headquarters of the National Security Agency (ANSE).
Several people were killed in Wednesday's attack, the government said - blaming …
The United States has said it is “deeply troubled” by the passing in Ghana of a stringent anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, which it says threatens constitutional freedoms.
“The bill would also undermine Ghana’s valuable public health, media and…
France's upper house of parliament, the Senate, has voted overwhelmingly to enshrine women's right to abortion in the constitution.
The proposal, approved earlier by the lower house, the National Assembly, was backed by 267 …
Joe Biden and Donald Trump will both travel to the US-Mexico border on Thursday, locked in a high-stakes political duel on an issue that could ultimately decide the US presidential election.
That border was crossed last year…
The flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama, has accused the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) of double standards in the ongoing debate over the review of the Free Senior High School Policy.
The…