US President Joe Biden has told Americans in a televised address that he decided to end his faltering re-election campaign in a bid to save US democracy.
Mr Biden, 81, said he felt his record as president "merited a second term" but t…
The flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has appealed to the electorate, particularly those from the northern part of the country to help him make history by electing him as the next President of Ghana.
He…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Korle Klottey, Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has stated that the NDC has huge responsibility of rescuing the country from the mess of the current administration.
She has, …
The Minority caucus in Parliament has invited Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to participate in the 2024 mid-year budget review debate.
According to the Minority, the invitation to the Vice President is due to his role as the Cha…
Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy has arrived in India for talks with ministers and business leaders.
The visit is being billed as an attempt to reset Britain's relationship with the country and the Global South.
Mr Lammy has…
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has urged young people not to join nationwide cost-of-living protests planned for next week, saying they are the work of “sinister” people “capitalising” on the country’s economic woes.
Organisers are s…
Former President John Dramani Mahama was enskinned as Chief of Peace with the title Chief of Suhudoorana by the Chief of Walewale in the North-East Region of Ghana last Monday.
The brief enskinment ceremony took place at Duuraana’s Pa…
A Ranking Member on Parliament’s Finance Committee, Isaac Adongo has stated that the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama would not debate the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (…
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has unveiled its schedule for the upcoming internal elections.
The election process is set to kick off on July 24 and wrap up on August 24, 2024.
In a press conference held at the party’s headq…
US Vice-President Kamala Harris has gone on the offensive against Donald Trump in the first rally of her White House campaign, portraying November’s election as a choice between a former prosecutor and a convicted felon.
Speaking to a…
Rescue teams have so far retrieved the bodies of 229 people killed in two landslides in southern Ethiopia, a local official has told the BBC.
The landslides occurred on Sunday evening and Monday morning, after heavy rains in a remote …
The Minority Leader, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has said that the government missed a fine opportunity to abolish taxes such as e-levy, which has suffocated Ghanaians in recent times.
Dr Forson indicated that Ghanaians expected taxes such …
Minority Leader Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has criticised the 2024 mid-year budget, describing it as uninspiring and hopeless.
On Tuesday, July 23, Finance Minister Mohammed Amin Adam presented the 2024 mid-year budget re…
The Minister of Finance, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, has announced that the government plans to reintroduce road and bridge tolls in 2025.
The announcement came during the presentation of the 2024 mid-year fiscal policy review in Parliamen…
The European Union's foreign policy chief, Josep Borell, has stripped Hungary of the right to host the next meeting of foreign and defence ministers over its stance on the war in Ukraine.
It comes weeks after Hungary assumed the rotat…
Kenyan officials have appealed for help to find containers of a highly toxic chemical that were looted from an overturned lorry near the capital city, Nairobi.
Sodium cyanide is dangerous and can kill if swallowed or inhaled even in s…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has stated that a vote for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on December 7 is a vote for the third term of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
He, has therefore, urged Ghanaians to vote Mahama as P…
The flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2024 elections, John Mahama, has described the banking sectors clean-up undertaken by the government as hasty.
He said that decision affected indigenous capital in the …
The running mate of the flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2024 elections, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has urged party executive to reach out to the communities to educate the electorate on the sound p…
Uganda's main opposition leader Bobi Wine says security forces in the capital Kampala have besieged the headquarters of his party on the eve of an anti-government demonstration.
Soldiers and police had turned the offices of the Nation…
Vice-President Kamala Harris has secured the support of a majority of Democratic delegates to become the party's nominee for president.
A survey by the Associated Press on Monday evening said she had received the endorsement of more t…
The Member of Parliament for Asawase in Kumasi, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka says the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was targeting to win at least 32 per cent of votes in the Ashanti Region in the December polls.
He said the NDC's worst…
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel A. Jinapor, has assured the Overlord of Gonjaland, Yagbonwura Bii-Kunuto Jewu Soale, and all chiefs in the area that he reveres royalty and will not act in disregard of his traditional …
The Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church has reacted to last week’s appeal by President Akufo-Addo, for members of the church to reconsider their position on voting in this year’s December 7 elections which falls on a Saturday.
According …
Bangladesh's top court has scrapped most of the quotas on government jobs that had sparked violent clashes across the country that have killed more than 100 people.
A third of public sector jobs had been reserved for the relatives of …
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has warned protesters that they will be "playing with fire" if they press ahead with plans to stage an anti-corruption march to parliament on Tuesday.
Young Ugandans have been organising the march on…
Flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama says his administration if elected will establish the National Apprenticeship Scheme to address the rate of unemployment in Ghana.
Speaking at a ma…
After a four-day break from his tour of the northern regions, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, resumes his campaign today, continuing from where he left off.
Dr. Bawumia had returned to Accra for officia…
The Electoral Commission has assured that it is putting measures in place to ensure that the December 7, 2024 polls are free, fair and transparent.
Chairperson of the Commission, Mrs Jean Mensa, told Parliament’s Committee of the Who…
A prayer was held a few months ago in Kano, a very religious city in northern Nigeria.
It was organised to pray for the success of a huge new Nigerian oil refinery that next month is due to start producing petrol for the first time.
…
President Joe Biden surprised American voters on Sunday when he announced he would drop out of the race for president after weeks of resisting calls to step down.
Though he will carry out the rest of his presidency, he has endorsed Vi…
Former President and flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama, is begging President Akufo-Addo and his government to pay the arrears of the trainees under the Nation Builders Corps (NABCo).
Explain…
Member of Parliament for Anyaa-Sowutuom, Dr. Dickson Adomako Kissi, has suggested that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) can win the presidency with Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as flagbearer but lose seats in Parliament.
This c…
Mr George Sarpong, Executive Secretary, National Media Commission (NMC), has asked the citizenry to desist from using intemperate language and hate speech ahead of the December polls.
He said that had become necessary because those nega…
The Progressive Peoples Party (CPP), New Vision Movement (NVM) and eleven other smaller groups have united to contest the 2024 elections.
The group intends to present one Presidential Candidate and common parliamentary aspirants at the …
The position of the Electoral Commission of Ghana has always been that elections are determined at the polling station. Over the years, the electoral system and processes have been improved and enhanced.
Every stakeholder familiar wi…
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has called for enhanced collaboration between the Executive arm of government and Parliament to promote the introduction of private members’ bills.
The introduction of the priv…
A new study has revealed that the informal workforce which constitute 83 per cent of Accra’s workforce and 89 per cent of the national workforce, are severely affected by inflation and the high cost of living.
The study conducted by Wo…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is to launch its campaign for the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections next month, the flag bearer of the party, John Dramani Mahama, has said.
He said after the launch of the campaign in…
The National Peace Council (NPC) has encouraged all state institutions in charge of maintaining the peace in the country to be resilient in standing against hate speech and other toxic narratives that are capable of fomenting polarisatio…
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has smashed his own record by winning Monday's elections with more than 99% of the vote, full provisional results show.
The 66-year-old won the 2017 election with 98.63% of the vote, higher than the 93% …
Former Auditor General, Daniel Yao Domelevo has cautioned government officials to refrain from interfering with the work of the Office of the Special Prosecutor.
Instead, Mr Domelevo wants the president to back the OSP and deliver o…
Mustapha Gbande, the Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has assured that the party will promptly address a petition submitted by over 40 constituency women organisers to the party’s Functional Executive…
The 'in-fighting' between members of the People's National Convention (PNC) political party, has taken a new twist, following the formation of a new political party, the People's National Party (PNP).
Both political parties have ideolo…
• Reports of IT outages are coming in from around the world
• Airlines, broadcasters and banks are affected - including Sky News in the UK, which is off-air
• Multiple airports in the UK and across the world are reporting delays…
Seven people have died, including three young children and a teenager, in a fire that broke out in the early hours of Thursday in the southern French city of Nice.
The local prosecutor said officials were investigating the blaze as a …
The Overlord of Buipe, Buipewura Abdulai Jinapor II, has extolled the leadership qualities of the flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, stating that Dr Bawumia has been selected by God to lead Ghana to the ne…
Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, running mate to Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s flagbearer for 2024 general election, has called on the Konor of the Manya Krobo Traditional Area, Nene Sakite II, to pay homage t…
The People’s National Convention (PNC) has appealed to the Electoral Commission (EC) to withhold the final certificate for the registration of the People’s National Party (PNP).
In a statement issued to the EC on July 16, the PNC’s …
The United States is approaching the presidential election in November this year.
The stakes have never been this high, reflected in the very partisan and tense political rhetoric on both sides of the Democratic and Republican divide.…
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