The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) will today launch an education and awareness-raising campaign on the upcoming district level election and referendum aimed at electing assembly members on a partisan basis.
The Chairp…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has called for cool heads in the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II's tiff, with former President John Dramani Mahama over the revelation that the Manhyia Palace persuaded the losing candidate in the 2016…
Ghana’s renowned physician in reproductive health and lifelong advocate for women’s sexual and reproductive rights, Prof. Fred Torgbor Sai, has passed on.
Prof. Sai, who passed on Tuesday morning, was, in June this year, celebrated by…
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has conveyed his and the apologies of the people of South Africa to President Akufo-Addo and the people of Ghana over the recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa, that resulted in the deaths of a…
The General Secretary of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC), Reverend Emmanuel Teima Barrigah, has called on the security agencies to be on top of the security of the country and to give new assurances to the citizenry …
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bosomtwe Constituency has decided to declare the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Dr Osei Yaw Adutwum, unopposed to contest the 2020 parliamentary election on the ticket of the party.
Accord…
Peter Tabichi from Kenya, who was named World's Best Teacher earlier this year, has met US President Donald Trump at the White House ahead of a speech he is giving at the UN General Assembly.
Brother Tabichi, a member of the Franciscan …
South Africa has apologised to Nigeria over a spate of xenophobic attacks which led to a spike in tensions between the two countries.
Twelve people were killed earlier this month when mobs attacked foreign-owned businesses, mainly in Joha…
Liberia's President George Weah has invited the president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to the country to discuss the idea of setting up a war and economic crimes court.
The tribunal is intended to address crimes committed d…
It's been an appropriately fractured, uneasy week in Zimbabwe.
As the country has tried to deal with the long-anticipated death of its loved and loathed founding father, Robert Mugabe, the nation has experienced an unsettling and contradi…
An EU court is hearing appeals against a decision to order Ireland to recover £11.5bn of unpaid taxes from Apple.
In 2016, the European Commission found an agreement between Dublin and the technology giant was against EU law.
It said…
The Upper East Regional Secretariat of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Saturday raised concerns about the ongoing voter register exhibition exercise, saying it had deviated from the usual practice.
"The Party is worried about …
Felix Mensah Nii Annang-La , the Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive, on Monday went on an unannounced scout at Landing beaches in the metropolis to ascertain intelligence that premix fuel committees were hoarding and selling the commodity a…
The Effutu Constituency branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has disassociated itself from an announcement by a group that the Party needs Dr James Kofi Annan as its Parliamentary Candidate for the 2020 General Election.
In …
High Atlas foundation’s Errachid Montassir selected to attend the un youth climate summit in New York
Errachid Montassir of Morocco, a project manager of the High Atlas Foundation (HAF), was recently accepted to attend the first ever UN…
As we face the prospect of a recession once again, it is instructive to look back at how quickly countries in Europe recovered from the last recession and what proportion of households were left behind.
If we take GDP per inhabitant (at…
Several African standardisation bodies convened in Cape Town today, to discuss how standards can support the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement (AfCFTA) which will be implemented in 2020. This meeting was a bi-lateral meeting o…
The cyclone caused estimated direct damages of $622 million and significantly damaged infrastructure, properties, crops, and livestock
After massive devastation in Zimbabwe from Cyclone Idai, a new World Bank-funded multi-sec…
Nigel Shaw, Binti Shah, Mahesh Acharya and Amar Grewal-Thethy, Advocates of the High Court of Kenya and all previously of Kaplan and Stratton (“K&S”), have together formed a Kenyan legal practice under the name NBMA Advocates LLP (“NBMA”).…
The forum was also organized to honour the sterling achievements of H.E. the late Kofi Annan and to immortalize his memory
The Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) (KAIPTC.org) has organized the maiden edition…
An FAO assessment on the impact of CBSD showed some farms had lost their entire cassava yield with the disease incidence
Felicien Simpunga grew up in the Ruhango district of Rwanda, where life and making a living revolved around agricul…
Boris Johnson sought to suspend Parliament to avoid the risk of MPs "frustrating or damaging" his Brexit plans, the Supreme Court has heard.
Lawyers for campaigners challenging the suspension said there was "strong evidence" the PM saw …
The malaria vaccine pilot programme is now fully underway in Africa, as Kenya joins Ghana and Malawi to introduce the landmark vaccine
The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates the Government of Kenya for launching the world’s f…
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fighting to hold on to power, as voters go to the polls in one of its closest election races in years.
He called the snap election after failing to form a governing coalition in the wake of …
Passengers have described as ‘inconsiderate’ the decision by the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) to increase public transport fares by 10 per cent, with effect from today.
They say as has always been the situation, the incr…
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has apologised to parents and wards who were left stranded at the Mfantsipim School on Sunday.
The parents had taken their wards to the Central Region school to start the 2019/2020 academic year but wer…
The Head of the Department of Peace and Development Studies of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Dr Patrick Osei-Kufuor has asked the government and security related and enforcement agencies to be proactive rather than reactive in prom…
The South Tongu District Commander of Police, Superintendent Michael Zah, has called on politicians and traditional authorities to allow the police to discharge their responsibilities professionally to reflect the true meaning of the rule …
The Municipal Chief Executive for Sagnarigu in the Northern Region, Hajia Mariam Iddrisu has called on Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to adequately engage and resource women aspiring to participate in the …
Rev. Solomon Kotey-Nikoi, La Dadekotopon constituency chairman of the New Patriotic Party, has been nominated by President Akufo-Addo as the new Municipal Chief Executive for the La Dadekotopon Municipal Assembly.
If approved, he will s…
The office of the former President John Dramani Mahama has denied the allegations that he was persuaded to accept defeat in the aftermath of the 2016 presidential elections.
In a statement reacting to a viral address by His Majesty th…
Hundreds of Zimbabwean doctors protested in central Harare on Monday over the disappearance of the leader of their union, but riot police blocked them from marching to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s office.
Peter Magombeyi, president of…
Hong Kong’s businesses and metro stations reopened as usual on Monday after a chaotic Sunday when police fired water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who blocked roads and threw petrol bombs outside government headquarters…
A new terminal, which was opened at Julius Nyerere International Airport last month, is expected to increase air trafficImage caption: A new terminal, which was opened at Julius Nyerere International Airport last month, is expected to incr…
The European Commission said on Monday that London had still not proposed an alternative to the Irish backstop that has stymied a deal on Britain’s exit from the EU, giving a blunt read-out of a meeting between its president and Prime Mini…
Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Information Minister, says Government has submitted the report and white paper on the Ayawaso West Wuogon Commission of Inquiry for gazzetting and publication.
The move is in accordance with Article 280 Claus…
Mr Dennis Amfo-Sefah, Constituency Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party in Tema West, has rated statecraft by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the best on the African continent.
Speaking in an exclusive interview in Accra,…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has extended the period for the Exhibition of the Voters Register from Tuesday, September 17th to 20th.
A statement issued and signed by Mrs Sylvia Annoh, Acting Director of Public Relations said all regist…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has suggested that funding of political party campaigns and activities must be borne by the entire membership to reduce the high rise of corruption in the country.
The NCCE noted with c…
Professor Attahiru Jega, a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission of Nigeria, has advised politicians not to perceive political election as 'do or die' affair but a healthy competition.
This change of mind set …
Mr John Yibile, the Sissala East Municipal Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has stated that corruption does not only undermine democracy and rule of law, but debases the moral fibre of society as well.
"Cor…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on ECOWAS Member States to, without delay, adopt and execute the measures that have been structured by the bloc to address the menace of terrorism in the Region.
He urged the Authority of…
Employment is top of the agenda of every African leader – SVP Charles Boamah
Innovative thinking about Africa’s conventional employment issues is what marks the African Development Bank’s (www.AfDB.org) new policy research document “Cre…
Focus on out-of-school children
New data on the world’s out-of-school children reveal little or no progress for more than a decade, with about 258 million children, adolescents and youth out of school in 2018: around…
About 150,000 rural young people in Senegal – 50 per cent of them women - will benefit from a new US$93.3 million project that aims to create income and decent sustainable jobs in agricultural, pastoral and fishery value chains through ent…
Specialist intelligence firm EXX Africa publishes a new report looking into current threats to Africa’s borders as the world seeks to combat increasingly dangerous perils such as illegal immigration, transnational crime, and terrorism
E…
The United States has issued satellite images and cited intelligence to back its allegation Iran was behind attacks on major Saudi oil facilities.
Iran denies involvement in Saturday's air attacks, which were claimed by Iran-aligned Hou…
Gunshots heard at a university in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri caused panic on Sunday night.
Sources at the University of Maiduguri (UniMaid) told the BBC they heard an explosion and gunshots on campus at about 21.30 loc…
African Media Agency (AMA), a leading Pan-African media relations and communications firm has added the END Fund to its growing pool of prestigious clients, signaling the firm’s concerted efforts to marking a strong footprint in the media …
The Electoral Commission (EC) has extended the period for the exhibition of the voters register which was supposed to end tomorrow, Tuesday, September 17, 2019 to Friday, September 20, 2019.
Explaining the rationale behind the extensi…