Puerto Rico's Governor Ricardo Rosselló has announced his resignation after days of mass street protests in the US territory.
Mr Rosselló, who had only on Sunday insisted he would stay on, said he would continue working until 2 August t…
The US president has vetoed resolutions in Congress to block the sale of $8.1bn (£6.5bn) worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Donald Trump said the three resolutions "would weaken America's global competitivene…
Boris Johnson has promised the "beginning of a new golden age", as he makes a first Commons statement as PM.
Speaking to MPs, Mr Johnson said his government would throw itself into Brexit negotiations with energy.
He said other arran…
Spanish MPs are set to vote on whether Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will remain in power after talks to form a coalition government stalled.
His Socialist party (PSOE) gained the most seats in April's election, but fell short of a major…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Yapei-Kusawgu constituency in the Savannah Region, Mr John Abdulai Jinapor, has donated 10 motorbikes to the Central Gonja District Health Directorate to enhance health…
The Kumasi?Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has stated that the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) ) Mr Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, aka Chairman Wontumi, is not involved in the allocation of stores at the Kejetia Market.
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A total of eighteen National Democratic Congress (NDC) aspirants out of an initial number of twenty five people who picked nomination forms have successfully filed their nominations.
The Regional secretary, Mr Ofori Danquah who made…
The French city of Bordeaux has hit its highest temperature since records began, as Western Europe braces for the second heatwave to hit this summer.
On Tuesday, Meteo France registered 41.2C (106.1F) in the south-western city, breaking…
As the Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson steps over the threshold of 10 Downing Street later on Wednesday, no doubt it'll be Brexit that will be uppermost on his mind. But what is he thinking about this continent?
There may be som…
The United States has imposed visa restrictions on those Nigerians it says are "responsible for undermining the Nigerian democratic process".
In a statement, the State Department says the measures will also apply to those who have organ…
The Asante Akim Central Municipal Assembly, has distributed 375 street lights to all elected Assembly Members as part of efforts to improve illumination in order to boost security in the various electoral areas.
Seventy-five out of the …
Ugandan pop star and opposition MP Bobi Wine has officially announced that he will run for president in the 2021 election.
The 37-year-old will challenge President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power for 33 years.
The singer calls…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Savannah Region has declared operation "No Pick-up, No Mercy" as a protest to demand the immediate return of the alleged stolen Toyota Hilux Pick-up belonging to the Savannah Regional Coordinat…
The National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Henry Nana Boakye, has described President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as a covenant-keeping President.
That, he said, was as a result of the fulfilment of his numerous p…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Tuesday advised his predecessor John Mahama to respect the intelligence of Ghanaians and stop touting falsehood as facts.
Addressing a durbar of Chiefs at Daboase, in the Wassa East district of the …
Some rampaging young people in the Ashaiman municipality have accused their local Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of underhand land dealings with some Chinese investors.
Numbering more than 200, they embarked on a march in Ashaiman's …
UN women’s rights experts issue findings on Austria, Cabo Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guyana, Mozambique, and Qatar
The findings cover how the respective States parties are doing with regard to women’s rights…
It has become an acceptable notion that the show of apathy by the people of Volta Region against the National Democratic Congress (NDC) contributed significantly to its defeat in the 2016 elections.
For that matter, the party in the reg…
The Managing Director of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Dr Kofi Kodua Sarpong has been appointed as the Chairman of the Ashanti Regional Council of Patrons of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
The appointment letter dated…
Through the Maison des Médias du Tchad (House of Chadian Media), an IOM partner, these reporters and their staff requested training to provide participants with the necessary terminological and legal tools to cover migration in an informed…
Caterpillar, heavy machinery maker, has reported a 3% rise in second-quarter 2019 sales and revenues to $14.4 bn,
But profit per share was $2.83, compared with $2.82 profit per share in the second quarter of 2018.
It maintained its o…
Allow Peaceful Demonstrations; End Use of Excessive Force
Nigerian police fired apparently unlawfully on a peaceful protest by the Shia Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) in the capital, Abuja, on July 22, 2019, Human Rights Watch said t…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, commissioned the Operational Office Complex of Ghana National Gas Company.
The office complex is expected to deliver first-class gas operations and support services for the country’s …
Singapore authorities have seized 8.8 tonnes (8,800kg) of elephant ivory, its largest ever seizure to date.
Authorities estimate that the tusks, valued at $12.9m (£10.4m), have come from nearly 300 African elephants.
Some 11.9 tonnes…
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari submitted his list of cabinet nominees to the upper house of parliament, the Senate, on Tuesday, giving lawmakers a chance to vote on them just days before they leave for a two-month break.
The submi…
India has denied that PM Narendra Modi asked US President Donald Trump to mediate in the longstanding Kashmir conflict with Pakistan.
The Indian foreign ministry tweeted that "no such request" had been made, adding that all issues with …
Mr Joseph Nelson, the Western Regional NDC Secretary says 24 out of the 30 aspirants who picked forms for Member of Parliament positions have submitted their forms.
All the three women aspirants and one unopposed aspirant also submitted…
A group calling itself Coalition of Concern Members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Central Region took to the street to express their displeasure about what they described as unfounded, unjustified and baseless suspension of its f…
Leaders in some Zongo communities in the Asutifi-South Constituency have declared their unflinching support for one Ali Suraj, a staunch activist of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who is seeking to contest the upcoming parliamentary prima…
Mr William Owuraku Aidoo, Deputy Minister of Energy, has charged the youth of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to rise up to counter the propaganda being peddled by the opposition NDC to discredit the government.
He said the government had…
Ten years since the beginning of a violent insurgency in northeast Nigeria, the living conditions for displaced people are continuing to deteriorate at an alarming rate due to inadequate and overcrowded facilities. The Norwegian Refuge…
Dolutegravir (DTG) is a drug that is more effective, easier to take and has fewer side effects than alternative drugs that are currently used
Based on new evidence assessing benefits and risks, the WHO recommends the use of the HIV drug…
Philanthropist and leadership and management consultant, Dr. Donald Senanu Agumenu, has joined the race for the Akatsi North constituency primaries of the National Democratic Congress.
The President and Founder of Water for Rural Afri…
Political vigilantism has been outlawed in the country following the passage of the Vigilantism and Related Offences Bill, 2019 into law by Parliament.
The act is now awaiting Presidential assent to become effective.
Parliament…
Somalia: African Development Bank Group approves $28.86 million for water and sanitation and roads infrastructure
The African Development Bank Group’s Board of Directors on 19 July 2019 approved grants of $28.86 million for water and sa…
Parliament has explained that the construction of a decent Parliamentary Chamber Complex is not some novel business being invoked out of the blue.
A statement from the Secretary to the Parliamentary Service Board (PSB), Mr Mathew Abre…
A member of Nigeria's air force has returned a parcel to its owner that contained 37,000 euros ($41,500; £33,300) in cash, the air force says.
Bashir Umar is a member of the force's Mobile Air Defence Team that is deployed to Kano airpo…
Zimbabwe has not had its own independent currency since hyperinflation wiped it out a decade ago.
Instead it has relied on the US dollar along with a local money system pegged to the dollar.
The economy is no longer in its extreme in…
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy looked set on Monday to become Ukraine’s first leader since the fall of communism to command a single party majority in parliament, in what would be an unprecedented mandate to deliver promised reforms.
His…
Turkey would retaliate against what it called an unacceptable threat of U.S. sanctions over Ankara’s purchase of Russian S-400 missile defenses, its foreign minister said on Monday, adding he thinks President Donald Trump wants to avoid su…
Professor Margaret Kwaku, a former Municipal Chief Executive of the Hohoe Municipal Assembly, has picked and filed nominations to battle five others in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary primaries in the Hohoe Constituenc…
Mr Samuel Addai Agyekum, District Chief Executive for Sekyere Kumawu, has said government is committed to provide the needed socio-economic infrastructure to improve living conditions in rural communities.
He said the goal of the variou…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Volta region is to vet a total of 63 parliamentary aspirants for primaries in all 18 constituencies in the region.
Mr James Gunu, Regional Secretary of the Party in a press release said the …
Taxi drivers plying the Kpone Calypso to Michel Camp road have threatened to demonstrate against authorities over the deplorable state of the road.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency, Mr Rexmond Ntiamoah, Chairman of the local taxi drive…
Mr. Rodulph Kobi Sebuabeh, a business mogul in Kpone-Katamanso, says he is the constituency's choice to replace incumbent Member of Parliament, Joseph Laryea Afotey Agbo.
He said this when summiting his nomination forms at the oppositi…
Odeneho Kwaku Appiah, Afigya-Kwabre South constituency Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has appealed to the leadership of the party to design effective and pragmatic mechanisms that would protect the current parliamentary seats o…
India has successfully launched its second lunar mission a week after it halted the scheduled blast-off due to a technical snag.
Chandrayaan-2 was launched at 14:43 local time (09:13 GMT) on Monday from the Sriharikota space station.
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Kenya's finance minister has surrendered himself to the police after the chief prosecutor ordered his arrest over allegations of corruption.
Henry Rotich is accused of flouting procurement procedures in awarding a contract worth over $4…
Four persons aspiring to contest the Dome Kwabenya parliamentary seat on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have successfully filed their nominations ahead of the upcoming primaries slated for August 24, 2019.
They a…
The acting National Chairman of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Mr John Amekah, has called on Ghanaians not to allow any political party to use them to embark on demonstrations that do not address the country’s development challenges.
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