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.
…
The battle for supremacy in the Awutu Senya East Constituency between the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) continues to be a topic of discussion among the voting community in Kasoa an…
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has expounded what the real effects of President Akufo-Addo’s flagship one million dollar per constituency policy are.
At a special breakfast meeting with Caribbean and African heads of mission in Hav…
A Zimbabwean nurse travelled from Cape Town to Cairo by road enduring visa delays, internet blackouts and revolutionary protests all for the love of football.
Alvin "Aluvah" Zhakata had intended to make it to Egypt for the opening match…
Professor Stephen Kweku Asare, a Democratic and Development (D&D) Fellow in Public Law and Justice at the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has called for a new regulatory body to succeed the General Legal Council (GLC).
…
German Chancellor Merkel has expressed her solidarity with four US Democratic congresswomen who were attacked by the US President Donald Trump.
Ms Merkel said Mr Trump's tweets went "against what makes America great", and she said that …
The National Treasurer of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Akane Adams, has assured the rank and file of the party of the readiness of the recently constituted fundraising committee to deliver.
“We have enormous confidence in the…
Mr Haruna Iddrisu, Minority Leader in Parliament has said that the government is engaging in politics of deception by announcing things, whose traces cannot be found on the ground.
He said the government's recent announcement of the rel…
Hundreds of angry National Democratic Congress (NDC) supporters in the Asawase constituency on Thursday, besieged the party's Ashanti Regional Office at Amakom in Kumasi, to vent their spleen on the regional executives.
This followed ac…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ellembelle, Mr.Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah has finally bowed to mounting pressure being exerted on him by the Ellembelle NDC branch executives to seek re-election in the upcoming primaries of the party.
T…
South Africa’s corruption watchdog has accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of deliberately misleading parliament.
The finding was made at the same time that the country’s former President Jacob Zuma announced he was withdrawing from a sep…
A female tiger which fled a wildlife park in India's flood-ravaged state of Assam was found relaxing on a bed inside a local resident's house.
She is believed to have fled the Kaziranga National Park, where 92 animals have died in recen…
Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has told the Government of China that Ghana is making good progress with the utilisation of the $3 billion China Development Bank (CDB) Loan.
A st…
Mr Emmanuel Valis Akyianu, son of former Ghana's High Commissioner to Canada, the late Samuel Valis-Akyianu has picked nomination forms to contest the upcoming parliamentary primaries of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in…
Zimbabwe’s civil servants have accepted a one-off payment of $45 (£36) as part of wage negotiations, after they rejected an offer of a $10-a-month wage increase earlier in July.
Last month, June inflation surged to 175%, the highest in …
A Fellow of the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD)-Ghana, Professor Atsu Amegashie, has suggested that the 1992 Constitution must be amended to cap the number of Members of Parliament (MPs) to avoid the trap of successively increasing…
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) as part of efforts to deliver effective and efficient service to the public, has inaugurated a Social Audit Committee (SAC) to monitor and assess the implementation of development initiatives in commu…
The lack of interest on the part of most women to participate in politics, decision making and leadership roles has once again manifested as only three women picked forms to participate in the National Democratic Party's primaries in the W…
Sudan's pro-democracy movement is seeking to postpone the signing of the second and possibly more contentious part of a power-sharing agreement with the country's military, saying Friday that it needs more time to resolve differences among…
This will be a concrete and inclusive summit, bringing together local authorities, businesses, and society civil actors
As announced by President Emmanuel Macron in Ouagadougou in November 2017, France is committed to contribute to the …
World Food Programme (WFP) and Luxembourg join forces to boost Emergency Telecommunications in Emergencies
On 8 July, Paulette Lenert, Luxembourg’s Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Action, and Rehan Asad, WFP’s Chie…
The Deputy Minister of Finance, Ms Abena Osei-Asare, has stated that government is to drawdown an amount of 12 million euros within the 2019 financial year to commence the construction of a potable water infrastructure project in Tamale an…
Screening is being performed on all boarders and airports and the country is equipped with an Emergency Treatment Center
The disease was confirmed on this July 14, 2019 in Goma, North Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo by…
A new Rural Enterprise Finance Project (REFP), which will help more than 287,700 rural people engaged in agriculture, fisheries and small and medium-sized enterprises in 10 provinces improve their access to national and regional markets, w…
strong earthquake has shaken the Greek capital of Athens, knocking out phone networks and power in parts of the city.
The earthquake was registered at 5.1 magnitude with an epicentre about 22km (14 miles) north-west of Athens.
Atheni…