The Minister of State in Charge of Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah, has said the conversion of the Wa Campus of the University for Development Studies into a fully-fledged university will attract development into the Upper West…
All is set for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary primaries in 11 out of 17 constituencies in the Western Region.
Thirty-one aspirants have so far picked nomination forms to contest the primaries in readiness for the 2…
The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo a "public health emergency of international concern".
The move may encourage wealthy donor countries to provide more cash.
But the WHO st…
US Democratic congresswoman, Ilhan Omar, has responded via Twitter after crowds at a presidential rally chanted "send her back."
Donald Trump was cheered at the rally in North Carolina after continuing his attacks on the four non…
A Nigerian imam, who saved 262 Christians from killer herdsman by hiding them in his mosque and home, has been honoured by the US government.
Imam Abubakar Abdullahi, 83, received the International Religious Freedom Award alongside four…
Former Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive, Isaac Ashai Odamtten, has issued a battle cry to rally members and supporters of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) across the country, for the party's victory in 2020.
According …
A supposed suspension that was issued against a member of the Tema East Constituency branch of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Stephen Ashitey Adjei, has been quashed.
A statement signed by Joseph Ade Coker ,Greater A…
Professor Kwesi Yankah, Minister of State-in-Charge of Tertiary Education has asserted that public universities in Ghana have not deviated from its core mandate that established them.
According to him, though some universities had allow…
The women will be featured in an upcoming commemorative book set to be launched in year 2020
The African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU) are calling for nominations of African women who …
The World Bank launched the HCI in October 2018 as part of the new Human Capital Project to encourage countries to invest more and better in their people
Tanzania needs to undertake important and urgent investments to accelerate progres…
The Commonwealth observer group deployed to observe Maldives’ 2019 parliamentary elections has released its final report today.
These were the first elections that a Commonwealth group observed since Maldives withdrew its membership in …
Senior Management of Barclays Bank Ghana and selected Ghanaian scholars at the African Leadership University (ALU) have paid a courtesy call on the South African Deputy High Commissioner to Ghana, His Excellency Thapelo Madumane to mark th…
The flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr John Dramani Mahama has described as sheer wickedness President Nana Akufo-Addo’s decision to stop the supply of free fertilisers to cocoa farmers and allow the fertil…
The Greater Accra regional parliamentary primaries of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has recorded a massive entry, with 118 aspirants picking nomination forms to contest at the various constituencies.
The aspirants,…
The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has asked the Accra High Court to halt a criminal case initiated against him by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).
Mahama Ayariga wants the court to stay proceedings o…
Africans are twice as likely to be refused UK visas than applicants from any other part of the world, a report by the All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPG) for Africa shows.
The study said the UK immigration system was "biased or even d…
Kenya could run out of pilots if not enough young people train for the job, the president and founder of Young Aviators Club of Africa is quoted the the Star newspaper as saying.
Mercy Makau said many pilots are now in their 40s and onc…
Sudan's ruling military council and opposition leaders have signed a power-sharing accord after all-night talks.
It is a "historic moment" for the country, the deputy head of Sudan's ruling military council, Mohamed Hamdan "Hemeti" Dago…
A US judge has sentenced Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán to life in prison plus 30 years.
Guzmán, 62, was found guilty of 10 charges, including drug trafficking and money laundering, by a federal court in New York in Febr…
Dr Awudu Ahmed Gumah, Head, Planning, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation, ECOWAS Gender Development Centre, on Tuesday postulated that Political Parties should fund the implementation of external voting for Ghanaians abroad.
"We vote f…
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is providing a $25 million loan to one of Guinea's leading flour producers - Société Nouvelle de Commerce. The financing is part of IFC’s broader efforts to drive economic growth and create jobs in th…
The project will target the most affected districts with a focus on immediate interventions to support livelihoods regeneration and restoration
The World Bank Board of Directors approved today a $72 million grant from the International …
Mauritius based Rushmore Business School sets its sight on expansion into East Africa with its offer of quality British degree programmes delivered on the African continent
The influential magazine Foreign Policy published an article at…
A total of 87 aspirants have filed their nominations to contest the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary primaries in the three northern regions.
The regions are the Northern Region and the two newly created reg…
The Electoral Commission says a total of about 1.2million new voters were registered under the limited voter registration exercise which ended last week.
Out of that number, the registration of 8500 new voters were challenged.
Accord…
The UK has announced fresh support to help deal with the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Speaking at an event about the crisis in Geneva yesterday (Monday 15 July), the International Development Secretary, Rory St…
The returnees are among a large group of Ethiopian migrants from Yemen who have been taken home as part of an International Organization for Migration (IOM) Voluntary Humanitarian Return operation that began in May 2019
After being stra…
The Electoral Commission says its decision to compile a new voters’ register for the 2020 elections was because its current biometric machines are outdated.
According to the commission, the need for the new voters' register was necessit…
The flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr John Dramani Mahama, on Tuesday began a two-day working visit to the Western North Region.
Mr Mahama will during the tour thank delegates and supporters of the pa…
The second annual Obama Foundation Leaders: Africa gathering concluded this past weekend in Johannesburg. During the week-long summit, 200 delegates from 45 African countries came together to explore new ways of tackling some of the bigges…
As a child, I frequently remember many lazy summer days spent lugging my purple Huffy bike up the cement dunes of my suburban neighborhood. Following the parade of my two older brothers and my neighbor, I would often times find myself summ…
The Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng reechoed the President’s message calling on Ugandans to value their health
Uganda recently held the 2nd National Day of Physical Activity under the theme ‘My Health, My Responsibility’. The Gue…
The global fight against AIDS is stalling due to lower investment, marginalized communities missing vital health services, and new HIV infections rising in some parts, the United Nations warned on Tuesday.
More than half of all new HIV …
At least four people have been killed and more than 30 are trapped after a four-storey building collapsed in the Indian city of Mumbai, officials say.
The cause of the collapse in the Dongri area of southern Mumbai is not clear.
Repo…
The woman nominated to head the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has pledged to launch a "green deal for Europe", in a bid for MEPs' support.
Mrs von der Leyen set out her agenda in the European Parliament ahead of a key vote on her…
South African former President Jacob Zuma says he and his family received death threats after his testimony at an inquiry into corruption under his rule.
He told the judge-led inquiry on Tuesday that the threats had followed his testimo…
Shoppers in Brazil found they had unwittingly bought cocaine when they opened soap powder they had purchased at a supermarket in Sao Paulo.
At least 80kg (176lb) of the drug was found in the store in the Ermelino Matarazzo district, pol…
Former Metropolitan Chief Executive of Tema, Mr Isaac Ashai Odamtten, is promising a tough, sacrificial campaign that will turn over the Tema East Constituency, to the NDC.
Gunning for the opposition party's Flagbearer in 2020, he looks…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has officially launched an e-payment platform to facilitate fundraising.
The new electronic platform, including an application interface dubbed: "NDC GHANA", a website, www.ghanandc.com and a short…
The Electoral Commission (EC) on Monday started consultation of strategic countries towards the operationalization of the Representation of the People Amendment Act (ROPAA) 2006 (Act699), which gives Ghanaians in the Diaspora the right to …
The four US congresswomen attacked by US President Donald Trump in tweets widely called racist have dismissed his remarks as a distraction.
Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib urged th…
Somalia's government has announced that it will award a prize in honour of journalist Hodan Nalayeh who was killed in an attack by Islamist militants.
The annual Hodan Nalayeh prize will be awarded to "outstanding" individuals from the …
The vetting of aspiring parliamentary candidates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in orphan constituencies will be held from August 10 to 15, 2019 and the vetting report will be submitted to the NEC through the General Secretary not late…
Nominations for the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary primaries in ‘orphan’ constituencies across the country will start on Saturday, July 20, and end on August 3, 2019.
Orphan constituencies refer to constituencies where …
The pressure group, OccupyGhana has called for officers who flouted the bail order for Gregory Afoko, who has been accused of having a hand in the killing of Adams Mahama, a former Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) i…
The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) says that if President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo insists on maintaining Mr Kwame Owusu as the Board Chairman of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), then he should publish the report of investigations t…
One of the parliamentary seats in the newly created Savannah Region that will be hotly contested for in the 2020 general election is the Damongo Constituency, which is also the administrative capital of the Savannah Region.
The contes…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has introduced three electronic-payment platforms to enable its members and supporters to pay their membership fees and make donations in an efficient and transparent manner.
The three payment pl…
The Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) says the appointment of Mr Kwame Owusu as Board Chairman of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) was based on "poor judgement".
Mr Owusu, a former Managing Director of the Ghana Maritime Authorit…
More than one in 10 children - or 20 million worldwide - missed out last year on vaccines against life-threatening diseases such as measles, diphtheria and tetanus, the World Health Organization and the UNICEF children’s fund said on Monda…