The Ghana branch of the All Progressives Congress (APC) a Nigerian Political Party is supporting the second term bid of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari.They said all the necessary political, social and economic foundations had been la…
The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye, has called for strengthening of ties between Ghana and Qatar for the mutual benefit of the two countries.
He said Ghana had a lot to learn from Qatar on the best use of oil and gas…
Honourable Mary Boatemaa Marfo, the District Chief Executive for Sekyere East District, has embarked on a district-wide tour to explain government policies and programmes to the people in the local communities.
The tour is also to creat…
Political parties, the Police and Civil Society Organisations who attended a Peace Dialogue on Tuesday expressed their strong sentiments against political vigilantism in Ghana, and asked for the demobilization of all such groupings.
The…
A group of National Democratic Congress (NDC) Communicators have welcomed the party’s publication of the ballot for its upcoming Congress to elect a Presidential Candidate for the 2020 election.
They said the milestone inched the party …
An average of six migrants died crossing the Mediterranean every day last year, a UN report says.
Italy had earlier highlighted the lower overall number of deaths last year, due to fewer people making the crossing.
But the rate of de…
Cities are all but shutting down across the US Midwest as the region shivers in a deadly cold snap known as a polar vortex.
At least eight people have been killed in several states as a result of the Arctic weather.
Temperatures fell…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has withdrawn from the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election following a shooting incident at the residence of the party’s candidate, Mr Kwasi Delali Brempong.
The National Chairman of the NDC, Samuel Of…
In sub-Saharan Africa, where more than 600 million people still lack access to electricity, off-grid renewable power is seen as one of the fastest ways to get energy where it’s needed, particularly to remote and rural areas where many Afri…
On 16 January, Ahmed Hussein-Suale, a Ghanaian investigative journalist who had collaborated with the BBC, was shot dead near his family home in the capital, Accra.
Unidentified men on motorbikes shot him three times as he drove home.
…
A Russian lawmaker has been arrested on murder charges while inside Russia's upper house of parliament on Wednesday, state media report.
Rauf Arashukov is accused of being involved in the 2010 killing of two people and other crimes, sai…
An MP in Ivory Coast has been sentenced to one year in prison and fined $520 (£400) for spreading false news and incitement to violence, BBC Afrique reports.
Alain Lobognon had tweeted on 9 January that the chief prosecutor was planning…
Mr Lawrence Akema-Kapoe, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Coordinator of the Nayorigo-Bungu Electoral Area in the Bongo District has urged politicians and the electorates to see politics as a major tool for sustainable national development.
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Former President John Dramani Mahama Monday reiterated his resolve to abolish the double-track education system in Senior High Schools when elected to lead the National Democratic Congress (NDC) into the 2020 general elections and eventual…
Mrs Jean Mensa, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), has lamented the high cost of elections in Ghana.“Our elections are fast becoming a very expensive venture and we constantly have to rely on development partners to fund thi…
Venezuela's Supreme Court has banned opposition leader Juan Guaidó from leaving the country and frozen his bank accounts.
The move comes amid an escalating power struggle, after Mr Guaidó declared himself interim president last week.
…
African teams have emerged the winners of a global innovation competition held by the British Council.
The competition, called #IdeasChangeLives, received more than 2,000 entries from individuals and organisations around the world.
S…
The Ashanti Regional Women’s Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Ama Ampomah, has commended queen mothers in the region for their immeasurable contribution to peace and stability in the region.
She said their pieces of ad…
Senior Brazilian politicians have called for Vale SA to be held to account for last week's dam disaster, as anger grows towards the mining firm.
Brazil's Vice-President Hamilton Mourão said those to blame should be punished, and a top p…
Confidential data about more than 14,000 people diagnosed with HIV, including foreign visitors, has been stolen in Singapore and leaked online.
Authorities revealed details about the 2016 health data breach on Monday.
They believe an…
Pakistan's top court has rejected a challenge to the acquittal of a Christian woman on blasphemy charges.
The Supreme Court upheld its decision to overturn Asia Bibi's conviction and death sentence.
She was originally convicted in 20…
The main opposition party in Cameroon says its leader has been arrested as unrest continues over last year's presidential election.
The Movement for the Rebirth of Cameroon (MRC) party said Maurice Kamto was detained along with two othe…
Amid growing economic hardships and high cost of living, Liberia's President George Weah - at one time named the world's best footballer - delivered a defiant two-hour long state of the nation address on Monday evening.
Mr Weah - who ma…
Somalis on Twitter have been reacting to comments made by Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni referring to Somalia as "a country with no state and which lacks 'organised authority'”.
Many of the tweeters say they agree with the "bitter t…
The Accra Regional Police Command has outlined security measures ahead of the upcoming Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency by-election slated for Thursday, January 31, 2019, to ensure an incident-free exercise.
It said high Police presence…
Former President John Dramani Mahama is to begin a six-day campaign tour of the Volta region from Monday, January 28, to February 2, ahead of the Party's presidential primaries on February 23, 2019.
Mr James Gunu, Volta Regional Secreta…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Jomoro, Mr. Paul Essien has appealed for three Nation Builders Corps (NaBCO) teachers to be posted to the Nzulezo Basic School as well as nurses for the community health facility.
He said Nzulezo, a fam…
The Speaker of Parliament is to constitute a committee to ensure the fulfilment of assurances made by Members of Parliament (MPs) and other operatives of Parliament.
The proposed Parliamentary Assurances Committee will also assist com…
The US has imposed sanctions on Venezuela's state-owned oil firm PDVSA and urged the country's military to accept a peaceful transfer of power.
National Security Adviser John Bolton said President Nicolás Maduro and his allies could "no…
German carmaker Volkswagen have announced they plan to assemble cars in Ethiopia.
The announcement was made in front of the German president as he visited the country.
The carmaker said in a statement that they will build a car plant…
The Founder and Leader of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Mr Percival Kofi Akpaloo, has applauded the government for taking bold steps in implementing new initiatives such as the free Senior High School (SHS) programme among others.
…
The Joint Consultative Council (JCC) for the Oti Movement has pledged to accept any town President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo chooses as capital of the Oti Region.
Already, the JCC, which is made up of chiefs, opinion leaders and youth…
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa says he has ordered the arrest of members of the security forces who were caught on camera beating up a young man they had arrested. In a tweet he said he was "appalled" by what he had seen in the re…
There have been regular protests under the slogan "Bring Back Our Money" like this one in OctoberImage caption: There have been regular protests under the slogan "Bring Back Our Money" like this one in October
Protesters in Liberia are …
Dr Nana Ato Arthur, Head of Local Government Service has urged Ghanaians to support the processes leading to the election of metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs) by the year 2021.
He said the election of MMDCEs…
Mr James Oppong-Mensah, Acting Chief Director of the Local Government Service (LGS) said, public officers are placed in a position of trust to act in the public interest.
He therefore urged public officers to make the public interest of…
Felipe Jacinto Nyusi, the President of Mozambique, has stressed the need for an intensified Economic Co-operation between Ghana and Mozambique.
This is boost cooperation in the areas of Energy, Infrastructure Development, Agriculture an…
Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) have been advised to effectively use social media to enhance their visibility and to engender greater interaction with the citizenry.
Dr Eric Oduro-Osae, a Local Governance Expert …
Ahead of the February 23, 2019 flag bearer election of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), six out of the seven flag bearer aspirants of the party have raised concerns with the choice of the company to print the ballot papers for the e…
The die is cast and the battle line drawn for a showdown on January 31, 2019 when four political parties court the thumbprints of every eligible voter in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency in a by-election to replace the deceased Member …
Member of Parliament (MPs) are to reconvene tomorrow, January 29, 2019 to begin the first meeting of the third session of the seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic.
A letter signed by the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Aaron …
A youth group, calling itself the Youth Bridge Foundation (YGF), has served notice to the effect that the impending Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election as planned by the Electoral Commission (EC) would amount to a breach of the 1992 Constituti…
Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak has spread southwards into an area with high security risks, the World Health Organization said.
The outbreak, the country’s worst, has killed 439 of the 713 people believed to have caught t…
Brutal beatings and rising inflation are proving a noxious mix in Zimbabwe, writes the BBC's Andrew Harding.
In a long queue for rationed bread, on the pavement outside a supermarket, two women watched an approaching foreign journalist …
A defamation case lodged by Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza against a French TV channel, a Belgian lawyer and a Burundian writer has begun at a court in France's capital, Paris.
Mr Nkurunziza says that three years ago France 3 bro…
A defamation case lodged by Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza against a French TV channel, a Belgian lawyer and a Burundian writer has begun at a court in France's capital, Paris.
Mr Nkurunziza says that three years ago France 3 bro…
Mr Kwasi Ameyaw-Cheremeh, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sunyani East Constituency, on Monday embarked on a working tour to assess the relevance and effectiveness of beneficiaries of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) in public instituti…
The Senior Minister, Mr Yaw Osafo-Maafo, is leading a five-member government delegation to China to seek financial and technical support for the establishment of an e-records management system for the country.
The project, if implemente…
The United Nations said on Friday it had sent a fact-finding team to eastern Uganda to investigate a “surge” in the number of women and girls undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM).
The probe by the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) come…
Violent protests are continuing in India's north-eastern states over a proposed amendment to the country's citizenship law.
The protests have been particularly vocal in the state of Assam, which recently saw four million residents left …
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