Beijing will "reduce and remove" the 40% tariffs it places on US cars imported into China, US President Donald Trump has said.
China has declined to confirm President Trump's announcement, which he made on Twitter without providing detail…
Thousands of commuters have been forced to walk to work in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, as a ban on public minibuses from accessing the city centre takes effect.
Last week, city authorities announced that the minibuses - known as matatu…
The naturalist Sir David Attenborough has said climate change is humanity's greatest threat in thousands of years.
The broadcaster said it could lead to the collapse of civilisations and the extinction of "much of the natural world"…
The delay by the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) in releasing some assets and documents needed by the newly established Tema West Municipal Assembly (TWMA) has been identified as one of the major factors inhibiting the effective and succe…
The swearing-in ceremony of the newly constituted National Media Commission (NMC) was held at the Supreme Court building in Accra Friday.
A former Director of Newspapers of the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL), Mr Yaw Boadu…
The GH¢ 420,000.00 fee that the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has slapped on the nomination filing process for the 2020 Presidential ticket has provoked sympathy money for Alban Sumana Kingsfo…
A number of sitting and former Members of Parliament supporting the bid of Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, for the 2020 Presidential ticket of the NDC have announced their readiness to foot the bill for him to pick and file his nomination.…
Mr Frank Baidoo, the District Chief Executive for Akuapem South has appealed to community leaders in the area to help educate the people to pay their taxes and levies to enable the Assembly generate funds for more projects.
He said the …
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma wants corruption charges relating to a $2.2 billion arms deal to be permanently set aside, his lawyers said on Friday, when Zuma made his fourth court appearance since the charges were reinstated.…
The European Union will extend its existing economic sanctions on Russia next month, a top official with the bloc said on Friday after Moscow’s action against Ukraine’s navy in the Sea of Azov.
European Council President Donald Tusk wil…
UK researchers have developed an early warning system to prevent the crops of African farmers from being devastated.
The Pest Risk Information Service (Prise) combines temperature data and weather forecasts with computer models.
It t…
The Volta Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, has bemoaned the low level encouragement women receive when they show interest in occupying leadership positions in the country.
According to him, many women with the requisite capa…
Professor Joshua Alabi, a presidential aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has paid a courtesy call on Nene Abram Kabu Akuaku III, the Paramount Chief of Ada, as part of his campaign tour of the area.
Prof Alabi said the…
Parliament is engaging in consultation on the proposed establishment of a Parliamentary Assurances Committee to monitor and see to the implementation of assurances that come from the House, Mr. Kwesi Ameyaw Kyeremeh, Majority Chief Whip, h…
If all goes as planned, the next batch of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) will be popularly elected on multi-partisan basis in June/July 2021 when the term of office of the current MMDCEs expires.
Hajia Al…
Thousands of Australian school students have urged greater action on climate change in protests across the country.
The students skipped school on Friday to highlight what they say are inadequate climate policies by the Australian gover…
French MPs have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a bill that would ban parents from smacking their children.
The bill on "corporal punishment or humiliation" seeks to ensure that parental authority is exercised without violence. It wil…
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to break ground for the building of a new parliament, the information ministry has tweeted.
The building which is to be located on farmland north-west of the capital, Harare, will have…
The Minority in Parliament on Wednesday raised issues about the government’s decision to partly fund the construction of a national cathedral when many Ghanaians faced difficulties.
It again accused the Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofo…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has taken a swipe at the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) for making life uncomfortable for the ordinary Ghanaian due to the government’s harsh socio-economic policies.
The majority of the people, he…
Government says it has already allocated a total of 120 million Ghana cedis in the 2019 Budget and Economic Policy for the six potential new regions as initial seed money.
Of the total, each potential new region would be given 20 millio…
Morocco’s parliament, at this moment, is deciding the nation’s Decentralisation Charter. Since its working draft is not currently made public, we can only hope that every parliamentarian realises that the human development course of the na…
The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is now the second biggest in history, with 426 confirmed and probable cases, the health ministry said late on Thursday.
The epidemic in a volatile part of Democratic Republic of Congo is now only surp…
The camp of Professor Joshua Alabi, an aspiring flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed disappointment with the GH?400,000 filing fee expected to be paid by all flag bearer hopefuls of the main opposition party.…
The stakes are high at this week's G20 summit, where President Trump is due to meet China's President Xi Jinping.
Hopes that the meeting could open the way for a deal over trade between the two countries have been undermined by recent t…
The largest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), would on Saturday, January 19, 2019, go to the polls to elect their flagbearer for the 2020 Presidential Election.
Contestants are to pay GHC400,000 each, plus a fili…
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, the newly-elected National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, said the party will on Sunday December 2, hold a national thanksgiving service at the Church of Pentecost, Teshie Nungua in Accra.
He said …
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission is in the process of developing a regional framework on Access to Justice and rule of law, which will guide ECOWAS member states in developing effective policies.
The doc…
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has called an emergency summit of regional leaders to discuss escalating attacks by militant Islamist group Boko Haram.
The summit will look at ways to strengthen the multi-national force set up regi…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has stressed there is "no military solution" to the naval confrontation between Ukraine and Russia off Crimea.
On Sunday Russia fired on three Ukrainian ships sailing towards the strait between the Black Se…
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Public Sector Reforms, Thomas Kusi Boafo has condemned the actions of vigilante groups affiliated to political parties.
He wondered why political parties would encourage the formation of groups known…
A polio vaccine that can be stored as a dried powder at room temperature is a new opportunity to help eradicate the disease, researchers at the University of Southern California say.
The vaccines usually require a cool and stable temper…
The organisers of the Blue Economy conference that has just closed in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, told the BBC the event had been a great success, but admitted they had made a mistake by allowing single-use plastic at the venue.
Ambassado…
The US Senate has advanced a measure to withdraw American support for a Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, in a blow to President Donald Trump.
Many senators are unhappy with Mr Trump's response to the murder of Saudi journalist Jam…
Seven Indian nationals are being held captive in western Ethiopia by local workers demanding their salaries, media reports say.
The seven work for an Indian firm building roads in Ethiopia.
Local staff have allegedly held the seven f…
Former president Jerry John Rawlings has hinted at publishing a book that will chronicle his political life after his wife, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings launched hers on Monday.
Congratulating his wife on the successful launch of the bo…
A flag bearer aspirant of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Ekwow Spio- Garbrah, has indicated that the NDC suffered greatly in the 2016 general election due to its inability to present a well-crafted message to the ele…
Tema West Municipal Assembly (TWMA) has held its First Ordinary General Assembly Meeting with a call on the Tema Metropolitan Assembly to release all assets belonging to the new Assembly.
Mrs Adwoa Amoako, Tema West Municipal Chief Exec…
The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, has urged the media to focus their discussions on issues that are relevant to the country's socio-economic development.
He said the over concentration on irrelevant issues would …
People of African descent are facing "widespread and entrenched prejudice and exclusion" across the European Union, a study suggests.
Race-related violence, discriminatory police profiling, and discrimination in the search for jobs and …
Sri Lanka's top military officer has been remanded in custody, accused of covering up civil war-era murders.
Chief of Defence Staff Ravindra Wijeguneratne appeared in court after warrants for his arrest were issued.
Prosecutors say h…
Against the backdrop of rising global hunger, Pope Francis will join world leaders at the opening ceremony of the Forty-Second session of the Governing Council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a United Nations…
Sydney has been deluged by the heaviest November rain it has experienced in decades, causing flash-flooding, traffic chaos and power cuts.
Heavy rain fell throughout Wednesday, the city at one point receiving its average monthly rainfal…
Professor Maxwell Owusu, a lecturer at the University of Michigan, in the United States, has observed that the country needed a strong mass of literacy culture to boost industrialisation for holistic development.
He explained that an in…
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived for a one-day working visit in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state and the birthplace of the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency.
He is expected to address the troops deployed to the front l…
The Rural Women farmers of the Nanumba North Municipality has called on Government to institute policies to ensure women had easy access to land for farming purposes.
This, they said, would help solve the long standing land tenure syste…
Gabon’s President Ali Bongo, who has been in hospital for more than a month in Saudi Arabia, is being transferred on Wednesday to the Moroccan capital, Rabat, to convalesce.
His wife Sylvia Bongo posted on social media that the transfer…
Mr Ignatius Akwasi Amankwah, District Chief Executive for the Bodi District of the Western Region, has called on leaders of institutions and organisations, especially those in his area, to live a selfless leadership style in order to brin…
The Chartered Institute of Bankers (Ghana), the professional body for banks and financial institutions in Ghana, on Tuesday, November 27, 2018, honoured the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia at the 22nd National Banking Conference in Ac…
Embattled French President Emmanuel Macron has said he will not abandon a controversial fuel tax, as he set out France's future energy strategy.
The so-called yellow vests protests have seen thousands take to the streets across France o…
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