Zimabwe's Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube is presenting the first budget of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government.
The highlights of the $8.2bn (£6.3bn) budget include a 5% salary cut for all senior government workers including in sta…
The government has laid a Legislative Instrument (LI) in Parliament for the creation of five new district and municipal assemblies.
A Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Mr Augustine Collins Ntim, laid the LI in P…
There was heated argument between the Majority and Minority as Parliament begins debate on the 2019 budget statement and economic policy for the 2019 financial year.
The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, on Thursday presented the …
Three envoys Tuesday lauded Ghana's resolve to transition from foreign assistance to trade with her development partners, stressing that the move would put the country on the path to rapid development.
The three - the Irish Ambassador t…
Russia’s Gazprom Neft has signed a memorandum of understanding with South Sudan to explore four oil blocks, South Sudan’s petroleum minister said on Tuesday.
The oil arm of Russian gas giant Gazprom was awaiting more information on the …
A thirteen-member Greater Accra Regional Peace Council Board has been inaugurated in Accra to work towards sustainable peace in the region.
The Council is made up of representatives of various institutions, including the Catholic Bishop…
The Majority Leader and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Mr. Osei Kyei-Mensah Bonsu, has called on the two major political parties to do introspection on the election of party national executives to reflect the stipulation of the Constit…
Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, a flag bearer aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has shared the seven points transformational agenda with delegates at the Ninth National Congress held in Accra.
He said the seven pillars, which h…
The Otumfuo-led Mediation Committee on the Dagbon peace process has successfully facilitated an agreement between the Abudu and Andani feuding parties to perform the funerals of the late two Yaa-Naas of Dagbon to pave way for lasting peace…
Obore Gariba Yankorsor II, Paramount chief of the Bassare Traditional Council has commended government for capturing the Yendi-Tatale road in the 2019 National Budget for construction.
The move, he said would not only facilitate the mov…
Ghana and Poland must collaborate in the energy, food production and processing, telecommunications, the Information and Communication Technology, Defense and other sectors to the benefit and wellbeing of their peoples.
The Ambassador o…
Interpol has elected South Korean Kim Jong-yang as its president, rejecting the controversial Russian frontrunner.
Mr Kim was chosen by Interpol's 194 member states at a meeting of its annual congress in Dubai.
He beat Russia's Alexa…
Cameroon's security forces have rescued kidnapped students and one teacher after a raid on a camp of separatist fighters in the South-West region.
The group of nine, not 20 as first reported, was taken from a school in the city of Kumba…
A great feat for popular democracy was achieved at last Saturday’s congress of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) when the voice of the people, exhibited through protests in the instance, led to a deferment of an otherwise planned key …
People trapped in a falling lift in the US city of Chicago thought they were going to die as they plummeted 84 floors to the ground.
Six people, including a pregnant woman, fell from the 95th to the 11th floor in a skyscraper formerly k…
Police and security forces have stormed Papua New Guinea's parliament in a dispute over unpaid bonuses for last week's Apec summit, lawmakers said.
The group reportedly smashed windows and furniture in the building, located in the capit…
Israel has denounced as "shameful" Airbnb's decision to withdraw its listings from homes in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Its tourism minister said Israeli authorities would back legal challenges lodged by settlers agai…
Regional government asks aid agencies to scale up emergency response to the humanitarian crisis.
Over 200,000 people fled ethnic conflict to camps in the Somali region of Ethiopia since July. This pushes the total to over 700,000 t…
Recent success has got England fans excited - so are Gareth Southgate's side realistically capable of winning a major tournament?
Southgate says England are "breaking new barriers" as they near the end of a year that brought a first Wor…
The health authorities in the central Mozambican province of Manica say they have taken disciplinary measures against staff and trainees who were caught playing around with social media on their mobile phones instead of caring for patients…
Foreign exchange bureaus in Tanzania's northern city of Arusha have remained closed for a second day after soldiers conducted what they called a "special operation" for reasons they have not given.
The operation ended at midnight but th…
US President Donald Trump has been asked to ascertain whether Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman played a role in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
Republican and Democratic leaders of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesd…
Kofi Adams, former National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has declared his intention to contest as the Member of Parliament for Buem constituency in the Volta Region in the next elections on the ticket of NDC after b…
For the second year in a row the charity Water Aid has highlighted Ethiopia's poor record when it comes to access to toilets at home.
On World Toilet Day, it has reported that 93%of Ethiopians lack basic sanitation where they live, maki…
A US federal judge has blocked an order issued by President Trump to deny asylum to migrants crossing the southern US border illegally.
US District Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco issued the temporary restraining order after hearing ar…
The Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle, Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has said she is "willing" to support the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), the party her father, former president Jerry John Rawlings founded, to win the…
Israel's government appears to have survived a possible collapse after a key partner withdrew a threat to leave the coalition and force snap elections.
Naftali Bennett, of the Jewish Home party, had signalled he would quit, but announce…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has pledged to give the needed support to anyone who emerges as the flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the party’s quest to wrest power from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 20…
The Northern Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Chief Sofo Azorka, has been elected as a National Vice Chairman of the party.
Provisional results show that Chief Azorka would be one of the three vice chairper…
Dozens of increasingly desperate migrants rescued by a cargo ship in the Mediterranean have been refusing to leave after it docked in a Libyan port.
Some told journalists they would rather die than be forced to disembark in Libya where …
In the last few weeks social media users in Sudan have been horrified by videos and pictures of young men's afros being shaved off by the former Janjaweed forces in some of the poor areas of the capital, Khartoum.
The government-backed …
US President Donald Trump says he has been briefed on a recording of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder - but will not listen to it himself.
"It's a suffering tape, it's a terrible tape," he told Fox News Sunday.
The CIA has r…
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo has been elected as the National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Mr Ofosu-Ampofo who has previously served as national organiser, vice chairman and director of elections for the NDC …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on Ghanaians to support the growth and development of entrepreneurs, especially women, which is the focus of this year’s celebration in Ghana.
November 2018 marks the celebration of the…
The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has retained his position.
Mr Asiedu Nketiah polled 6644 votes to overwhelmingly beat Samuel Koku Sitsofo Anyidoho who obtained 1655 votes.
…
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) is prepared to collaborate with other political parties to develop a national ideology in the build up to the next general election in 2020.
“There should be something we can always work together to…
The Ghana Institute of Democracy, the educational wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has so far trained 6,500 members to strength the party’s hierarchy.
Courses provided at the Institute include governance, grassroots mobil…
Mr Kwadwo Adu Asare, who contested the position of Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) was misrepresented on the ballot paper as Justice Yeboah.
He has since raised concerns over the mix up of h…
Mr Haruna Iddrisu, Minority Leader of Parliament has called on delegates at the Ninth National Delegate Congress of National Democratic Congress (NDC) to elect leaders with will and integrity.
He appealed to the party delegates to be gu…
Mr Kwadwo Adu Asare, who contested the position of Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) at last Saturday's congress, and was misrepresented on the ballot paper as Justice Yeboah has decided not to p…
Only 180,747 representing 35.8 per cent out of a total number of 505,314 registered voters in the proposed region- Western-North, checked their names during the recent voter exhibition exercise conducted by the Electoral Commission (EC) of…
About?15 hours of voting did not deter them — they waited, kept wake, determined to cast their ballots for their preferred candidates.
The first time the National Democratic Congress (NDC) expanded its electoral college came with chal…
Besides more unpredictable weather and changing crop diseases, Kenyan farmers face another worry: counterfeit seed.
Seed sold as something other than it is - the wrong variety or with the wrong characteristics, sometimes marketed with a…
A 100-bed capacity hospital opened in Cox’s Bazar district in Bangladesh. It is expected to serve 140,000 Rohingya refugees based in the Kutupalong camp.
This round-the-clock medical facility, built and managed by Médecins Sans Frontièr…
A year ago, many Ethiopians would not have dared to imagine the spectacle they are being treated to right now, as the government intensifies the crackdown on corrupt officials and people it alleges have carried out gross human rights viola…
The Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) is to play host to a number of developmental initiatives by the government to improve upon the living conditions and the socioeconomic well-being of the inhabitants.
Such programmes woul…
A legal practitioner, Akoto Ampaw has taken a strong exception to some assertions that the creation of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) by the government of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is merely a political gimmick to clam…
Morocco inaugurated Africa's fastest train today - which will halve travelling time between the commercial and industrial hubs of Casablanca and Tangier.
King Mohammed VI and French President Emmanuel Macron boarded the train for the in…
Mr Francis Doku, Volta Regional Police Commander, has given assurance for an incident -free referendum on December 27th for the creation of the proposed Oti Region.
He said the police were ready to ensure that the exercise was smooth an…
Ten African migrants who became stuck in the snow trying to cross the Alps illegally on foot from Italy into France have been rescued.
The authorities say they've now been taken to a reception centre near the city of Turin.
Overnight…
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