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…
The number of people missing in northern California's devastating wildfire has leapt to more than 600, and seven more bodies have been found, according to local authorities.
The missing persons' list has doubled since earlier on Thursda…
Delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Central, Eastern and Western Regions have hailed flagbearer aspirant, Kojo Bonsu for his message of unity and hope.
“Kojo Bonsu, we love your message and campaign style,” th…
Mr Frank Annoh-Dompreh, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nsawam Adoagyiri, has called for a legislation to regulate the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities of corporate bodies in the country.
According to the Legislator, t…
The US has announced it is reducing is forces in Africa by about 10% over the next few years.
Currently 7,200 military forces serve in the US Africa Command.
A Pentagon statement said in West Africa, where many jihadist groups are ac…
The US Justice Department is preparing charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, reports in the US say.
The reports came as a filing in a separate court case hinted that charges were being prepared. Justice officials said the fi…
As the National Democratic Congress (NDC) goes to yet another crucial national delegates congress on Saturday to elect its national executive officers to steer the affairs of the party towards Election 2020 and beyond, there is a lot of an…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo Prampram constituency, Mr Sam George, has called on the government to implement the United Nations (UN) conventions on the statelessness of refugees in the country.…
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the army to protect Chinese companies following a spate of thefts.
Addressing a group of 120 Chinese investors on Wednesday, Mr Museveni announced increased patrols and CCTV installation in …
The lifting of sanctions against Eritrea is the latest in a series of dramatic developments in the Horn of Africa.
They were imposed in 2009 after Eritrea was accused of supporting the Somali jihadist group al-Shabab.
But the UN Secu…
Aisha Mohammed is Ethiopia's first female defence minister and does not have a military backgroundImage caption: Aisha Mohammed is Ethiopia's first female defence minister and does not have a military background
Ethiopia has had yet ano…
The director of the US emergency agency says a California town ravaged by wildfire will need a "total rebuild" job that will take several years.
Brock Long, administrator of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), said the damage to…
Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor has concluded that an intelligence officer ordered Jamal Khashoggi's murder, and not Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
The officer was tasked with persuading the dissident journalist to return to the Gul…
The campaign team of Alhaji Huudu Yahaya, a National Democratic Congress (NDC) chairmanship hopeful, has strongly condemned the introduction of ethnocentric elements into the body politic of the party in the run-up to the party's congress …
The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs has held a workshop on good governance and leadership for Members of Parliament (MPs) and Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to harmonize the relationship between them for d…
Hundreds of Central American migrants travelling through Mexico to seek asylum in the US have reached the Mexican border city of Tijuana.
The group of 400, who include LGBTQ migrants, broke away from the larger caravan of 5,000 people i…
The UN Security Council has unanimously agreed to lift sanctions against Eritrea after nine years.
An arms embargo, asset freeze, and travel ban were imposed in 2009 amid claims Eritrea supported al-Shabab militants in Somalia. Eritrea …
Kweku Adoboli, the former UBS trader convicted of fraud, has been deported to Ghana, despite a long campaign to keep him in Britain.
His lawyer confirmed he was flown out of Heathrow Airport this evening after being detained in Scotland…
Israel's defence minister has resigned over the cabinet's decision to accept a ceasefire ending two days of fighting with Palestinian militants in Gaza.
Avigdor Lieberman denounced the move as "surrendering to terror".
He said his ri…
A rare pink diamond has fetched 50.3m Swiss francs ($50m; £38.5m) at auction, a record price per carat.
Pink Legacy, weighing in at just under 19 carats, was bought by US brand Harry Winston at auction in Geneva.
The price of around …
The EU says much work still needs to be done on Brexit, despite agreeing a draft withdrawal document with the UK.
"We still have a long road ahead of us on both sides," chief negotiator Michel Barnier said.
The EU has set out a serie…
The legality of the referendum for the creation of six new regions will be determined by the Supreme Court on November 28, 2018 when it rules on a suit challenging the referendum.
Three persons - Mayor Agbleze, Destiny Awlimey and Jean …
Members of Parliament (MPs) are to begin initiating bills in Parliament using the Private Members Bill.
The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye, who disclosed this said the MPs would sponsor bills on social, health, il…
Girls in the Nigerian state of Lagos are now allowed to wear a hijab to school, the authorities have said.
The Muslim headscarf has been at the centre of a row in the state since 2014 when a Lagos high court banned them in schools.
T…
The Danquah Institute, a public policy and research organisation, on Tuesday called for a re-negotiation of the new Tema Port Terminal contract to ensure value for money and safeguard the interest of the country.
According to the Instit…
The Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG), has facilitated a strategic meeting in Accra, between the Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Sub-Committee of Parliament and delegates from local government and opinion leaders in cocoa growi…
The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, has applauded President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s exemplary leadership, that, he said, was worthy of emulation by others on the African Continent.
The Qatari leader said the Presid…
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has defended his economic policy, saying "painful reforms" are necessary to get the southern African country out of economic stagnation.
"Yes, the medicine is harsh, but the patient requires it in…
A court in Egypt has sentenced Mohamed Aboutrika, one of the country's football legends, to one year in prison for tax evasion with an option to pay a fine of 20,000 Egyptian pounds ($1,100; £860) to have the sentence suspended.
Aboutri…
CNN has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration after the White House suspended the credentials of one of its senior journalists.
Its chief White House correspondent, Jim Acosta, had his press "hard pass" revoked last week hour…
Mr James Gunu, the Volta Regional Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has said the Party would come out of its national delegates congress stronger, united and better prepared to win the 2020 general election.
He said t…
The trial of drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán is starting in New York under intense security.
Guzmán was arrested in January 2016 after escaping from prison through a tunnel five months earlier.
The Mexican is accused of b…
Cameroon has stopped the trial of prominent Anglophone journalist, Mimi Mefo, who was accused of spreading fake news and terrorism after the intervention of President Paul Biya, her employer, privately-owned Equinoxe Television, has said.
…
What exactly is going on with South Africa's deputy president?
We now know that David Mabuza is in Russia for a medical check-up.
However, contrary to local newspaper reports - which suggested he was undergoing medical treatment foll…
An executive member of Tema East branch of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has advised party members to be up and doing by getting abreast with trending issues in their rank and file.
“If I am a Bagbin supporter who is…
A campaign designed to whip up enthusiasm for massive voting in favour of the creation of a new region out of the Volta Region at a referendum to be held on December 27 this year has been launched at Kadjebi.
Dubbed the,“Oti Referend…
Kampakuya Na Andani Yakubu Abdulai, Regent of Dagbon has called on the chiefs of Gbungbaliga, Nakpachie to play their roles responsibly to restore everlasting peace in the area.
He urged them to channel all their energies towards fighti…
Tanzanian authorities have deployed the military to buy cashew nuts from farmers to solve a row over prices.
President John Magufuli had given traders a Monday deadline to buy the crops at government-approved rates.
Farmers had halte…
Thirteen more bodies have been recovered in California, bringing the death toll in the US state's deadliest wildfire to 42, officials say.
The remains were found in and around the largely incinerated town of Paradise, in the north of th…
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