Ambassador Martha Ama Pobee, Ghana’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN has called for a concerted and deliberate strategy to ensure diplomatic skills are imbibed in young people of developing nations.
She said, the uniqu…
A group of National Democratic Congress (NDC) members in Tema West have expressed their willingness to vote for the ruling New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament in the 2020 general election.
They think that meritocracy, rather than p…
The Constitutional Court in Uganda is hearing an opposition attempt to annul a constitutional amendment which removes presidential age limits.
MPs voted overwhelmingly last year to scrap the age limit of 75.
It meant 73-year-old Pres…
The Syrian government and its ally Russia have blamed Israel for a deadly attack on a Syrian military airport.
Monday's attack hit the Tiyas airbase, known as T4, near the city of Homs. Observers say 14 people were killed.
Israel, wh…
The Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul-Malik Kweku Baako Jnr has seconded President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s description of some front-line politicians who had kicked against the 2018 Defence Co-operation Agre…
Former President Jerry Rawlings has called for “a second look” at the controversial military cooperation agreement with the United States of America if there are details warranting that.
In a tweet late Friday night, Rawlings said such …
The political uncertainty and weak macroeconomic situation that accounted for fewer deals in Africa’s largest markets in 2017 look set to ease over the coming year
Political risk will remain a major concern for dealmakers in Africa in 2…
Mr. Samuel Annobil Baidoo, one of the candidates in the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Central Regional Youth Organizer race, has pulled out.
He cited the unity and harmony of the party as the reasons for his withdrawal from the co…
Police in Zimbabwe are closing in on former First Lady Grace Mugabe as they investigate her alleged involvement in the smuggling of ivory, the state-run Herald newspaper reports.
Mrs Mugabe is alleged to have overseen the export of larg…
The Ministry of Monitoring and Evaluation in collaboration with the National Development Planning Commission will roll out an electronic dashboard across the Ministries to help communicate data and changes on government programmes to multi…
As unbelievable as it sounds, doctors in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa say they have successfully removed a toothbrush from a man’s stomach. David Charo said he had swallowed the toothbrush accidentally on Sunday, while brushing his teet…
Mobile internet services have been restored in many areas of Ethiopia following a shutdown of months.It comes after new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed promised to bring about reforms in the country, which has had two state of emergencies declar…
Unrest between Palestinian protesters and Israeli forces has erupted along Gaza's border with Israel, a week after similar unrest left 16 people dead.
The Gaza health ministry said one protester had been killed by Israeli forces on Frid…
Supporters of former South African president Jacob Zuma plan to march to the Durban High Court on Friday, where Zuma will face corruption charges related to a decades-old arms deal.
Zuma plans to legally challenge a decision to prosecut…
Mr. Kamal Deen Abdulai, a national youth organiser hopeful of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), has promised to introduce a scholarship scheme for members of the tertiary education wing of the party if elected.
Mr. Kamal who…
Russian former spy Sergei Skripal is no longer in a critical condition after being poisoned by a nerve agent, doctors have said.
Salisbury District Hospital said Mr Skripal is responding well to treatment and "improving rapidly".
Mr …
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak announced the dissolution of parliament on Friday, paving the way for a general election showdown with his old mentor and the country’s most seasoned campaigner, Mahathir Mohamad.
Najib is under pre…
Brazil's ex-President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva will not surrender to federal police at their southern HQ despite being ordered by a judge, reports say.
Lula was expected to surrender by late afternoon after the Supreme Court ruled he s…
As part of activities to intensify pressure on government to withdraw the Ghana-US Military Cooperation Agreement, the Ghana First Patriotic Front (GFPF), is hosting a public forum on April 11 this year to solicit more support on the issue…
An aspiring Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Robert Asare-Bediako, has stated that he is still in the race and committed to unseating the incumbent Regional Chairman, Mr Bernard Antwi-Bosiako.
He noted that thoug…
Liberian leader, George Manneh Weah arrived in Ghana on Friday for a two-day state visit, aimed at shoring up relations between both nations.
At the head of a government delegation, Mr Weah who has already been to Cote d’Ivoire, is expe…
South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma has been charged with corruption linked to a 1990s arms deal.
After the 75-year-old's 15-minute appearance at the High Court in Durban on Friday morning, the case was adjourned until 8 June.
…
South Korea's former President Park Geun-hye has been sentenced to 24 years in jail after she was found guilty of abuse of power and coercion.
The verdict was broadcast live and represents the culmination of a scandal which rocked the c…
Two key members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) say President Akufo-Addo failed to use his televised address to settle the controversy generated by the 2018 Defence Cooperation Agreement between Ghana and the United St…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has explained that sending the Ghana-US defence cooperation agreement for Parliamentary ratification was aimed at promoting transparency.
In a televised address on Thursday night, President Akufo-Ad…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to visit U.S. President Donald Trump on April 27, just before the expiry of an exemption for the European Union from U.S. import duties on steel and aluminum, mass-selling daily Bild reported on Thursd…
Corruption investigators in Ukraine are looking into allegations that late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi gave a multi-million euro donation to the presidential campaign of Yulia Tymoshenko in 2010, Ukrainian MP Volodymyr Ariev said.
Tym…
The Philippine island of Boracay will be closed to tourists for six months following concerns of damage to its once pristine shores.
A spokesperson for President Rodrigo Duterte said the closure would begin on 26 April.
Earlier this …
Zimbabwe wants mining firms to list on the local bourse as part of efforts under new president Emmerson Mnangagwa to boost investment and local ownership of its vast mineral resources, a new bill before parliament showed.
Mnangagwa, who…
France's defence minister has promised "zero tolerance" of discrimination in the armed forces amid allegations of widespread sexual harassment involving an elite military academy near Paris.
A group of male students is said to have forc…
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) is developing a comprehensive action plan to prevent flooding in the metropolis during the rainy season.Mr. OseiAssibey-Antwi, Chief Executive said the plan would help protect lives and properties ast…
Thirty (30) candidates are in the race for regional executive positions in the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Brong-Ahafo.Three candidates have filed their nomination to contest the Regional Chairman position – the incumbent, Thoma…
Mr Bugri Ibrahim, NPP aspirant seeking the post of Upper East Regional Second Vice Chairman has promised to increase the number of parliamentary seats in the region from three to eight come 2020 elections if given the mandate.
Mr Ibrahi…
Sierra Leone's opposition candidate, Julius Maada Bio, has rushed to take his presidential oath in a hotel after winning the run-off election.
Mr Maada Bio is a former military ruler who briefly ruled the country in 1996.
He narrowly…
Bells have tolled in cities across the US to mark the moment 50 years ago that civil rights leader Martin Luther King was gunned down by a white supremacist.
They rang out 39 times - one for each of Dr King's years. The main event took …
Brazil's ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be jailed while he appeals against a graft conviction, the Supreme Court has ruled.
He is facing 12 years in jail on charges of accepting a bribe but had asked to remain free during h…
A Former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings has described the death of Winnie Madikizela Mandela as a great loss to Africa.
A statement signed by Mrs Rawlings, who is also the President of Developing Women for Mobilisation (DWM)…
South Africa signed long-delayed renewable energy contracts worth $4.7 billion with independent power producers on Wednesday, in the first major investment deal under President Cyril Ramaphosa.
The signing of power purchase agreements f…
Austria’s right-wing government announced plans on Wednesday to ban girls from wearing headscarves in kindergarten and primary schools to combat what it sees as a threat to Austrian mainstream culture from some Muslims.
Austria took in …
The leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has condemned what it says are “brutal and barbaric attacks” on the MP for Asonafo South and former Brong Ahafo regional minister Eric Opoku and others at Sankore.
The NDC says …
Thirty-one people had filed their nominations to contest the 10 positions in the upcoming New Patriotic Party (NPP) regional elections in the Brong Ahafo Region at the close of nominations last Friday.
The stage is, therefore, set for a…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has once again declined to state whether he intends to vie for the fiagbearership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2020 general election.
According to him, his focus at the moment is …
Egypt plans to hold its first local elections in a decade in the first half of next year, the state news agency MENA reported on Wednesday.
Egypt has been without local councils since? ?June 2011, when a court dissolved them after the p…
Russia long saw Donald Trump as the wild card in its strategy to improve relations with the United States.
But 14 months after he became U.S. president, Moscow is close to viewing him as a busted flush, unable to enact his pledge for be…
The contest for a new Volta regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is becoming interesting with the emergence of six candidates vying for the position which became vacant after the elevation of the former Chairman, John Peter A…
Australian organisers of the Commonwealth Games have sought to make light of the embarrassing mistake of listing England as an African country in the official programme, AFP news agency reports.
"There was an overprint. We found out abo…
Eighteen hostages seized in south-western Cameroon have been freed in a military operation.
A government statement said 12 Europeans and six Cameroonians were seized by "secessionist terrorists".
It occurred in a restive English-spea…
France on Tuesday wished Abdel Fattah al-Sisi success for his next presidential term in Egypt and said it stood “resolutely” with the country on the fight against terrorism.
Sisi, who had no real opposition, was re-elected for a second …
Russia's call for a joint inquiry into the poisoning of an ex-spy and his daughter in England is "perverse", the UK has told the international chemical weapons watchdog in the Hague.
The victim of an attack is not required to work with …
Metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs), have been asked to do more to strengthen internally-generated revenue performance.
Hajia Alima Mahama, the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, said it was through…
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