Participants at the District League Table (DLT) analysis forum in Ho have called for an increase in the allocation of the District Assembly Common Fund (DACF) to low performing districts on the League Table.
Mr Charles A. Dzradosi, Soci…
Microsoft founder Bill Gates revealed yesterday that his foundation has spent $1.6bn (£1.14bn) in Nigeria, reports Nigeria's Vanguard newspaper. The newspaper added that, on a visit to the capital Abuja, Mr Gates criticised politicians, sa…
President Donald Trump is replacing US National Security Adviser HR McMaster with Bush-era defence hawk and former United Nations ambassador John Bolton.
Mr Trump tweeted to thank Gen McMaster, saying he had done an "outstanding job & w…
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has said that the government will continue to pay legal fees of the scandal-hit former president, Jacob Zuma.
Mr Ramaphosa said in a statement on Thursday that an agreement had been struck to con…
Dr Nii Adjei Kraku II, the Paramount Chief of the Tema Traditional Area has deplored the campaign against Felix Mensah Nii Annang-La, the Metropolitan Chief Executive of Tema.
He said the Public attacks on the MCE were unnecessary as th…
US President Donald Trump has signed a $1.3tn (£921bn) package to fund the government for six months, while vowing never to approve such a bill again.
Hours earlier, the president threatened to veto the bill over its lack of full fundin…
Human activities are causing an alarming decline in the variety of plant and animal life on Earth and jeopardizing food, clean water and energy supplies, a U.N.-backed study of biodiversity said on Friday.
Climate change will become a s…
British Prime Minister Theresa May welcomed a move by the European Union on Friday to sign off on a transition agreement for Brexit, and called for a “new dynamic” in the negotiations over future ties.
May told reporters before leaving …
A senior US official has said that the European Union (EU) and six other countries will be exempt from steel and aluminium tariffs announced by President Trump, at least temporarily.
Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told a Senate …
A gunman is believed to have killed at least two people during a hostage-taking at a supermarket in Trèbes, southern France.
An operation involving elite police is continuing at the Super U shop, where others were wounded.
Reports sa…
The father of the Dapchi schoolgirl still in captivity says he is happy to hear his daughter had refused to convert to Islam, but is a little surprised, as she was usually quiet and obedient.He urged her to stand strong regardless of how m…
A pregnant woman who was physically abused when she gave birth at a Kenyan hospital has been awarded $25,000 (£18,000).
Josephine Majani said she was slapped and verbally abused by nurses then left to deliver her baby on her own on the …
Mr Emmanuel Boakye Agyarko, Minister of Energy on Thursday said the on-going media war against Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation could be a blackmail warning; “I cannot sit down for such things to continue.
“We will not sit down under…
A book title ‘After Midnight: Musings of a Ghanaian Politician,’ authored by Mr Fritz Baffour, former Member of Parliament for Ablekuma South and Minister of Information was launched in Accra.
The 181-page-book divided into four parts w…
Dr Nana Ato Arthur, the Head of Service at the Local Government Service has advanced that the country has reached a stage to allow for election of Chief Executives at the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) level.
He…
Conflicts and climate disasters, particularly drought, drove the number of people facing crisis levels of hunger up by about 15 percent last year and the situation is getting worse, a report said on Thursday.
Last year 124 million peopl…
Europe’s second-highest court sided with proponents of more transparency in the EU lawmaking process on Thursday, saying that European Parliament should provide key documents in talks between legislators and EU countries on demand.
“The…
The father of a schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria has described the pain of losing his daughter again.
His daughter was among several others taken to the capital, Abuja, to meet President Muhammadu Buhari after their release…
Syrian rebels and their families are being evacuated from a key town in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region as part of an agreement with the government.
State media said 1,452 civilians and 308 rebels had left Harasta so far.
It was n…
A US citizen is taking Cambridge Analytica to court to get access to data he says it holds on him.
Prof David Carroll filed his legal challenge on the same day Facebook announced it had banned the company from its network.
He also wa…
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy says allegations he received campaign funding from late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are making his life "hell".
"I am accused without any physical evidence," Mr Sarkozy told magistrates, Le Figa…
The first black female ambassador to be appointed by the UK has called her promotion “an honour and a privilege”.
NneNne Iwuji-Eme has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Mozambique. She will take up her post in …
The government and the Minority in Parliament Wednesday continued to slug it out over the defence cooperation agreement between Ghana and the United States of America (USA).
While the government justified the proposed agreement with the…
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights on Wednesday deduced that the absence of a culture of accountability and sanctions undermines the rule of law and enhances systemic corruption in Africa.
“It is the supposition of the Afric…
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Wednesday a three-way summit with North Korea and the United States is possible and that talks should aim for an end to the nuclear threat on the Korean peninsula.
Moon is planning a meeting wi…
The leaders of 44 African countries have signed a deal to create one of the world's largest free trade blocs.
The agreement was signed at a summit in the Rwandan capital, Kigali.
It is hoped the deal will come into force within six m…
US President Donald Trump did not adhere to warnings from his advisers when he congratulated Vladimir Putin on his re-election, US media report.
A note to the president for his phone call with his Russian counterpart reportedly read: "D…
Germany’s BfV domestic intelligence agency will have to reassess its ties with Austria if information it passed on was seized during police raids on its Austrian counterpart, the Interior Ministry in Berlin said.
The statement, made on …
A former anti-corruption chief has been jailed for life by a military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the news agency AFP reports.
Abbas Kayonga was in charge of fighting fraud in the country's eastern mines but was dism…
China has said that Zimbabwe's "looters list" of people who owe the country money is not "credible", the news site Times Live reports.
On Monday, the country's president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, released the names of hundreds of companies a…
Nana Asare Bediako, an aspirant for the Ashanti Regional Chairmanship position of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) says the party needs strong leadership at the Regional levels to consolidate its electoral gains.
He said he would therefore…
Mr. Francis Opoku Sarfo, a New Patriotic Party (NPP) aspirant has pledged to do everything possible to re-capture the Asunafo South and Asutifi South Parliamentary seats for the NPP if given the nod to lead the party in the Brong-Ahafo Re…
UK newspaper the Guardian is reporting that the kidnappers of the Dapchi schoolgirls apologised to the girls' parents as they handed them over, saying they thought the girls were "Christians not Muslims."
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The Convention Peoples’ Party (CPP) on Tuesday warned African Governments of emerging power of corporate dictators adopting socio-economic pressure to demands for group interest.
“Emerging trend across African democracies is that elect…
Pope Francis is to visit Ireland in August - the first papal visit to the country for almost 40 years.
He will arrive in Dublin as the city hosts the World Meeting of Families, an international Catholic event which is staged every three…
Ms Sarah Adwoa Safo Deputy Majority Leader in Parliament on Tuesday informed Parliament that a manual would soon be adopted by the House to operationalise the Code of Conduct adopted last December.
“Mr Speaker, it is my fervent hope tha…
Mr Alexander Frimpong, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Asante-Akim South, has commended the chiefs and opinion leaders in the area for their overwhelming support to the assembly’s industrialisation agenda.
He said the preparedne…
Mr Moses Anim, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Trobu Constituency has called for the formation of resident associations to push for development agenda.
He said the residents’ associations could also serve as watchdogs and attributed …
As at mid-day on Tuesday, over eleven aspirants from various constituencies have picked nominations forms from the New Patriotic Party’s regional office in Accra to contest for various positions.
At the time of the visit by Ghana News A…
Mr William Owuraku Aidoo, Deputy Minister for Energy, has reiterated government’s commitment to ensure equitable and fair distribution of national resources for the benefit of all.
He said the creation of additional Districts and Munici…
The head of the Vatican communications department has resigned after coming under fire for doctoring a letter sent by retired Pope Benedict XVI.
A brief Vatican statement said Pope Francis had "accepted" the resignation of Msgr. Dario V…
Zambia's tax authority says a prominent mining company has used a scam over a five year period to avoid paying $8bn (£5bn) worth of tax.
It did not name the company which it said had passed off its imports as mining machinery, which is …
The Deputy Energy Minister, Mr. William Owuraku Aidoo, has called for the people to unite behind the government in the implementation of its development programmes.
Everybody should find space to support the various interventions being …
Libya should resist rushing into elections this year because the country is too violent and authorities cannot guarantee freedom of assembly or free speech, which are essential for a vote, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.
Potential…
The majority of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by militants from the town of Dapchi last month have been returned, the government says.
Nigeria's Ministry of Information says 76 of the 110 schoolgirls were brought back in the early …
A suspect linked with a series of deadly parcel bombs targeting Austin, Texas, is dead after a major police operation, officials say.
The suspect was killed after detonating a device when officers approached his car off a highway in the…
The National Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Mr Bernard Mornah, has urged the government to take a bold step in solving the Togo political crisis.
He said the Togo crisis had graduated from bad to worse and urgent st…
The Minority caucus in Parliament is demanding the immediate withdrawal from the house, an agreement by Cabinet it says will permit the United States of America to site a military base in Ghana.
A statement signed by the group said the …
United Nations agencies and NGO partners today released the 2018 Joint Response Plan (JRP) for the Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis, a US$951 million appeal to meet the urgent needs of nearly 900,000 Rohingya refugees and more than 330,000 vul…
The humanitarian crisis in the region remains one of the most severe in the world today, with at least 7.7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in 2018
The United Nations, through the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund, has allocate…
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