Mr. James Asafo Akowuah, a tutor at the Manso-Adubia Senior High School (SHS), has been elected the new Constituency Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) for Manso-Nkwanta.
He polled 249 votes to beat two other contestant…
The Abirem Constituency Women Organizer of the New Patriotic Party NPP Miss Ivy Grace Dokuah, has retained her seat for the fourth consecutive term in office following the constituency primaries which took place at New Abirem in the Birim …
The UN has renewed its appeal for an immediate truce in the besieged Syrian rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area, amid reports of more deaths in air strikes.
The UN Security Council demanded on Saturday that all parties cease fighting for 30 …
The US National Rifle Association (NRA) has said it does not support any gun ban following a shooting in a Florida school that left 17 people dead.
The NRA's comments appear to go against President Donald Trump's proposals to tighten gu…
Nigeria has deployed extra troops and planes to search for 110 schoolgirls believed to have been abducted by Boko Haram militants last week.
The girls went missing after jihadists stormed their school in the town of Dapchi in the north-…
The founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Flt. Lt. Jerry Rawlings Friday registered his membership of the party in fulfillment of a nationwide re-registration drive.
The former president completed the brief exercise at ab…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo last Friday succeeded in getting the incumbent government and the opposition parties in Togo to put an end to all forms of actions that disturb the peace of that country and rather resort to dialog…
The additional contribution of NOK 15 million will bring Norway’s support for the Sahel region to approximately NOK 455 million in 2018
‘The situation in the vulnerable Sahel region has deteriorated since the crisis in Mali brok…
The Seychelles has created protected areas "the size of Great Britain" in the Indian Ocean.
In exchange for getting some of its national debt paid off, the island nation has agreed to protect 210,000 sq km (81,000 sq miles) of ocean.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday the United States would impose the “largest-ever” package of sanctions on North Korea, intensifying pressure on the reclusive country to give up its nuclear and missile programs.
In addressing …
The Civil and Local Government Staff Association (CLOGSAG) has reminded its members of the laws relating to their participation in partisan politics and to desist from it.
It said the relevant legislations could be found under Article 9…
Nigeria’s oil-rich Bayelsa state is threatening parents who do not make sure their children go to school with jail terms. The state signed the new law into the books amid concerns children were not attending class despite the fact that it …
The number of internet users in Tanzania rose by 16 percent at the end of 2017 to 23 million, with the majority of those using their handsets to go online, the telecom industry regulator said on Friday.Mobile phone use has surged in Tanzan…
International donors have raised half a billion dollars for a multi-national military operation in West Africa’s Sahel region, the EU’s top diplomat said on Friday, as Europe seeks to stop migrants and militants reaching its shores.
At …
A new wave of bombs struck Syria’s eastern Ghouta district unabated on Friday, witnesses said, ahead of a U.N. Security Council vote to demand a 30-day ceasefire to end one of the deadliest bombing campaigns of the war.
For a sixth stra…
A global money-laundering watchdog has decided to place Pakistan back on its terrorist financing watchlist, a government official and a diplomat said on Friday, in a likely blow to Pakistan’s economy and its strained relations with the Uni…
Mr Roland Adatuu, Executive Director of Youth link-Ghana, has called on the country’s Legislature to repeal laws in the constitution that bar Chiefs from actively engaging in party politics.
Article 276 1 & 2 states: “a chief shall not …
Mr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, the Minister of Information, has urged Ghanaians to aid the fight against corruption by ending the persistent requests for unrealistic financial assistance from public officials.
The Minister also encouraged his…
Statement by Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS)
Advocacy Meeting on The Gambia’s National Development Pl…
wo people have been shot dead outside a branch of the UBS bank in the Swiss city of Zurich, police say.
The shooting took place shortly before 14:30 local time (13:30 GMT) on Lagerstrasse in the Europaallee area.
Zurich police said t…
Argentina's security ministry says it has foiled a plot to use the Russian embassy's diplomatic courier service to smuggle cocaine to Europe.
Police seized nearly 400kg of the drug from diplomatic luggage in an embassy annex after being…
The Minority NDC in Parliament has slammed the Akufo-Addo-led government for the lack of commitment to fight corruption in the country. According to them, the latest Corruption Perception Index released by the Ghana Integrity Initiative (…
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One of the incredibly rare chimps pictured in Nigeria
A trip into some of Nigeria's most remote forests has raised hopes for the survival of the world's rarest chimp.
The Nigeria-Cameroon chimp has been pictured by cam…
The Mfantseman Municipal Assembly (MMA) is determined to go the extra mile to significantly improve on the infrastructural development in the Municipality.The move is to give strong support to the government’s efforts to grow businesses an…
Four persons, including the New Patriotic Party (NPP) New Juaben South Constituency Organiser, Mr Obeng Manu, appeared before the Koforidua Circuit Court 'B' last Wednesday over their alleged involvement in a robbery case.
The other s…
The BBC is seeking a rising star of African journalism for the BBC World News Komla Dumor Award, now in its fourth year.
Journalists from across the continent are invited to apply for the award, which aims to uncover and promote fresh t…
Barnaby Joyce says he will resign as Australia's deputy prime minister following a politically damaging saga that began with his affair with a former staffer.
Mr Joyce said he would step down on Monday as leader of the Nationals, the ju…
U.S. Embassy Supports South African Wildlife Crime Investigations through Donation of Forensic Trailer Units
The trailers were handed over to representatives of the Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, and KwaZulu-Natal authorities
The U…
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US President Donald Trump has said arming teachers could prevent school shootings like that which left 17 people dead last week in Florida.
A staff member with a gun could end an attack "very quickly", he said.
Mr Trump floated …
An aspirant for the position of Women's Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Lower West Akyem Constituency in the Eastern Region has called on women and men to work together for the development of the country.
Speaking to…
Some of the schoolgirls missing after a militant attack on a boarding school in northern Nigeria have been rescued by the military, officials say.
About 100 children were believed to be missing after pupils and teachers fled into bush o…
Five police officers and a soldier have been shot dead during a raid on their station in South Africa's Eastern Cape province.
In a statement, the South African Government News Agency said three officers were killed instantly.
The of…
Bahrain has sentenced a well-known rights activist to five years in prison over his social media posts.
Nabeel Rajab - a key figure in 2011's pro-democracy protests - was convicted over posts on Twitter about the alleged torture of pris…
US evangelist Billy Graham - one of the most influential preachers of the 20th Century - has died aged 99.
He died at his home in Montreat, North Carolina, a spokesman for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association said.
In a 60-year …
The Islamist militant group al-Shabab is under financial pressure, prompting a drive to squeeze revenue out of poor rural communities, concludes an investigation by the Guardian newspaper.
The report says al-Shabab militants in Somalia …
Renowned Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais will stand trial in March over an article in which he criticised the country's Attorney General. He is charged with “outrage to a sovereign body,” considered a crime against state securi…
Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) have been called upon to suspend assembly members who contest political party positions since their decision is at variance with the 1992 Constitution and the Local Government Act…
The Foundation for Security and Development in Africa (FOSDA), on Wednesday commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s intervention in the Togo political crisis.
According to the Foundation, the President backed by ECOWAS had tak…
The newly-created 38 Municipal and District Assemblies (MDAs) throughout the country will be inaugurated in the second week of next month.
The Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) in charge of rural ec…
A doctor working in the Syrian rebel enclave of the Eastern Ghouta says the situation is "catastrophic" - and he believes the international community has abandoned the people living there.
"We don't have anything - no food, no medicine,…
Global oil consumption is likely to peak in the late 2030s according to a forecast published by BP.
The world currently consumes around 100 million barrels per day and BP estimates that number will go up by another 10% before levelling …
A plane belonging to the airline which previously blamed a passenger for its emergency door falling off has crashed in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Authorities confirmed the Dana Air passenger plane, which was flying from Abuja, skidded off …
Nii Korle VII, the Chief of Korleman has commended Mr Clement Wilkinson, the Ga West Municipal Chief Executive for initiating the construction of a technical/vocational institute in the town.
The educational project, which forms part of…
A Chinese man has been sentenced to nine months' hard labour for selling replicas of Zambia's national football kit.
Lusaka Magistrate Greenwell Malumani sentenced Huang Bing after finding him guilty of selling goods bearing a false tra…
Chad closed Qatar’s embassy and expelled its diplomats last August, accusing its government of trying to destabilize Chad via its northern neighbor, Libya.
The move came after Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cu…
Survivors of a Florida school shooting that left 17 people dead have travelled to the state capital to press lawmakers to take more action on gun control.
About 100 students arrived in Tallahassee hours before the state legislature reje…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says its ongoing national registration of members will close officially next Wednesday February 28, 2018.
A statement by NDC General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah entreated “all members and sym…
A Tanzanian man has been arrested in Kenya before attempting to board a flight to Dubai with $1m (£700,000) worth of gold.
The 46-year-old man was carrying 32kg of the precious metal when he was stopped by officers at Jomo Kenyatta Inte…
Oxfam’s chief executive apologized on Tuesday for saying a wave of condemnation over sex abuse by the charity’s staff was disproportionate as it had not “murdered babies in their cots” in a scandal that has prompted new reports of abuse.
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