A group of members of the National Democratic Congress known as Concerned NDC Youth on Tuesday described the call by the opposition NPP on Alhaji Muhammed Mumuni, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, to resign as a delibe…
Mr Seth Tekper, Deputy Minister of Finance-Designate has suggested the involvement of Parliament in the negotiations of financial assistance from the Bretton Wood institutions in the developing countries.
This would enable Parliament…
Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was captured two years ago by Palestinian militants, will not be released unless Israel frees some 450 Palestinian prisoners, a Senior Leader of the Palestinian Islamic Hamas movement said in Cairo on Mond…
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh stressed on Monday his country's refusal of an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.
The Yemeni President made the remarks durin…
The African Union (AU) said on Monday that it was making contacts and consultations to absorb negative impacts of a recent decision issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Sudan.
The move was revealed during a meeting bet…
The top United Nations envoy to Afghanistan is in Iran on Monday to explore further areas of cooperation between the neighbouring nations, UN officials said in United Nations.
Kai Eide, the UN Secretary-General's Special Representati…
The United States on Monday defended its annual military exercises with South Korea while accusing the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) of making "bellicose rhetoric."
"Our military exercises with the Republic of (South) …
The African Union (AU) reiterated on Monday its stance of supporting Sudan in rejecting the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Sudanese Presidential Assistant Nafie Ali Nafie told reporters following his meeting with…
Chairman of Madagascan Christian Council of Churches Odon Razanakolona and UN Special Envoy Tiébilé Dramé announced in Antananarivo on Monday that a three-day national consultation would be held in Antananarivo from Thursday to find a peac…
Canada's Defence Minister Peter MacKay may run for Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) with the support of the United States, a report said in Ottawa on Monday.
MacKay seemed to confirm his desire for t…
A Palestinian poll published on Monday said that the popularity of Islamic Hamas movement in the Palestinian territories increased since the end of a 22-day Israeli military offensive on Gaza on January 18.
The poll conducted in earl…
The Chiefs and people of Kwamankese Traditional Area in the Central Region, have made an appeal to the President Professor John Evans Atta Mills to appoint a citizen of the area as the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Abura-Asebu-Kwamank…
The nomination of Dr. Nartey Siaw-Sappore as Deputy Minister of Communications has been withdrawn.
This was contained in a communication from President John Evans Atta Mills, addressed to and read on the floor of Parliament by Mrs. J…
U.S. envoy Jeffrey Feltman said here Sunday that there is no contradiction between supporting Lebanon and reaching diplomatic solutions with Syria, local Elnashra website reported.
"Talking to others is not a gift, but aims at findin…
Israel's Justice Ministry on Sunday announced that former President Moshe Katsav will be indicted for rape and other sexual offences.
The move, which will turn Katsav, 63, into the first Israeli head of state to stand on trial, follo…
U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton honoured the International Women's Day on Sunday, calling for full equality for women to "create peaceful, thriving communities."
Clinton said in a statement that women's full participation is the…
U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to visit Turkey at the end of his European trip scheduled for next month reflects the moderate Muslim nation's central place in his emerging diplomatic approach to the Islamic world, the Washington Po…
Oseadeeyo Akumfi-Ameyaw IV, Omanhene of Techiman Traditional Area, has asked supporters of political parties to refrain from reprisal attacks on each other and unite in addressing socio-economic challenges confronting their communities.
…
South Africa was not going to copy the United States' stimulus packages initiative, South African President Kgalema Motlanthe told business people in KwaZulu-Natal's KwaDukuza area on Saturday.
"Our response to the economic crisis mu…
Visiting Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amr Moussa said Saturday that the remaining NGOs would stay in Darfur to continue humanitarian operations.
"NGOs will stay in Darfur to carry out humanitarian operations, " Moussa, who arri…
Turkey and the United States released Saturday a joint statement reaffirming their determination to continue close cooperation and consultation on issues of common concern, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.
The two cou…
Zimbabwe's MDC party has called on the state to provide its leader and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai with police escort for security when travelling by road, New Ziana reported on Saturday.
Party Secretary General Tendai Biti, who…
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir Saturday told a rally that the country does not allow any breach of the peace process and would never return to war, the state television reported.
"We are a family no matter where you are from, nort…
Parliament on Thursday passed the Customs and Excise (Petroleum Taxes and Petroleum Related Levies) Amendment Bill 2009, to reduce taxes on petroleum products and make them affordable to the public.
A report of the Committee on Finan…
The Youth Wing of the Mfantsiman Constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has appealed to President John Evans Atta Mills to consider Mr. Abeiku Crentsil, Central Regional Youth Organiser of the party, for the appointment of …
Opanin Kwame Afreh, chairman of the Asante United Front (AUF), a pressure group in Kumasi, has appealed to President J. E. A. Mills to be cautious and nominate competent people who can represent him at the local level to successfully carry…
The President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Horst Köhler, has sent a congratulatory message to President John Evans Atta Mills on the occasion of Ghana's 52nd Independence Day which falls on Friday.
The message, released by the…
The development of communities depends on the collective effort and positive contributions of assembly members,
Mr Augustine Essah, Magistrate of Nyinahin Court in the Atwima-Mponua District, on Wednesday said.
He has, therefore, c…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday reiterated the need for African countries to sustain their economic and cultural ties so as to boost the development drive of the continent.
Receiving a delegation of the Union of the Comor…
Mr Joseph Yieleh Chireh, Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, on Wednesday said government would review the 20-year practice of the country's decentralization programme.
He said the aim was to make the Metropolitan, M…
The Saha Youth Association (SYA), a wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Tamale, has congratulated Mr Stephen Sumani Nayini on his appointment as the Northern Regional Minister.
The youth described Mr Nayini's appointmen…
Seventeen out of 18 government appointees to Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) were on Wednesday sworn into office.
The appointees made up of 11 men and six women were sworn-in by Mr Justice Nana Dwamena Tawiah, a Tema High Court Judg…
The African Union (AU) on Tuesday urged the authorities of Guinea-Bissau to launch a full investigation into the assassination of President Joao Bernardo Vieira and his chief of general staff, Batista Tagme Na Waie.
The AU Peace and …
Students at Antananarivo University jointed the opposition protest against the government on Tuesday, urging the government to release one of their classmates within 24 hours.
The student threatened to kidnap every policeman they me…
Guinea-Bissau's parliamentary speaker Raimundo Pereira took oath as the country's interim president Tuesday, one day after President Joao Bernardo Vieira was killed.
According to the western African country's constitution, Pereira wi…
The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a presidential statement on Tuesday condemning the killing of Guinea-Bissau's president and army chief.
In the statement, the 15-member body condemned "in the strongest terms" the assassina…
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero highlighted here on Tuesday the importance of Russia on the world stage following his meeting with visiting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
"We have discussed the need for good relations b…
Alhaji Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, Minister for Youth and Sports, has urged members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to be tolerant to divergent political views.
He said multi-party democracy was about pursuing one's ideological a…
Mr Peter Owusu Baffoe, Chairman of Nkoranza South Constituency of National Democratic Congress (NDC) has advised members of the Party seeking for appointment in government to examine themselves as to whether they could perform to expectati…
Seoul's unification Minister reaffirmed on Monday his commitment to dialogue with North Korea as his ministry marked the 40th anniversary of its founding amid brittle relations with the North and mounting border tension.
Inter-Korean r…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Tuesday urgently appealed to all the sides in the Bawku conflict to lay down their arms immediately.
He has also ordered reinforcement of military and police personnel to the area to protect lives …
The Kumasi Women's Wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Zongo community has said it was not true that they were against the nomination of Mr Samuel Sarpong of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) as the Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Exe…
Top South Korean and Japanese diplomats agreed Monday to step up joint efforts to persuade North Korea not to fire a long-range missile, officials here.
In their telephone conversation, Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan and his counterpar…
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday dismissed a report saying he has offered a deal with Russia on Iran's weapon program, but stressed that Washington needs to reset and reboot the U.S.- Russia relationship.
"I think that the repo…
The Adansi Traditional Council (ATC) has expressed concern about the appointment of government nominees to the three District and Municipal Assemblies in the area without any consultation with the Council.
The assemblies are Adansi N…
Mr Clever Nyathi, Head of Governance, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), on Monday said elections remained a major source of conflicts in Africa and called for sustainable efforts to explain good governance and democracy to the p…
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Kwaku Duku, Deputy Ashanti Regional Police Commander has called on politicians to desist from making derogatory remarks about the security services, especially the Police Service.
He said Ghana had …
Parliament on Thursday approved the reconstitution
of the membership of Ghana's representatives to two international parliamentary bodies.
Mr. Edward Adjaho, First Deputy Speaker, Mr Enoch Teye Mensah, Majority Chief Whip, Mr. Mose…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Thursday announced the appointment of Mr Kwaku Kwarteng as the party's Director of Communications.
Mr Kwarteng, a former government spokesperson on finance, would head the Communications Directorate o…
Drama unfolded at an Accra Circuit Court when a judge ordered the arrest of a 30 year-old woman for spanking her four-year-old daughter outside the court room.
The woman, who gave her name as Hajia, had earlier been asked by the court to…
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