An Israeli lawmaker on Tuesday joined some rebellious Jewish settlers in a protest against a Supreme Court order to evacuate a disputed house near the West Bank city of Hebron.
Rabbi Nissim Zeev, from the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, m…
Activists of the National Reform Party (NRP) in
50 constituencies have endorsed the candidature of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Prof. John Evans Atta Mills, for the
2008 elections.
In a statement …
Four political parties, and the Electoral Commission (EC), security agencies and other stakeholders on Tuesday signed a declaration in Accra to ensure peace in the December 7, polls.
Mr Peter Mac-Manu, Chairman of the New Patriotic Pa…
Mr Adam Alhassan, Deputy Regional Director of the National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE) has urged politicians to help to promote peace to safeguard the country's security and stability.
"This would be achieved when they uphold th…
Two parliamentary candidates contesting the Tema West constituency seat have promised to address pertinent issues facing people with disability in the constituency when voted to parliament on December 07.
Mr George Medie and Mr Isaac…
Cote d'Ivoire's former rebels have officially unfolded electoral census in Bouake, the stronghold of the New Forces (FN) which controls the northern part of the country.
"This day marks a major action in the process out of crisis," …
Nii Adjei Tawiah, contesting the Korley Klottey parliamentary seat on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Election 2008, has assured Ghanaians that the Party would play by the rules in the elections.
He urged Ghanaians to …
Representatives of four political parties on Tuesday outlined at a forum the roles their parties would play in ensuring peace before, during and after the election.
The parties were New Patriotic Party (NPP), Peoples National Conven…
Mr Joseph Jones Amoah, National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Ahanta West Constituency, at the weekend stated that quality health care delivery and education would be his major priorities if he was elected on Decemb…
The Presidential candidate of the Convention People's Party (CPP), Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom on Tuesday, pledged that the party would reverse the Central Region's classification "as the fourth poorest region" in the country.
He said he woul…
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said in Beirut that he was satisfied with the stability in Lebanon, local Naharnet website reported Wednesday.
Miliband met in Beirut with Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh, and majorit…
All is not well in the Builsa North constituency in the Upper East Region following heightened tension as the December election draws close.
The parliamentary candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC, Mr Timothy Awontiirin …
Dr Kofi Konadu Apraku, National Campaign Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has urged party supporters to be focused and not to be distracted by campaigns of insults by their political opponents.
He advised them to wage a cam…
The Electoral Commission (EC) said on Wednesday it would add 10 percent ballot papers to every polling station in the forthcoming presidential and parliamentary elections.
"This additional ballot papers is to prevent shortage of pap…
Mrs Yvonne Nduom, wife of the flag bearer of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP), Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom, on Tuesday said, a CPP government intents establishing "Women Enterprise Development Fund" to offer women the opportunity to access loans …
Out of the 120 Parliamentary candidates contesting in the 28 constituencies in the Eastern Region, only 12 of them are women.
With the exception of two candidates who are contesting independently, the rest are contesting on the ticke…
Two of three candidates vying for the Tano South seat have given assurance to make unit committees, town and area councils effective decision making bodies to help develop the area.
They said the sub-structures had for the past years…
The Committee for Joint Action (CJA) a pressure group on Wednesday criticized the government for its maladministration of the nation's economy and for not keeping faith with Ghanaians who voted them into power.
"The Kufuor administrati…
Activists of the National Reform Party (NRP) in 50 constituencies have endorsed the candidature of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Prof. John Evans Atta Mills, for the 2008 elections.
In a statement sig…
The Electoral Commission (EC) said on Tuesday it
was allocating a total of 50 vehicles to all political parties fielding parliamentary candidates in more than 10 constituencies to facilitate their movement during this year's elections.
…
Mr Iddrrisu Haruna, National Youth Organiser of National Democratic Congress (NDC, has said the December election would be a litmus test for Ghana's young democracy and that its positive growth depended on all Ghanaians.
He said it w…
The Eastern Regional Elections Security Task Force (ERESTF), has ended a two-day stimulation exercise at Koforidua on Monday.
The mock exercise, which was to test the security alertness of the security services in handling election …
Professor John Evans Atta Mills, presidential candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has urged Ghanaians to critically examine each party and vote for the one that would be more committed to the well being of the people.
…
Ms Laurentia Kpatakpa, Volta Regional Electoral Officer has described last Sunday's mock security exercise, code named "Operation Peace Angel," as very useful.
She also commended the media for the enthusiasm, co-operation and maturit…
The Brong Ahafo Presiding Members Association, has appealed to Government to rescind its decision to stop the Administrator of the Common Fund from deducting at source monies for the procurement of motor-bikes for elected members in the re…
Dr Kofi Konadu Apraku, National Campaign Director of the New patriotic Party (NPP), has said Ghanaians had accepted the party's campaign message and would vote massively for the NPP party.
He said the people had witnessed development…
Mr Emmanuel Ansah-Antwi, Presidential candidate of the Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) has stated that he was opposed to the suggestion that the position of a District Chief Executive (DCE) be elective.
He said the current syste…
Dr Francis Appiah, Executive Secretary of the National African Peer Review Mechanism Governing Council (NAPRM-GC) has stated that the organisation would give full meaning to democracy in terms of content and make it functional.
The o…
The President of the Ghana National Association of Farmers and Fishermen (GNAFF), Nai Kwao Otuo V, has said elections are about choosing a group of competent people to administer the country and not about life and death.
"There is th…
Professor John Evans Atta Mills, Presidential Candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has urged Ghanaians to examine critically and vote for a party that would be more committed to the well being of the people.
He said …
Morocco has kicked off a campaign in a bid to lift the embargo imposed on the Gaza strip, local MAP news agency reported on Monday.
The campaign will collect tons of medicine and paramedical equipment and ship them on Tuesday from th…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has reassured the electorate in the Birim Central Municipality of the Eastern Region, of its commitment to conduct another free, fair and transparent elections in the upcoming December presidential and parliam…
The Eastern Regional Election Security Task Force (ERESTF), in collaboration with personnel of the First Infantry Brigade, on Sunday started a 48-hour stimulation exercise to test the security preparedness of the security services towards …
Mr John Dramani Mahama, Vice Presidential Candidate of National Democratic Congress (NDC), on Saturday said the New Patriotic Party's slogan of moving the nation forward would be a motion into chaos.
He said the slogan would lead the…
Mr Ebenezer Terlabi, the National Democratic Congress parliamentary candidate for Oforikrom, has said he would institute health walk in the constituency when given the mandate in the December poll.
He said the walk would be done…
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential candidate, on Friday pledged that an NPP government under his leadership would transform the Takoradi Port into a major modern facility in the West African Sub-region.…
The Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference has called on all eligible voters to exercise their franchise in a decorous manner to make the December poll a success.
It said refusing to vote was a denial of potential support for social just…
Mr. Johnson Asiedu Nketia, General Secretary of National Democratic Congress (NDC), has appealed to chiefs, the clergy, civil society organisations and non-governmental organisations to speak against "domestic imperialism" and other wrongf…
President John Agyekum Kufuor has said his government's achievements in terms of development and good policies were convincing enough to retain the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in power.
He mentioned infrastructural facilities, school feedi…
Speakers at a forum have appealed to women in the Upper East Region to vote massively for the six women parliamentary candidates contesting the December election to give the region a good representation in the fight for gender mainstreamin…
The Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, will deliver a lecture on the challenges of Election 2008 to be organised by the Editors Forum Ghana (EFG) of November 18.
In a press release signed by the Interim Chair…
Two hundred members of the Western Regional Security Taskforce drawn from the various security agencies on Sunday undertook some simulation exercises at selected polling stations in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis to test their readiness t…
President John Agyekum Kufuor has given the assurance that government would do everything possible to ensure peaceful elections in December.
He said the whole world, especially adherents of democracy, was looking up to Ghana to condu…
Ghanaian youth broadcasters were among other winners named at the 2008 International Children's Day of Broadcasting Award held at a ceremony in New York.
A statement issued by UNICEF in Accra on Monday said producers from the "Curiou…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) will host a two-day Democrat Union of Africa (DUA) conference on November 22 to 23 in Accra.
A statement signed by NPP's Head of International Affairs, Mr Charles Owiredu, said the conference with the th…
A Ghanaian musician resident in Cote d'Ivoire, Kofi Tweneboah has advised Ghanaians to observe a peaceful atmosphere for the December 7 elections.
In a statement issued in Accra on Monday, he said Cote d'Ivoire, under the regime of t…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has been urged to furnish political parties and other stakeholders in the 2008 election with the transfer list of voters with their polling station numbers and their residential addresses.
The MP for Odod…
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice has called for tolerance as Election Day approaches.
"Tolerance is respect and appreciation of the variety or diversity of views, ideas, cultures as well as forms of expressio…
Alhaji Malik Alhassan Yakubu, NPP Member of Parliament for Yendi, has appealed to Ghanaians to vote the party back to power to entrench democracy and accelerate the development of the country.
He said some people were calling for cha…
Nana Kweku Nduom, 29, son of Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom, the presidential candidate of the Convention People's Party (CPP), has started a campaign tour of the Ashanti Region to solicit for votes to boost the CPP chances in the December election.
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