Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, Flagbearer of the Convention People's party (CPP), stormed Asamankese on Wednesday declaring that the spirit of the old CPP is back to life and nothing could stop it from regaining power.
"The spirit of the dyna…
Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, Flagbearer of the Convention People's party (CPP), stormed Asamankese on Wednesday declaring that the spirit of the old CPP is back to life and nothing could stop it from regaining power.
"The spirit of the dyna…
John Dramani Mahama is the running mate of Professor John Atta Mills, flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), for the upcoming 2008 elections, Party officials confirmed on Wednesday.
Mr Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, deputy Gen…
John Dramani Mahama is the running mate of Professor John Atta Mills, flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), for the upcoming 2008 elections, Party officials confirmed on Wednesday.
Mr Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, deputy Gen…
Mr Emmanuel Asamoah Owusu-Ansah, Ashanti Regional Minister and Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwabre West, has commended the constituency executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and polling station chairmen for their loyalty to him.
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Mr Emmanuel Asamoah Owusu-Ansah, Ashanti Regional Minister and Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwabre West, has commended the constituency executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and polling station chairmen for their loyalty to him.
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The Flag Bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that Ghana's democracy was gradually being consolidated as a result of the good governance and the rule of law being practised by the government.
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Mrs Angelina Baiden-Amissah, Deputy Minister of Education, Science and Sports has charged various branches of the Tertiary Education Students Confederacy (TESCON) of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to propagate achievements of government and…
Mr. Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, National Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Wednesday said parliamentary primaries should be considered as a healthy democratic practice which should unite the party rather than divide it.
"Th…
The UK and Ireland Branch of the Convention People's Party (CPP) has said corruption is a top issue for Ghanaians and expressed regret that President John Agyekum Kufuor did not focus on it "sufficiently" in Thursday's State of the Nation…
Professor John Evans Atta Mills, National Democratic Comgress (NDC) Presidential Candidate arrived at the Kotoka International Airport on Thursday on a chartered plane from South Africa and declared "God has not finished with me yet".
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her British counterpart David Miliband paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Thursday amid increasing insurgency and rift among the NATO member states over alliance mission in the country, acc…
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday called for drawing up an international treaty that would provide "climate justice" as he opened the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) here attended by hundreds of Indian and foreign d…
The United States announced Wednesday the resumption of military aid to Thailand after the country returns to civilian rule.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte has determined and certified to Congress that a democratically e…
The Council for National Security ( CNS) of Thailand officially announced its disbandment on Thursday morning, one day after Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and his new cabinet swore in.
At a press conference held at the Army Headquarte…
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced Wednesday that his government is to redouble efforts to improve security, health and education.
Brazil will allocate 6 billion reais (about 3.4 billion U.S. dollars) by 2010 to a …
Ecuador's central government and the country's 22 governors began Wednesday studying proposals on decentralization and territorial reordering, the presidential office said.
The group is analyzing initiatives to create autonomous territo…
The UN's disaster reduction chief Tuesday praised the swift and effective action by the Chinese government in the face of the country's worst snow disaster for decades.
China swiftly put into play an emergency plan amid its worst winter…
Leading NRI labour MP Keith Vaz
has introduced a bill in the House of Commons seeking a more
ethnically-balanced Parliament in the UK.
The bill will allow parties to create ethnic-minority
shortlists when selecting parliamentary c…
In a sudden turnaround, slain former
premier Benazir Bhutto's husband Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday
said he had "no intention" of becoming prime minister and that
his Pakistan People's Party (PPP) would decide on a candidate
for the post.…
A team from Britain's Scotland
Yard probing the assassination of former premier Benazir
Bhutto will submit its report to the Pakistani authorities
this week.
The three-member team of British detectives arrived at
the airport here…
The National Co-ordinator of the Savannah Young Executive Forum, a youth group in the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Teacher Awudu Dawuni, has appealed to people in Zongo communities to collectively rally behind policies and programmes that s…
Mr Alan John Kyerematen, one of the aspirants contesting to succeed President John Agyekum Kufuor, has called on the delegates to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) congress to discount negative propaganda against him.
Speaking in a tel…
Over 100 New Patriotic Party (NPP) members from the Volta Region stormed the Kanda Campaign office of Mr. Jake Obestebi-Lamptey, flag bearer aspirant of the party and pledged their unflinching support for his candidature, calling him the "…
The Oforikrom Constituency National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Sunday elected a lecturer for the 2008 parliamentary election at it primaries.
Mr Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi, 44, of the Department of Biochemistry and Technology of the…
Ms. Aisha Sulley Futa, aspiring Greater Accra regional Women's Organiser of the Convention People's Party (CPP) on Friday urged women to develop their political potentials to meet the challenges of democratic development.
"In spite …
President John Agyekum Kufuor, who is the African Union Chairman, leaves Accra on Thursday night to attend the European Union-African Union (AU) summit in Lisbon, Portugal.
The AU Chairman would also lead Africa in the summit schedu…
President John Agyekum Kufuor urged members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to forge ahead in unity when he addressed a rally to introduce 17 aspirants contesting to replace him.
President Kufuor said when he looked around the dai…
Osagyefo Agyeman Badu II, Paramount Chief of the Dormaa Traditional Area, on Sunday called on voters to critically evaluate presidential candidates of the various political parties for Election 2008 to make the right choice.
He said…
Dr Kwame Addo-Kufuor, one of the aspirants of the News Patriotic Party (NPP) for the position of flag bearer for the 2008 general elections has denied media reports attributed to him for the other contestants to submit themselves for fore…
Mr Adjei Baffour, Central Regional Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has advised followers of the party not to joke with the National Democratic Congress's desire to regain power next year, because NDC is poised to match t…
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Thursday rolled out the red carpet for the newly sworn-in leader of Sierra Leone, President Ernest Bai Koroma, as he arrived in the country for a two-day official visit.
The visit is his first to Gh…
The Central Region Constituency Chairmen of the Convention People's Party (CPP) on Saturday inaugurated a Council of Constituency Chairmen (CCC) to help coordinate campaign strategies in
the constituencies.
The council, whic…
Mr Joseph Boahen Aidoo, MP for Amenfi East has called on all mobile phone users who have made Ghana's National Anthem the ringing tone on their cell-phones to remove it as a matter of civic responsibility.
He observed that peop…
Delegates at the just-ended 9th Africa-EU Troika Ministerial Meeting has endorsed a communiqué for a Joint Strategy and Action Plan for consideration and adoption by Heads of States and governments for the Lisbon Summit in December.
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Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, a presidential aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), says he will be the last person to foment trouble for the country.
He said it would not make sense if he, as Foreign Minister who sought peace f…
All 200 Election Officers of the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC), are undergoing a series of training to sharpen their skills in election administration ahead of the 2008 presidential and parliamentary elections.
The African Assoc…
The People's National Convention (PNC) will hold its National Delegates' Congress at the Catholic Social Centre in Bolgatanga from November 30 to December 2 during which its presidential candidate would be chosen.
A statement signed…
The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), has cautioned the party's bevy of flag bearer aspirants to control their campaign officials or face sanctions for any inapt actions.
"The party is increasingly getting worried about the campaign…
Nana Ohene Ntow, General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) said the party would win eight extra seats in the Western Region in the 2008 general elections.
He said though the party had 12 seats previously, it hoped to win the o…
Mr George Hikah Benson, Upper West Regional Minister, on Wednesday urged Ghanaians to renew the mandate of the New patriotic Party (NPP) government in next year's general elections.
He said it was the surest way to guarantee the con…
Parliament, after a heated and lengthy debate between the majority NPP and the main opposition NDC, has approved a loan agreement between the Government of Ghana and Stanbic Bank, Ghana for an amount of $15 million for construction and reh…
The Lusaka High Court has upheld the election of Minister of Finance and National Planning Ng'andu Magande as member of parliament for Chilanga constituency, Zambia
Times reported.
In a 122-page judgement, High Court Judge Marvin M…
Indonesia said it will continue efforts with the Timor-Leste government to solve past problems and
seek reconciliation through the Commission for Truth and Friendship (CTF) despite a boycott by the United Nations.
Indonesian Foreign M…
A draft resolution on authorizing a joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping operation in Darfur, Sudan, was formally introduced at the UN Security Council.
The text of the draft has been put in blue, meaning it is ready for an…
Uganda's Ministry of Health has asked the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) to ban the re-use of plastic bottles, arguing that they are toxic.
"These bottles must be banned like the buveera (polythene bags) because they are a …
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
was sworn into a second term of office for another seven years at
an extraordinary session of the People's Assembly (parliament) on
Tuesday morning.
Assad would then deliver a speech on Syria's ex…
Parliament Speaker of Portugal
Jaime Gama is to visit Angola soon at the invitation of his
Angolan counterpart Roberto de Almeida, a senior Portuguese
diplomat has said.
Portuguese Ambassador to Angola Francisco Ribeiro Teles tol…
The South African Communist
Party (SACP) closed its congress on Sunday with its central
committee bloated with unionists and militant youth, while kicking
out government ministers and sympathizers of President Thabo Mbeki.
Pretori…
Felicitating Israeli
statesman and Nobel Laureate, Shimon Peres, on becoming the
ninth President of the country, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
hoped the growing bilateral relations between the two
countries will further strengthen.
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