The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) on Saturday appealed to the Leadership and supporters of the two political parties contesting the Presidential Election Runoff to exercise restraint before, during and after the election…
Mr. Kofi Dzamesi, Volta Regional Minister on Wednesday said the trend to close borders during general elections in the country had been found to be in the interest of the country.
He said it was the same consideration- to ensure peac…
Primate Seth Adofo, Founder and Leader of Brotherhood Church, has advised supporters of the two parties in the Presidential Election Runoff to be careful about how they would react to the declaration of results.
Primate Adofo advise…
Election observers from the Carter Centre have returned to observe election preparations and voting for Sunday's Presidential Election Runoff.
The observers were in Ghana from late September 2008 to monitor the campaign season as wel…
Dr Edward Nasigri Mahama, the unsuccessful presidential candidate of the People's National Convention (PNC), has reiterated the party's position to remain neutral in Sunday's Presidential Election Runoff.
In a statement copied to the…
Mr Sampson Kofi Kwarteng, a prominent farmer in Offinso in the Ashanti Region, has called on cocoa farmers, fishermen and other crop farmers to rally behind Professor John Evans Atta Mills to win the December 28, 2008 presidential run-off.…
Mr John Dramani Mahama, vice presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), on Wednesday said Ghana's democracy should be anchored on non-antagonistic contradictions, so that leadership could carry the people along with …
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday that he expected to establish a "more effective and more reliable" relations with the new United States administration of Barack Obama than before.
"I would like to have partner-lik…
The West Africa Network of Journalists for Security and Development (WAJSD) on Thursday condemned the illegal seizure of power by the military in Guinea and called for social resistance against the action.
The WAJSD urged journalists…
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate, has appealed to radio stations not to use their mediums to promote tribalism in national politics.
He said fanning ethnic tensions was dangerous, which …
Ghana's borders with the Republic of Togo, Cote d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso will be closed from 0600 hours on Friday, December 26 to 0600 hours Monday December 29, 2008, a National Security statement announced on Thursday.
The statemen…
The Ghana Chapter of the Intercessors for Christ International (ICI) on Wednesday urged the electorate to make the righteous choice in the presidential run-off slated for Sunday, December 28.
In a statement issued and signed by its S…
Pan-African Parliament Election Observers have arrived in Ghana for the Presidential Election Runoff scheduled for Sunday December 28 2008.
The 21-man team, headed by Janguo Athumani Saidi, Chairperson of the Committee on Rural Econo…
President Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone on Thursday said the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in West Africa was stalling economic development in the Sub-Region.
He said the continued availability of illicit arms in …
Mr Abdul-Razak A. Umar, NDC Member of Parliament- Elect (MP-Elect) for the Tolon constituency in the Northern Region has appealed to the security agencies to beef up their security operations in his constituency during the Presidential Ele…
The Upper West Regional Secretariat of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the Electoral Commission (EC) to nullify the results of the Special Voting in the Wa Central Constituency because the election was characterized by…
Mr Steve Opoku-Mensah, Western Regional Director of the Electoral Commission (EC) has congratulated the media in the region for the extensively covering the December 7 general elections without inflaming passions.
He said such acts …
The Guinean government has been dissolved, according to reports reaching here on Tuesday.
The development came after radio broadcast from the Guinean capital of Conakry on Tuesday said President Lansana Conte has died after long illn…
Mr Stephen Asamoah-Boateng, Minister of Information and National Orientation, on Tuesday said if the December 7 presidential polls had not ended in a runoff "we will not have been here by now".
He told journalists that the runoff of …
The Offinso Police Command, on Tuesday denied media reports that violent clashes between supporters of the two major political parties brought voting to a temporal halt at the Old District Assembly polling station in the Offinso South cons…
A legal team supporting Ghana's main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has called on the Electoral Commission to take immediate steps for compliance with the nation's electoral laws at next Sunday's presidential run-off.
…
A total of 1,187 students of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) have cancelled the transfers they made to enable them to vote on campus in the Cape Coast constituency, during the December 7 election.
This follows a directive from th…
The Convention People's Party's (CPP) Parliamentary candidates in the Volta Region on Tuesday asked its supporters to vote for the National Democratic Congress's (NDC) John Atta Mills in the December 28 Presidential Runoff.
Mr Emmanu…
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) on Tuesday urged the public to comport themselves to ensure that the country had a peaceful Presidential Election Runoff on Sunday.
"As we approach the second round of…
Polling stations in the Tema Metropolis designated for the special voting exercise ahead of the December 28, Presidential Election Runoff recorded a low turn out on Tuesday.
The stations were extremely quite as the queues, that char…
The Northern Regional Executive of People's National Convention (PNC) has declared its support for National Democratic Congress (NDC) and Professor John Evans Atta Mills in the December 28 Presidential Election Runoff.
Mr Iddrisu An…
Convention People's Party (CPP) Parliamentary Candidates in Volta Region on Tuesday asked their supporters to vote for Professor John Evans Atta Mills, Presidential Candidate of National Democratic Congress (NDC), in the December 28 Presi…
Colonel Alex Appiah-Agyapong, Coordinator of the Strong Room of the National Elections Security Taskforce, on Monday appealed to journalists and politicians not to compromise the integrity of the elections with public pronouncements on the…
There was no single observer from the international community or local observers group like the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) or Christian Council during the special voting for the Presidential election runoff in Bolgata…
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has urged traditional rulers in Asanteman to encourage all registered voters to cast their ballots during the December 28 Presidential Election Runoff.
He said it was the duty of traditional rulers to …
Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama on Monday reiterated the need for the electorate to appreciate the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Government's efforts in introducing pro-poor policies for Ghanaians by renewing the Party's mandate in the Dece…
The Central Region Branch of the People's National Convention (PNC) has resolved to support Former Vice President John Evans Atta Mills, Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), in the Sunday Presidential Election …
The Greater Accra Region Steering Committee of the Convention People's Party (CPP) has thrown its weight behind its Central Committee for not supporting any of the parties contesting Sunday December 28 2008 Presidential Election Runoff.
…
The special voting by security personnel and allied officials including media personnel and electoral officials ended nationwide on Tuesday with minor administrative challenges encountered at some polling stations, especially in the Greate…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC), one of the two parties contesting Sunday December 28 Presidential Election Runoff, on Tuesday drew attention to what it described as irregularities at the Special Voting the Electoral Commission orga…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Tuesday said that the December 28 Presidential Election Runoff was now a battle between Professor John Evans Atta Mills and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and not their parties.
Mr Danny Annang,…
Mr Steve Opoku-Mensah, Western Regional Director of the Electoral Commission (EC) has congratulated the media in the region for the extensively covering the December 7 general elections without inflaming passions.
He said such acts …
Mr Stephen Asamoah-Boateng, Minister of Information and National Orientation, on Tuesday said if the December 7 presidential polls had not ended in a runoff "we will not have been here by now".
He told journalists that the runoff of …
A political scientist and an election expert has advised politicians to be bold but honest enough to critically analyse the reasons for their performances in the December 7, 2008 elections instead of play tribal cards.
Professor Ansah Ko…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings, has asked Ghanaians to be extra vigilant and allow truth
to prevail on December 28 presidential run-off elections.
He said a time had come for Ghanaians to give truth a chance and allow justice to …
The special voting in the presidential run-off of the Tano South District started at 0700 hours on Tuesday at the Bechem Old District with scores of electorates waiting in a long queue to cast their votes.
When the Ghana News Agency …
The Offinso Police Command, on Tuesday denied media reports that violent clashes between supporters of the two major political parties brought voting to a temporal halt at the Old District Assembly polling station in the Offinso South cons…
The leadership of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) in the Brong Ahafo Region has declared its support for Professor John Evans Atta Mills, flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the upcoming presidential election run-of…
A legal team supporting Ghana's main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has called on the Electoral Commission to take immediate steps for compliance with the nation's electoral laws at next Sunday's presidential run-off.
…
Guinean Prime Minister Ahmed Tidiane Souare said on Tuesday that his government had not been dissolved, agencies' reports said.
That came after radio broadcast from the Guinean capital of Conakry said a military coup followed the dea…
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak held talks on Tuesday with visiting Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on the latest developments of the Palestinian issue.
The two leaders tackled the Egyptian efforts to res…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will stay in office after his term ends in January 2009, his political adviser Nemer Hammad said on Tuesday.
Abbas' bitter rival, Hamas, vows to appoint Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) speake…
Australia will join a large contingent of international observers to help monitor elections in Bangladesh to be held next Monday.
International Development Assistance secretary Bob McMullen, Liberal MP Sharman Stone and two Australia…
The leadership of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) in the Brong Ahafo Region has declared its support for Professor John Evans Atta Mills, flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the upcoming presidential election run-of…
An internal report released by the Obama transition team on Tuesday concluded that neither President-elect Barack Obama nor his aides have done anything wrong in the corruption case of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.
The report sa…
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