The Asante Akim South District Assembly is to embark on a vigorous revenue mobilisation drive in 2010 to improve on its Internally Generated Funds (IGF).
This is to help address the Assembly's perennial inability to meet its revenue …
The Brong Ahafo Regional branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at a special delegates congress in Sunyani on Tuesday elected a 45-year-old Lawyer, Mr. Kwaku Asomah-Kyeremeh, as Regional Chairman.
Mr. Asomah-Kyeremeh obtained 216 vo…
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Thursday described 2009 as "a tasking year" but said the party lived up to its commitment to deepen democratic governance in the country.
In a New Year Message signed by Mr Peter Mac Manu, …
The Oforikrom constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has held its Annual General Meeting in Kumasi to take stock of its past activities and brainstorm on the way forward.
Mr Evans Ablordeppey, the Constituency Organiz…
The Akwatia Constituency branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Chief Justice to investigate the arrest and mal-treatment of eight of its members last year after the gen…
Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketsia, General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), officially launched his campaign on Monday with a call on members to educate the public about the values and ideals of the NDC.
He said the time …
Mr Daniel Augustus Lartey, leader of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), is dead, a family spokesman said on Tuesday.
Mr Dan Lartey, popularly called "Mr Domestication", who was presidential candidate of the GCPP in 2000 and…
Dr Kojo Appiah-Kubi, Member of Parliament for Atwima-Kwanwoma, has advised members and the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to remain focused and work hard to strengthen the internal structures of the Party.
He said they s…
Mr Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, Minority Leader and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Suame, has urged members of his Party to be united and organize towards election 2012.
He said the task of unseating the ruling Nat…
Dr Asamoa-Tutu, aspiring National Chairman of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Wednesday proposed a special party development tariff to be paid by the Executive and parliamentarians to strengthen the party machinery for E…
The European Union said on Monday that it is dismayed at the announcement of the Israeli government to build nearly 700 apartments in occupied East Jerusalem.
"Settlements on occupied land are illegal under international law," the cu…
The political crisis in Honduras "expanded" the impact of the global recession on Honduras' economy, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) said Monday.
The Santiago-based ECLAC said that apart from the u…
Egypt criticized on Monday French activists protesting in front of their country's embassy in Cairo, who asked to enter the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing to participate in the march of solidarity with Gaza people.
Those activists…
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on Monday set out his country's priorities as next European Union presidency after talks in Nicosia with Cyprus President Demetris Christofias.
Zapatero said that during his meeting…
Having been stranded in Jordan for four days, Viva Palestinian humanitarian convoy left the Jordanian port city of Aqaba on Monday and went back to Syria, from where it will head to Egypt.
The convoy was planning to enter the Egyptia…
The UN Security Council Wednesday extended the mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) until May 31, 2010, and called on the force, known as MONUC, to "ensure the effective protection of civi…
Numerous reports in local and world media these
days suggested that Israel and Hamas are talking about some of specific details of a prisoner swap deal this week.
The main hurdles currently lying on the road to an agreement reported…
The Greater Accra Regional Youth Organiser of the
ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Thomas Ashong was retained at a Regional conference of the party in Accra, on Sunday.
Ms Vivian Ankrah also retained her position as Re…
The Eastern Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Julius Debrah, has retained his position at the regional delegates' conference of the party, organized at Somanya on Wednesday.
He polled 198 votes to defeat…
The Governor of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, N.D. Tiwari, Saturday resigned after getting entangled in an alleged sex scandal, said official sources of the Congress
party.
Tiwari, 84, resigned citing health reasons,…
The Abuakwa North Constituency Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Douglas Asare has called for unity within the ranks of the party to ensure victory in the 2012 general election.
Mr Asare was speaking after he and other co…
Mr. Robert Sarfo Mensah, Member of Parliament for Asunafo North, has donated assorted medical equipment and electrical items worth GHC 22,000 to the Asunafo North Municipal health directorate.
The medical equipment included phygmoman…
The year of 2009 has witnessed more dialogues and less confrontations among the United States, the European Union (EU) and Russia, as the three major powers seek to reduce tensions and promote cooperation.
However, it remains to be s…
Intelligence reports showed that plots are under way to create unrest in some areas in Thailand during the New Year festive season, said the country's acting police chief on Friday.
The Nation online quoted Prateep Tanprasert as sayi…
Sudan and Chad have agreed to revive a security protocol to control joint borders and ban any activities by armed opposition groups in the two countries, senior officials of Sudan and Chad said on Friday.
"We have agreed to revive th…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has extended an invitation to opposition leader Tzipi Livni to join his ruling coalition, creating a vision of a government that would likely boost the stalemated peace process with the Palestinian…
A new U.S.-Russian nuclear arms reduction treaty will be signed in the very near future, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
"The work has effectively entered the home stretch," Lavrov said in an interview with Rus…
The Afghan Taliban on Friday released a video clip purportedly showing a U.S. soldier who was captured more than five months ago in eastern Afghanistan.
In the video clip, a man wearing sunglasses, a helmet and a U.S. military style …
South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan summoned Japanese Ambassador in Seoul Toshinori Shigeie late Friday to protest against Tokyo's newly released education guidebook.
In the 20-minute meeting at his office, Yu conveyed the So…
India has again issued a "red alert" in the national capital and in the cities of Mumbai and Chennai, following intelligence inputs that at least three to five Taliban militants have
sneaked into the country to carry out terror attacks, …
The main opposition Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)(UCPN-M)on Friday launched its fourth phase of protests for what it calls civilian supremacy.
A meeting of the party office bearers decided to expedite the month-long "publ…
Relations between Russia and the United States have not become easier since U.S. President Barack Obama came into office, but the two countries have had more and better exchanges, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
…
Applications for H-1B, the favorite work visa for high-tech employers in the United States, finally
reached the annual cap this week after a slow start in the year because of the economic recession, local media reported on Friday.
…
Nigeria's former heads of state are scheduled to hold a meeting next week on the situation with President Umaru Yar'Adua still lying ill in Saudi Arabia, the Lagos-based This Day newspaper reported on Saturday.
The planned meeting fo…
As the New Year is just around the corner, Somalis who have not seen stability for nearly two decades express their fears and hopes for peace in 2010.
The Somali government has, for the past three years, been struggling with the Isla…
The Palestinian Islamic Hamas movement Saturday condemned Israeli troops' killing of six Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, and called for reactivating the armed attacks against Israel.
Sami Abu Zuhri, Hamas spokesman in Gaza, s…
The Islamic Hamas movement sent dozens of children to demonstrate on Gaza's southern borders with Egypt Saturday in protest against an underground barrier Egypt is building to curb smuggling into the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.
The …
Turkey's General Staff said Saturday eight military officers have been detained in an ongoing probe into an alleged plot to assassinate a deputy prime minister, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.
The officers were detai…
The Nigerian government announced a probe on Saturday into the attempted attack by its national on a U. S. passenger plane.
In a statement, the government authorized the security department to take steps to "identify" the suspect and…
Mr Theophilus Tetteh Chaie, Member of Parliament for the Ablekuma Central Constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has commended delegates who voted to elect new executives for their sense of maturity which ensured the succes…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Thursday swore-in Dr Oakley Nii Quaye Kumah, Member of Parliament for Krowor, as Deputy Minister of Health.
He administered the Oaths of Office, Secrecy, Allegiance and Deputy Minister.
Presid…
The Cairo-based Arab League (AL) condemned Saturday Israeli actions in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip where six Palestinians were killed
earlier in the day. "Today's massacres in Nablus and Gaza are only the continuation of
Israel's l…
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama left here for India on Sunday for talks with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh in New Delhi.
At the summit, to be held on Tuesday, Hatoyama and Singh are expected to discuss ways
to strengt…
Dr Austin Asamoa-Tutu, Aspiring National Chairman
of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Thursday warned against "coercive propagandists politicking" and described it as a recipe for disaster in Election 2012.
He said: …
Yemen's Interior Ministry said Wednesday said it
placed its security forces in three southern provinces on alert for possible retaliation by al-
Qaida terrorists following raids against their hideouts last week, state-run Saba news agenc…
Front Liners, a concerned youth group within the National Democratic Congress in the Upper West Region has commended the Party for "smoothly and transparently" organizing zonal, constituency and
branch elections in the region.
In a…
China said here Wednesday that the UN Security Council "should act prudently in imposing sanctions," and that "the adoption of the
resolution on sanctions against Eritrea by the Security Council should not replace diplomatic
efforts to r…
Kenin, a folkloric troupe belonging to the Arab tribe of Tawariq in Darfur, started singing and dancing, attracting many nearby people of other tribes to join them to share the joy.
Kenin's perform was characterized by quick movemen…
Syria and Turkey on Wednesday signed 50 agreements and memorandum of understanding (MoU) and a work program for joint cooperation, as leaders of the two countries met and vowed to further enhance bilateral relations.
"The Syrian-Turk…
Yemeni security forces have foiled some pro-al-Qaida militants' plans of terrorist attacks against local facilities and foreign
institutions including the British embassy in Sanaa, Deputy Prime Minister for Security and Defense Affairs R…