The Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) on Thursday called for the establishment of a club of former presidents to meet periodically with the aim of discussing matters of national interest.
“An engagement of the leadership of …
The Concerned Farmers Association of Teberebie (CFAT) has conferred the “Noko Fio Award” on Mr Edward Ennin, Member of Parliament (MP) for Obuasi, for being the mouthpiece of AngloGoldAshanti against the interest of the poor and voiceless…
The Central Regional Youth Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has praised President John Atta Mills and former President John Agyekum Kufuor for raising Ghana’s democracy to a higher pedestal.
Mr Ato Amoah told the GN…
The Christian Council of Ghana on Tuesday decried the acrimonious and provocative language in which politicians speak to their followers and called for discussions of issues rather than insults and abuses.
“Whereas we celebrate the v…
Mr Martin A.B.K Amidu, Minister of Justice and Attorney-General, has pledged Ghana’s support to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice and its development as an impartial adjudicator for member states.
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The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is offering a 50 per cent rebate on the party’s parliamentary fees for women candidates to encourage their participation in the party’s selection process.
Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey was addressing party members…
Mr Kofi Opoku-Manu, immediate past Ashanti Regional Minister, has conveyed his sincere thanks to President John Evans Attah Mills for the opportunity given him to serve in his Government.
He said he would forever remain grateful and …
Mr James Agyenim-Boateng, Deputy Minister of Tourism, has advised youth of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to take advantage of the Youth in Agriculture Programme and form working groups to be registered under the block farm concept…
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has described his meeting with President John Evans Atta Mills as cordial and frank but refused to give details of discussions which lasted close to two hours.
When asked by Castle correspondents …
The two main parties, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) led by President Mills and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have always exchanged harsh words and clashed, no matter which of them is in government or opposition.
The end of s…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Tuesday welcomed Former President John Agyekum Kufuor to the Castle for a meeting in the president’s office that is expected to cover national and international issues of concern.
President Mills an…
Mr Cletus Avoka on Tuesday said the issue of quorum raised by Mr Kwabena Okyere Darko Mensah, NPP Member of Parliament (MP) for Takoradi that sent the House into an untimely adjournment was raised in bad faith.
He said this in an int…
President John Atta Mills on Tuesday nominated the three persons for deputy ministerial positions.
A letter from the Presidency sent to Parliament and read by the Speaker, Mrs Justice Joyce Bamford Addo, named them Mr Atuquaye Armah …
Parliament on Tuesday adjourned proceedings soon after sitting began because the house did not form a quorum.
Mr Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, Member of Parliament (MP) for Takoradi, raised the issue ten minutes after the house commenc…
Government on Tuesday said it is keeping a close watch on the situation in violence-hit Libya where all Indians are safe.
"The situation is being closely-monitored by the
External Affairs Ministry and we are in constant touch with th…
An MP and two other politicians from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu were on Tuesday deported by Sri Lankan immigration authorities as they landed here to attend the funeral of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran's mother, who died …
American official Raymond Davis, arrested in the Pakistani city of Lahore for gunning down two
armed men, had "close links" with the Taliban and was "instrumental" in recruiting youths for the militant group, a media report here said on T…
Strongly objecting to the use of lethal force against peaceful demonstrators, the United States in a strong condemnation on Libya’s crackdown on protesters on Monday said that it is considering all appropriate actions in response.
US …
The regime of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is facing its biggest threat since it took over Libya 41 years ago as the death toll of the unrest gripped the country over the past seven days hit 400.
Dubai-based Al-Arabiya TV, citing…
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said in a brief TV appearance on Tuesday that he is still in Tripoli, rejecting reports that he fled the country and headed to Venezuela.
"I am in Tripoli, I am not in Venezuela," he said in short sta…
The Salaga Constituency executives of National Democratic Congress (NDC) and a youth group called “NDC Victory Club”, have condemned actions by some individuals in Salaga that sought to destroy the image of the District Chief Executive of …
Assembly members have been urged to refrain from dabbling in chieftaincy affairs.
“It is not in your power to either install, enskin or destool any chief in Ghana,” Mr Kwesi Ameyaw-Cheremeh, MP for Sunyani East, said at a two-day wo…
Democratic governance and peaceful transfer of power after elections are non-negotiable, Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo, New Patriotic Party (NPP), Presidential candidate for the 2012 elections, said on Monday.
“Ghanaian democrats, no ma…
With its image dented by a rash of scams, the Indian government Monday pledged to address "frontally" the concern over "lack of probity and integrity" in public life and vowed to bring back black money stashed abroad.
Committing its…
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard will meet with U.S. President Barack Obama in the United States early next month, an official said on Monday.
Gillard will arrive in Washington on March 6 and will spend five days in the United Stat…
U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton on Sunday called for restraint in Bahrain during a phone call with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, said a State Department statement.
In discussing regional developments with her Saudi co…
Iceland will hold a new referendum soon on a new deal to repay Britain and the Netherlands for money lost in the collapse of an Icelandic bank in 2008, after the deal was rejected by Iceland's president on Sunday, according to reports reac…
The German election year started off with a tremendous victory for the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the regional election in the northern city-state of Hamburg on Sunday.
With projected results of around 48.4 percent of all votes cast…
Yoweri Museveni, the candidate for the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) was on Sunday declared winner of Uganda's Feb. 18 presidential election.
According to the official results released by the Electoral Commission, Museveni wh…
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son Seif al-Islam on Monday warned of civil war in the country if violence continued, as the wave of anti-government unrest continued to grip some countries in the Middle East and North Africa on Sunday foll…
Five out of nine women who contested the recent District Level Election won their seats in the Agona West Municipal and Agona East District.
Mr Adams Abubakar Al-Hassan, Project Coordinator of the Agona District Civic Union, said this…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) needs discipline,
commitment and hard work to secure victory in 2012, Alhaji Abdulai Issahaque, former Upper West Regional Chairman of the party, has said.
He said factionalism in the party ended with t…
A senior official of North Korea's ruling party has been named to lead a special party bureau, code-named Office 38, that oversees coffers and raises slush funds for its leader Kim Jong-il and the ruling elites, a source on North Korea sai…
A Seoul court has for the first time granted refugee status to a Korean-Chinese in recognition of his efforts to help North Koreans defect to South Korea, citing the high possibility of persecution in his home country, the court said Sunda…
Local residents have withdrawn from a South Korean construction site in Libya days following their break-in into the work site and dorms apparently in protest of the government's housing policy, the foreign ministry said Sunday.
About …
President Lee Myung-bak stressed Sunday that the two Koreas should renew their relations through genuine dialogue, saying this year is an appropriate time for the communist neighbor to change its course.
"South Korean people think that…
South Korea on Sunday imposed a travel ban on the eastern region of Libya where anti-government rallies have continued for weeks, the country's foreign ministry said.
The ministry also issued a travel alert for the rest of the North Af…
The protesters in Algeria on Saturday failed in organizing a rally against the government as thousands of police intervened.
The security authorities have deployed thousands of policemen on the roads leading to the Concorde square, and th…
Russia hopes Japan will engage in calm discussions on possible conclusion of a long-awaited peace treaty, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement released on Saturday.
Earlier on Saturday, local reports said Japanese Chief Cabine…
A survey conducted by Ghana News Agency (GNA) on the third State of the Nation’s address by President John Evans Atta Mills on Thursday was characterised by mixed reaction from students of Accra Polytechnic.
Some of the students expr…
The world is this year celebrating the International Year for People of African Descent, proclaimed recently by the General Assembly.
The year seeks to strengthen political commitment to eradicating discrimination against people of A…
Britain said on Friday it intends to double its bilateral trade with Ghana by 2015.
The European nation commended Ghana as a country with a reputation of good governance and expressed the desire to intensify bilateral trade with Ghan…
Egypt has arrested three former ministers of interior, tourism and housing, as well as a tycoon from the ruling party, over corruption allegations, Egypt's official news agency MENA said Thursday.
The Public Prosecution ordered for…
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Thursday signed a new annual series of compacts with his own senior managers aimed at holding them accountable for their performances and at increasing transparency.
"The world looks to us to ta…
The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) on Friday strengthens Bahrain travel advice.
The unrest in Bahrain has prompted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to update its travel advice for New Zealanders i…
The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) has welcomed the request by Timor-Leste and Indonesia to be part of its March meeting in Fiji after an earlier request by the two Asian countries, according to the MSG secretariat on Friday.
The…
Australian federal government on Friday welcomed Japan's decision to halt its Antarctic whaling mission for the rest of the season.
Japanese Fisheries Minister Michihiko Kano announced Japan will halt its Antarctic whaling mission …
Uruguayan President Jose Mujica on Thursday said that the agro production system in the country needs reserves to face the extreme climate phenomena such as droughts or flooding.
"We cannot predict the climate change disasters, but we can…
The recent releases of six hostages kidnapped by Colombia's left-wing rebels suggest there may yet be peace talks between the government and the rebels, analysts say.
The six, two regional officials and four security staff members,…
The Pentagon announced the plan to spend 3.7 billion U.S. dollars on 80-100 new stealth bombers, according to Washington Times reports.
This comes after Secretary of Defense Robert Gates' two-year-delay of the new long-range bomber…
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