Mr. Eric Opoku, Brong-Ahafo Deputy Regional Minister, has appealed to the people of Sankore to bury their political differences and demonstrate unity of purpose so they could initiate projects.
He said Election 2008 was over and all …
The Electoral Commission (EC) has began despatching electoral materials to the 55 polling stations towards the Chereponi by-election on Tuesday, September 29.
The materials for four polling stations were sent by air because of the de…
Mr. Emmanuel Tetteh, President of the University for Development Studies (UDS) New Patriotic Party (NPP) branch of the Tertiary Education Students' Congress (TESCON), has called on the youth to openly associate themselves with the politica…
Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, former First Lady at the weekend, observed that women are the only oppressed group in society that live in intimate association with their oppressors.
She explained that the struggle of women for equal…
The former President, Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings has commended the previous US President, Mr Bill Clinton for his tremendous impact on international development.
Flt. Lt. Rawlings made the commendation at a meeting with Mr Clinton …
Over 121,000 people in 26 districts in the three northern regions remain in distress following recent floods that claimed eight lives and left in their wake huge material losses.
At least 24 communities are still cut cut-off from the…
The German Electoral stage is set
for the 51 year- old Chancellor Mrs Angela Merkel, leader of the Christian
Democratic Union (CDU) to slot it out with the 53 year old Vice Chancellor
and Foreign Minister Mr Frank-Walter Steinmeier of t…
Mr. Eric Opoku, Brong-Ahafo Deputy Regional Minister, on Friday advised the people of Sankore in Asunafo District to bury their political differences, unite and initiate development projects that would help to improve their living standard…
The former President, Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings
at the weekend urged the government to act quickly and decisively on the bribery allegations involving the UK-based construction company; Mabey and Johnson, and some political appointees…
Vice President John Mahama on Saturday tasked security agencies to be firm in ensuring that no violence erupts during the Chereponi by-election scheduled for Tuesday.
He said government has given the security agencies "every authorit…
Vice President John Mahama on Saturday, called on the Regent of Dagbon, Kampaku Ya Na Abdulai Yakubu Andani, to deliberate on measures being taken by the government to bring durable peace and justice to the troubled kingdom, at the Gbewaa …
Foundation for Female Photojournalists (FFP), a pro-democracy group, is lobbying Government to initiate moves for the amendment of the Local Government Act 462 so that it could withstand the test of time.
Miss Esinam Adu-Gyamfi, the …
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) on Friday urged the Electoral Commission to protect the voters' register and other electoral materials in Tuesday's bye-election in Chereponi.
The EC must also guard against multip…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Thursday prayed for divine blessings for all Ghanaians as he appealed for unity, hard work and strong faith devoid of party colours to carry out national aspirations to build a better nation.
"May G…
Supporters of the Kasoa branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have appealed to the National and Central Regional executives of the party to intervene to diffuse tension mounting in the party.
The supporters claim there was anger fo…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Thursday stated that Ghana's cut in all low priority public spending and the shift from recurrent expenditure to infrastructure investment was to reduce the impact of the global financial crisis.
De…
Mr. Collins Essamuah, a Columnist of the Ghanaian Times, on Thursday stated that ethnocentrism in Ghanaian politics was real but not dangerous to the country's democracy because of the Ghana's unique demography.
He said though Volta …
The Ghana@50 Commission on Thursday adjourned to October 5, 2009 their public sittings to enable legal representatives at the Commission to attend to the Bar Week that comes off next week.
The Chairman Mr Justice Isaac Duose, who ann…
The President has nominated Mr Claver Kofi Lawson, as District Chief Executive of the Ketu North District Assembly, a statement signed by Mr Joseph Yieleh Chireh, the Local Government and Rural Development Minister, said in Accra on Thursd…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ahafo-Ano North, has been given thumps up by his constituents for keeping an election promise he made to them.
Mr Richard Akuoko Adiyiah pledged to ensure the tarring of Tepa Lorry Terminal if voted …
Naa Seidu Braimah, a Council of State Member in the Upper West Region has called on members of the district assemblies to work in unison, to provide the needed development projects for the people to improve their living conditions.
H…
President John Atta Mills has praised the launch of a UN Initiative for an alliance to fight malaria and appealed to African nations to collaborate to eliminate the disease that had become a development issue.
He said despite some prog…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Thursday threw an invitation to the American business community to take advantage of Ghana's enabling environment and invest in the country to improve the lives of the people.
He said Ghana welcomed…
Rev Dr. Jacob Kofi Ayeebo, a member of the Council of State, has proposed a comprehensive plan of action to harness the legacies and ideas of late President Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah into the country's development agenda.
He said th…
Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi unleashed a diatribe against the United Nations Security Council but took a shinning to America's new president in his speech to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday.
Taking the podium for the first time…
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday called for the return of Honduras' deposed President Manuel Zelaya to his position.
In an applauded speech in the UN General Assembly, the Brazilian president said that the in…
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has lauded Ghana's role in the maintenance of world peace by organising peaceful elections and contributing quality troops for UN peacekeeping missions.
He also commended President John Atta Mills for …
The Africa-America Institute (AAI) has presented President John Atta Mills with the "African National Achievement Award" at its 25th Annual Awards Gala in New York.
In a citation preceding the award President Atta Mills was commende…
The Asunafo South District Assembly spends GHC 1,800 a week to maintain security at Sankore.
The amount is spent on food, drinks and accommodation for the military personnel posted there due to the rampant violent clashes between sup…
The 17th German Federal Elections tagged: "German Federal Elections 2009," is fixed for September 27th to elect members of the Bundestag Federal Parliament.
The general campaign has been mainly dominated by the two leading political …
Nana Yaw Boateng, the Nkawkaw Constituency Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Mr Baah Achamfour, the Youth Organizer, were last Sunday allegedly assaulted by party supporters at a constituency executive meeting at Nkawkaw.
…
President Barack Obama of the US, in a debut address to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, has called on the global community to immediately embrace a new era of engagement, based on mutual interests, respect and collective…
Israeli Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned Egyptian Ambassador to Israel to reprimand the publication of a caricatured photograph of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an Egyptian magazine, local daily Ha'aretz reported on it…
The Republic of Korea (ROK) on Wednesday called upon the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to return to the six-party talks "right away and without any preconditions."
The statement came as ROK President Lee Myung-bak was …
Togbui Mawufeame Fugah, Life Patron of the Atta Mills Foundation, a pro-democracy group, has urged African leaders to focus on strengthening the political unity of the Continent.
African countries, he said, shared common problems of …
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has reminded Ghanaians to recognise the country's heroes and learn to give them their due within the socio-cultural climate.
A statement he issued on the commemoration of the 100th birthday of Osa…
Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan will meet on September 26 in New York during which Salman Bashir will discuss with his Indian counterpart Nirupama Rao all issues between the two countries, including terrorism and the "core issue"…
Honduras' deposed President Manuel Zelaya confirmed on Monday that he was in the Brazilian embassy in the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa. He said he had returned to negotiate a peaceful return to democracy.
"Thanks to Brazil's Presiden…
Honduras' de facto government condemned on Monday the Brazilian government for hosting ousted President Manuel Zelaya at the Brazilian embassy, where phone calls were made to call for his support.
It is "unacceptable" that the Brazil…
Chinese President Hu Jintao met Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama in New York on Monday on China-Japan ties and other issues of common concern.
This is the first meeting between the two leaders since Hatoyama was elected Japa…
South Korean President Lee Myung- bak met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon over climate change, South Korea's role in global issues, and inter-Korean relations, the presidential office said Tuesday.
During the meeting held in Ne…
Honduras' de facto government announced Monday that the night-time curfew declared earlier was extended into daytime Tuesday for fears of protests in favour of ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
Earlier, the de facto Honduran government…
Former President Jerry Rawlings has arrived in New York at the invitation of former US American President Bill Clinton and the Africa House of the New York University, to attend events marking the fifth meeting of the Clinton Global Initia…
President John Evans Atta Mills and Vice John Dramani Mahama, at week-end donated various items to a number of Muslim groups in Accra, and thanked them for their prayers for national peace, unity and progress.
The donations, made o…
Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan will meet on September 26 in New York during which Salman Bashir will discuss with his Indian counterpart Nirupama Rao all issues between the two countries, including terrorism and the "core issue"…
About 120 Delegates from three neighbouring countries, Ghana , Burkna Faso and Togo, at the end of a three day tri-partite cross border meeting held in Tenkodogo in Burkina Faso, issued a communiqué to reinforce cross border cooperation an…
Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, First President of Ghana, was an embodiment of national unity who did not know the North, South, East or West; President John Evans Atta Mills said in a dawn broadcast on Monday.
President Mills, who was a…
Mr. Stephen Sumani Nayina, the Northern Regional Minister, on Monday appealed to Ghanaians to use the occasion of the centenary of Osageyfo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah to be fair in their judgment of all their past political leaders and acknowledge …
Islamic Hamas Movement and Palestinian factions rejected on Monday a three-way meeting between US President Barack Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to be held in New York on Tuesday.
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The U.S. government on Monday called on followers and oppositions of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya to "abstain from any provocative actions."
"We continue to believe that the best mechanism to restore the democratic order (…