A total of 388 bodies of tsunami victims remain unidentified after four years, the Thai Tsunami Victim Identification and Repatriation Center in Thailand's Phangnga said on Wednesday ahead of the fourth anniversary of the tsunami on Dec. 2…
Two blasts occurred in eastern Pakistan's city Lahore on Wednesday, leaving four persons injured, local television reported.
Reports said the blasts took place near an official vehicle parked in Gor area of Lahore, capital city of ea…
The Eastern Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) George Anko-Bil said elaborate security measures have been initiated to prevent the recurrence of confusion that erupted in the Akwatia constituency during the Dec…
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…
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 …
The Lower West Akim Constituency branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the Police to arrest and prosecute Mr Kwabena Sintim-Aboagye, West Akim Municipal Chief Executive, for engaging in multiple voting on the speci…
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…
An ECOWAS Election Observer Team has said closure of Ghana's borders because of the presidential run-off had serious implications for the sub-regional protocol on the free movement of people, goods and services.
Prof Adele Ginadu, le…
The Ghana Police Service on Saturday said it has no plan to do anything on behalf of any political party that would take away the credibility of the December 28 Presidential Election Runoff.
It has, therefore, asked the public, espec…
Mr Bernard Morna, General Secretary of the People's National Convention (PNC) on Friday called on all supporters of the party to vote for Professor John Evans Atta Mills, Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in …
The Chief of Tema, Nii Adjei Kraku II has appealed to Ghanaians to exhibit a high sense of patriotism and maturity during Sunday's Presidential Election Runoff to enable the nation to continue to enjoy the prevailing peaceful condition.
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The leaderships of the Volta Region branches of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Saturday pledged to ensure peace during Sunday's Presidential run-off.
Mr Modestus Ahiable, Regional Chairman of …
The U.S Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Dr. Jendayi E. Frazer will meet members of the press at the Ghana International Press Centre on Sunday, December 28, 2008 at 1700 hours to comment on Ghana's democratic process.
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Former Nigerian Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon arrived in the country this evening at the head of a 150-member ECOWAS Observer Mission.
The Mission is to observe the December 28 2008 Presidential Election Runoff in Ghana.
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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.
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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 …