New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced he is pulling out of the Democratic race for the White House.
"I feel like I have contributed all I can to this primary election, and it's clearly not my time," he said in an interview with MS…
Nigeria's army has stopped the work of international NGO Action Against Hunger accusing it of supplying a militant Islamist group with food and drugs.
The army said it had warned the NGO against "aiding and abetting" Boko Haram in north…
Mr Daniel Glikpo, Ketu South Municipal Director, National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has called on the citizenry to keep their leaders in check.
He said failure on the part of citizens to keep tabs on their leaders bred corr…
The Ashanti Regional branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), on Thursday, led a demonstration in Kumasi, to protest against what it described as 'unbearable economic conditions' in the country.
The demonstration dubbed "Kum Ye…
The Justice Emile Short Commission which investigated political violence in the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election in the Greater Accra Region has recommended electronic voting for future elections.
In its report, the three-member commissi…
Governance and civil society group, Milaban Population Network (MAPnet) has called on the Electoral Commission (EC) to adopt an annual strategy for cleaning of the voters’ register to keep it from the periodic ritual of compiling a new one…
The study tour included visits to civil protection facilities in Brussels, Rome and Genoa
Disaster risk managers from Africa have been participating in a five-day study tour in Europe this week organised by the United Nations Office for…
The estimates also show vast inequalities worldwide, with women and children in sub-Saharan Africa facing a substantially higher risk of death than in all other regions
More women and their children are surviving today than ever before,…
Donald Trump has denied a report alleging he made a promise to a foreign leader, which sparked a whistleblower's formal complaint.
The complaint is reported to relate to a July phone call with Ukraine's new president, Volodymyr Zelensky…
Metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies have been asked to monitor and supervise projects to avoid delays and shoddy works by contractors since the government is committed, dedicated and determined to providing infrastructure and l…
More than 200 schoolchildren and students have gathered in Senegal's, capital, Dakar, for the climate strike.
Many of the young people taking part in the suburb of Rufisque are carrying signs which say, "Legui Legui", which in the local…
The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) at the International Criminal Court in The Hague has appealed against the freeing of the former President of Cote d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, and his then Minister for Sports and Youth, Charles Blé Goudé, b…
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom has recognised Madam Cordie Aziz, representing Ghana, as the 105th Commonwealth Point of Light.
The award was in honour of her exceptional voluntary service to the environment, training hundreds …
The United Progressive Party (UPP) has called for a digitised approach to monitor the flow of traffic in the country to reduce indiscipline on roads.
The scientific approach, when incorporated, according to the party, would among othe…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has urged the people of Bawku to be transparent in their endeavour to develop the area and to hold duty bearers accountable for their stewardship.
Demanding accountability, transparency…
A Zimbabwean union leader who was thought to have been abducted is alive and well, reports say.
Peter Magombeyi had organised a series of strikes over poor pay and working conditions in recent weeks.
On Saturday, he sent a message alle…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left the country yesterday to attend the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
While in the US, he will be engaged in a number activities, the highlight being an address to the Gene…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo Prampram, Mr Sam George, says he has no hope for justice from the President Akufo-Addo led administration following his assault by a National Security officer during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-electi…
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has sued the Electoral Commission (EC) for failing to provide the party with a provisional copy of the voters register to guide it in the ongoing voters register exhibition exercise.
T…
MPs in Austria have dealt a blow to the EU's landmark trade deal with South America's economic bloc, by demanding a government veto on the deal.
The draft free trade agreement took 20 years to complete and the EU has described it as its…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has apologised for wearing "brownface" make-up at a gala at a private school where he taught nearly two decades ago.
The 2001 yearbook picture obtained by Time Magazine shows Mr Trudeau with skin-dar…
Russia has signed an agreement with Uganda to develop the East African country's nuclear energy capacity.
Under the deal which was signed in Vienna, Russia will develop nuclear technology in Uganda to supply its growing energy needs, wi…
The building of a controversial dam in Kenya has been cancelled by President Uhuru Kenyatta after an investigation found that the project was financially and technically unfeasible.
Kimwarer Dam was expected to cost $214m (£172m), a sta…
Mr Stephen Ashitey Adjei, a political Activist in Tema in the Greater Accra Region on Wednesday threatened to embark on a one-man demonstration against the government over the Tema expansion project.
He said although the intention of th…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) and the Electoral Commission (EC) on Wednesday launched a "Citizens' Education and Awareness Raising Campaign" to educate the public on the upcoming District Level Elections (DLEs) and ref…
When the then Prime Minister, David Cameron, announced that he was going to give the UK people a chance to vote in a referendum, it was clearly on the basis of his negotiations with the EU about several special concessions for the UK. Ther…
Speeding up detection to slow down Ebola: Smartphone app is game-changer for contact tracing in hotspots in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Go.Data is a major innovation in outbreak investigation tools for field data collection
…
A Commonwealth facility designed to assist smaller and more vulnerable countries tackle the damaging effects of climate change has helped them access USD 27 million of funding.
The figure marks a milestone for the Commonwealth Climate …
Most African countries have vast mineral resources, a rapidly growing population that is increasingly well-educated, and have been the recipients of a huge amount of development aid. Why then do most of them continue to be amongst the most…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has suggested that funding of political party campaigns and activities must be borne by the membership of a political party to reduce the high incidence of corruption in the country.
Th…
The Leader and Founder of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Mr Percival Kofi Akpaloo, has stated that until political parties are able to declare their sources of campaign funding, the fight against corruption will remain impossible to w…
Government has condemned derogatory remarks targeted at Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, over his comment at the United Nations last Friday, as unwarranted.
While speaking at the UN high level forum on the Culture of Peace on Fri…
US President Donald Trump has named a new national security adviser to replace John Bolton.
Robert O'Brien has had a long career in foreign policy working for both main US parties and currently heads hostage negotiations at the State De…
News that four girls kidnapped in western Ghana last year have been found dead has led to calls for the resignation of Maame Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, the head of the police investigation unit.
Police say DNA tests carried out on the remains …
At least 27 people, many of them children, have been killed in a fire at a boarding school in a suburb of the Liberian capital Monrovia.
The fire is believed to have broken out in the early hours of the morning, when Koranic school stud…
The court said there were effective ways to discipline a child without the use of corporal punishmentImage caption: The court said there were effective ways to discipline a child without the use of corporal punishment
South Africa's Con…
Women have been marching through Port Harcourt calling for more protection in the wake of serial killings in Nigeria’s oil city.
At least eight women have been found strangled in a similar way in different hotel rooms in the capital of …
The Asene- Manso- Akroso District Assembly has distributed 31 motorcycles to assembly members to enhance their performance.
Mr Alex Incoom, the Asene- Manso -Akroso District Chief Executive (DCE), who handed over the motorcycles to the …
Professor Henry Kwasi Prempeh, the Executive Director of the Ghana Centre for Democratic (CDD-Ghana), has called on political parties to embrace strategic thinking.
Strategic thinking is a process that defines the manner in which people…
David Shearer pointed particularly to the need to progress the reunification of security forces and decisions on states and their boundaries
While progress has been made, maintaining momentum is key to progressing the fragile peace proc…
The Office of former President John Dramani Mahama has said that his decision to concede defeat in the 2016 presidential election even before the official results were declared was taken by himself without any persuasion from any quarter…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) will today launch an education and awareness-raising campaign on the upcoming district level election and referendum aimed at electing assembly members on a partisan basis.
The Chairp…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has called for cool heads in the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II's tiff, with former President John Dramani Mahama over the revelation that the Manhyia Palace persuaded the losing candidate in the 2016…
Ghana’s renowned physician in reproductive health and lifelong advocate for women’s sexual and reproductive rights, Prof. Fred Torgbor Sai, has passed on.
Prof. Sai, who passed on Tuesday morning, was, in June this year, celebrated by…
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has conveyed his and the apologies of the people of South Africa to President Akufo-Addo and the people of Ghana over the recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa, that resulted in the deaths of a…
The General Secretary of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC), Reverend Emmanuel Teima Barrigah, has called on the security agencies to be on top of the security of the country and to give new assurances to the citizenry …
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bosomtwe Constituency has decided to declare the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Dr Osei Yaw Adutwum, unopposed to contest the 2020 parliamentary election on the ticket of the party.
Accord…
Peter Tabichi from Kenya, who was named World's Best Teacher earlier this year, has met US President Donald Trump at the White House ahead of a speech he is giving at the UN General Assembly.
Brother Tabichi, a member of the Franciscan …
South Africa has apologised to Nigeria over a spate of xenophobic attacks which led to a spike in tensions between the two countries.
Twelve people were killed earlier this month when mobs attacked foreign-owned businesses, mainly in Joha…
Liberia's President George Weah has invited the president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to the country to discuss the idea of setting up a war and economic crimes court.
The tribunal is intended to address crimes committed d…
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