Mr Eugene Sackey, the President's Nominee as Upper West Akim District Chief Executive (DCE) has been confirmed by the Assembly.
All 38 members of the House voted Yes, to give the DCE 100 per cent endorsement.
Mr Seth Acheampong, East…
A delegation of the African Union Commission (AUC), has wrapped up its working visit to the seat of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) in Midrand, South Africa.
The mission formed part of the fact-finding exercise undertaken by the Chairp…
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs, has conceded the need to push government to show financial commitment towards the construction of the $404, 857, 414.06 Pwalugu Multi-Purpose Dam and Irrigation Project (…
Mr Anthony Nketsia Kofie, Ahanta West Constituency Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has expressed optimism that the Assembly will witness improvement in social infrastructure with the confirmation of Mr John Agyare as Municipal C…
Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Ghanaian international diplomat, says public support for coup d'état creates serious dilemmas, complicating the enforcement of regional norms relating to democracy and good governance.
Dr Chambas, former Special …
Six Journalists were on Tuesday allegedly assaulted and prevented from performing their duties at Atebubu in the Atebubu-Amantin Municipality of the Bono East Region.
The journalists were at the precincts of the Municipal Assembly …
Members of the South Tongu District Assembly have confirmed Mr. Seth Kwasi Agbi, as the new District Chief Executive (DCE).
A total of 57 assembly members present voted for the nominee while seven voted against him.
Mr Ag…
Mr. Kwame Agbodza, Member of Parliament for Adaklu has said constitutional and statutory internal elections should be held in a transparent and peaceful atmosphere devoid of rancour and antagonism.
"Let us allow peace and transparency…
Parliament seems to have its agenda set for it as it resumes sitting on October 26, with the debate over the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill topping.
Over the past few days, two groups - one again…
Burkina Faso's President Roch March Christian Kabore on Wednesday reshuffled the country's military leadership amid rising terrorist attacks.
In a statement read on state TV, the president named Col-Maj Ouédraogo Gilbert as the new head…
Children across much of Africa are to be vaccinated against malaria in a historic moment in the fight against the deadly disease.
Malaria has been one of the biggest scourges on humanity for millennia and mostly kills babies and infants…
At least 20 people have been killed after an earthquake struck Pakistan's southern Balochistan province early on Thursday, officials have told the BBC.
Authorities say the death toll may increase, and that many people were killed when s…
A US judge has temporarily blocked a new law in Texas that effectively bans women from having an abortion.
District Judge Robert Pitman granted a request by the Biden administration to prevent any enforcement of the law while its legali…
The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has served notice that the third meeting of the First session of the Eighth Parliament will commence on October 26, 2021.
A statement signed by Mr Bagbin and issued in Accra o…
The Third Extraordinary Meeting of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers on institutional reform has opened in Accra with a call on members to work towards an efficient and effective commission to deliver for its people.
The meeting is aimed …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s nominee for the Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) position of Cape Coast, Ernest Arthur, has been rejected for the second time.
The re-nominated MCE failed to meet the two-thirds majority in the …
Assembly Members in Wassa Amenfi West Municipality of the Western Region, have confirmed Mr Lord Nana Tandoh as their Municipal Chief Executive (MCE).
All the 28 Assembly Members present voted yes, representing 100 percent.
Mr Tandoh…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday appealed to the chiefs and all who matter in peace-building to help bring lasting peace to Okuapeman.
"I want peace in Okuapeman to end this chieftaincy dispute and to facilitate my dev…
Events are being held in South Africa to mark the 90th birthday of the Nobel peace prize winner, Desmond Tutu.
He's expected to attend a service at St George's cathedral in Cape Town, where he served as the country's first black archbis…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has directed Madam Cecilia Abena Dapaah, Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, to act as the Caretaker Minister of the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection.
The directive is as a…
For decades, US presidents have had to grapple with a hugely sensitive tightrope known as the "One China" policy. The BBC explains what it consists in.
What is the 'One China' policy?
It is the diplomatic acknowledgement of China's pos…
A new centre to treat people who have mental health issues has been opened in Liberia's capital, Monrovia.
The centre is the only one of its kind in the West African nation, which does not have a government facility providing mental hea…
Mali's foreign ministry summoned France's ambassador on Tuesday to protest against comments by French President Emmanuel Macron on the country's military-dominated government.
The foreign ministry said it had summoned the French ambassa…
Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, Volta Regional Minister, has called on Members of Parliament (MPs) from the region to come together for the development of the region.
According to him, the people in the region would be happy to see MPs from bot…
Mr Divine Osborn Kwadzo Fenu, the President's nominee for District Chief Executive (DCE) for North Tongu, has been endorsed by the Assembly members.
The 41 members of the North Tongu District Assembly voted in favour of the nomine…
Nigeria is expecting to receive more than three million doses of Pfizer vaccines in the next two weeks, a healthcare official said on Tuesday.
Nearly five million people across the country have received their first jab, representing abo…
Members of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) have confirmed the nomination of Mr Samuel Pyne, as the Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE).
Fifty-five out of the 58 members present voted in favour of the nominee, giving him 94.8 per c…
Members and sympathisers of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the North East Region have been urged to remain resolute and work assiduously to break the eight-year cycle.
Mr Danladi Abdul-Nasir, Dean of Metropolitan, Municipal and Dis…
Members of Krachi West District Assembly have confirmed Mr Emmanuel Kajal Jalulah as the new District Chief Executive (DCE).
A total of 24 assembly members present voted for the nominee while nine voted against him.
Mr Jalulah, in hi…
Assembly members of the Agotime-Ziope District Assembly failed to confirm the President's only female nominee for the Volta Region, Madam Emilia Emefa Adzimah for the position of the District Chief Executive.
Out of the 22 assembly mem…
Mr Sule Salifu, the President's nominee for the position of Chief Executive for the Tamale Mertropolitan Assembly (TaMA) in the Northern region has been confirmed.
Out of 59 Assembly Members who were present and voted, 40 endorsed h…
The Municipal and District Chief Executive Nominees for West Gonja Municipality and North Gonja District in the Savannah Region have been endorsed by Assembly Members.
They are Mr Karim Musah Kusubari for the West Gonja Municipalit…
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has condemned the deportation of Somalis from the self-declared republic of Somaliland.
The agency placed the number of people forced out of their homes at 1,000. It said…
Mr Ebenezar Kojo Kum, the Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, has inaugurated three Traditional Councils in the Upper West Region.
They are the Sankana and Takpo-Wilaa Traditional Councils in the Nadowli-Kaleo District…
A Palestinian delegation to Ghana has urged the country to reject Israel's bid for an Observer Status on the African Union (AU).
He said granting Observer Status to Israel by the AU would contradict the continental body's support for th…
Victims of sexual abuse in the French Catholic Church have demanded action after the publication of a damning new inquiry.
Since 1950, clergy in the organisation have sexually abused some 216,000 children, according to the report - most…
The nomination of Mr Nkrumah Kwasi Ogyile, as the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Krachi Nchumuru of the Oti Region has been confirmed by the assembly members in the area.
The nominee received all 29 votes cast for an endorsement fr…
Congo-Brazzaville's President Denis Sassou-Nguesso could take legal action after he was named in the leaked documents, French broadcaster RFI reports quoting the information minister.
The Pandora Papers said Mr Sassou-Nguesso owned a co…
The southern Africa regional bloc, SADC, has agreed to extend the presence of regional troops battling insurgents in northern Mozambique.
Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi confirmed the extension late Tuesday at the end of an extraord…
Mali in West Africa is one of the poorest countries in the world. It’s also considered one of the most vulnerable to climate change.
The International Committee of the Red Cross is warning that the climate crisis is making an already di…
Boris Johnson is to promise that his government will show more "guts" than any before as it works to deal with issues facing society and the economy.
In his Conservative Party conference speech, the prime minister will pledge to move th…
Australia is to stop sending asylum seekers to Papua New Guinea (PNG), marking an end to its controversial detention regime in the nation.
PNG is one of two Pacific countries paid by Canberra to detain asylum seekers and refugees who at…
Tensions with China are at their worst in 40 years, Taiwan's defence minister has said, warning of the risk of an accidental strike between the two.
Chiu Kuo-cheng's comments came after China sent a "record number" of military jets into…
The Ningo-Prampram MP and one of the sponsors of the anti-LGBTQI Bill, Sam George, is not perturbed by the memorandum from 15 renowned legal, academicians and activists challenging the legislation that seeks to fully criminalise LGBTQI act…
The opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC, believes the Justice Koomson Committee that probed the Ejura disturbances, did nothing but a “poor attempt at a cover-up.”
It said the three-member committee failed in its mandate and pr…
The leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Upper East and North East Regions have honoured the National Youth Organiser of the party, Henry Nana Boakye (Nana B).
They honoured the NPP patriot for his contribution to the grow…
Ugandans traveling to its neighbour South Sudan no longer require visas to enter the country.
The move reciprocates one taken by Uganda in September to scrap visa entry requirements for South Sudanese that came into effect on Friday.
…
Singapore has passed a controversial law aimed at countering foreign interference in domestic affairs, in a move that critics say could be used to stifle dissent.
It allows authorities to order social media sites and Internet providers …
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has urged the militants operating in parts of the northern province of Cabo Delgado to turn themselves over to the authorities or face being killed.
Speaking after a memorial service to mark 29 years of…
Taiwan has urged Beijing to stop "irresponsible provocative actions" after a record number of Chinese warplanes entered its air defence zone.
Monday's incursion marks the fourth straight day of incursions by Chinese aircraft, with almos…