Madam Elizabeth Kwatseo Tawiah Sackey, the new Mayor for the Accra Metropolitan Assembly says her main agenda is to build a new Accra.
“My vision is to build a new Accra; a model city whose inhabitants have a shared responsibility in ma…
The US is "deeply concerned" about actions that undermine peace across the Taiwan Strait, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan has told the BBC.
His comments come after China sent a "record number" of military jets into Taiwan's a…
The US Senate has voted to temporarily raise the nation's debt limit, avoiding a historic default that experts say would have devastated the economy.
Senators agreed to increase the limit by $480bn (£352bn), which will cover the US unti…
The General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr John Boadu, has called for unity among the rank and file of the party to enable it consolidate the gains made in the past years.
He said the party’s determination to reta…
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will later today, Friday, October 8, 2021, swear into office Dr. George Akuffo Dampare as the substantive Inspector General of Police (IGP).
Dr. Dampare, who has been acting in that capacity f…
The Minister of Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has said the ministry is working with the Ministry of Finance to suspend some levies that contribute to fuel prices in order to cushion patrons against the ever-increasing price hikes.
H…
Nato has expelled eight Russian diplomats it says have been working secretly as intelligence officers.
The military alliance has also halved the size of Moscow's mission working at its Brussels headquarters to 10.
It is the first tim…
Overseas travel rules have eased across the UK, making holidays cheaper for many.
The "traffic light system" of red, amber and green list countries has been scrapped, leaving just red-list countries and the rest of the world.
Foreign…
Seventy-six years after the end of World War Two, a former concentration camp guard has gone on trial for assisting in the murder of 3,518 prisoners at Sachsenhausen near Berlin.
Josef S is accused of complicity in the shooting of Sovie…
Guinea's military leader has named former civil servant Mohamed Beavogui as prime minister to oversee transition to civilian rule following last month's coup.
Mr Beavogui, 68, is an expert in agricultural finance. He is related to Diall…
The UN Security Council has been told that increasingly alarming accounts of hunger-related deaths are emerging from the Tigray region of Ethiopia.
The UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, said life-saving humanitarian efforts were b…
A total of six persons nominated by the President for Municipal and District Chief Executives have been confirmed by their respective Districts Assemblies with two others rejected in the Western North Region.
The six confirmed Municip…
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has urged African political leaders and the African people in general to shun the politics of identity that characterized most of the post-independence Africa.
He said politics of identity that was mo…
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…