Parliamentary Candidates (PC) contesting the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese (AAK) seat have been engaged in a debate to inform the electorates about their visions and aspirations when elected as Members of Parliament (MP).
The debate, organised…
A total of 29 Parliamentary Candidates are contesting for the 11 parliamentary seats in the Bono East Region in the December 7, presidential and parliamentary elections, Mr Gabriel Dei Yeboah, the Bono East Regional Director of the Elector…
Chief Massaud Moro, Ghana Union Movement's (GUM) parliamentary candidate for Kpone-Katamanso says he would win the seat come December 7, 2020.
Chief Moro said this when he paid a courtesy call on the Chief of Nmlitsakpo, Nii Tetteh Ogli…
Immediate past Special Prosecutor, Mr Martin Amidu, has explained why he rejected keys to a new building designated to serve as the Office of the Special Prosecutor and caused the keys to be returned to the Chief of Staff.
In a letter d…
Occupy Ghana, a social and political non-partisan pressure group, says it expected the former Special Prosecutor, Mr Martin Amidu, to have asserted his independence and not surrender to the executive.
“While the Constitution or statute …
The Progressive Peoples Party (PPP) has advocated for the establishment of Presidential Libraries and Museums in honour of past presidents.
A statement issued by Mr Paa Kow Ackon, PPP National Secretary, and copied to the Ghana News Age…
The Governing Board of the Narcotics Control Commission (NCC) has been inaugurated with the mandate to assist in the fight against illicit drug trafficking, substance abuse, and transitional organized crime.
The 15-member board was cons…
President Donald Trump is to seek a partial recount of votes in the state of Wisconsin, which his rival Joe Biden is projected to win by 20,000 votes.
Hours before a Wednesday deadline, the Trump campaign said it wanted a recount in the…
The death toll from Wednesday’s protests against the arrest of Ugandan presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, known as Bobi Wine, has risen to seven, police say.
A spokesperson has told the BBC that more than 40 people had also been …
Nigeria's military killed bandits in a land and air operation on a camp located north of the country where gunmen have been kidnapping and killing people, according to a statement.
Military spokesman John Enenche said the operation targ…
The UN Refugee Agency has told the BBC that thousands of civilians are continuing to flee across the border into Sudan to escape the continuing unrest in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray.
The UNHCR's representative for Sudan, Axel B…
China has strongly rebuked the UK, the US, Australia, New Zealand and Canada after being accused of a concerted effort to silence critics in Hong Kong.
The countries, which form the Five Eyes alliance, criticised China's imposition of n…
Mr Francis Oti Boateng, the District Chief Executive for Asante Akim North, has called for unity and understanding among the people in the area to speed up development.
He said unity and mutual understanding among key stakeholders such …
The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Ghana has deployed 40 Long-Term Observers (LTOs) across the country.
The observers are being deployed to all the 16 regions and will focus on both rural and urban areas.
A s…
A former Commissioner for the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Emile Short has said he is currently enjoying his retirement and will turn down any offer by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to occu…
Israel and Bahrain will open embassies soon, their foreign ministers said on Wednesday, as the two countries look to broaden cooperation that Washington has promoted as an anti-Iran alliance and potential economic bonanza.
On a first of…
The US has imposed sanctions on two senior leaders of Islamist militant group al-Shabab accused of responsibility in an attack on a military base in Kenya.
One US military service member and two contractors were killed in the January at…
The Russian parliament's lower house - the Duma - has backed a bill granting Russian presidents and their families immunity from criminal prosecution after they leave office.
It is among constitutional amendments approved in a referendu…
The Democratic Republic of Congo says it is now Ebola-free after more than 40 days without a case.
The latest outbreak of the deadly disease in the northwest of the country was its third in two years, but vaccines and treatments develop…
Ugandan opposition presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has been arrested while on the campaign trail
He was arrested in Luuka distrct, east of the country, at the venue of a rally according to tweets…
Dr Kingsley Nyarko, NPP Parliamentary Candidate for Kwadaso, has pledged to work closely with chiefs and other opinion leaders in the area to speed up the development process.
He said a community-driven development approach was crucial …
The Ashaiman Municipal office of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has formed and inaugurated its 2020 election Inter-Party Dialogue Committee (IPDC) to promote peace and credible elections.
The NCCE, as a means of dee…
A traditional ruler has appealed to political parties to make peace a 'byword' in the electioneering for the nation to go through violent-free elections and safeguard its democratic credentials.
Nana Anima Ahwenepa, the Queen of Bomaa-D…
Mr Evans Yaw Dapaa, Oti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has charged the chiefs and people of Bejamse in the Krachi Nchumuru Constituency of the Region, to throw their support behind President Nana Akufo-Addo as a sign …
South Africa's President Cyril Ramapahosa held phone talks with US President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday evening and discussed strengthening of US-Africa relations.
The two leaders also talked about ways of overcoming the Covid-19 pandem…
Ethiopia's forces have captured two towns in the northern region of Tigray where soldiers loyal to the local political party are fighting the central government.
Tigray's leader confirmed the losses but said it was a temporary setback a…
The vice presidential candidate of the Convention Peoples' Party (CPP), Prof. Emmanuel Bobobee, has urged political parties operating on Nkrumahist ideas to gravitate towards the CPP if they genuinely believe in its founder's theories.
…
A Covid-19 vaccine developed in China has shown success in mid-stage trials, researchers say.
There are several vaccines being developed in China, some of which are already being administered.
According to the researchers, the Sinova…
Donald Trump says he has fired a top election official who contradicted the US president's claims of voter fraud.
President Trump said he "terminated" Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa) chief Chris Krebs for his "hi…
Delegates to the just-concluded South Sudan's national dialogue conference have recommended that the two parliaments should have powers to impeach the president and vice-president.
The forum also recommended a two five-year term limit f…
Dr Serebour Quaicoe, Director of Electoral Services at the Electoral Commission (EC) on Tuesday said the spread of fake news especially about elections was his worse fear in the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections.
He explaine…
Senior Republicans and US allies have voiced alarm at the announcement that a large number of American troops will be removed from Afghanistan and Iraq.
The US is to withdraw 2,500 troops from both countries by mid-January, the US Depar…
Kenyan MPs want a helicopter on standby to evacuate them to well-equipped hospitals in case of an emergency, the Daily Nation newspaper reports.
The demand follows the death of their colleague, Justus Murunga, last weekend at a hospital…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has responded to Mr Martin Amidu's allegation of interference in his work as Special Prosecutor following which he resigned on Monday.
President Akufo-Addo in a 9-page letter dated November 17, 2020…
The Board of the Office of Special Prosecutor (OSP) is to meet over the resignation of Mr Martin Amidu.
He was appointed to lead the fight against corruption for seven years, but nearly three years after he had been sworn into office, t…
It has been revealed that Mr Martin Amidu whilst he was serving as the Special Prosecutor rejected all allowances that were paid to him for attending board meetings.
He reportedly returned all those board sitting allowances paid to him …
Kenya's anti-corruption commission has opened an inquiry on claims of unethical conduct by Education Minister George Magoha.
Mr Magoha was filmed last week publicly giving a senior education official a dressing down, including calling h…
A British diplomat has been hailed as a hero after diving into a river in China to save a drowning student.
Stephen Ellison, 61, consul-general in Chongqing, was walking by a river in a nearby village when the woman, 24, slipped on rock…
President-elect Joe Biden will focus on shaping his core White House team on Tuesday while outgoing President Donald Trump presses on with his increasingly tenuous legal fight to reverse his loss in the U.S. election.
Several of Biden’…
South Sudan's President Slva Kiir is expected to close this year's national dialogue conference that recommended a two term presidential limit.
The 15-day conference was boycotted by First Vice-President Riek Machar and key opposition f…
The US military expects President Donald Trump to order a further withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and Iraq, according to defence officials quoted by US media.
Those in Afghanistan will be cut from about 5,000 down to 2,500 by mid-…
Former US president Barack Obama's memoirs have already caused a minor stir in India - his frank, unflattering description of Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the main opposition Congress party incensed the latter's supporters and amused his de…
The UN's refugee agency says more than 30,000 people have fled to Sudan because of the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region.
UNHCR emergency coordinator Jens Hesemann described the situation at the border to BBC Newsday.
"The…
An Islamist group in Pakistan has called off its anti-France protests, saying the Pakistani government has endorsed a boycott of French goods.
The demonstrations had been in response to France defending the right to show cartoons of the…
Six political parties have expressed mixed views on the resignation of the Special Prosecutor (SP), Mr Martin Alamisi Burns Kaiser Amidu.
While some said they were not surprised with his resignation yesterday, in view of his defiant sta…
Archbishop John Bonaventure Kwofie, the Catholic Archbishop of Accra, has expressed worry over the increasing demand on members of Parliament (MPs) to perform functions outside their constitutional mandate.
He said the undue demands on …
The Western North Regional Branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has congratulated Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyebi II, Paramount Chief of Sefwi-Anwhiaso Traditional area on his election as the President of the National House of Chiefs.
The Party …
A total of 2,260 polling stations would be operated by the Electoral Commission (EC) on Election Day in the Volta Region.
Mr Selormey Adukpo Dogbey, Volta Regional Director of the EC, said the increment from the total of 2,011 stations …
The event was marked by the Signing of agreements for the implementation of the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) activities
The 29th Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) designated 14th Nove…
Archbishop John Bonaventure Kwofie, the Catholic Archbishop of Accra, has expressed worry over the increasing demand on members of Parliament (MPs) to perform functions outside their constitutional mandate.
He said the undue demands on …