The National Executive Committee of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), on Monday unanimously approved the “People’s Manifesto” at a meeting held in Accra, following a presentation by the Party’s Manifesto Committee.
A statement iss…
A leading opposition figure in Belarus has gone missing, shortly after witnesses said she was bundled by masked men into a minibus in Minsk.
Maria Kolesnikova's whereabouts are unknown. Police have denied detaining her, the Interfax news …
The 2020 Manifesto of the National Democratic Congress, NDC, dubbed the People’s Manifesto, will address Ghana’s under-development challenges once and for all, says Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, General Secretary of the party.
He says the peo…
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Doctors at one of the largest private COVID-19 facilities in the Indian capital say they are exhausted and facing staff shortages after nearly six months of relentless work.
India’s total cases of the novel coronav…
Mr Justice Eric Baah, a Ho Supervising High Court Judge has appealed to traditional leaders to equip themselves with the judicial procedures to enable them properly adjudicate cases brought before them.
He said arbitration by chiefs hel…
A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bono Region, Mr. Yaw Dabie Appiah-Mensah has commended the First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo for the excellent manner she has supported the President in finding solutions to proble…
The Deputy Campaign Manager of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Abdul Mustapha Hamid has advised Ghanaians to choose who becomes their next president in the upcoming December presidential polls based on the candidate's track record…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union aims to impose economic sanctions on 31 senior Belarus officials including the country’s interior minister by mid-September, three EU diplomats said, in response to an Aug. 9 election that the West s…
Mr Peter Ayamga Ayinbisa, the 2020 Parliamentary Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the Bongo Constituency in the Upper East Region is poised to snatch the Bongo Seat from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the NPP for …
The Electoral Commission has announced that it will undertake the Exhibition of the Provisional Voters Register nationwide from September 18 to 25.
A video advertisement produced by the Commission cited by the Ghana News Agency encourag…
The Overlord of Kpembe Traditional Area, Kpembe Wura Daari Haruna Bismark says the people of Savannah Region cannot thank President Akufo-Addo enough for making their dreams of having a region a reality.
The Kpembe Traditional Area fall…
Mr John Dramani Mahama, Flagbearer, National Democratic Congress (NDC), has appealed to Ghanaians to vote the Party back to power for sustainable growth and prosperity for all.
Speaking ahead of the Party’s Manifesto launch on Monday…
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says this year's election will be contested based on track records and competencies, not on ethnocentric comments that divide the people.
He, therefore, condemned former President Mahama for endorsing…
Senegal's President Macky Sall has launched an emergency aid plan after a seven-hour downpour caused widespread flooding.
The water minister said there had been more rain in a single day than the total amount that usually falls during t…
Delegates of Libya's rival administrations have met for talks in Morocco two weeks after the two sides declared a ceasefire.
Five delegates each met from the UN- recognised government in Tripoli and the rival parliament based in the eas…
India has recorded more than 90,000 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, taking its total above that of Brazil.
The country now has the second-largest number of confirmed cases in the world, 4,204,613. It has reported 71,642 deat…
In our series of letters from African journalists, Waihiga Mwaura looks at what has changed in Kenya 10 years after it adopted a new constitution intended to reform how the country was governed and reduce ethnic tensions.
There are many…
Uganda's Labour Minister, Mwesigwa Rukutana, is expected to appear in court on Monday after he was arrested over the weekend over a shooting incident.
The minister allegedly shot at his opponent's supporters after he lost the primaries …
The authorities in Ethiopia have launched a mobile service which allows people to receive their coronavirus test results through an SMS.
The results will be available three hours after one is tested, the Ethiopian Public Health Institut…
Tensions are rising between Delhi and Beijing amid reports that Chinese troops kidnapped five Indian civilians in a border state last week.
The allegation was first tweeted on 5 September by an Indian lawmaker from Arunachal Pradesh sta…
Hundreds of people have been arrested in Belarus following a fourth consecutive weekend of protests against President Alexander Lukashenko.
At least 633 people were detained during the unrest, the interior ministry said on Monday.
Thousa…
Brazil’s health ministry has said that the country has now surpassed more than four million cases of Covid-19. The total number of deaths in the country from the virus is now more than 120,000 but there are signs that the spread of the vir…
Only five of India's states are responsible for more than half the country's Covid-19 caseload - 4.2 million confirmed cases and counting.
After overtaking Brazil earlier today, India now has the world's second-highest tally.
The fiv…
The flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr John Dramani Mahama, has said the 2020 manifesto of the party, which will be launched today, will provide a path to turn Ghana into an advanced nation as soon as possible.
Pr…
The Tema East Constituency branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has vowed to retain the seat with at least 60,000 votes in the December 7th general elections.
Mr Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, MP and Parliamentary Candidate for the…
Mr Kofi Dzamesi, Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Thursday, inaugurated a reconstituted Volta Regional House of Chiefs.
The reconstitution was made necessary by the passage of 2020 LI 2409 in July, which paved the way for…
President Alassane Ouattara has been nominated by the ruling party for a third term.
French President Emmanuel Macron will on Friday meet his Ivory Coast counterpart Alassane Ouattara in Paris, the AFP agency reports quoting a source in…
President Trump has mocked his presidential rival Joe Biden for wearing a face mask so often and letting it hang off his ear when he gives speeches.
Speaking to his supporters - few of whom were wearing masks - at a campaign rally in Pe…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has promised that the next government of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will upgrade the Wa Municipality unto a Metropolis.
This according to him will facilitate the speedy development of Wa …
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia says government is in discussion with the University of Development Studies (UDS) to set up a satellite campus in Yendi.
In addition, he announced plans to convert the Pong Tamale Veterinary College into …
Mr Ralph Apetorgbor, a member of the communications team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC, has urged supporters of the Party to work towards a massive victory in the December 7 general election.
“We have a huge task ahead of us …
Former President John Dramani Mahama has given hope to Persons with Disability (PWDs)by promising to increase their share of the District Assembly Common Fund (DACF).
He said he would also create a special account, where such funds woul…
Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, Vice Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress(NDC) has assured the people of Western North Region that the next NDC government would complete all abandoned projects in the Region.
S…
The University of Namibia’s School of Veterinary Medicine is training dogs to detect coronavirus.
The plan is to deploy the dogs at airports and borders, the Namibian newspaper quotes Conrad Brain, a physiology and epidemiology lecturer…
Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, aged 83, is in hospital with early-stage double pneumonia after testing positive for coronavirus, Italian media report.
He spent the night in hospital in Milan for checks, having tested p…
“Ghana needs a shared and pervasive leadership to develop and not a promise of goodies or provision of what politicians think the people need,” says Alhaji Mohammed Frimpong, the General Secretary of the National Democratic Party (NDP).
…
Police at Nsuta in the Techiman South Municipality of the Bono East Region have arrested a young man for allegedly destroying a political party billboard.
The billboard, which was mounted along the Nsuta-Techiman road belonged to Mr Chr…
Amuyaokorpe (GAR) Sept 3, GNA - The Assembly member for Badzor-Ohe/ Lita electoral area in the Ada West District has advised Ghanaians to resist the temptation of being incited to perpetuate political violence.
Mr Amuyao David Narh, the…
The National Committee (NC) of the Progressive People's Party (PPP) will outdoor the Party’s 2020 Presidential Candidate on Saturday, 12th September, 2020.
The event would be conducted on a virtual platform at 18:30 hours.
A statemen…
Guinea's President Alpha Condé has said he would be the candidate for young people and women in the upcoming elections.
The 82-year-old, who is running for a controversial third term that has sparked protests, said he was the best choic…
A Ghanaian technology entrepreneur, Charlette N’Guessan, has won this year's Royal Academy of Engineering Africa prize for engineering innovation.
She is the first ever woman to win the Africa Prize and the first winner from Ghana.
The…
South Africa is no longer among the five countries most affected by coronavirus, according to the World Health Organization.
Peru now has the fifth highest number of confirmed Covid-19 cases, with 663,437 reported by Wednesday.
South…
The US has imposed sanctions on senior officials in the International Criminal Court (ICC), including chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused the court of "illegitimate attempts to subject Americans to it…
The US assistant secretary for African affairs, Tibor Nagy, has held talks with Rwandan ambassador to the US over the arrest of Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed in a Hollywood film about the Rwandan genocide.
Rwandan officials said …
Sad news from New Zealand this morning as the country reports its first death from Covid-19 since the end of May.
The man in his 50s died in an Auckland hospital on Friday, having been in intensive care for the last few days, the health…
Ten foreign missions in Tanzania have called for a "free and fair" elections next month, amid concern by rights group on increased repression of opposition parties and non-governmental organisations.
The missions said security for all c…
The Overlord of Dagbon, Ya Na Abukari II has expressed gratitude to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the immense role he played towards ensuring peace and stability in the area.
Ya-Na Abukari expressed the appreciation when Vic…
The Japanese coastguard has rescued one person from a cargo ship thought to have sunk during a typhoon with more than 40 crew and 6,000 cattle on board.
The crew member, who was found drifting in a life jacket, said the ship had capsize…
Jamaicans are voting to elect a new parliament as the country grapples with a surge in coronavirus infections.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness called for the early vote last month in what analysts saw as a bid to capitalise on people's sa…
US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has spoken over the phone with Jacob Blake, the black man who was shot in the back by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, sparking big protests.
Mr Blake, who remains in hospital paralysed, said …