The two major political parties; the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC), have urged Ghanaians, especially their supporters, to go out in their numbers to register when the voter registration exercise opens on …
Mr Kojo Kum, NPP Member of Parliament for the Ahanta West Constituency has pledged to work with his contender during electioneering in the supreme interest of the party.
That, he said would achieve unity and cohesion at the constituency…
Ugandan nationals living in China have changed their minds on returning home and will not be included in repatriation flights, according to the foreign affairs ministry.
The ministry expects about 2,000 returnees from South Africa, Afgh…
Indian Railways have cancelled all passenger, mail and express trains until 12 August as cases continue to rise across India.
Those with booked tickets will get a refund, officials said in a statement.
However, the special trains set…
The Youth Organiser for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Wa Central Constituency of the Upper West Region, Hanif Jaoto has predicted a landslide victory for the party in the 2020 general elections.
Addressing a media briefing here o…
The Kpone Katamanso youth wing of the National Democratic Congress has resolved to embark on bedroom to bedroom campaign to canvas for votes towards the 2020 general elections.
Mr Jerry John Adjololo, the constituency youth organizer, w…
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has deployed a total of 100 observers for the up-coming 2020 Biometric Voter Registration Exercise.
The exercise would be carried out by the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) from Ju…
A group of women traditional leaders have asked some political actors and social media users who constantly attack the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Essikado-Ketan constituency in the Western Region, Profe…
Dr Divine Ayivor, a flagbearer aspirant of the Convention Peoples’ Party (CPP), said Election 2020 is a test for the Electoral Commission to prove its credibility by offering a fair playing field for all parties.
He said elections were …
President Akufo-Addo has called on the New Patriotic Party (NPP) faithful to promote the outstanding achievements of government in the management of the affairs of country, as the party seeks re-election in December.
“We have a good sto…
Ten aid workers have been kidnapped in south-western Niger as they were distributing food in a village.
The organisation they worked for, Action and Impact Programme in the Sahel (APIS), said armed men appeared in the village on motorbi…
Rwandan authorities have imposed a stay-at-home order in parts of the capital, Kigali, following a rise in new cases of coronavirus.
People living in Gikondo Hill in Kicukiro District, and some parts of Mount Kigali in Nyarugenge distri…
People wearing face masks wait in line next to oxygen tanks outside a private distributor that recharges tanks in Lima, Peru, on 25 June 2020
Peru imposed one of the earliest and strictest lockdowns in Latin America to stop the spread of …
David Nabarro, the World Health Organization's special envoy on Covid-19, has questioned whether people in the UK are aware enough of the continuing threat of coronavirus.
Speaking after huge crowds gathered during a heatwave and illega…
Millions of children could be pushed to the brink of starvation in Yemen amid a "huge" drop in aid caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, a major UN charity warns.
Unicef says it needs almost half a billion dollars to save children in a count…
The Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jnr says he is happy he chose
Court of competent jurisdiction
I am happy I chose to vindicate my integrity in the appropriate forum, a court of law and …
Dr John Nkengasong, Director-General of the African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC) has said unless stakeholders act now, Africa is at the risk of being left behind on the search for COVID-19 vaccine.
He suggested head…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has said its officials will be in all the districts throughout the country to undertake the Voters Registration Exercise from June, 30 to August 6.
A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency, signed by Mrs…
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, Saturday expressed his profound gratitude to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for choosing him for the fourth time as his running mate for the 2020 general elections.
He also thanked the members of …
The Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) Caucus in Parliament on Friday accused Government of deploying military personnel along the country’s borders in the Volta, Oti and the Northern Regions, to intimidate supporters the NDC from…
Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, Volta Regional Minister, has said the Region is enjoying “absolute peace, stability” and developing rapidly.
The “security is intact and we are developing very fast,” he said.
The Regional Minister said this i…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was Saturday acclaimed the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the December 7, 2020 elections.
The acclamation, done at a special National Council meeting of the Party, was d…
The African Development Bank has earmarked about $115 million in grants for the next three years to finance public sector projects and programs in Sudan
Over $1.8 billion dollars in pledges for Sudan poured in during a high-level Sudan …
The Leader and Flagbearer of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) has entreated all eligible Ghanaians to register in the upcoming voter registration exercise slated to begin on Tuesday.
June 30, 2020.
This is to allow them to exercise t…
In readiness to seek re-election in 2020 Elections, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will on Saturday, June 27, acclaim President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the party’s Presidential candidate.
The Special National Council meeting, whi…
Burundi's former First Lady Denise Nkurunziza has told mourners at Gitega's football stadium that her late husband Pierre Nkurunziza did "noble deeds", and had "a good end and a peaceful death".
Mrs Nkurunziza had to leave her hospital …
There is mounting evidence of a new wave of desert locusts in East Africa, raisng fears of food insecurity.
Earlier in the year, billions of the insects destroyed crops across the region – with the UN warning a second generation would b…
The United States recorded an all-time daily high of 40,000 coronavirus infections on Thursday, figures from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) show.
A recent surge in infections and hospitalisations has prompted the states of Texas, Florid…
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has come under fire from opposition MPs after telling parliament that the US "martyred" Osama Bin Laden.
Bin Laden, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, was killed in 2011 when US special forces raided…
Kenyan police have killed three people when a crowd of motorcycle taxi drivers protested against the arrest of a colleague for ignoring coronavirus restrictions.
Police shot at the crowd in the western city of Lessos after clashes, a po…
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr James Oppong-Boanuh yesterday met with representation of political parties on this year’s upcoming elections in Accra yesterday.
Although the meeting was under closed door meeting the Ghanaian T…
African Development Fund approves COVID-19 Response grants for six Southern African countries and São Tomé & Príncipe
The funds will facilitate the procurement of laboratory and medical supplies
The Board of Directors of the African…
The gains made during this response are already being applied to other public health emergencies in the DRC
The Ebola outbreak in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was declared over today, almost two years since th…
Burundi's late President Pierre Nkurunziza - who ruled for nearly 15 years - will be buried on Friday in the capital, Gitega.
The government said he died of a "cardiac arrest" almost two weeks ago.
He was expected to officially hand ov…
A clean-up has begun in Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan after floods triggered by torrential rains left streets and houses underwater and at least three people dead.
Local residents said three hours of heavy rain on Thursday caused w…
Malawi's electoral chief Justice Chifundo Kachale has been quoted by local media as saying that results of the presidential re-run could be released by Saturday.
Mr Kachale on Thursday told journalists that determining the results could…
Nigeria's government has condemned Thursday's attack on its embassy in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, by its citizens living in the country.
The Nigerian nationals stormed the embassy and vandalised vehicles in the compound. They accused e…
More than 100 people in northern India have been killed by dozens of lightning strikes across two states in recent days, officials say.
The disaster management team in Bihar state said 83 were killed there, while another 20 were in hosp…
Sweden's state epidemiologist has taken issue with the World Health Organization (WHO) for including it on a list of 11 countries with "very significant resurgence" of Covid-19. Anders Tegnell has told Swedish TV the WHO has completely mis…
A group of British men living in Singapore have been banned from working there again after breaking lockdown to go on a "bar crawl".
The men were also fined around S$9,000 each ($6,500; £5,200).
They were charged after a picture of p…
The Trump administration has asked the US Supreme Court to invalidate Obamacare, which has provided health insurance to millions of Americans.
Government lawyers said the act became invalid when the previous Republican-led Congress axed…
Former President John Mahama Thursday said the National Democratic Congress Party is "deeply disappointed and disagrees with the Supreme Court's ruling that excludes the existing voter identification card as an identification requirement f…
Senegal has allowed students sitting for national exams back in schools but under strict guidelines that include hand-washing, keeping distances, temperature checks and wearing face masks.
It’s taken weeks of preparation for schools to …
The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck southern Mexico on Tuesday has risen to 10 people, authorities said on Wednesday, as locals began clearing the rubble and assessing the damage from the temblor.
The area surrounding …
France and Germany expressed political and financial backing for the World Health Organization in its fight against the coronavirus on Thursday, with Berlin saying it would give a record half billion euros in funding and equipment this yea…
Senegal's President Macky Sall has quarantined himself after coming in contact with someone who tested positive for coronavirus.
The president himself tested negative but will self-isolate for two weeks as a precaution, his office said …
A 114-year-old Ethiopian man has recovered from coronavirus, according to a Facebook post by Dr Yared Agidew, who runs the hospital in the capital, Addis Ababa, where the man was being treated.
People over the age of 80 are considered t…
As we've been reporting, the 23-month long Ebola outbreak in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo is now over.
The World Health Organization's regional director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, said that the declaration wa…
A huge cloud of Saharan dust has darkened the skies over parts of the Caribbean.
The dust has been moving from Africa over the Atlantic Ocean.
On Sunday it reached Puerto Rico and has since covered Cuba and parts of Mexico.
The Ca…
With six days to the start of new voter registration, the Electoral Commission (EC) on Wednesday held an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting to apprise the stakeholders on the registration exercise.
Representation was made by …