The Asutifi North District Assembly has completed a number of infrastructural projects in some first and second cycle institutions within the district.
Mr Anthony Adjei-Mensah, the District Chief Executive (DCE), who disclosed this to t…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday cut the sod for the commencement of work on the Ningo-Prampram Coastal Protection Project.
The project, to be undertaken by Messrs Bridge Global Consolidated Limited at a contract sum o…
Angola Oil & Gas Conference & Exhibition returns to Talatona June 16-17, 2020
Africa Oil & Power supports Angola with year-long FDI campaign in 2020 to promote capital inflow into bankable projects; Angola Oil & Gas Conference & Exhibit…
The main opposition party in Botswana, the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), says it has proof that October's general election was rigged.
Party leader Duma Boko told a press conference in Johannesburg that the High Court in Botswan…
A group calling itself Concerned Youth of Agona Swedru (COYS) have staged yet another protest against the poor state of roads in Agona Swedru.
The protesters have given the government a month’s notice to take immediate steps to fix al…
The Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amotia Ofori-Panin has called for inclusion and empowerment of traditional authorities in local governanace to enable chiefs play a leading role in economic emancipation and development of their communities.
He…
South African leader Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday called on President Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House, Accra.
Mr Ramaphosa, who arrived in Ghana last night for working visit, and to attend the South African Business Forum opening in Accr…
BankyW, Niniola, Cobhams and business leaders debate how to advance Nigerian children’s rights
Leaders from Nigeria’s private sector and entertainment industry today joined Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka for a reading of his poem A C…
A 23-year-old alleged rape victim is fighting for her life after she was set on fire while going to court in northern India.
The woman was on her way to a hearing in the case she filed against two men in March, in Uttar Pradesh.
She …
A nationwide strike has severely disrupted schools and public transport across France.
Workers are angry at being forced to retire later or face reduced pensions.
School and transport workers have been joined by police, lawyers, and …
Ghana’s biggest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the latest Afrobarometer survey report that the Akufo-Addo government has performed abysmally is no surprise at all.
The party says the report corroborates …
The authorities in northern Nigeria have suspended a bride-price levy imposed by a village chief following a public outcry.
Residents of Kera village in Kano state complained that the 137,000 naira ($375; £300) levy, to be paid by the g…
Former President John Mahama has denied claims by President Akufo-Addo that a consensus was reached in a meeting with former presidents on allowing party politics in the election of Metropolitan Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMD…
Gunmen killed six people, including the head of a Japanese aid agency, on Wednesday in an attack on their vehicle in Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan, officials said.
The ambush comes a week after a grenade attack on a United Nations ve…
China warned on Wednesday that the U.S. House of Representatives bill calling for a tougher U.S. response to Beijing’s treatment of its Uighur Muslim minority will impact bilateral cooperation, clouding prospects for a near-term deal to en…
An 11-year-old Swedish boy who has adopted aspects of the culture of Maasai people in Tanzania has attracted both joy and criticism from the community.
Oscar Magwaya moved to Tanzania with his mother, Suzan, when he was four years old. …
A bomb squad in Madrid has safely destroyed a grenade that police believe was thrown over the wall of a migrant centre for children.
The grenade was found on Wednesday morning on the patio of the centre, in the Hortaleza area of Spain's…
Kpone residents have commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo for suspending the December 17 referendum because they did not understand it.
In a survey conducted by the Ghana News Agency, they said it was time they made decis…
Nii Emanuel Tetteh Oglie II, Chief of Saki in Greater Accra Region, has called on political authorities to allow the police and other security setups to appoint their own top officials.
He made this remarks during the fifth anniversary…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has welcomed Ghana's growing partnership with the People's Republic of China in the area of education.
"I use this occasion to extend my warmest appreciation to President Xi Jinping for this partner…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Monday inspected the progress of work on the USD 60 million four-tier Pokuase Interchange in the Trobo Constituency, Greater Accra Region.
The inspection formed part of activities to familiarise h…
Rescuers have retrieved the body of a Kenyan teenage girl who drowned as she tried to save a man who was drowning in a swollen river in Kenya.
Nineteen-year-old Ann Nduku fell into a River Kandisi in Ongata Rongai, on the outskirts of t…
Evidence for impeaching US President Donald Trump for misconduct in office is "overwhelming", according to the panel leading the impeachment inquiry.
The president placed personal political interests "above the national interests of the U…
Roughly a quarter of Zimbabwe's population will receive food aid from the UN to avert a hunger crisis.
The World Food Programme (WFP) says it will provide 4.1 million Zimbabweans with cereal, pulses and vegetable oil.
Around a half o…
Nato leaders are meeting near London, as tensions between members threaten to overshadow a summit marking the military alliance's 70th birthday.
The three-hour talks are expected to cover issues such as cyber-attacks and the strategic c…
The Chairman of the National Peace Council (NPC), Most Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Asante, has described as laudable, the decision to put on hold the referendum which was slated for December 17.
According to him, one could see clearly that Gh…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has described the establishment of an Eminent Advisory Committee by the Electoral Commission as a wise decision that will help to remove the suspicions people have about the Commission.
Describing …
For the first time, the Asia-Pacific region has become the largest destination and source of foreign direct
investment (FDI) globally, according to a new report launched by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and …
The workshop will conclude with a slam poetry show on December 5 at the Centre Culturel Franco-Nigérien (CCFN) in Niamey
“This training has been both a challenge and a relief,” said Adaora, a Nigerian woman staying at IOM’s transit cent…
Russia can designate independent journalists and bloggers as "foreign agents" after amending a controversial law.
The "foreign agent" label already applies to certain media organisations and NGOs which engage in politics and receive fun…
Leading Sudanese public figures have signed an open letter, asking US President Donald Trump to remove Sudan from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism.
The letter said Sudan should not be held responsible for the actions of the re…
Kenyan importers have told Reuters news agency they have been forced by the Kenya Port Authority (KPA) to use a new rail line between the coastal city of Mombasa and the capital Nairobi.
The port confirmed the policy in August, but resc…
Liberia's lawmakers have been asked to return from their annual break for a special session of parliament to discuss “issues of pressing national concern" at the request of President George Weah, parliamentary press secretary Isaac Redd ha…
Estonia is Europe's newest education powerhouse.
It outperforms the major European economies, including the UK, in influential global education tests.
These Pisa tests measure the ability of 15-year-olds to apply their skills and kno…
Nana Mprah Besemuna III, the Krachiwura, has called on government to address the status of the Santrokofi, Akpafu, Lolobi, and Likpe (SALL) areas, torn between the Hohoe Municipality in the Volta Region, and the Jasikan District of the Oti…
Madam Diana Boama, an aspiring assembly member for Kyebi New Town Electoral Area in the Abuakwa South District, says she is in the contest to encourage other women to rise to the challenge.
She said no woman had ever contested the assem…
The Electoral Commission (EC) says it is waiting for a formal communication from Parliament to commence the legal processes towards granting the President's request to suspend the December 17 referendum.
Speaking in a telephone intervie…
The First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has called for members and supporters of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to overcome complacency and work hard with passion to retain the party in power, in the next year's general election.
…
A new €82.6 million agricultural development project financed by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Morocco will help 11,200 vulnerable households to increase their productivity and incomes in …
SuperEagles Defender, William Ekong Leads Charge Against Neglected Tropical Diseases That Affect Over 120 Million Nigerians
…the Super Eagles defender is campaigning in partnership with the END Fund and Common Goal
Nigeria national t…
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) preparing for major expansion of sports programs for people with disabilities
One country where the ICRC works with disabled athletes is South Sudan
With the goal of increasing sports o…
Zimbabwe's late President Robert Mugabe left behind $10m (£7.7m) in the bank and several properties in the capital, Harare, the state-owned Herald newspaper has reported.
Mugabe, who died in September at the age of 95, had failed to lea…
US President Donald Trump has accused his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron of being "nasty" for saying Nato was "brain dead".
Mr Trump is in London for a summit marking the Western military alliance's 70th anniversary.
Mr Trump sai…
The decision by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to call off the referendum on political parties’ participation in local level elections has been met with mixed reactions by some political parties.
While describing the calling of…
The Assemblies of God, Ghana, has urged the electorate to vote for women and persons with disability (PWDs) in the December 17 local level elections.
The church is of the view that increasing the representation and participation of th…
The wife of the Vice-President, Mrs Samira Bawumia, has asked Ghanaians to retain the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in power in the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary elections to continue initiating and implementing good policies for the cit…
African Economic Conference 2019 – Participants Converge on Sharm El Sheikh to Debate Jobs, Skills and Capacity Development for Africa’s Youth
The three-day conference, from 2-4 December, brings together researchers, youth representativ…
Government of Flanders grants 1 million euros to the Africa Climate Change Fund to support 5 projects in Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa
The Government of Flanders this year has committed 1 million euros to the Africa Climate Change…
Police in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila are searching for dozens of gunmen who attacked the city hall in the town of Villa Unión on Saturday.
More than 500 shots were fired in the gun battle which ensued between the suspected m…
Zambia's Foreign Affairs Minister Joseph Malanji plans to send a protest letter to Washington over last week's comments by the US ambassador on the jailing of a gay couple.
Japhet Chataba and Steven Samba were sentenced on Wednesday to …