The Minority has asserted that President John Dramani Mahama’s recent acknowledgment of Ghana’s $10.6 billion gross international reserves as of April 2025 confirms that the stability of the cedi is largely due to policies implemented …
Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of "trying to buy time" to continue its war in Ukraine, a day after Donald Trump said progress towards a ceasefire had been made in a call with Vladimir Putin.
"If Russia continues to put forward …
The United Nation's top court has sided with Equatorial Guinea in a row with Gabon over three islands in potentially oil-rich waters.
The two Central African countries have been arguing over the isles - Conga, Mbanié and Cocoteros - s…
Akuapem North Municipal Assembly has confirmed President John Dramani Mahama's nomination of John Evans Kumordzi as a new Chief Executive (MCE) of Akuapem North Municipal Assembly.
This was done in a transparent voting process, conducte…
Mr John Kwadwo Gyapong, Oti Regional Minister, has reaffirmed the government's commitment to collaborating with traditional authorities to foster peace, development, and effective governance in the Oti Region.
This was stated during a m…
The Chief Executive of the Bolgatanga Municipality in the Upper East Region, Roland Atanga Ayoo, has pledged to pursue balanced development with the ultimate aim of ensuring that the municipality attains a metropolitan status in the not-…
The government is to decentralise the collection of property tax to metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) before the end of this year, the Minister of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, …
Former Chief Executive Officer of the Volta River Authority (VRA), Ing. Kirk Koffi, has expressed strong confidence in Energy Minister John Jinapor’s capacity to address Ghana’s recurring power outages, commonly known a…
Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovation, Samuel Nartey George, has issued a formal demand for a retraction and apology from New Patriotic Party (NPP) activist P.K. Sarpong over allegations that he received a Lexus…
A former prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been sentenced to a decade's forced labour for corruption.
Augustin Matata Ponyo was found guilty of embezzling about $245m (£182m) of public funds by the Congolese Const…
The US has selected a design for the futuristic "Golden Dome" missile defence system, says US President Donald Trump, adding that it will be operational by the end of his time in office.
Just days after returning to the White House in…
Member of Parliament for Sagnarigu, Attah Issah, has criticised former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for suggesting that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) had no role in the recent appreciation of the Ghanaian cedi.
I…
Seven Mexican youths have been shot dead at a festivity organised by the Catholic Church in the central state of Guanajuato.
Gunmen opened fire on a group of people who had stayed behind in the central square of the village of San Bar…
Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has warned activists from neighbouring Kenya that she will not allow them to "meddle" in her country's affairs and cause "chaos".
Her comments came after prominent Kenyan lawyers and rights cam…
The Member of Parliament for Effia, Isaac Boamah Nyarko, has commended the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer for the 2024 elections, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, for openly acknowledging the shortcomings of the Akufo-Addo administration an…
Prof. Kwesi Aning, Head of the Office for International Cooperation at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), has commended the leadership of Burkina Faso’s President Ibrahim Traoré for sign…
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) nominees for Ablekuma West, Ablekuma North and the Ledzokuku Municipal Assemblies have been approved by their respective assemblies.
The confirmation election, which was held at the various assembl…
The Minority in Parliament has proposed a seven-point intervention that it believes would resolve the country’s recurring power outages, popularly known as dumsor.
They urged the government to focus on resolving fuel supply challenges…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Koforidua has granted an interlocutory injunction brought by Professor Margaret Kweku and others from the SALL [Santrokofi, Akpafu, Lolobi and Likpe] traditional areas to restrain John Peter Amewu, a former…
The Member of Parliament for Afram Plains North, Worlase Kpeli, has lamented the severe lack of infrastructure in his constituency, revealing that the area does not have a single tarred road.
Speaking on Citi FM’s Ey…
Former Finance Minister Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam has advised against Ghana imposing retaliatory tariffs on the United States, warning that such a move could harm the domestic economy and undermine recent progress in econo…
Fierce Nigerian political rivals Peter Obi and President Bola Tinubu were seen laughing and joking at Pope Leo XIV's inaugural mass in Rome.
Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress defeated Obi of the Labour Party in the heated and ti…
US President Donald Trump says Russia and Ukraine will "immediately" start negotiating towards a ceasefire and an end to the war, after a two-hour phone call with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
Trump, who described the conversati…
President John Dramani Mahama has stated that feasibility studies were underway for the design of a new national capital.
That, he explained, was to address the mounting pressure from rapid urbanisation, traffic congestion and inadequ…
The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Anlo, Sandra Seyram Kpedor, has pledged to encourage grass-roots inclusion in policymaking and the holistic development of communities.
She also pledged to encourage women to take up leadership ro…
The election committee of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has opened nominations for the election of national and regional officers of the association.
The elections will be conducted on Monday, June 30, 2025.
A statement i…
France will build a new high-security prison in its overseas territory of French Guiana to house drug traffickers and radical Islamists, the country's justice minister announced during a visit to the territory.
Gérald Darmanin told Le…
South African authorities say they will continue with legal proceedings against Nigerian televangelist Timothy Omotoso who was acquitted of rape last month, even though he has left the country.
Mr Omotoso, who denied the 32 charges ag…
Almost a decade after it was abandoned and left to rot, the John Evans Atta Mills Presidential Library, will soon be made functional.
The facility, which was inaugurated in July 2016 by then-President John Dramani Mahama, was envision…
The Ministry of Energy and Green Transition has dismissed claims that its Minister, John Jinapor, is engaging in scaremongering over the country’s energy challenges, asserting that his recent statements to Parliament we…
Oboade Notse King Professor Odaifio Welentsi III, Nungua Mantse/President, Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs, has reminded President John Dramani Mahama of his mission to ensure Ghana remains a beacon of progress for future generation…
The Government is considering setting up a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the acquisitions, allocation and use of public lands in Greater Accra.
President John Dramani Mahama said the Commission would work with chiefs, legal experts…
The most shocking thing for Jonathan, who had endured six gruelling months living and working underground in an abandoned South African gold mine, was the abuse he witnessed being meted out to children.
Some are recruited for cheap la…
Former US President Joe Biden, 82, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, a statement from his office said on Sunday.
The discovery was made on Friday after he reported urinary symptoms which led doctors…
Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, represented President John Dramani Mahama at the inauguration Mass of Pope Leo XIV held at Saint Peter’s Square in Vatican City on Sunday, May 18, 2025.
…
Ghana is to have a new administrative capital as part of measures to permanently decongest the capital city of Accra, the President, John Dramani Mahama, revealed on Friday.
Consequently the government would begin the development of…
The Minority Members on the Energy Committee of Parliament have vowed to oppose any further increases in electricity tariffs unless the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) significantly improves its service delivery.
…
About 40 Assembly Members in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region have petitioned President John Dramani Mahama to consider nominating Sakina Oforiwaa as the District Chief Executive for the area.
The Assembly Members sa…
Former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has cautioned that imposing tariffs to address trade imbalances is ineffective, arguing that such deficits stem from macroeconomic factors rather than trade policy failures.
Speaking at the I…
The Gambian government has announced an investigation into the sale of assets seized from former President Yahya Jammeh, following widespread public concern.
Some of the assets, including livestock and luxury vehicles, were sold off w…
US President Donald Trump has given members of South Africa's Afrikaner community refugee status, alleging that a genocide was taking place in the country.
Nearly 60 of them have arrived in the US after being granted asylum.
The So…
On a warm morning earlier this month, a group of Metropolitan Police diplomatic protection officers sat in an anteroom off the ornate entrance hall in London's Lancaster House, sipping tea and nibbling chocolate biscuits, while upstairs …
Four corporate organisations, including telecommunication giant, Telecel Group, have made donations of medical equipment and cash towards the Ghana Medical Care Trust Fund, otherwise known as MahamaCares.
Telecel Group donated equipme…
Four newly appointed District Chief Executives (MDCEs) in the Eastern Region have vowed to mobilise all available human and material resources in their respective areas to provide viable development projects to raise the quality of life …
Maame Sarfoah Appiah, a two-time parliamentary candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Asante-Akim South Constituency, has been confirmed as the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE).
Her confirmation, with 59 out of 66 As…
The World Health Organisation has declared a polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea and called for an "immediate" vaccination campaign.
Samples of the highly infectious virus were found in two healthy children during a routine screening i…
What began as public calls to boycott travel to Turkey has now escalated into a broader rupture, with India severing links with Turkish businesses and universities.
The diplomatic chill stems from Turkey's recent vocal support for Pak…
Assembly Members of the Ada West District Assembly on Wednesday confirmed Mr Jerry John Foreigner Amornortey Tanihu Mills-Nkrumah as the District Chief Executive.
Mr Mills-Nkrumah received 16 yes votes, representing 69.9 per cent, and…
Madam Ebi Bright, the newly confirmed Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), has initiated an emergency plan to rehabilitate the deplorable harbour road.
Madam Bright, a few days in office, led a team of engineers from the Tema Metrop…
The Majority Leader in Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, has called for reforms of all constitutional bodies in order to ensure their relevance in the country’s evolving democratic landscape.
He said the changing phase of the country’s democr…
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