President-elect Donald Trump has questioned whether the US should continue its "One China" policy, sparking fury from Chinese state media.
Under the policy, the US has formal ties with China rather than the island of Taiwan, which China…
The IDEG-CFI Civil Society Election Situation Rooms (CESRs) said its assessment of the polls showed that they generally started on time at most of the polling stations despite slight delays at some stations, due to the late arrival of voti…
Mrs Charlotte Osei, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, says 210 constituencies results out of the 275 received at the National Coalition Centre (NCC) shows that only 49 per cent of electorates voted in the December 7 polls.
Sh…
AFTER a grueling political campaign, the nation went to the polls to elect a president and 275 parliamentarians.
And barring any unforeseen circumstances, counting of ballots should by now give us an indication as to the set of people w…
Mr Clarke Noyoru of the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) has said the 27 electoral reforms accepted by the Electoral Commission (EC) would boost the country’s democracy. He noted that Ghana had had many elections, each coming with its own chal…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has lauded Ghanaians for the peaceful and successful Presidential and Parliamentary polls held on Wednesday. Mr Samuel Tettey, the EC Director of Elections, said with the only exception of Jaman North Constit…
The Ghana Police Service has expressed appreciation to the electorate for collaborating with them to ensure peace during the conduct of the 2016 Election.
Briefing journalists in Accra yesterday on the emerging security concerns after t…
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Charlotte Osei, has urged the public to be patient and bear with the commission as it works to release accurate results of the December 7 general election that reflect the will of Ghan…
The Police Administration has called on the public, political parties and party sympathisers to exercise maximum restraint as the Electoral Commission goes through the laid-down process of declaring the results.
Addressing a press confe…
The presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the party supporters to remain calm as the Electoral Commission prepares to declare the winner of the just ended elections.
Addressing pa…
The only daughter of Ghana’s first president Dr Kwame Nkrumah lost the seat in 2012 on the ticket of the Convention People’s Party.
She attempted becoming the flagbearer of the party but also lost the primaries to Mr Ivor Greenstreet.
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South Korea's parliament has voted to impeach President Park Geun-hye over a corruption scandal.
The motion passed by 234 votes to 56, meaning some members of Ms Park's ruling Saenuri party voted in favour.
Ms Park's authority now pa…
IMANI Ghana, a policy think tank, has asked Parliament, political parties and policy makers to give ample opportunities to women to participate in governance and decision making.
Speaking at a public forum in Accra last Monday, the…
Ghana is at a standstill waiting for the official results of the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections to be declared by the Electoral Commission (EC). Results for the Wednesday Election is still trickling in from across the 275 Constit…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has urged Ghanaians to remain vigilant and calm as the nation goes through the waiting period for the results of December 7 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections.
It also called on polling agents to veri…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentarian for the Asawasi constituency in Kumasi, Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka has retained his seat.
He polled 39,095 as against 33,490 by the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Alhaji Alidu Sei…
The parliamentary candidates for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP)for the Ningo-Prampram Constituency have expressed their satisfaction at the ongoing election process.
Mr Sylvester Tetteh, Parliam…
The five International Election Observation Missions have acknowledged Ghana’s strong and resilient institutions that have in the past been able to handle the challenges in elections in a peaceful and constructive manner.
“We hope that…
At the time of going to press, provisional results from 96 out of 28,992 polling stations put Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), ahead with a total of 18,376 votes, representing 52.23 …
The Queen mother of Mampong in the Ashanti region, Nana Agyakoma Dufie II, has appealed to the various political parties to accept the results of the upcoming general election on December 7, irrespective of who emerges winner.
She howev…
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs. Charlotte Osei, has commended the various stakeholders in the election for comporting themselves during the voting process.
She said the stakeholders, especially the political parti…
Political youth groups including five main political parties within 15 constituencies have signed a peace pact to express and confirm their commitment to ensuring peace before, during and after the December 7 polls.
The participating pa…
The second phase of special voting process progressed successfully in the Anyaa/Sowutuom constituency on Sunday but recorded low attendance.
An official said there was "no challenge with the voting process" at the Sowutuom Last Stop po…
Youth in the Upper West Region have cried out to politicians, chiefs and traditional rulers as well as religious and opinion leaders to put their acts together and help ensure peace in the December 7, polls.
The youth maintained that th…
Dr Abdussalam Adam, an Islamic scholar and a lecturer at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), has admonished Muslims to be guided by the key Islamic teachings of peace at all times.He urged Muslims, especially the youth to be ambassadors of…
Determined voters in the Wa Central Constituency defied the early cold that ushers in the harmattan to form long queues to select who would occupy the Flagstaff House for the next four years and their legislator.
Seven Presidential ca…
The European Union (EU) Election Observation Mission has deployed 32 short-term observers across the country to complement the work of the 24 long-term observers ahead of the elections.
The observers would be reinforced during and after…
Ghanaians started voting across the country, on Wednesday, to choose a President and 275 Parliamentarians after an exhaustive electioneering, as the country continues to build on its democratic credentials.
An estimated 15,712,499 regis…
The Ghana Education Service has declared Wednesday, December 7 an off-day for all Basic and Second Cycle Institutions across the country.
A statement signed by the Director-General of the GES Mr Jacob Kor said the off-day declaration …
Mr Alex Segbefia, the Minister of Health, has said that though the health sector was faced with some challenges, government transformational plan to reposition it for better service delivery was on course and remained intact.
“I will no…
Ghanaians would on Wednesday, December 7 go to the polls to elect a new president and 275 parliamentarians. The Presidential and Parliamentary elections will start at all the 275 polling stations from 0700 hours and end at 1700 hours.
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President Zuma conveyed his best wishes to the President-elect Barrow and committed himself to working closely with him to strengthen bilateral relations between South Africa and The Gambia
President Zuma has today, on behalf of the Gov…
The 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party(NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured Ghanaians that victory for him and the NPP will put the country at the forefront of the industrialisation efforts of West Africa.
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The Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has deployed 300 observers nationwide for the December 7 elections.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency on Tuesday in Accra, Mrs Comfort Akosua Edu, the Head of P…
Mrs. Alice Tettey, a member of the Central Regional Media Advisory Committee has advised journalists to desist from sourcing information from their colleagues on the various social media platforms during the election period.
Speaking a…
The Ghana Police Service has outlined a comprehensive security arrangement to ensure the peaceful conduct of the December 7 elections.
The arrangement has four layers, namely, the positioning of policemen at polling stations, the presen…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has urged Ghanaians to rise above the “dirty politics” and go out to vote massively to retain President Mahama and his Members of Parliament on December 7 elections, to consolidate the peace in the co…
President John Dramani Mahama, on Monday, rounded his nationwide 2016 campaign tour with the promise to put in place measures that would ensure incident-free polls, on Wednesday, and be unifying President when given the nod.
He said in …
The Commonwealth Observer Group on Monday said pre-election observation has not picked any signal of major threat to peaceful elections on December 7. “All the seven Presidential Candidates contesting the election have demonstrated strong …
The Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) has deployed observers to Ghana’s December 7, 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections.
Former Interim President of Liberia’s Government of National Unity, Amos Sawyer, is leading the …
The Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) has appealed to Ghanaians to exhibit high sense of discipline and tolerance as they head to the polls on December 07.
Ms. Eileen Goody Gans-Lartey, an Assistant Project Officer of the Insti…
The Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) has begun the training of more than 1,000 election observers across the country to equip them with the needed knowledge and skills of reporting voting proceeding during the elections.
The I…
Ghanaian women have been asked to serve as agents of peace before, during and after the upcoming polls.
The founder and leader of the Women Empowerment Foundation International (WEFI), a non-governmental organisation, Ms Sonia Antwi, ga…
Representatives of political parties in the Bekwai Municipality in the Ashanti region have pledged to ensure the prevalence of peace before, during and after the election.
This, according to them would be done by educating them of the n…
The Presidential Candidate of the People's National Convention (PNC), Dr Edward Nasigre Mahama, yesterday took the last day of his campaign to towns in Akosombo and Aburi where he underscored the need for the nation to put traditional rule…
A ceremony has been performed to mark the start of construction work on a GH?231,000.00 Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compound at Kyekyebiase in the Asante-Akim Central Municipality.
The project is being funded by …
Religious leaders have been asked to take centre stage in the effort to calm the nation and keep the people united. Mr. Christopher Owusu Marfo, alias “Ghanaba”, who has been walking for peace, said they should use their tremendous influe…
A Gambian opposition leader, who had been thrown in jail for taking part in a protest, has been released on bail.
Ousainou Darboe has been freed along with 18 other detainees, just days after president Yahya Jammeh lost Thursday's presi…
On drug and alcohol abuse
BBC: You've talked about your experience of being abused as a child, all those traumatic experiences of abuse that you went through as a child are probably what led you to be addicted to drugs, tell us about th…
President John Dramani Mahama has told supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) not to do anything to mar the reputation of the country during this week’s elections.
President Mahama, who addressed a rally in Tamale on Satu…