Somewhere in May, the President proclaimed: Ghana will work again. Ghana will not beg for alms from well-transformed countries. His word to Ghanaians.
A lot of people lauded him for it. If polls had been conducted then, the President’s …
The debate on who founded Ghana is still lingering and 80-year-old veteran journalist with over 60years experience, Mr Cameron Duodu has waded into the argument, saying, Dr Kwame Nkrumah cannot be credited as the sole founder of Ghana.
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Spanish police say they have shot dead five suspected terrorists in the town of Cambrils in a second vehicle attack, hours after another in Barcelona killed 13 people and injured dozens.
Police said the men were linked to the Barcelona …
I congratulate the Zambian authorities for dropping the treason charges against Hakainde Hichilema and his team, and releasing them after one hundred days in custody.
I also want to congratulate the Secretary General of the Commonwealth…
Nii Adama Latse II, the Ga Mantse, has urged chiefs in Greater Accra Region not to allow some few politicians to create disunity amongst them.
He said the good intensions of some Ga chiefs had been twisted by some politicians to paint …
Three suspected robbers last Monday attacked the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sekyere Afram Plains, Mr Alex Adomako-Mensah, and made away with some personal belongings.
Narrating the incident to the Daily Graphic, the MP said he was in…
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Offinso North, Mr David Kwasi Asare, has charged assembly members, heads of departments and other stakeholders to unite and provide their unflinching and unalloyed support for his administration for t…
Former President and Founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings, last Tuesday took part in a crucial meeting of the National Council of Elders of the party.
The meeting at the party’s headquarters at A…
The Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Mr Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, has asked workers not to use working hours to pray.
Avowing to be a Christian and not against prayers, he maintained, however, that even the word of God command…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Sissala West Constituency, Mr Patrick Al-Hassan Adamah, has lamented the general poor conditions of living in the constituency.
He said both Sissala West and East constituencies had been neglected b…
Opening Remarks by His Excellency The Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, San, Gcon, At The National Economic Council, NEC, National Security Retreat, at the Banquet Hall of The State House, Abuja, 17 August 2017:
I am delighted to we…
Parlaiment Second Deputy Speaker Alban S. K. Bagbin has underscored the need for parliaments across Africa to adopt and integrate Information and Communications Technology (ICT) tools in the day-to-day running of parliamentary business.
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A three-week military exercise of the Southern Command of the Ghana Armed Forces dubbed: “Exercise Starlight Stretch”, has opened at the Bundase Military Training Camp, with a call on Ghanaians to be vigilant and security conscious.
Lie…
The Kenyan government ordered the suspension of moves to shut down two rights groups that have raised concerns over last week's election, hours after authorities raided one of the group's offices.
Police and tax authorities on Wednesday…
iWatch Africa has launched its maiden project aimed at putting the spotlight on government’s promises to Ghanaians in four key areas; education, health, education, job creation and government expenditure.
Volunteers drawn from the 10 re…
Ms Nike Szkarosi, the Chargé d' Affaires of the Hungary Embassy, has noted that media reports that Ghanaian students are starving in her country could undermine bilateral relations and affect future scholarship packages.
She says relati…
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday praised North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a "wise" decision not to fire missiles towards the U.S. territory of Guam, which has eased escalating tension between the two countries.
Reclusive Nort…
At least 600 people are still missing following a mudslide and flooding that devastated parts of Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, a spokesman for the president has told the BBC.
President Ernest Bai Koroma has declared seven days of mo…
It is early evening in Ndabibi village in Naivasha, and there are threatening clouds overhead. Kenneth Njoroge quickly parks his motorcycle by the mud structure that serves as his kitchen and rushes into the main house before the rain star…
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has dispelled rumours that its founder Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom will not contest the 2020 presidential election.
In a statement, the party described the rumours as completely “false.”
The statement sai…
A former Deputy Power minister under Former President John Mahama’s administration, Mr John Jinapor, has debunked claims that the country lost about GH? 600 million in 2014 in economic activities under the then Mahama government.
He sai…
The National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Kofi Adams, has said the NDC is free to operate its National Institute of Social Democracy School without acquiring the necessary accreditation from the National Accredit…
Thousands of people in Sierra Leone left homeless by a mudslide which killed at least 270 people urgently need food, shelter and healthcare, aid agencies said on Tuesday, as they raced to prevent outbreaks of fatal diseases such as cholera…
The Youth Organiser of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Samuel Awuku, has charged the government to, as a matter of urgency, quicken the pace of solving the unemployment situation in the country.
Mr Awuku said the teeming une…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has called on the citizenry not to lose the chance to rectify what is wrong in the fabric of the Ghanaian society.
“Our country Ghana has great and patriotic citizens, but the country is fast falling…
A falling tree has killed at least 11 people and injured dozens more at a religious ceremony on the Portuguese island of Madeira.
A video shows the tree crashing down on a crowded square in a suburb of the main town, Funchal, scattering…
Two more chief executives have resigned from Donald Trump's American Manufacturing Council over the president's response to violence in Charlottesville at the weekend.
Intel's Brian Krzanich and Under Armour head Kevin Plank have follow…
The high attrition rate of Parliamentarians is a bane to development in Parliament, Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament has said.
"One requires time and effort to learn and grasp the practices and p…
Australia's main scientific agency said on Wednesday it believed with "unprecedented precision and certainty" that a missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft crashed into the sea northeast of an area scoured in a fruitless two-year underwater se…
South Africa's Imperial Holdings has bought a British automotive dealer group for 493 million rand ($36.97 million) to continue expanding beyond its home market, it said on Tuesday.
Imperial said its wholly owned vehicle division Motus …
The Kenyan government is trying to shut down a rights group and a pro-democracy organization who raised queries over last week's disputed presidential election, officials said on Tuesday, provoking international condemnation of the attempt…
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un reviewed plans to fire missiles towards the US Pacific territory of Guam but will hold off, state media said.
Although prepared for "the enveloping fire at Guam", the North said it would watch what "the f…
Zimbabwe's first lady, Grace Mugabe, is due in court in South Africa following reports of an alleged assault, South Africa's police minister says.
Fikile Mbalula said: "She's not under arrest because she co-operated and handed herself o…
The desperate dig for survivors is resuming in Sierra Leone's capital, after mudslides and floods claimed the lives of more than 300 people.
Their homes in Freetown were engulfed after part of Sugar Loaf mountain collapsed following hea…
A group calling itself Integrity Against Corruption (I.A.C) which professes association to the National Democratic Congress has condemned recent attacks on former President Jerry Rawlings.
Many party people have taken Rawlings to the cl…
Election Result Announcement Prompts Areas of Protest
Kenyan security forces should exercise restraint in the face of protests that take place in response to election results, Human Rights Watch said today. In any situations where secur…
The Ameer and Missionary in-charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Ghana, Maulvi Muhammed Bin-Salih, has stressed the need for a stronger Pan-African movement to unify and uplift the people of African descent in the diaspora to keep s…
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma wants the African National Congress to identify and punish party members who voted against him in a no-confidence motion in parliament last week.
Some 30 ANC lawmakers supported the opposition motion …
A Deputy Minister of Information, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has given an assurance that the Akufo-Addo-led government will strive in the face of recent budgetary challenges to provide for the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), the Ghana N…
The President of Friends of Rivers and Water Bodies, an NGO, Nana Kwabena Dwomo Sarpong, has commended the Metropolitan chief Executive (MCE) of Accra and Kumasi for their efforts towards ensuring good sanitation in the two cities.
In a…
Scores of people are feared dead and others remain trapped after a mudslide near Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown.
A hillside in the Regent area collapsed early on Monday following heavy rains, leaving many houses covered in mud.
A B…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has underscored the need for a paradigm shift in the fight against corruption.
This, he believed, would ensure that it does not create undue hardship.
Speaking with particular reference to Nigeria…
Government has finalised the necessary modalities for the smooth take off of the One District One Factory Project expected to begin at Ekumfi in the Central Region to help address the unemployment problem in the country.
The pineapple …
Mr Kofi Annan, the Chair of the Kofi Annan Foundation, has applauded the people of Kenya for their commitment to democracy, which they demonstrated during their recent elections by turning out to vote enthusiastically.
He also congratul…
Catholic clerics should face criminal charges if they do not report sexual abuse disclosed to them during confession, an Australian inquiry has recommended.
It is among 85 proposals to emerge from a landmark inquiry into institutional a…
Kenyans largely ignored an opposition call to go on strike on Monday, re-opening shops and returning to work as they shrugged off demands for demonstrations against President Uhuru Kenyatta's re-election and against the killing of proteste…
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr John Peter Amewu, has urged members of the current Lands Commission not to repeat the past mistakes during which government lands were sold to politicians and some selfish individuals in the …
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described the deportation of its former campaign manager in the 2016 election, Mr Peter Mac Manu and an NPP activist, Mr Evans Nimako by the Kenyan authorities as repugnant, dehumanising and unac…
The Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Lee Ocran, has identified the quest for materialism as the bane of the country’s democracy.
According to him, the quest for materialism by politicians which is becoming the…
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has said he feels ready to return home after medical treatment in the UK, and is awaiting his doctor's permission.
The African leader has recently faced questions at home over whether he is well enou…
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