Potent, climate-warming gases are being emitted into the atmosphere but are not being recorded in official inventories, a BBC investigation has found.
Air monitors in Switzerland have detected large quantities of one gas coming from a l…
Founder of the Liberal Party of Ghana, Kofi Akpaloo, is urging Ghanaians to stop politicising the implementation of the towing levy.
He wants the public to fully support the policy since its benefits are enormous.
According to Mr Akp…
Assembly members in the Central Region have called on the government to put in place a mechanism to address their challenges to ensure quality service delivery and administrative efficiency.
This, they said would ensure accountability i…
Executive Director of the Africa Centre for International Law and Accountability (ACILA) is cautioning the government to tread cautiously on the Africa and Middle East Resources Investment Group (AMERI) deal.
His comment is coming on th…
Governments and businesses in developing countries must act now to ensure rapid technological advances boost rather than hinder development, a think-tank said on Tuesday, warning that growing automation posed a particular threat to women's…
About 120 Rwandan peacekeepers have arrived in South Sudan, United Nations said on Tuesday, the first detachment of 4,000 extra troops approved by the U.N. last year to help protect the capital of Africa's newest country.
The U.N. appro…
The United Nations Human Rights Office has warned of "widespread and systematic use of excessive force" being used against protesters in Venezuela.
It also speaks of other human rights violations, including "violent house raids, torture…
Following a 90-minute parliamentary debate, the house will adjourn to prepare for the vote. A bell will be rung to alert MPs that the vote will begin, and the doors will be locked. Speaker Baleka Mbete will run through the voting process.…
Five assembly members, including the Presiding Member of the La Nkwantanang–Madina Municipal Assembly (LANMMA), have filed a suit at the Accra High Court seeking for the removal of the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE).
Joined to the suit…
The Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah, has expressed disappointment at the rate at which student politics have been characterised by corruption, fraud and violence in recent times.
He recalled in …
The National Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Mr Bernard Mornah, has said the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) did not attain independence for Ghana.
Rather, he said it took the tact and drive of Dr Kwame Nkrumah t…
The Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) and the United Progressive Party (UPP) have described the mandatory towing levy as a national exercise worth giving the chance to succeed.
They have called on Ghanaians, political parties and politicians…
A new study, suggests that people have more leniency for political lies when they bolster a shared belief that a specific political stance is morally right. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) undertook the study and…
Italian police have detained 15 volunteer firefighters in southern Sicily accused of starting fires in order to get paid to put them out.
In the alleged fraud, the volunteers rang the emergency 115 number themselves or got friends or re…
The Supreme Court has become the new battleground in the brouhaha at the Electoral Commission (EC) following a suit by an individual against the Chief Justice and the Attorney-General (A-G) in an attempt to stop any investigations against …
Assembly members in the Central Region have called on the government to put in place the mechanisms to address their challenges to ensure quality service delivery and administrative efficiency.
This, they said would ensure accountabilit…
Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye, the Speaker of Parliament, has called on Members of Parliament (MP) to place national interest above every other considerations.
According to him, Ghanaians expect qualitative performance in terms of deb…
A British woman who was shot after she reportedly travelled to a favela by mistake has been named as Eloise Dixon.
Ms Dixon, her partner and their three children were driving in Angra dos Reis when their car was approached by an armed g…
North Korea has vowed to retaliate and make "the US pay a price" for drafting fresh UN sanctions over its banned nuclear weapons programme.
The sanctions, which were unanimously passed by the UN on Saturday, were a "violent violation of…
The Convention Peoples Party [CPP] has maintained that they are relevant in the current democratic dispensation of Ghana.
The Director of Elections of the party Kadril Abdul Rauf said despite the inability of the CPP to make much politi…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings says he does not hate the National Democratic Congress (NDC) but rather dislikes acts of corruption perpetrated by some officials of the party.
In an address at the 80th Ada Asafotufiami Festival on …
Britain has described Ghana as a model of democracy and rule of law the rest of the African continent can emulate to position the continent as an emerging world power in the years ahead.
As such, the UK has declared to remain a strong t…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has urged political leaders in Kenya to keep on emphasising their commitment to peaceful elections.
In his capacity as the current Chairperson of the Commonwealth Observer Group to the Kenyan electio…
Parliament adjourned sine die on Wednesday night with a call on Members of Parliament (MPs) to use the laid down procedures to address their grievances in Parliament.
Delivering his closing remarks at the end of the Second Meeting of th…
The Government’s flagship agricultural Programme, “Planting for Food and Jobs” will be expanded to include poultry and livestock production, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, the Minister of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has revealed.
Their inclu…
In the end, the Mooch got stabbed in the back.
Before even the late-night comedians could hone their impressions of the fast-talking, "front-stabbing" man from Long Island, before even his official start date as White House director of …
US President Donald Trump has backed proposals for changes to the country's immigration law.
The changes in the Raise Act (the initials stand for Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment) would attempt to reduce the number o…
The President of UT Holdings, Dr Prince Kofi Amoabeng, has called on the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to hold his ministers and other appointees accountable to time schedules in order to promote increased productivity.
He sai…
Ethnicity plays a big part in Kenya's elections, with many people voting along communal lines, and occasional outbreaks of political violence in which people are targeted according to their ethnic background. This can make life difficult f…
The U.S. military has opened an inquiry into allegations of torture and murder of suspected Boko Haram militants at a Cameroonian army base used extensively by American troops, a spokesman said on Friday.
Rights group Amnesty Internatio…
The Nigerian government has said it will legalise mini-refineries in the oil-rich Niger Delta and supply them with crude oil at a reasonable price by the end of the year.The move is aimed at ending the theft of oil from pipelines in the de…
Embattled businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome has filed a case at the African Court on Human and People’s Rights in Tanzania, a day after his petition at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) was thrown out.
The court threw out the …
The leader of a Zambian opposition party, who was arrested, has been charged with defaming the president.
Saviour Chishimba, president of the United People’s Party, was picked up at a privately-owned television station in the capital, L…
Minority Chief Whip, Alhaji Mubarak Mohammed Muntaka has held parliament responsible for the row between the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Charlotte Osei and her two deputies.
“The confusion at EC apart from human re…
The minority in parliament’s contentions with the Akufo-Addo administration’s mid-year budget review are illegitimate, a Deputy Finance Minister, Kwaku Kwarteng, has stated.
He indicated that the minority was simply looking to find some…
The Venezuelan state prosecutor's office on Thursday asked a local court to halt the inauguration of the country's new 545-member legislative superbody, citing allegations that the government fudged the results of the vote that created it.…
Air France-KLM has expanded its no-fly zone over North Korea after one of its jets flew past the location where an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) splashed down 10 minutes later, an airline spokesman said on Thursday.
Air Fra…
Political parties have been urged to take urgent steps to develop and enforce codes of conduct to regulate the activities of their youth groups.
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) said this was necessary to bring sanit…
The Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), Mr. Osei Assibey-Antwi, has warned of the arrest and prosecution of tricycle riders caught dumping waste at unauthorized places.
Some of the riders, who had been using their tricycles for w…
Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has charged all political parties to adhere strictly to an earlier agreement to disband all vigilante groups to sanitise the political space.
It has, subsequently, urged the media to help…
Rwandans are going to the polls in presidential elections, with incumbent Paul Kagame widely expected to win his third term in office.
The 59-year-old is being challenged by Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda, and in…
The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, will today deliver a public lecture as part of activities marking the 60th anniversary of the formation of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC).
The lecture which will focus on …
Parliament has ratified the agreement between Ghana and the United States of America (USA) on the resettlement in Ghana of two former detainees of the US Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Mahmud Umar Muhammad bin Atef and Khalid Muhamma…
Interior Minister Ambrose Dery has outlined measures that the ministry and the police have initiated to combat insecurity and mob violence in the country.
He said the ministry was also engaging stakeholders, such as the National Peace C…
Police in Spain say they have broken up a large immigration ring that smuggled Iranians as young as five into the UK.
The gang allegedly supplied fake Spanish passports to Iranian nationals so they could fly into the UK.
More than 10…
Venezuela's chief prosecutor, Luisa Ortega, has opened an investigation into claims of fraud during Sunday's controversial election for a new assembly to rewrite the constitution.
Ms Ortega, a fierce critic of President Nicolás Maduro, …
Communities in the Ho West District of the Volta Region have increased participation in the Assembly’s capital development projects and local government process under the Ghana’s Strengthening Accountability Mechanisms project (GSAM) spons…
Efforts to boost local governance and participatory democracy have been given a push in the Wassa East District of the Western Region with the inauguration of the Wassa East Area Councils.
Four Area Councils made up of Daboase, Ekutuase…
Some residents of Suame, Maakro and Bremang all in the Suame Constituency in the Ashanti Region have showered praises on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for appointing their Member of Parliament (MP), Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, as th…
The Municipal Chief Executive of the La Dadekotopon Municipal Assembly (LaDMA), Mrs Gladys Mann-Dedey, has said that her tenure would focus on building an inclusive industrialised and resilient local economy for the municipality.
In lin…
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