The National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Tuesday condemned attempts at vote-selling and vote-buying, which had allegedly characterized the confirmation process of nominees for the position of Chief Executive in some district, municipal an…
The New Juaben Municipal Assembly on Tuesday confirmed the President's nominee, Mr Alex Asamoah, an accountant, as the new Municipal Chief Executive (MCE).
Mr Asamoah is the 19th Presidential nominee to be confirmed out of the 21 nam…
Mr Simon Ogah, Techiman Municipal Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has called on the government to adequately resource the Commission to carry out its educational duties satisfactorily.
He said the Comm…
Members of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), have been urged to confirm Dr Alfred Oko Vanderpuige, President John Atta Mills' nominee for the position of Metropolitan Chief Executive, to give direction for the development of Accra.
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Eleven ex-ministers of the New Patriotic Party
(NPP) on Tuesday said they were embarrassed at the way and manner government was handling issues concerning state vehicles they have acquired.
They said they were ready to return those veh…
President John Evans Atta Mills left Accra on Tuesday night for a three-day official visit to the United Kingdom at the invitation of Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Briefing newsmen at the airport, Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni, Minister for …
The Amansie West District Assembly has endorsed Mr Charles Oti-Prempeh as the District Chief Executive.
Mr Oti-Prempeh polled 46 votes out of 69 total votes cast, thus securing the two-thirds votes.
Mr James Asafo-Akowua was al…
The Effutu Municipal Assembly on Tuesday Nii Ephraim as the Effutu Municipal Chief Executive.
Twenty-three out of the twenty-four assembly members present voted for him while one voted against the nominee.
Nii Ephraim thanked t…
The Atwima-Nwabiagya District Assembly on Tuesday failed to confirm Mr. Christopher Chogkureh as the District Chief Executive.
He polled 13 votes out of the 26 votes cast.
Mr. Stephen Boateng was re-elected for the third time as the Pr…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Egypt in May, Israeli Prime Minister's Office (PMO) announced Thursday.
The meeting is expected to take place in the first half of May, be…
Mr Theophilus Tetteh Chaie, National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Ablekuma Central, has urged members of the party to remain calm.
"When one is appointed a leader representing the interest of the whole nation, p…
Nigeria's High Commissioner in Ghana Musiliu O. Obanikoro, has given assurance of his country's support to Clamp down on Nigerians who go contrary to the laws of Ghana.
He expressed worry that numerous cases of armed robbery and drug…
The chiefs in the Akyem Kotoku Traditional Area have denied ever petitioning the President to withdraw Ms Ophelia Koomson's nomination for the position of Birim Central Municipal Chief Executive.
Obrempong Antwi Peasah, Gyasehene, O…
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor arrived in Accra on Saturday after a two-week visit to
the United States and Germany.
Mr Kufuor attended two separate high-level meetings on Reform of the World Bank and Improvement in Land Adm…
President John Atta Mills will pay a three-day visit to the United Kingdom (UK) from May 6, during which he will hold talks with British Premier Gordon Brown and other leaders to foster closer development cooperation between the two countr…
Mr Issifu Salisu Be-awuribe, President's nominee for the post of Central Gonja District Chief Executive (DCE) was on Thursday approved by the Assembly in a second round of voting.
Mr. Salisu Be-awuribe polled 22 votes out of 32 ballo…
Three more District Chief Executives were on Thursday confirmed by their respective assemblies, bringing to nine the total number of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) so far confirmed in the Central Region.
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Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has called on District and Municipal Assemblies in the region to be accountable to the people.
Mr Ofosu Ampofo, who was addressing the Kwahu West Municipal Assembly, urged members to…
A new ECOWAS Parliament to be selected by Universal adult suffrage with representation from member states is to be established by the end of 2010.
Mr. John Tia, leader of Ghana's delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament and Deputy Majorit…
Alhaji Abdul Latef Majdoub, the President's nominee for Adansi North as the District Chief Executive (DCE), was a shade lucky when he secured the exact two-thirds majority votes to gain his confirmation by the assembly.
The nomi…
The Member of Parliament for Subin in Kumasi, Mr Isaac Osei, has pledged to work closely with assembly members in the constituency to ensure that the area got its fair share of development projects.
He said closer and effective collabora…
All the nine persons that President John Evans Atta Mills has nominated for the post of District Chief Executive (DCE) in the Upper West Region have been approved.
The last of them was Mr Abu Kansambata, a 29 year old development exp…
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman was interrogated eight hours by the National Fraud Squad of the Israel Police over suspected corruption.
This was the fourth interrogation undergone by the minister since he took office in…
The Obama administration on Thursday called on Syria to play a positive role in the Middle East and to support the two-state solution, saying it has willingness to engage with Damascus.
"What's important from our standpoint is tha…
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday announced the official end of the British combat operations in Iraq, and said a new chapter in relations between the two countries has begun.
At a joint press conference with visiting…
Kashmiris Thursday gave a low turnout in the polling of the third phase of Indian general elections in the Anantnag constituency with a Muslim majority.
The region's Chief Election officer, B.R. Sharma told media on Thursday eveni…
Vice President John Mahama is expected from Libya tonight after securing the release of one Daniel Baidoo, who was jailed for 25 years in 2001 in that country for circulating Christian tracts in Arabic.
This followed Mr Mahama's thr…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama returned home Thursday evening from Tripoli, Libya, after a
three-day official visit to the country.
Briefing journalists on arrival at the Kotoka International Airport, Accra, Vice President Mah…
Mr. Sule Abudu Zakari 47, the President's nominee for the District Chief Executive (DCE) of West Mamprusi has overwhelmingly been endorsed by the Assembly.
Out of 52 votes cast he polled 42 votes, representing 90.3 percent. Five vote…
Three paramouncies in the Asuogyaman District- Akwamu, Boso Gua and Anum, have kicked against the appointment of Mr Johnson Ahiakpor, as District Chief Executive, (DCE) for the area.
The three paramouncies, led by their paramount chiefs,…
Mr. Kofi Opoku Manu, Ashanti Regional Minister, has said active participation of the citizenry and accountability of the government are essential ingredients of good governance and democracy.
He has therefore stressed the need for Ghanai…
Members of East Akyem Municipal
Assembly on Wednesday confirmed Mr Simon Asirifi, as East
Akyem Municipal Chief Executive.
At an emergency meeting held at Kyebi, Mr Asirifi polled 32 out
of the 40 votes cast.
Mr Asi…
Mr Theophilus Aidoo-Mensah, Gomoa West District Chief Executive-Elect, has outlined his vision for the District, placing education and health on top of the priority list.
Mr Aidoo-Mensah, 47, who was the Chief Accountant of the Commi…
The President's nominee for the position of Techiman Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr. Alex Kyeremeh was on Wednesday given unanimous confirmation by the members of the assembly.
Mr. Kyeremeh, aged 47, who lost the Techiman Nort…
While the Bawku West District failed to confirm Mr. Imoro Adam Anaba as District Chief Executive, the Kassena Nankana District unanimously endorsed Mr. Emmanuel Andema as its DCEs.
Mr. Anaba, who was expected to get at least 27 votes…
The Obama administration voiced its deep concern on Tuesday over the health situation of jailed Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, vowing to bring her back through diplomatic method.
"We're very concerned about her mental s…
Prospects for early elections and reunification in Cote d'Ivoire, where a bloody civil war remains a vivid memory, cannot be described as encouraging, a top UN official said here on Tuesday.
"Critical elements of reunification are …
The United States on Tuesday congratulated Rafael Correa on his re-election victory as Ecuador' s president, saying Washington hopes for cooperation with the Ecuadorian government on common concerns.
"We salute the people of Ecuado…
The Ugandan government on Tuesday refuted a claim by Kenyan border district officials that its military has destroyed international boundary marks and illegally entered 15 km into Kenyan territory.
Fred Opolot, a government spokesm…
The state visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy to Spain on Monday-Tuesday was aimed at stronger cooperation on several major issues of bilateral interests.
Under the Declaration of Interior Security, signed by Sarkozy and Span…
International medical charity Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has confirmed that two of its staff who were abducted in Somalia this month were released in the Horn of Africa nation on Tuesday.
A statement from the medical charity sa…
A six-man delegation from the Southern African Development community (SADC) ended up its visit to the Indian Ocean island country on Tuesday after five-day consultations here with various parties.
The Madagascan transitional govern…
Less than half of the 115 million U.S. dollars needed to help Nepalese communities cope with food shortages and the 2008 Koshi flood that displaced thousands of people has been funded, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in his report to…
The Czech Republic and the United States exchanged instruments of ratification of the treaties on criminals extradition and on legal assistance on Tuesday, Czech Justice Minister Jiri Pospisil said after a meeting between representatives o…
Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis had a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, which focused on energy issues and ways to further develop the already close bilateral relations between the two countr…
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Kathleen Sebelius's nomination as the health and human services secretary as the nation is gearing up for the outbreak of the swine flu.
By voting 65-31, the Senate sent Sebelius to the key post…
When assessing the U.S. president's first 100 days in office, a journalistic ritual beginning with Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933, everyone seems to have a different version of Barack Obama's "balance sheet," a long list of his achievements…
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband have arrived in Sri Lanka for a one-day visit amid international concerns over the plight of civilians affected by the current conflict between the gover…
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe were at the top of popularity ranking of Latin American Presidents, local press Tuesday cited the company Consulta Mitofsky as saying.
Lula got 70 p…
More than 400 extra troops will be sent to Afghanistan to train local troops and help with upcoming elections, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced here on Wednesday.
Rudd said in a press conference that the troop commit…
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