Mr. Asiedu Nketia, National Democratic Congress (NDC) General Secretary, has pledged to facilitate the establishment of NDC heroes' fund to take care of people who have suffered
for the party's sake, if he retains his position.
He …
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday urged the European Union (EU) to show " sincerity" over Turkey's bid to join the 27-nation bloc.
Turkey has been resolute in the membership bid despite "unfair treatment often …
Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe on Wednesday signed a decree to set the election date on Feb. 28, 2010.
The decision was arrived at after discussions and adoption by the cabinet which was chaired by the Togolese head of state.
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A high-ranking South Korean government official said Thursday that additional talks between the United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea are possible before the six-party talks resume, local media reported.
"I can'…
Spain is aimed to bring Europe out of the economic
crisis during its EU presidency, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said in his New Year message on Friday.
Zapatero said his country welcomes its EU rotating presidency wi…
Michael Bloomberg was sworn in as mayor of the New York City for the third term on Friday.
"I recognize, I understand, that this term is a special opportunity, one that comes with
extraordinary responsibilities," Bloomberg said in h…
Mr Kobina Ade-Coker, a former Sports Administrator was on Wednesday elected Greater Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to steer its affairs for the next four years.
Mr Ade-Coker polled 101 votes to beat the t…
The Afigya-Kwabre District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Kwaku Oppong-Kyekyeku Kaakyire, has pledged the assembly's resolve to ensure that Area Councils in the district become more functional.
This would help the assembly to significantl…
Mr. Emmanuel Adugbire Atenga, Bolgatanga Central Constituency Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has urged the youth wing of the party to intensify their campaign for the total
victory of NPP in Election 2012.
Mr. Atenga no…
Ankobra FM, a private radio station based at Axim in the Nzema-East Municipality, has held its 3rd annual children's party at Akoto in the Ellembelle district as part of its corporate social responsibility.
Over 500 children between …
The Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG), a pressure group, said on Wednesday that its focus next year would be on institutional strengthening, consumer right advocacy, especially poor services in the telecommunication industry.
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The Asante Akim South District Assembly is to embark on a vigorous revenue mobilisation drive in 2010 to improve on its Internally Generated Funds (IGF).
This is to help address the Assembly's perennial inability to meet its revenue …
The Brong Ahafo Regional branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at a special delegates congress in Sunyani on Tuesday elected a 45-year-old Lawyer, Mr. Kwaku Asomah-Kyeremeh, as Regional Chairman.
Mr. Asomah-Kyeremeh obtained 216 vo…
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Thursday described 2009 as "a tasking year" but said the party lived up to its commitment to deepen democratic governance in the country.
In a New Year Message signed by Mr Peter Mac Manu, …
The Oforikrom constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has held its Annual General Meeting in Kumasi to take stock of its past activities and brainstorm on the way forward.
Mr Evans Ablordeppey, the Constituency Organiz…
The Akwatia Constituency branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Chief Justice to investigate the arrest and mal-treatment of eight of its members last year after the gen…
Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketsia, General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), officially launched his campaign on Monday with a call on members to educate the public about the values and ideals of the NDC.
He said the time …
Mr Daniel Augustus Lartey, leader of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), is dead, a family spokesman said on Tuesday.
Mr Dan Lartey, popularly called "Mr Domestication", who was presidential candidate of the GCPP in 2000 and…
Dr Kojo Appiah-Kubi, Member of Parliament for Atwima-Kwanwoma, has advised members and the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to remain focused and work hard to strengthen the internal structures of the Party.
He said they s…
Mr Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, Minority Leader and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Suame, has urged members of his Party to be united and organize towards election 2012.
He said the task of unseating the ruling Nat…
Dr Asamoa-Tutu, aspiring National Chairman of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Wednesday proposed a special party development tariff to be paid by the Executive and parliamentarians to strengthen the party machinery for E…
The European Union said on Monday that it is dismayed at the announcement of the Israeli government to build nearly 700 apartments in occupied East Jerusalem.
"Settlements on occupied land are illegal under international law," the cu…
The political crisis in Honduras "expanded" the impact of the global recession on Honduras' economy, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) said Monday.
The Santiago-based ECLAC said that apart from the u…
Egypt criticized on Monday French activists protesting in front of their country's embassy in Cairo, who asked to enter the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing to participate in the march of solidarity with Gaza people.
Those activists…
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on Monday set out his country's priorities as next European Union presidency after talks in Nicosia with Cyprus President Demetris Christofias.
Zapatero said that during his meeting…
Having been stranded in Jordan for four days, Viva Palestinian humanitarian convoy left the Jordanian port city of Aqaba on Monday and went back to Syria, from where it will head to Egypt.
The convoy was planning to enter the Egyptia…
The UN Security Council Wednesday extended the mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) until May 31, 2010, and called on the force, known as MONUC, to "ensure the effective protection of civi…
Numerous reports in local and world media these
days suggested that Israel and Hamas are talking about some of specific details of a prisoner swap deal this week.
The main hurdles currently lying on the road to an agreement reported…
The Greater Accra Regional Youth Organiser of the
ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Thomas Ashong was retained at a Regional conference of the party in Accra, on Sunday.
Ms Vivian Ankrah also retained her position as Re…
The Eastern Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Julius Debrah, has retained his position at the regional delegates' conference of the party, organized at Somanya on Wednesday.
He polled 198 votes to defeat…
The Governor of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, N.D. Tiwari, Saturday resigned after getting entangled in an alleged sex scandal, said official sources of the Congress
party.
Tiwari, 84, resigned citing health reasons,…
The Abuakwa North Constituency Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Douglas Asare has called for unity within the ranks of the party to ensure victory in the 2012 general election.
Mr Asare was speaking after he and other co…
Mr. Robert Sarfo Mensah, Member of Parliament for Asunafo North, has donated assorted medical equipment and electrical items worth GHC 22,000 to the Asunafo North Municipal health directorate.
The medical equipment included phygmoman…
The year of 2009 has witnessed more dialogues and less confrontations among the United States, the European Union (EU) and Russia, as the three major powers seek to reduce tensions and promote cooperation.
However, it remains to be s…
Intelligence reports showed that plots are under way to create unrest in some areas in Thailand during the New Year festive season, said the country's acting police chief on Friday.
The Nation online quoted Prateep Tanprasert as sayi…
Sudan and Chad have agreed to revive a security protocol to control joint borders and ban any activities by armed opposition groups in the two countries, senior officials of Sudan and Chad said on Friday.
"We have agreed to revive th…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has extended an invitation to opposition leader Tzipi Livni to join his ruling coalition, creating a vision of a government that would likely boost the stalemated peace process with the Palestinian…
A new U.S.-Russian nuclear arms reduction treaty will be signed in the very near future, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
"The work has effectively entered the home stretch," Lavrov said in an interview with Rus…
The Afghan Taliban on Friday released a video clip purportedly showing a U.S. soldier who was captured more than five months ago in eastern Afghanistan.
In the video clip, a man wearing sunglasses, a helmet and a U.S. military style …
South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan summoned Japanese Ambassador in Seoul Toshinori Shigeie late Friday to protest against Tokyo's newly released education guidebook.
In the 20-minute meeting at his office, Yu conveyed the So…
India has again issued a "red alert" in the national capital and in the cities of Mumbai and Chennai, following intelligence inputs that at least three to five Taliban militants have
sneaked into the country to carry out terror attacks, …
The main opposition Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)(UCPN-M)on Friday launched its fourth phase of protests for what it calls civilian supremacy.
A meeting of the party office bearers decided to expedite the month-long "publ…
Relations between Russia and the United States have not become easier since U.S. President Barack Obama came into office, but the two countries have had more and better exchanges, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
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Applications for H-1B, the favorite work visa for high-tech employers in the United States, finally
reached the annual cap this week after a slow start in the year because of the economic recession, local media reported on Friday.
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Nigeria's former heads of state are scheduled to hold a meeting next week on the situation with President Umaru Yar'Adua still lying ill in Saudi Arabia, the Lagos-based This Day newspaper reported on Saturday.
The planned meeting fo…
As the New Year is just around the corner, Somalis who have not seen stability for nearly two decades express their fears and hopes for peace in 2010.
The Somali government has, for the past three years, been struggling with the Isla…
The Palestinian Islamic Hamas movement Saturday condemned Israeli troops' killing of six Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, and called for reactivating the armed attacks against Israel.
Sami Abu Zuhri, Hamas spokesman in Gaza, s…
The Islamic Hamas movement sent dozens of children to demonstrate on Gaza's southern borders with Egypt Saturday in protest against an underground barrier Egypt is building to curb smuggling into the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.
The …
Turkey's General Staff said Saturday eight military officers have been detained in an ongoing probe into an alleged plot to assassinate a deputy prime minister, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.
The officers were detai…
The Nigerian government announced a probe on Saturday into the attempted attack by its national on a U. S. passenger plane.
In a statement, the government authorized the security department to take steps to "identify" the suspect and…