Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the Government is sincere in its efforts to curb corruption and admitted that there have been some "aberrations".
He said the Government will support new ideas that will help clean…
The Taliban has said they have no plans to attack Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, asserting that it is the only Muslim state possessing such weapons and
the terror group aims to take over the country as well as its nukes.
Taliban has ste…
The Communist-led coalition in Nepal was locked in a last-minute negotiations with the opposition parties to hammer out a deal to avert a
constitutional crisis, hours before the term of the interim parliament expires on Saturday.
Lea…
A CIA forensic team has carried out an extensive search of slain al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad hideout hunting for concealed chambers
where he might have stashed his terror blueprints.
The CIA team which flew to the…
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday left for home after a six-day visit to Ethiopia and Tanzania during which he announced a financial
package of USD 6.6 billion to the African nations.
During his three-day visit to …
Professor Edmund N. Delle,a former National Chairman and Leader of Convention Peoples Party (CPP), on Saturday called for total overhauling of the party structures from the ward to the National Executive headship for greater impact in Elec…
The National Organising Committee (NOC) of the 11th Annual Constitution Week celebration on Saturday tagged lawyers hauled before the General Legal Council to provide evidence of corruption in the judiciary as Anti-Corruption Promoters (AC…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama has announced that 70 per cent of Government's share of oil revenue would be used for infrastructural development throughout Ghana.
The projects, he said would include construction of roads, schools…
Mr Afrifa Yamoah Ponko, the President’s nominee for Ejisu-Juaben Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) position, has received the endorsement of the Assembly.
He polled 65 out of the 67 votes cast.
Mr Yamoah Ponko, a former Ashanti R…
The National Appeals Board of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has recommended that the parliamentary primaries in Atwima Kwanwuma and the North Tongu in the Ashanti and Volta Region should be re-run.
A statement signed by Mr Kwadwo Owu…
Mr Kwesi Quartey, Ghana's Ambassador to Ethiopia, has stated that he would file an official protest to the Government of Ethiopia for the 'detention' of Ghanaian Journalists and the subsequent seizure of their Television Cameras at the Add…
The Africa Union (AU) has reiterated its conviction that only a political solution to the current conflict in Libya would make it possible to promote sustainable peace in the country.
This will also fulfil the legitimate aspirations …
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Youth Forum on Friday proposed a roadmap to the leadership of the party for lasting peace and unity within its fraternity following the ongoing bitter intra power struggle.
The NDC Youth Forum s…
The Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings campaign on Friday denied that attempts were made to dissuade her from contesting President John Evans Atta Mills in the primaries of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
“It is not true that attem…
Indian Consul General in New York has said the US State Department is wrong in its reading of
the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and asserted that diplomatic immunity is extended to family members of consular officers.
Pra…
Tahawwur Rana, the 26/11 co-accused,did not congratulate co-conspirator David Coleman Headley,
unlike several others, on the success of the Mumbai terror attacks, attorney of the Pakistani-Canadian said during the trial.
Rana's attor…
With the US trial of a terror operative bringing out ISI link to 26/11, former Pakistan Foreign Secretary Shaharyar Khan has said lower-level rogue elements in the spy agency might be involved in the carnage.
He, however, said he ha…
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has not given clean chit to Pakistan's spy agency ISI over Osama bin Laden's presence in the country, her spokesman
said on Saturday.
"I don't think she (Clinton) gave them (ISI) a free chit," St…
A U.S. government team led by Robert King left North Korea on Saturday, the North's state media said, after winning the release of an American citizen detained in the reclusive state for the past six months.
King, the U.S. special envo…
South Korea has no intention of sacrificing its
"principle" for an apology from North Korea for last year's deadly attacks for the sake of the resumption of inter-Korean dialogue, Seoul's point man on cross-border affairs said Saturday.
…
U.S. President Barack Obama touched down in Warsaw, Poland, in Air Force One Friday for more meetings after the Group of Eight summit in France.
Obama was scheduled to have dinner with Central European leaders Friday and meet with those l…
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Islamabad on unannounced visit on Friday to remove the mistrust caused by unilateral action by the U.S. forces to kill Osama bin Laden in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad on May 2, officia…
Leaders from the Group of Eight countries, along with the Presidents of the European commission and council, have completed the first day of their summit. The meeting is being held in France in the coastal resort of Deauville. Major topics…
Leaders of the Group of Eight have gathered in France to discuss the world economy, Libya's civil war, Iran's nuclear goals and the unrest in Syria.
This year's G8 meeting is under the tagline "New World, New Ideas". Officials from the US…
French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday dismissed comment on the qualification of incumbent Finance Minister Christine Lagarde to head the International Monetary Fund (IMF), saying the Group of Eight (G8) meeting is not the place to t…
The European Union (EU) on Thursday welcomed the decision by the Libyan Ambassador to the bloc "to sever links with the Gaddafi regime", saying other senior officials of the regime should follow suit.
Al Hadi Hadeiba, the Libyan Ambassado…
Nominee for the next U.S. ambassador to China and the current U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Gary Locke, vowed on Thursday that he will work to build a positive, cooperative and comprehensive relationship between China and the United States.
…
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from a weeklong trip to the United States, he did so as a winner, both in his own eyes and the Israeli public's.
"We found wide American support for Israel's basic demands," Netanyah…
The situation in Afghanistan may be aggravated by the withdrawal of the international coalition from the country, a Russian diplomat said Thursday.
"The beginning of the transfer of control from NATO forces to Afghan authorities will step…
At the start of the G8 Summit in Deauville, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso have held a joint news conference.
Van Rompuy used "cautious optimism" to describe the economic…
Ms Dedo Dufie Kusi Agyarko, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Lower Manya, in the Eastern Region, has assured that she would take the seat from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the first time.
“I wan…
Mr Edward Doe Adjaho, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament on Thursday, advised the Majority Leader to be sure, definite and ready for what is published on the Order Paper for smooth parliamentary business.
The advice followed the moti…
Heads of State at the African Union (AU) Extraordinary Summit, on Thursday endorsed a roadmap for peace and Security to ensure perpetual unity in Libya and other countries experiencing political skirmishes.
They have also called on …
Dr Lawrence Tetteh, an International Evangelist on Wednesday called on Africans to exploit the African Union Day celebration to achieve the vision of the African Liberation project.
Speaking on “Total Liberation”, as the “Central T…
The Executives of the Odododiodioo Constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), have expressed the hope that the outcome of the party’s congress scheduled for July 8th to 10th this year, will be a strong and united front with re…
Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, Aspiring Flagbearer of National Democratic Congress (NDC), on Wednesday said true African unity and sovereignty could only be achieved through a united front where economies of scale and free movement of peopl…
Brother Enoch I.A. Agbozo, Leader of Ghana Evangelical Society, on Wednesday said the prevailing peace in Ghana that would permeate through the entire African Continent was through divine intervention.
He said “Ghana is leading the cr…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama has arrived in Addis Ababa to attend an Extraordinary Summit of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union.
The Vice President, who was accompanied by Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni,…
Togbega Gabusu VI, the Paramount Chief of Gbi Traditional Area, has described NATO’s military action in Libya as “injustice and indiscipline” and called for a halt to the bombing.
He said NATO’s bombing of the North African country s…
The reconstituted Council of Kwame Nkrumah Ideological Institute (KNII) has asked African Leaders to be on the look out for the return of the Colonialists in the light of what was happening in North Africa.
A statement signed by Mr …
The Ejisu-Juaben Municipal Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Mr Benjamin Kyere, has said Ghanaians should avoid political intolerance.
He said having accepted to travel the path of constitutional de…
The Gomoa West African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Oversight Committee on Wednesday marked the African Union Day with a forum for Junior High Schools at Apam.
Addressing the students, the Chairman of the Oversight Committee, Dr Nii …
The Yendi Municipal Chief Executive, Mr. Zakaria Issah, asked the people of Yendi to support the painstaking efforts by the government and other stakeholders to find lasting peace in Yendi and Dagbon as a whole.
He indicated that if …
Mr Stephen Ackah, Member of Parliament (MP) for Suaman in the Western Region has appealed to students not to allow their affiliated youth groups on campus to be manipulated by politicians who are pursuing their parochial agenda.
He s…
One of Africa’s greatest untapped resources is its young people, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed on Wednesday, urging the continent to take advantage of the skills and talents of its youth to promote sustainable development.
M…
Demonstrators have marched to the police station in the French town of Le Havre, to protest arrests made by security forces in recent days, ahead of the G8 Summit. Thousands of protesters took to local streets on Saturday, and several were…
Barack Obama ended his first state visit to Britain Wednesday with his attendance at a farewell dinner hosted by Queen Elizabeth II, during which the president once again stressed the "special and essential" ties between the two allies.
I…
U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday emphasized that the relationship between their two countries is not only "special" but also "essential."
Cameron said at a joint news conference that Britai…
Security was tightened on Wednesday around the elegant French seaside resort of Deauville, one day before the leaders of the world's richest countries hold their annual gathering here.
With 18 heads of state and government to be present, …
The European Union (EU) said on Wednesday that it will push for ambitious answers to common challenges to G8 countries, focusing on new partnership with Southern Mediterranean countries.
President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompu…
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