President Jerry John Rawlings, AU High Representative for Somalia, has held a meeting with the Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ato Hailemariam Desalegn.
President Rawlings, who was in Ethiopia to part…
The Talensi-Nabdam office of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has schooled 96 newly elected assembly and unit committee members about their roles and responsibilities.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency after the pro…
President John Evans Atta Mills has assured the
Government and people of La Cote d’Ivoire that Ghana would never allow its territory to be used as a base to destabilise their Government.
He regretted the heavy loss of life and prope…
A retired civil servant, on Friday observed that politicization of the District Assembly concept has defeated its objective and was affecting community development.
Mr. Yaw Effah-Manu, a retired Nkoranza District Director of the Nati…
Americans have mixed opinions about whether the death of Osama bin Laden will increase terrorism worldwide or have no impact, a new Politico poll indicates.
Thirty-three percent of people surveyed for the Politico-George Washington Univer…
Fatah and Hamas officials are in Cairo to discuss the formation of an interim unity government, Fatah representative Azzam al-Ahmad said.
Ahmad heads the Fatah delegation and Mousa Abu Marzouk leads the Hamas delegation, al-Arabiya report…
Syrian troops have blockaded a border town to keep their citizens from fleeing into Lebanon, Lebanese security sources said Monday.
"The influx today is very low because [the Syrian army] has surrounded Tall Kalakh," Mayor Khodr al-Hajje …
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-3 Monday Freedom of Information Act disclosures cannot be used in federal whistle-blower suits.
The U.S. False Claims Act, designed to recover fraudulently obtained federal funds, allows private whistle-blow…
April presidential elections in Nigeria may have been the fairest in years but they were also the bloodiest, Human Right Watch said Monday from Senegal.
Goodluck Jonathan, who assumed office last year after the death of President Umaru Ya…
By law the American public has a right to see basic details such as photographic evidence of the death of Osama bin Laden, a public interest group said.
The advocacy group Judicial Watch announced Monday it filed a Freedom of Information …
Tehran claimed an Iraqi court has issued an arrest warrant for former interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, though his party denied the allegation.
Allawi is at loggerheads with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki over the shape of t…
Mr Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, the Minority Leader, said on Tuesday that there were signs of rumbles among the NDC members of Parliament towards the upcoming primary and cautioned that those rumbles should not degenerate into tsunamis.
M…
Mr. Francis Denteh, Brong-Ahafo Regional head of the National Identification Authority (NIA) has asked Ghanaians not to rush to obtain the national identification card.
He told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Sunyani that as a central…
Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, Chief Executive Officer of the NEPAD Agency, has expressed his willingness and commitment to work closely with members of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) to support PAP’s activities.
"As law makers, parlia…
Odeneho Kwaku Appiah, New Patriotic Party (NPP) Constituency Chairman for Kwabre West, has called for a total team work and unity in the party as it prepares for next year’s general elections.
They should all line up solidly behind t…
Following the successful hosting of the Group of 20 economic summit in Seoul, South Korea is set to host a forum of parliamentary speakers to discuss ways to tackle global issues and share experiences of growth.
The G-20 Speakers' Cons…
Millions of Italians completed voting on Monday in local elections that tested how much fraud and minor sex charges have damaged premier Silvio Berlusconi.
Voting began early Sunday and polls close at 3 p.m. Monday in 1, 177 Italian citie…
The 65th session of the UN General Assembly on Monday observed the birth, enlightenment and passing of the Buddha, with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paying tribute to the spiritual leader's teaching on the need for compassion and solid…
Global consensus grew Monday at a ministerial conference in Rome on the urgent need to reach a compromise on the UN Security Council reform that will embrace as many different stances as possible among its members.
The informal meeting, c…
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton does plan to visit Pakistan and the two sides are engaged to lay the groundwork for the visit, U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said on Monday.
"The secretary does plan to visit Pakistan i…
The newly-elected Secretary General of the Arab League (AL) Nabil el-Arabi is likely to start his mission at the beginning of July amid political turmoil in the Arab world without signs of calming down.
As the Egyptian Foreign Minister, e…
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh met on Monday with visiting Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Abdullatif al-Zayani in Sanaa to discuss the ongoing GCC-mediated initiative to settle power-transition standoff, an official …
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced Monday that its Executive Board has conducted an informal meeting on updating developments of its chief in New York City, and said it would continue monitoring developments of the case.
"The…
Libyan opposition said Monday that Muammar Gaddafi should be tried in the country prior to being sent to international authority.
"It's our opinion that we would probably tend to capture and try him here in Libya first before we try him o…
The arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the United States provoked a general outcry in French politics.
Considered as one of the most influential politicians in France, Strau…
Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd on Tuesday warned that as coalition forces continue to hone in on the Taliban, there will be a violent year ahead in Afghanistan.
Rudd's comments came after Defense Minister Stephen Smith recently de…
Turning to Afghanistan now, where dozens of anti-government militants have joined the government in the country's northern Takhar province.
About 40 rebels including two local commanders joined the provincial government, while many other …
The Afghan army and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force have made progress in fighting insurgents but challenges remain.
Lt. General David Rodriquez, Commander of ISAF Joint Command said Afghan and coalition forces have m…
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping has met with European political party leaders in Beijing. They're attending the three-day Second China Europe High Level Political Parties Forum.
On behalf of Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping welcomed…
The sister of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Yingluck Shinawatra, has been nominated as a candidate for the country's top post in the upcoming elections.
The development is likely to inflame tensions in the country's highly pol…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Monday commissioned Ms Elizabeth Afua Benneh, former Director of Passports, as Ghana’s High Commissioner Designate to Zambia.
He charged her to use her expertise to strengthen the relations between …
The Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) on Monday invited Mr Herbert Mensah, a businessman and close associate of former President Jerry John Rawlings, as it investigates his claims of an alleged tape that says President John Evans Att…
Ms Afua Gyapomaa, Programme Officer of Abantu for Development, a non-governmental Organization, has appealed to political parties to take adequate steps to remove barriers that discriminate against women in the country’s political developm…
President Jerry John Rawlings, AU High Representative for Somalia, has held a meeting with the Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ato Hailemariam Desalegn.
President Rawlings, who was in Ethiopia to part…
The Talensi-Nabdam office of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has schooled 96 newly elected assembly and unit committee members about their roles and responsibilities.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency after the pro…
President John Evans Atta Mills has assured the
Government and people of La Cote d’Ivoire that Ghana would never allow its territory to be used as a base to destabilise their Government.
He regretted the heavy loss of life and prope…
A retired civil servant, on Friday observed that politicization of the District Assembly concept has defeated its objective and was affecting community development.
Mr. Yaw Effah-Manu, a retired Nkoranza District Director of the Nati…
Americans have mixed opinions about whether the death of Osama bin Laden will increase terrorism worldwide or have no impact, a new Politico poll indicates.
Thirty-three percent of people surveyed for the Politico-George Washington Univer…
Fatah and Hamas officials are in Cairo to discuss the formation of an interim unity government, Fatah representative Azzam al-Ahmad said.
Ahmad heads the Fatah delegation and Mousa Abu Marzouk leads the Hamas delegation, al-Arabiya report…
Syrian troops have blockaded a border town to keep their citizens from fleeing into Lebanon, Lebanese security sources said Monday.
"The influx today is very low because [the Syrian army] has surrounded Tall Kalakh," Mayor Khodr al-Hajje …
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-3 Monday Freedom of Information Act disclosures cannot be used in federal whistle-blower suits.
The U.S. False Claims Act, designed to recover fraudulently obtained federal funds, allows private whistle-blow…
April presidential elections in Nigeria may have been the fairest in years but they were also the bloodiest, Human Right Watch said Monday from Senegal.
Goodluck Jonathan, who assumed office last year after the death of President Umaru Ya…
By law the American public has a right to see basic details such as photographic evidence of the death of Osama bin Laden, a public interest group said.
The advocacy group Judicial Watch announced Monday it filed a Freedom of Information …
Tehran claimed an Iraqi court has issued an arrest warrant for former interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, though his party denied the allegation.
Allawi is at loggerheads with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki over the shape of t…
Mr Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, the Minority Leader, said on Tuesday that there were signs of rumbles among the NDC members of Parliament towards the upcoming primary and cautioned that those rumbles should not degenerate into tsunamis.
M…
Mr. Francis Denteh, Brong-Ahafo Regional head of the National Identification Authority (NIA) has asked Ghanaians not to rush to obtain the national identification card.
He told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Sunyani that as a central…
Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, Chief Executive Officer of the NEPAD Agency, has expressed his willingness and commitment to work closely with members of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) to support PAP’s activities.
"As law makers, parlia…
Odeneho Kwaku Appiah, New Patriotic Party (NPP) Constituency Chairman for Kwabre West, has called for a total team work and unity in the party as it prepares for next year’s general elections.
They should all line up solidly behind t…
Following the successful hosting of the Group of 20 economic summit in Seoul, South Korea is set to host a forum of parliamentary speakers to discuss ways to tackle global issues and share experiences of growth.
The G-20 Speakers' Cons…
Millions of Italians completed voting on Monday in local elections that tested how much fraud and minor sex charges have damaged premier Silvio Berlusconi.
Voting began early Sunday and polls close at 3 p.m. Monday in 1, 177 Italian citie…
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