Severe flooding in Venice that has left much of the Italian city under water is a direct result of climate change, the mayor says.
The highest water levels in the region in more than 50 years will leave "a permanent mark", Venice Mayor …
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will not fund a coal-fired power plant project in Kenya and has no plans to finance new coal plants in future, senior AfDB officials told Reuters.
The Abidjan-based lender published an environmental a…
The US impeachment inquiry emerges from behind closed doors at last.
For more than a month, the process - which could end in a Senate vote on Donald Trump's removal from office - has been shrouded in mystery.
The biggest revelations …
Tanzanian children aged 15 and over will soon be able to get tested for HIV without needing parental consent.
It is hoped that dropping the minimum age requirement from 18 to 15 will help reduce HIV rates among young people - who curren…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is urging voters to vote "NO" during the December 17, 2019, national referendum on whether or not the 1992 Constitution should be amended to open up local government elections to partisan participat…
Hajia Alima Mahama, the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, has expressed surprise at the sudden shift of position by the National Democratic Congress (NDC), regarding the upcoming referendum on political parties participa…
The Saboba District Assembly has held its special Town Hall Meeting at their Community Centre to highlight government policies and give the people the opportunity to air their views.
The Meeting provided them the platform to engage duty…
Elephant Ladies, one of the groups within the Ladies Wing of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has assembled 500 women in Baatsonaa, for free training in what it is calling 'example by practice'.
The beneficiaries are to receive free…
Government policies such as planting for food and jobs, one village one dam, and planting for export and rural development has improved the quality of livelihood in the Bawku West District, Madam Victoria Ayamba, the District Chief Executi…
The Ledzokuku Municipal Assembly (LeKMA) has provided strategic social and economic amenities to improve the lives of residents and to make the Municipality a destination for investment.
Addressing the Assembly's Meet-The-Press at Teshi…
The Tamale Ecclesiastical Province Pastoral Conference (TEPPCON) and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) has supported Saboba District Assembly Financially to organise its special Town Hall Meeting at Saboba on the referendum.
The present pr…
Madam Tangoba Abayege, Upper East Regional Minister, says the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has no substitute, and challenged the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to come out with a clear cut message for the 2020 elections.
"N…
Some Municipal and District Chief Executives (MDCEs) in the Upper East region have urged the public to go for a 'YES' vote in the upcoming December 17 referendum.
It seeks to amend the entrenched provision of Article 55 (3) of the 1992 …
Hillary Clinton has said she is "under enormous pressure" to challenge US President Donald Trump in next year's White House election.
The former Democratic presidential nominee refused to rule it out, telling the BBC: "Never say never."…
In a major step in the fight against Ebola, the World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the world’s first ever vaccine against Ebola.
The drug, called Ervebo and manufactured by MERCK pharmaceuticals, was being used in an experimen…
Bolivian opposition senator Jeanine Áñez has declared herself interim president of the South American country following Evo Morales' resignation.
Ms Áñez said she was next in line under the constitution and vowed to hold elections soon.…
A 10-member Commonwealth Observer Group, led by former Ghanaian Minister of Interior, Mr Prosper Bani, have been deployed to observe the Presidential Election in Sri Lanka which takes place on November 16, 2019.
Speaking after constitut…
Kenyans have expressed outrage after a video of police officers beating a student was widely shared online.
Four policemen can be seen hitting him with a stick and stamping on his head, before he is led away.
The four have now been i…
Hong Kong's rule of law has been pushed to the "brink of total collapse" after more than five months of protests, police have warned.
The warning came a day after the territory saw a marked escalation in violence, with police shooting o…
Mr John Peter Amewu, Minister for Energy has been elected the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for the Hohoe Constituency through popular acclamation for the 2020 general elections.
Mr Amewu was elected during the 2019 …
Abasi Ene-Obong (C) has put together a team of the leading global medical researchers
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Black Africans are at disadvantage when it comes to drug treatments because they represent only 2% of the genetic samples u…
Mr. Solomon Tettey Appiah, Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Assembly Chief Executive, has assured residents of Saki, a local community, that their deteriorated roads will be repaired soon.
The MCE was addressing a town hall meeting organised b…
Mr Chris Nana Omari, Assembly Member Aspirant, Sakumono Electoral Area, says the community was lagging behind in development due the "empty promises made by self-seeking politicians who had represented the community in previous assemblies"…
Peace and security experts are urging Mali to stay focused on the on-going inclusive Inter-Malian Community and National Dialogue and Reconciliation initiatives.
The government should additionally, continue with the security sector refo…
The Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) has outlined its core campaign message for the 2020 elections as the party prepares to roll out its nationwide campaign.
The party says it will stop at nothing in making sure that every Ghanaian voter …
Former President and flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has challenged the government to fix the unfavourable economic climate it has created and not apportion blame.
He empathised with traders on their poor sales, at…
2019 Africa Visa Openness Index: African Union Commission, African Development Bank report shows wins in visa restrictions across Africa
This fourth edition of the Index shows that 47 countries improved or maintained their visa openness…
The US Supreme Court is to hear arguments in the case of an Obama-era immigration programme the White House has sought to end since 2017.
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) policy protects 700,000 undocumented youths from…
The Accra High Court has refused to grant bail to the seven persons accused of plotting to overthrow the government
In a ruling Monday [November 11, 2019], the court, presided over by Justice George Buadi, held that the accused persons …
Global health charities say that pneumonia kills more children than any other disease, claiming a life every 39 seconds.
A joint statement by the UN children's agency, Unicef, and five other groups says 800,000 children died of the prev…
The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has described the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government’s achievement in the education sector as unprecedented in the history of Ghana.
“Not even Kwame Nkrumah achieved what we have do…
A senior Research Fellow and Head of Advocacy and Institutional Relations of the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), Mr Kwesi Jonah, has called on the electorate to vote “Yes” in the December 17 referendum in order to ensure the …
Leaving no girl behind: Merck Foundation in partnership with the First Lady of Malawi, motivate girls to pursue sciences
The program will empower girls in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education
Merck Found…
Remembrance Day 2019 luncheon in Ghana remembers the service and sacrifice of British and Commonwealth Armed Forces and veterans in Ghana.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them.
Remembrance holds…
Kenya's population census figures have been released, causing controversy among some groups who feel the results are not fair or accurate.
It found that the total population of the country is now 47.6 million, nine million more than in …
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and his Congolese counterpart Felix Tshisekedi have agreed to boost trade between the two countries.
President Tshisekedi, who is on a three-day visit to Uganda during which he will attend the first eve…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government of its inability to state any major development project it has initiated in the Volta region.
The party said the assertion of President Nana A…
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Zimbabwe's central bank is due to begin circulating new banknotes on Monday, which it says…
The Builsa South District in the Upper East Region is burdened with a debt of Gh¢1.7million from old projects and programmes executed by the previous government.
"It is an indication that some of the outstanding payments on projects ex…
Madam Lucy Enyonam Ndinya, an aspiring Assembly member for Peki-Tsame electoral area in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region, has called for an equal playing field in the impending District Level Elections.
She said women were na…
Madam Catherine Reckling, District Chief Executive for Sekyere South, has underscored the Assembly's commitment to provide the needed infrastructural facilities to help improve the livelihoods of the people in the area.
She said the Ass…
Mr. Kwesi Jonah, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Democratic Governance has asked Parliament to pass Article 243 in time to allow for the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives.
He said adequate consultat…
The Akim Oda Nkwantanum Market in the Birim Central Municipality will benefit from various projects under a "Secondary City Project," which would be sponsored by the World Bank.
The projects, which would start in January 2020 comprised …
Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration is attending the 2019 edition of the annual Paris Forum on Peace.
A statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration an…
Queen Mothers and about 50 women from the Gbi Bla Women Association in the Hohoe Municipality of the Volta Region have been sensitized on the District Level Elections and the impending referendum for constitutional amendment.
Mr. Ernest…
A Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China, Madam Sun Chunlan, has applauded the stability of the Ghanaian economy and development taking place under the leadership of the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
Pa…
The National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG) has urged the general public to place premium on the coming Referendum as a national project and massively vote yes on the Tuesday, December 17 this year.
According NALAG, t…
Kenya's former President Daniel arap Moi has been admitted to hospital days after he was discharged, local newspaper Daily Nation reports quoting his spokesman.
Lee Njiru said the former president, who left hospital last week on Thursda…
Bolivian President Evo Morales has resigned after nearly 14 years in power, amid turmoil following his disputed re-election last month.
The head of the army had called on him to go after protests over his election win.
Auditors found…
The Ablekuma West Municipal Assembly (AbWMA) will be conducting a demolition exercise on all structures that have been put up around the Jatapko river banks and the sea defence area at Glefe, a suburb within the municipality.
Announci…
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