"Let me be clear: Ethiopian Airlines believes in Boeing," these are the words of its CEO Tewolde Gebremariam, despite the fact that one of its aircraft crashed on 10 March near the town of Bishoftu, killing all 157 people on board.
"We …
France and Germany are holding their first joint parliamentary session as part of their commitment to forging closer ties.
The 50 deputies from each country are from almost all political parties, proportional to their numbers in the nat…
The Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) is set to hold its national delegates congress on May 25 this year to elect its national executive to steer affairs of the party.
At the same congress, which will be held in Ho in the Volta Region, the p…
Mr Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, has differed on the outcome of a recent survey that ranked Ghana as the fourth (4th) happiest country in the whole of sub Sahara Africa.
In reaction to the ranking b…
The 13-member Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly (KKMA) has unanimously confirmed the President's nominee, Mr Samuel James Nii Adjei Tawiah, to become the first Municipal Chief Executive.
The KKMA is one of the six newly created assemblie…
A US environmental campaign group has accused Chinese logging companies of devastating key forests in the Congo Basin, and so damaging the climate, protected tree species and the habitat of endangered animals.
The Environmental Investig…
Health workers are battling to curb the outbreak in DR CongoImage caption: Health workers are battling to curb the outbreak in DR Congo
The number of people known to have contracted Ebola in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has exce…
A science teacher from rural Kenya, who gives away most of his salary to support poorer pupils, has won a $1m prize (£760,000) for the world's best teacher.
Peter Tabichi, a member of the Franciscan religious order, won the 2019 Global …
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has intensified its activities in the Bono and Ahafo regions with the election of executives in some constituencies to steer affairs of the party in their respective areas.
New executives for the six …
Donald Trump claims he has been completely exonerated by an inquiry into allegations Russia conspired to help him win the 2016 election.
A summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's long-awaited report released on Sunday found the Trum…
Unitel competed with MTN (which has 18 operations in Africa) and with Wana Corporate, Morocco
Unitel was elected to chair the GSMA Association Africa Fraud and Security Group (AFASG), a specific working group dedicated to dealing with c…
The UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) allocated $20 million on Wednesday to ensure aid reaches those most affected
As the full scale of the devastation caused by Cyclone Idai in South-West Africa continues to be assessed, the …
Cyclone Idai, which formed over the northern Mozambique channel, made landfall at the port of Beira and left 500 000 residents without power and means of communication
The World Health Organization (WHO) is providing urgent assistance t…
The UK is to provide an extra £12 million of support, including food, water and shelter, to the survivors of Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe
Yesterday, over 7,500 emergency shelter kits and 100 family tents, all funded b…
The 38th meeting of the Committee of Experts of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development opened in Marrakesh, Morocco, Wednesday with a clarion call for African countries to improve their fiscal pol…
As the frozen fish defrosts under the hot Kenyan sun, fishmonger Mechak Juma prefers not to tell his customers that it has come all the way from China.
We are at the largest fish market in the city of Kisumu, on the eastern shores of La…
Dr Zenator Agyeman Rawlings, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Korley Klotey, has said Ghana needs more support from men to push women into leadership positions.
She said women did not have enough male support in that direction and cal…
Dr Franklin Oduro, Deputy Executive Director of Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD), has raised issues with the resort to manual verification of voters during last December's referendum saying it created room for circumventing el…
The authorities in Cameroon say kidnappers have released an entire football team that was kidnapped on Wednesday.
They say some of the footballers were tortured. A ransom is reported to have been paid for their release.
The governmen…
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to meet with five Caribbean leaders on Friday who have sided with the United States and most Western countries in backing Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as head of state.
Trump will meet with…
Italy and China want to revive the spirit of the ancient Silk Road by deepening their trade and investment ties, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday during a trip to Rome that has raised eyebrows in Washington.
Xi is set to sign…
Fifty-five Presiding Members on Thursday called for the amendment of Act 936 so that District Assemblies will be allowed to use their Common Fund for projects needed at the grassroots.
They also want the Amendment of the Act to be in li…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Manso Adubia Constituency, Mr Frimpong Yaw Addo, has proposed a national discourse on the presentation of Ex-gratia to MPs in the country after their tenure of office.
He said the frequent and unend…
Syria has condemned as "irresponsible" US President Donald Trump's comments that it was time to recognise Israel's sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights.
A statement published by the Syrian state news agency said it showed the "bl…
The Muslim call to prayer sounded out over Christchurch and around New Zealand on Friday, as thousands gathered to remember the 50 people killed by a lone gunman at two mosques a week ago.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern joined about 20,0…
The Office of the Head of Local Government Service (OHLGS) has begun a nationwide investigation into alleged scanning and falsification of official documents by internal auditors and engineers in the metropolitan, municipal and district a…
For the first time since the revival of Paaregbielle festival celebrated by the Sissala people 10 years ago, a sitting President will grace the occasion which comes with excitement among citizens of the Sissala East Municipality.
The G…
Parts of southern Africa have been left devastated after Cyclone Idai swept through Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. Hundreds of people have been killed and hundreds of thousands more affected. Even though the cyclone hit Mozambique over a…
The 2020 presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr John Dramani Mahama, has noted that the greatest difficulty that face many institutions, including the church, is the lack of succession planning.
…
Rescue workers plucked more survivors from trees and roofs to safety on Thursday, a week after a cyclone ripped through southern Africa and triggered devastating floods that have killed hundreds of people and displaced hundreds of thousand…
French President Emmanuel Macron warned Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday that Britain would face a disorderly departure from the European Union if she fails to get parliamentary approval for her deal on the third attempt next week.
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A suspected gunman arrested for killing three people on a Dutch tram this week is believed to have acted with terrorist intent, and authorities are also investigating whether he had other personal motives, prosecutors said on Thursday.
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The credibility of the CV of Mrs Evelyn Ama Kumi-Richardson, the Regional Minister designate for the newly created Bono Region, was questioned when she appeared before the Appointments Committee of Parliament.
The Member of Parliament f…
Mr John Bennam Jabaah, Deputy Minister Designate for the Northern Region has called for the passage of a new law to regulate the sheanut industry to prevent foreign licensed agents from exploiting the farmers.
According to him, currentl…
Coalition of Concerned New Patriotic Party (NPP) members and citizens in Jirapa Constituency have called for immediate removal of Madam Christine Bombanye-Amadu, the Jirapa Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), from office for allegedly misappr…
Mr. Johnson Avuletey, Deputy Minister-designate for Volta Region, on Wednesday, retracted an earlier claim that the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) was a taboo in the Volta Region.
He said it was a slip of tongue, and apologised.
…
Mr John Bennam Jabaah, Deputy Minister Designate for the Northern Region has called for the passage of a new law to regulate the sheanut industry to prevent foreign licensed agents from exploiting the farmers.
According to him, currentl…
The British National Army Museum has returned to the Ethiopian government the hair locks of Emperor Tewodros II - more than 150 years after they were taken during the invasion of the African state.
Ethiopians sang and danced as the two …
The Pentagon has launched an inquiry into acting US Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan for alleged favouritism to his ex-employer, Boeing.
The Defence Department's inspector general will look into the matter following a complaint from a…
Some 15,000 people still need to be rescued from the devastation caused by Cyclone Idai, Mozambique officials say.
The cyclone victims there are stranded by catastrophic flooding and are clinging to roofs or stuck in trees, charities sa…
The Minority in Parliament has attributed the depreciation of the cedi to the gross mismanagement of the economy and wrong policy choices by the government.
It said the sharp cedi depreciation had worsened the country's economy, which r…
The Industrial city King, Dr. Nii Adjei Kraku ll, has welcomed the initiation of moves by President Akufo-Addo to establish legislation that will specifically outlaw political vigilantism in the country.
In an interview with journalists…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has performed creditably well in his first two-years in power and will therefore not allow any individual or group of persons to derail his onward march to make Ghana iconic.
He will also not allow …
Dr Ato Arthur, Head of Local Government Service said the “highest calibre of staff” would be posted to the newly created regions so that they develope at the desired pace.
He said Government had given financial clearance for the recruit…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday received the letters of credence of four new envoys accredited by their countries to Ghana.
The envoys included; the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Ghana, Meshal Hamdan Al-Rogi; the Maltese …
With hundreds of people confirmed dead and thousands others missing or displaced after a devastating cyclone hit Mozambique, Zimbabwe and parts of Malawi, Amnesty International is calling on foreign governments, including regional leaders,…
Prime Minister Theresa May will ask the European Union to delay Brexit by at least three months after her plans for another vote on her twice-defeated divorce deal were thrown into crisis by a surprise intervention by the speaker of parlia…
The Sekyere East District Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has launched an educational campaign geared at strengthening the involvement of communities in the District in the on-going fight against corrupti…
Odeneho Kwaku Appiah, Chairman of the Afigya-Kwabre South constituency of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has counselled the youth of the Party not to be complacent, but continue to work hard to maintain the party in power in 2020.
He sa…
Mr. Evans Opoku-Bobie, the Minister designate for the newly-created Ahafo Region has invited local and international investors to come and build an ultra-modern shopping mall in the 'city' of Sunyani, now Bono Regional capital.
"Curren…
