Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, represented President John Dramani Mahama at the inauguration Mass of Pope Leo XIV held at Saint Peter’s Square in Vatican City on Sunday, May 18, 2025.
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Ghana is to have a new administrative capital as part of measures to permanently decongest the capital city of Accra, the President, John Dramani Mahama, revealed on Friday.
Consequently the government would begin the development of…
The Minority Members on the Energy Committee of Parliament have vowed to oppose any further increases in electricity tariffs unless the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) significantly improves its service delivery.
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About 40 Assembly Members in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region have petitioned President John Dramani Mahama to consider nominating Sakina Oforiwaa as the District Chief Executive for the area.
The Assembly Members sa…
Former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has cautioned that imposing tariffs to address trade imbalances is ineffective, arguing that such deficits stem from macroeconomic factors rather than trade policy failures.
Speaking at the I…
The Gambian government has announced an investigation into the sale of assets seized from former President Yahya Jammeh, following widespread public concern.
Some of the assets, including livestock and luxury vehicles, were sold off w…
US President Donald Trump has given members of South Africa's Afrikaner community refugee status, alleging that a genocide was taking place in the country.
Nearly 60 of them have arrived in the US after being granted asylum.
The So…
On a warm morning earlier this month, a group of Metropolitan Police diplomatic protection officers sat in an anteroom off the ornate entrance hall in London's Lancaster House, sipping tea and nibbling chocolate biscuits, while upstairs …
Four corporate organisations, including telecommunication giant, Telecel Group, have made donations of medical equipment and cash towards the Ghana Medical Care Trust Fund, otherwise known as MahamaCares.
Telecel Group donated equipme…
Four newly appointed District Chief Executives (MDCEs) in the Eastern Region have vowed to mobilise all available human and material resources in their respective areas to provide viable development projects to raise the quality of life …
Maame Sarfoah Appiah, a two-time parliamentary candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Asante-Akim South Constituency, has been confirmed as the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE).
Her confirmation, with 59 out of 66 As…
The World Health Organisation has declared a polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea and called for an "immediate" vaccination campaign.
Samples of the highly infectious virus were found in two healthy children during a routine screening i…
What began as public calls to boycott travel to Turkey has now escalated into a broader rupture, with India severing links with Turkish businesses and universities.
The diplomatic chill stems from Turkey's recent vocal support for Pak…
Assembly Members of the Ada West District Assembly on Wednesday confirmed Mr Jerry John Foreigner Amornortey Tanihu Mills-Nkrumah as the District Chief Executive.
Mr Mills-Nkrumah received 16 yes votes, representing 69.9 per cent, and…
Madam Ebi Bright, the newly confirmed Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), has initiated an emergency plan to rehabilitate the deplorable harbour road.
Madam Bright, a few days in office, led a team of engineers from the Tema Metrop…
The Majority Leader in Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, has called for reforms of all constitutional bodies in order to ensure their relevance in the country’s evolving democratic landscape.
He said the changing phase of the country’s democr…
Mr Sadiq Abubakar, the President's nominee for the Old Tafo Municipal Assembly, has been unanimously confirmed by all 24 members of the Assembly.
The confirmation exercise, supervised by the Electoral Commission, took place in a calm an…
The number of UK billionaires has fallen while King Charles' personal wealth has jumped to equal former prime minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty, according to the latest Sunday Times Rich List.
The annual list of the UK's…
Gabon's former President, Ali Bongo, who was deposed in a 2023 coup, has left the country and is now in Angola, the authorities there have announced.
The Angolan presidency added in a statement posted on social media that Bongo's fami…
The Developing Women for Mobilization (DWM), formerly known as the 31st December Women’s Movement, has marked its 43rd anniversary with a renewed call for continued advocacy, inclusion, and empowerment for women across Ghana.
In a sta…
President John Mahama has expressed appreciation to the chiefs and people in the Upper West Region for their overwhelming support that culminated in the victory of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at the December general election.
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The Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, on Thursday, May 15, 2025, received the United States Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Virginia Palmer, at his office in Accra.
The visit formed part of Ambassado…
Last week, 46-year-old Charl Kleinhaus was living on his family farm in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. With its scenic beauty, wildlife and deep canyons, it's known as "the place where the sun rises".
His new home - for now - is a…
The top US diplomat Marco Rubio has said the US is "troubled" by the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
His comments came as at least 114 Palestinians were killed in Israeli air strikes on Thursday, health officials said.
Asked by the…
A former Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has criticised President John Dramani Mahama’s handling of the recent controversy involving the acting CEO of the Ghana Gold Board, Sammy Gyamfi.
Speaking at the…
A civil society organisation, ActionAid Ghana, has called for measures to end illicit financial flows into the country.
Such measures, it said, must also lead to the repatriation of stolen wealth to support national development, such …
Big plumes of smoke are visible on a screen that's providing a live feed from Ukrainian drones hovering over the outskirts of the eastern city of Pokrovsk, one of the most intense front lines in Ukraine.
A few seconds earlier, Ukraini…
Ulrich Janse van Vuuren has made it his passion to share and showcase some of South Africa's best features with his legion of social media followers.
The 38-year-old white South African often takes snapshots capturing scenes such as a…
US President Donald Trump says that Iran has "sort of" agreed to the terms of a nuclear deal with the United States.
Trump described the latest talks between the two countries, which ended on Sunday, as "very serious negotiations" for…
Government Spokesperson Felix Kwakye Ofosu has explained the circumstances that led to the decision by the Presidency to pardon and formally caution Sammy Gyamfi, Acting CEO of the Gold Board, following his dollar gift to priestess tur…
The Minister for Labour, Jobs and Employment, Dr. Rashid Pelpuo, has been appointed Co-Chair of the Tripartite High-Level Session of the upcoming Fair Recruitment Initiative (FRI) Conference scheduled to take place from…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has directed its members and prospective aspirants to cease all forms of campaigning and soliciting support for internal positions until official nominations are opened.
This move, the party said, was to…
Paramilitary fighters appear to have opened a new phase in Sudan's civil war after being driven from the capital, in a move which some experts have described as a "shock and awe campaign".
Just weeks after the army celebrated the reca…
US President Donald Trump has said that India has offered to drop all tariffs on goods imported from his country.
The Indian government has "offered us a deal where basically they are willing to literally charge us no tariff", Trump s…
The five-member committee established by President John Dramani Mahama to investigate petitions against the suspended Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkonoo, is set to commence its hearings today, Thursday, May 15, 2025.
The committee, ch…
Government Spokesperson, Felix Kwakye Ofosu says Acting Gold Board CEO, Sammy Gyamfi’s controversial dollar gift to Evangelist Patricia Asiamah, also known as Nana Agradaa, does not violate any provision in the officia…
The President’s municipal and district chief executive nominees for Asuogyaman, Yilo Krobo and Lower Manya Krobo in the Eastern Region were duly confirmed at separate ceremonies conducted at Atimpoku, Somanya and Odumase Krobo, respectiv…
Kenya's President William Ruto is a man of many nicknames.
El Chapo, Kasongo, Hustler, Deputy Jesus and Chicken Seller are just some that he has acquired in recent years.
As is often the case when people are given alternative monik…
Svitlana says her daughter loved her school in Poland.
"Even when we moved to another area, she didn't want to change schools," says the 31-year-old Ukrainian mother. "She liked it so much. There was no bullying."
Now she says the …
Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Subin, Eugene Boakye Antwi has underscored unity and purposeful leadership as essential ingredients for the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) return to power in the 2028 general elections.
Speaking in …
The Special Prosecutor (SP), Kissi Agyebeng, last Thursday, visited the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Christian Tetteh Yohuno, to deepen institutional cooperation between the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) and the Ghana P…
The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mubarak, on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, presented 60 pickup vehicles and 20 motorbikes to the Ghana Police Service to support security efforts under the government’s 24-hour economy programme.
The veh…
Acting Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe, has rejected claims that Ghana is experiencing a constitutional power vacuum, following concerns raised by the Minority Caucus in Parliament abou…
Mali's military junta has dissolved all political parties in the country amid a growing crackdown on dissent since the army seized power.
"All meetings of members of political parties and organisations of a political character are dis…
Four more local assemblies have confirmed the President’s nominees for the positions of Municipal Chief Executives (MCEs) in the Greater Accra Region.
They are the Ga South, Weija-Gbawe, the Ga Central and the Korle Klottey Municipal…
The war's horrors multiply. The dead, the pieces of the dead. The dying. The starving. More and more of them now – all the weight of human suffering witnessed by my brave colleagues in Gaza.
The urge to avert our gaze can be overpower…
Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, known as "Pepe", has died at the age of 89.
The ex-guerrilla who governed Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 was known as the world's "poorest president" because of his modest lifestyle.
Current Presi…
Zambia's foreign minister has warned diplomats against interfering in the country's affairs, days after the US ambassador raised concerns about the "systematic theft" of drugs donated to the southern African state.
Mulambo Haimbe said…
A former Deputy North East Regional Minister, Tahiru Tia has been enskined as the Chief of Gambaga.
He was enskined by the Overlord of Mamprugu, Nayiri Naa Bohagu Mahami Abdulai Sheriga on Monday, May 12, 2025 following the demise of…
The Acting Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe, has called for an end to the controversy surrounding Sammy Gyamfi’s widely criticised dollar gift to former fetish priestess-turned-e…
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