The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has revealed that nominations for the upcoming Assin North by-election in the Central Region will open on Wednesday, May 31.
The announcement follows the recent declaration by Parliament that the Assin No…
A hard-line Republican revolt could not prevent legislation to raise the US debt ceiling from clearing its first procedural hurdle in the House of Representatives on Tuesday evening. Here's how the drama is playing out on Capitol Hill …
Parliament has written to the Electoral Commission (EC) to notify it of the vacancy in the Assin North constituency.
THE Clerk to Parliament, Cyril Kwabena Nsiah, signed the letter dated May 29, 2023, which was addressed to the Chairp…
The office of Nigeria’s new President Bola Tinubu has told the public to stop panic-buying as the fuel subsidy will not end until the end of June.
The statement seeks to stem the chaos sparked by comments at his inauguration on Monday w…
Reports from Burkina Faso say around 40 people were killed in two separate attacks by alleged jihadists at the weekend.
Around 20 army volunteers died near Bourasso close to the Malian border on Saturday.
A similar number of people d…
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki has landed in Moscow for a four-day official visit to Russia, at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin.
The foreign and culture ministers are also on the trip, Information Minister Yemane Meskel sa…
A young Ghanaian entrepreneur, Andrew Takyi-Appiah, has proposed the intensified use of technology to facilitate trade and develop the continent.
He stated that the next step for Africa was the realisation of the true Pan-African dre…
The EU has threatened to take action against Poland, after MPs approved a new commission which could bar people from public office for links to Russia.
Approved by Poland's parliament last week, the commission will probe all…
Blasts were heard in Kyiv and several buildings were set ablaze after Russia targeted Ukraine's capital for the third night running.
Officials say falling debris caused the blazes, as Ukraine's air defences intercepted more …
The United States and Saudi Arabia have welcomed the extension of a ceasefire deal between Sudan's warring military factions for another five days.
Washington and Riyadh announced the latest deal, as well as brokering the previous week-…
The leader of Ethiopia's Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) party, Debretsion Gebremichael, has called for immediate elections in the northern region of Tigray.
The TPLF agreed a peace deal with government last November, signed in …
Questioned on whether Russian leader Vladimir Putin will attend the Brics summit in South Africa in August, a Kremlin spokesman has said Russia will take part “at the proper level”, Reuters reports.
The Russian president was invited to …
The government has been asked to continue the processes towards the review of Article 243 (1) of the 1992 Constitution for the election of municipal and district chief executives (MDCEs) on the ticket of political parties.
An amendmen…
Mr Nelson Kofi Djabab, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Krachi East, Sunday expressed gratitude to God for his electoral victory during a thanksgiving service at the Church of Pentecost, Dambai Lakeside br…
Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, a flag bearer hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has promised to leverage on the potential of the agriculture sector to turn the economic fortunes of the country around when elected flag bearer and ultimately…
Protesters have clashed with large numbers of police over the planned demolition of a mosque's dome in a largely-Muslim town in Yunnan, China.
Social media videos showed crowds outside the 13th-century Najiaying Mosque in Na…
Malaysia has detained a Chinese-registered vessel suspected of looting two British World War Two shipwrecks.
The bulk carrier was seized on Sunday for anchoring illegally at the site in the South China Sea.
Ammun…
A former Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, yesterday threw his hat into the race for the presidency when he picked nomination forms to contest the flag bearer position of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Dr Akoto…
The Ashanti Regional Executive of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have expressed their appreciation to the people of Kumawu and the NPP faithful in the region for their turnout during the recently held by-election in the constituency.
T…
Nigeria's newly sworn-in President Tinubu has said that the "peaceful transition from one government to another" is now the country's "tradition", after taking his oath of office in Abuja's Eagle Square.
He said Nigeria has now been "fi…
Malawi authorities have ended a corruption trial against former President Bakili Muluzi.
Mr Muluzi served two five-year terms as president between 1994 and 2004 but he was charged five years after he left office.
He and his former pe…
The Head of Local Government Service, Dr Nana Ato Arthur, has entreated sub-Saharan Africa to adopt best practices in the decentralisation and local governance of Ghana.
He mentioned participatory governance and access to public infor…
Ghana and Korea have agreed to develop a strategic partnership based on technology, agriculture and education.
The focus on these three key sectors reflects the shared vision of both countries to deepen collaboration and leverage thei…
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has been appointed the President of the Conference of Speakers and Heads of African Parliaments (CoSAP).
He takes over from the Speaker of Nigeria's House of Representatives, F…
Nigeria is often referred to as the "giant of Africa", given its huge population and economic potential, but it has some gigantic problems too - and these will confront Bola Tinubu as he takes over as president on Monday.
Th…
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has assented to the controversial anti-homosexuality bill, despite condemnation of Western countries and human rights activists.
The bill was first passed by MPs in March but was returned to the parliam…
Sudan is waking up to the last day of a fragile week-long ceasefire that's seen frequent violations.
The truce is due to end at midnight local time on Monday, though the warring factions, the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forc…
President Joe Biden has urged Congress to pass a deal to raise the government's borrowing limit and prevent a potentially catastrophic default on US debt repayments. So what is in the deal?
Negotiators from Democratic and Re…
Recep Tayyip Erdogan may have serenaded his supporters by singing off-key after his victory - but he is pitch perfect when it comes to fighting elections.
He read the electorate better than the pollsters and analysts, who s…
One person has died while 50 others are missing after a boat accident on Ghana's Black Volta River in the Savannah Region.
The boat capsized on Saturday while transporting passengers from Dorkorchina to Kpandai in the Bono East region, …
Kwame Baffoe Abronye, the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has expressed optimism about Ghana’s future, proclaiming that the nation is steadily regaining its former glory.
According to Chairman Abronye, all econo…
Chief Justice nominee, Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo, has dismissed the perception of bias against the Supreme Court.
She said the “appointing authorities” do not influence decisions on matters they have interest in, neither…
The vetting of Chief Justice nominee, Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkonoo, was not short of combative exchanges, entrenched political posturing and subtle accusations, with contentious issues such as contempt of court, citizenshi…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for the Navrongo Central Constituency in the Upper East Region, Sampson Tangombu Chiragia, has said the party will not surrender the seat to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2…
Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, has come under fresh attack, following two nights of heavy drone strikes.
A military spokesman said missiles were used in the latest barrage. There are no reports of casualties.
Russia has…
Recep Tayyip Erdogan's supporters are celebrating after Turkey's long-time president won Sunday's vote, securing another five years in power.
"The entire nation of 85 million won," he told cheering crowds outside his enormou…
The Founder of C4C Homeopathic Hospital and a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Michael Kyeremanteng, has declared his intention to contest the parliamentary primary in the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa(AOB) constituency when the party o…
The Managing Director of the State Transport Corporation (STC), Nana Akomea, has responded to former President John Mahama, saying that politics has destroyed Mahama’s fine mind.
Nana Akomea said that Mahama’s penchant for insulting peo…
Several African presidents and other foreign dignitaries have arrived in Nigeria for the inauguration of Bola Tinubu as the 16th president of the continent's most populous nation.
Movements around Eagle Square in Abuja, the venue of the…
Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in Kenya on an unannounced trip.
Moscow's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Mr Lavrov's arrival in Nairobi on Monday morning, without giving further details on the visit.
…
A lecturer in International Relations at the Department of Political Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Dr Abdul-Jalilu Ateku, has commended the African Union (AU) for its tremendous achievement during the 60 years of its existence.
D…
He's big in Florida, has picked a fight with Disney and he wants to be president of the US. If you're not sure who Ron DeSantis is, here's a quick introduction.
He's the governor of Florida
In America, each of the sta…
A young Moroccan entrepreneur is hoping to create the first African-designed and engineered electric car.
Twenty-four-year old Mohammed Yehya El Bakkali, who studied and lives in the UK, has founded the Atlas E-Mobility Group, along wit…
One of four remaining fugitives from the 1994 Rwandan genocide has been captured, UN prosecutors say.
Fulgence Kayishema was arrested in South Africa on Wednesday, they said. He is expected to face trial in Rwanda.
…
Former President John Mahama has stated that the performance by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the just-ended Kumawu by-election in the Ashanti Region is significant.
”The significance of the NDC performance is from the face …
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Madina Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Francis-Xavier Sosu, has advocated implementation of an electronic voting system in the Legislative chamber.
He observed that incorporating e-voting syst…
The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), Félix Tshisekedi, is visiting China, amid tension with Beijing over lucrative mining contracts.
President Tshisekedi wants to re-negotiate mining deals with Chinese companies…
After two decades in power and more than a dozen elections, Turkey's authoritarian leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan knows how to work a room. At a taxi drivers' convention in Istanbul, they could not get enough of him.
He control…
The United States has imposed sanctions on a Russian man who it says is the leader of the Wagner mercenary group's operation in Mali.
The US Treasury said Ivan Maslov was a key figure in Wagner's global activities.
It said Wagner may…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that Ghana’s International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout programme which took 10 months to be completed is one of the quickest to have happened to the country.
“Usually, the negotiations w…
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