Mr Robert Kwakye, Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Asante Akyem Central has been awarded as the most outstanding Politician in the Ashanti Region at the 2023 edition of the Career Excellence Awards (CEA).
The MCE won the award for his…
The Bono Regional Secretary of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Abdul Samad Nurudeen, has observed that the leadership of the party needs total overhaul to enhance its fortunes in Election 2024.
He explained that with a more pro…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has underscored the urgent need to encourage marginalized persons to partake in this year’s district elections, to promote inclusive and participatory governance.
Mr Mawuli Agbenu, the…
The Prime Patriots, a vibrant wing of the New Patriotic Party has expressed optimism and trust that the party would win the upcoming Kumawu by-election slated for May 23, 2023.
According to the executives, the party was strongly united …
The newly elected flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), former President John Dramani Mahama has extended an invitation to all disappointed members of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to join the NDC.
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The newly elected flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), former President John Dramani Mahama, has asked the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to start preparing its handing-over notes.
He said the NDC will t…
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is visiting the UK to meet Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
In a tweet, he said he would meet his "friend" Mr Sunak to hold "substantive negotiations".
The UK announced on Thursda…
Turkey's battle for the presidency looks almost certain to go to a run-off, with both contenders adamant they have victory in their grasp.
After 20 years in power, Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood on the balcony of his party HQ sa…
Flagbearer-elect of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has extended his appreciation to delegates and supporters of the NDC for reposing their confidence in him by voting for him to lead the party into the 2024 ge…
President William Ruto has apologised to Kenyans over the Christian doomsday deaths, admitting laxity and complacency from the government side.
More than 200 bodies have so far been exhumed in the coastal Shakahola forest, where congreg…
Sudanese drivers rest by their buses after transporting evacuees from Sudan into Egypt, in Wadi Karkar village near Aswan on May 14, 2023
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Most of the people are displaced within the countryImage caption: Most of the p…
The United Nations World Food Programme is appealing for urgent funds to provide rapid food assistance to more than two million people in Chad.
WFP country director in Chad Pierre Honnorat said he expected to provide for 30,000 refugees…
Imran Khan, Pakistan's hugely popular former prime minister, was arrested on Tuesday on corruption charges - a moment he had successfully avoided for several months.
Previous attempts had ended in near misses. In March, a co…
Sudan's two warring factions have signed an accord to protect civilians and aid deliveries from violence, but could not agree on a ceasefire.
This is a first step to providing relief for Sudanese civilians trapped in the conflict, but t…
A presidential aspirant for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Joe Ghartey, is confident and hopeful to win the party’s upcoming presidential primary.
He has presented a strong case for himself taking various Regional Executives through the…
Quite a number of incumbent Members of Parliament of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will not get the opportunity to represent their constituents in the next election in 2024 as they lost their bids in the party’s internal elections…
Former Deputy Minister for Communication, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has been re-elected parliamentary candidate for the opposition National Democratic Congress in the Abura Asebu-Kwamankese constituency for the 2024 elections.
He was re-elect…
Edem Agbana, one of 8 candidates who contested the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary primaries in the Ketu North Constituency, maintains he has won the election and will not allow for a run-off of the elections on claims tha…
The Member of Parliament for the Asawase Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Mubarak Mohammed Muntaka, has been retained by National Democratic Congress delegates after the keenly contested race.
Muntaka faced a stiff contest from Masaw…
Former President John Dramani Mahama will lead the opposition National Democratic Congress into the 2024 general elections after securing a landslide victory at the just-ended primaries of the party.
John Mahama, the one…
Delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashaiman constituency have retained the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP), Ernest Norgbey as their representative ahead of the 2024 general elections.
Mr Norgbey polled 1,627 …
The incumbent Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has been re-elected to lead the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to Election 2024 in the constituency.
He polled 863 votes as against 283 and 96 votes se…
A.B.A. Fuseini has been defeated in the Sagnarigu National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary primary.
He has been defeated by Atta Issa, a new entrant.
Graphic Online's Mohammed Fugu reports the incumbent Member of Parliament …
Former Deputy Attorney-General and Minister of Justice in the erstwhile National Democratic Congress administration, Dr Dominic Akurintinga Ayine, has won the parliamentary primary in the Bolgatanga East Constituency.
The incumbent MP …
Image caption: Peter Mathuki said the criticisms of the EAC force were not justified
The East African Community (EAC) has urged Democratic Republic of Congo's leader to respect regional states' move to deploy forces in an attempt to sta…
UN human rights investigators say Malian troops and foreign military personnel killed more than 500 people in a village in central Mali last year.
A new report says the killings in the village of Moura happened during an operation again…
Pakistan's ex-prime minister Imran Khan is to be freed from custody, a day after the Supreme Court ruled his dramatic arrest on corruption charges was illegal.
Judges granted Mr Khan protected bail, meaning he can not be re-…
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has called for the establishment of an Independent Parliamentary Budget Office to monitor Ghana’s monetary and fiscal systems.
This, the institute says will ensure stricter monetary and fiscal man…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) chairman for the Hemang Lower Denkyira Constituency in the Central Region has urged delegates to maintain the current Member of Parliament Lawyer Bright Wireko – Brobby for another term.
Mr. Abubakar Farouk…
Voting is currently underway at the national headquarters of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Accra.
The polling centre at the party's headquarters is specially designed for former appointees of the party, Council o…
After days of uncertainty and tense moments, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) goes to the polls today to elect a flag bearer and parliamentary candidates for the 2024 general election.
This follows the withdrawal of the injunction…
"Good riddance to ..." was the response by Sam Nartey George the Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram who is seeking re-election in the ongoing primary when he was asked about what he makes of Dr Kwabena Duffuor's withdrawal from the pr…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has provided delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) with some money to enable them travel to the voting centres.
"As the party heads to the polls on Saturday for the presidential and p…
If the results of the 2019 presidential primary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) are anything to go by, then former President John Dramani Mahama who is seeking re-election to lead the party for the 2024 general election is in a p…
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is visiting Rome where he will meet political leaders and have an audience with Pope Francis.
"An important visit for approaching victory of Ukraine!" Zelensky tweeted as he landed in t…
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Garba Umar, an assistant inspector-general of police, as a senior security adviser on counter-terrorism.
Mr Umar is the vice-president of the International Criminal Police Organisation …
Starting a family in Italy is becoming a "titanic effort" that only the rich can afford, Pope Francis has warned.
Addressing a conference on Italy's demographic crisis, he said pets were replacing children in many households…
South Africa's defence department has welcomed a probe announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa into allegations the country supplied arms to Russia amid the ongoing war with Ukraine.
"The inquiry will offer the department an opportunity …
Mr Naaba Abdulai, the Deputy Ahafo Regional Treasurer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has indicated the region’s readiness ahead of the party’s presidential and parliamentary primaries slated for Saturday, May 13, this year.
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The Volta Region is fully prepared to hold the National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential and parliamentary primaries on Saturday, barring all hitches.
Mr James Gunu, the Regional Secretary of the NDC, in an interview with the Ghan…
All legal barriers have been removed and the way is now clear for the Electoral Commission to supervise the National Democratic Congress presidential and parliamentary primaries on Saturday, May 13, 2023.
In a press statement Friday nig…
Fourteen public institutions have been slapped with a total of GH¢1,310,000 penalty for refusing to comply with the Right to Information (RTI) Commission’s orders to grant applicants access to information requested.
The institutions f…
The US has accused South Africa of supplying weapons and ammunition to Russia last December, despite its claim that it is neutral in the war Russia is fighting in Ukraine, South African newspapers are reporting.
In a briefing to South A…
The UN Human Rights Council has voted to increase monitoring of human rights abuses in Sudan.
A total of 18 countries voted in favour of the Western-led initiative at a special session in Geneva, while 15 voted against and 14 abstained.…
Ukraine says it has recaptured ground in Bakhmut, a rare advance after months of grinding Russian gains in the eastern city.
Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Malyar said Ukrainian forces advanced two kilometres (1.2 miles) in a…
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has urged an Accra High Court to dismiss a suit by a flagbearer hopeful, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, seeking an injunction on the party’s presidential and parliamentary primaries.
Lawyers for t…
Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, a flagbearer aspirant of the National Democratic Congress has no right to demand a photo album of the party’s electoral roll, according to the NDC.
The party says its constitution does not provide for any flagbearer…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has disclosed government is prioritising value addition in the natural resources sector to ensure the state derives optimal benefits.
The government, he said, is also strengthening local content and…
House Republicans have unveiled what they say are records of $10m (£8m) in payments to members of the Biden family from foreign entities.
Oversight Committee Chair James Comer said Joe Biden's relatives had used the family n…
Nigerian President-elect Bola Tinubu has departed for Europe, in what his aide described as a “working visit”, and part of final preparations for his assumption of office on 29 May.
This is the second time Mr Tinubu will be travelling o…
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