Former President Jerry John Rawlings has chided the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for “abandoning the principles of the June 4 Revolution”, insisting that it was a major contributor to their electoral defeat at the 2016 general polls.…
A security analyst, Mr Emmanuel Sowatey, has charged politicians not to vilify or run down the police or their work.
He said although the police had some history of unprofessionalism, in seeking their short to long-term interests, polit…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has said if the National Democratic Congress (NDC) does not end the blame game between the “horses” and the “jockeys” in the party vis-à-vis their loss in the 2016 elections, then they both must give wa…
President of Togo, Faure Gnassingbè is the new chair of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
He takes over from Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
The Togolese leader became the new ECOWAS President on Sunda…
The family of former US President Barack Obama has purchased the home they had been renting in Washington DC.
The nine-bedroom, 8.5-bathroom stone mansion in the upmarket Kalorama neighbourhood was sold for $8.1m (£6.2m), property recor…
A Survey Findings by the Institution of Economic Affairs (IEA) has called on government to strengthen the security agencies in its effort to fight crime in promote safety. It said government should expedite actions on appointing the indep…
Mr Kodzo Hamenya Keglo, the Spokesperson for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Action Movement, has emphasised the group’s commitment towards propelling the vision of the party for victory in 2020.
Mr Keglo blamed the defeat of the…
Benin is hiring scores of extra park rangers and bringing in conservation scientists to rehabilitate a part of West Africa's largest wildlife reserve, which contains big cats and thousands of elephants that have largely died out elsewhere …
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Friday the United States remains committed to its Asia-Pacific allies, as he arrived in Singapore for the region's premier security forum.
Mattis, who is making his second visit to the region si…
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has ordered a new investigation into the disappearance of ivory from government strong rooms.
About 1.3 tonnes (2,866 lbs) of ivory vanished from the country's Wildlife Authority in November 2014.
M…
The Accra High Court on Friday restrained the Election Committee of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) from re-opening nominations for the association’s upcoming national elections.
It followed the filing of a suit by four candidat…
A member of the Yilo Krobo Municipal Assembly, Mr Joseph Minimade, has appealed to the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to consider nominating another candidate as Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the area.
According to Mr Min…
Algeria has agreed to allow 41 Syrian refugees stranded on its frontier with Morocco to stay in the country as a humanitarian gesture, the foreign ministry said.
Earlier this week the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR urged Morocco an…
A teenage girl has been charged with murder after allegedly hacking an Uber driver to death with a stolen machete and knife in suburban Chicago.
Eliza Wasni, 16, appeared in court on Wednesday, the day after Grant Nelson was found in a …
Zimbabwe's 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe has begun a series of rallies across the country in a bid to win the support of young people ahead of elections next year.
A huge crowd has gathered for the rally in a stadium at Marondera,…
Police in Brazil have seized 60 assault rifles that had been smuggled from the US city of Miami in a shipment of swimming pool heaters.
The weapons, which included 45 AK-47 guns, were found at the cargo terminal at Rio de Janeiro's Gale…
The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has learnt with utter shock the lynching of an Army Officer, Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama, at Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region.
The NPP condemns in no uncertain terms this dastardly and ungodly a…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has urged the public to be circumspect in comments and discussions regarding the lynching of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama.
In a statement, the NCCE said: "We all must take responsibility…
The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye, has referred the President's nominee for the position of Chief Justice, Ms Justice Sophia Akuffo, to the Appointments Committee of the House for consideration and report.
That w…
The anti-corruption prosecutor in charge of investigating members of Spain's ruling party has resigned after it emerged he holds a 25% stake in an offshore company.
Manuel Moix, who was in post for just four months, has denied any wrong…
The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on the top military adviser of Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila, increasing pressure on his government over election delays and alleged human rights abuses.
The move fo…
There has been widespread international condemnation of President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the US from the 2015 Paris climate agreement.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called the move "extremely regrettable". She defended th…
The Second Meeting of the First Session of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic began on Tuesday, with more fireworks expected from the Majority and Minority sides as they prepare to consider key national issues.
The appointmen…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Lower West Akim Constituency, Mr Evyiah Kyei Baffour, has promised to use 70 per cent of his Common Fund to help support and improve the standard of education in the constituency.
According to him, his …
Russian investigators say the December crash of a Tu-154 airliner in the Black Sea, which killed 92 people, was most likely a case of pilot error.
The military flight was on its way to Syria, carrying members of the Alexandrov music ens…
The New Patriotic Party’s Ashanti regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Bosiako has been nominated by Economic and Social Council of the United Nations member, Alliance Creativity Community Project International (ACCP) for the award of ‘outstan…
The US has been urged to remain committed to the 2015 Paris climate agreement ahead of an announcement by President Donald Trump on the issue.
Reports in the US suggest Mr Trump will withdraw the US from the deal.
UN Secretary Genera…
African leaders have been urged to take advantage of their huge population to boost their economies through economic integration and trade.Mr Orondaam Otto, the Board Chairperson of the West Africa Regional Advisory Board of Mandela Washin…
OneGhana Movement, a thought leadership and social action non-governmental organization (NGO) that seeks to promote citizen responsibility will be launched on Friday, June 2, 2017 at the British Council in Accra.
The launch will be aire…
Sudanese authorities have banned Egyptian street vendors from selling their wares in the country's western region of Darfur, in an escalating dispute between the neighbours.
Tension has been growing between the two countries after Sudan…
China's Prime Minister Li Keqiang arrived in Berlin on Wednesday at the start of a European tour, poised to jump into the global climate change leadership gap left by U.S. President Donald Trump's impending withdrawal from the Paris climat…
Islamic State militants have closed the streets around Mosul's Grand al-Nuri Mosque, residents said, apparently in preparation for a final showdown in the battle over their last major stronghold in Iraq.
Dozens of fighters were seen by …
People smugglers make about $35 billion a year worldwide and they are driving the tragedy of migrants who die trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe, the head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) told Reuters on…
Authorities in Ivory Coast have questioned two senior military officers close to parliamentary speaker Guillaume Soro, one of his spokesmen said on Wednesday, after an arms cache was found recently in the home of an aide.
The weapons we…
Three Nigerian police officers have reportedly been killed after clashes with members of the navy in the south-eastern city of Calabar.
It is unclear what sparked the clashes but a senior police officer told the BBC that a police statio…
President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan has condemned a massive bomb attack in the capital Kabul, which killed at least 90 people, as "cowardly".
A suicide attacker detonated a bomb hidden inside a tanker truck close to the heavily protec…
The Chief Executive Officer for Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA), Anthony K.K. Sam, has stressed the Assembly’s resolve to improve revenue, as the twin-city gears up to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), for redevelopmen…
A Former Ghana High Commissioner to India, Mr Sam Pee Yalley, has suggested that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) should remove the corruption tag placed on it by the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) else it will be diffic…
The Central Regional Minister, Mr Kwamena Dunkan, has pleaded with Ghanaians to pardon the actions of the Upper Denkyira West District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Daniel Appianin, for some of his utterances concerning the lynching of Captain…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has ended the third phase of his tour of the ECOWAS countries with a day’s working visit to the Republic of Niger.
At a meeting with Nigerien President, Issoufou Mahamadou, the two leaders pledged t…
A Russian warship and submarine in the Mediterranean have fired four cruise missiles at so-called Islamic State (IS) positions in central Syria.
The strike - the first of its kind since November - targeted militants and heavy weapons ne…
The Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Mr Kofi Dzamesi, has advised traditional authorities to find a solution to the numerous chieftaincy disputes in the country.
He noted that there were about 352 chieftaincy disputes thro…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority Caucus in Parliament has condemned the brutal murder of Captain Maxwell Mahama which occurred on May 29, at Denkyira-Obuase, in the Central Region.
“We condemn this act of barbarism in no…
Former Attorney General, Martin Amidu says it was unconstitutional for Parliament to investigate a bribery scandal that hit the legislature because it involved some of its members.
Mr Amidu in his latest article titled: "Punishing Honou…
Kenya has opened a major new railway between the port city of Mombasa and the capital, Nairobi, 18 months early.
President Uhuru Kenyatta said during the launch that the $3.2bn (£2.5bn) Chinese-funded line signalled a new chapter in the…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged his counterparts in the West African sub-region to address speedily the political impediments to regional integration in order to make ECOWAS a more effective economic bloc.
He said ECOWA…
South African cabinet ministers on Wednesday ceded to pressure from senior politicians and the public by dismissing the head of state power utility Eskom, Brian Molefe, an ally of President Jacob Zuma who has been accused of mismanagement.…
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Two senior U.N. officials on Tuesday warned of the spread of cholera and malnutrition in Yemen, where millions of civilians have been caught in a two-year-old civil war.
Jamie McGoldrick, the U.N. humanitarian chief…
Brussels (AFP) - The EU and China will attempt to deepen ties at a summit Thursday amid rising worry about the direction taken by US President Donald Trump on trade and climate change.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will meet EU president D…
South Africa is expecting to harvest its biggest maize crop in four decades, a year after drought devastated output of the country's staple food.
Farmers are set to produce over 15 million tonnes which means the country will have a 50% …
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