In their first international trip since becoming Prince and Princess of Wales, William and Catherine will visit the US this week for an environmental prize.
The royal couple will show their support for finding ways to tackle…
The Bono East Regional Minister, Kwasi Adu-Gyan, has reiterated the need for citizens to prioritise issues regarding the country's greater interest.
That, he said, was how the citizenry could assist in ensuring holistic national develop…
The second Dialogue and Peace Conference has been held in Accra with a call on Ghanaians to remain resilient in ensuring sustainable peace as threats loom from the sub-region.
A member of the National Peace Council, Rev. Prof. Paul Frim…
State prosecutors in Comoros have asked a court to sentence former President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi to life in prison for alleged high treason.
Sambi, 64, was president between 2006 and 2011 and has been in detention since 2018 on corrupt…
The Youth, Peace and Security Programme Officer in charge of Y-TEaM, Josiane Sombo, has observed that empowering the youth was one of the strategies to mitigate the challenges such as unemployment and violent extremism.
“It is an opport…
Professor Ransford Gyampo,a lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Ghana, has bemoaned projecting partisan interest over the needs of constituents.
He described as unacceptable, attempts by the New Patriotic Part…
France's National Assembly has backed a bid to enshrine the right to abortion in the constitution, prompted largely by increased restrictions elsewhere.
Lawmakers voted by a large majority to include a clause guaranteeing "t…
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says he wants to launch proceedings against the Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony.
This is the first time the prosecutor's office has sought a hearing to confirm charges, in a susp…
Ghana plans to buy oil products with gold rather than US dollar reserves in a measure aimed at stemming the weakening of its currency, the cedi, and to address the increasing living costs.
The new policy "will fundamentally change our b…
The Anyway Branch of the Afiaman ward chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Trobu Constituency of the Greater Accra Region, Dr. John Halm on Tuesday presented customised sign posts/boards to the 14 wards of the party in…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Klottey Korle Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has stated that citizens should not reduce democracy to only elections.
“Democracy is supposed to liberate the ci…
Justice Emile Short, former Commissioner at the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative (CHRAJ), has asserted that the decision for the Minister of Finance to remain in office or not will depend on the president.
“The Commission …
The M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have said they will not retreat from their positions after regional leaders set a 18:00 Friday local time deadline for them to cease fire and retreat or face a regional force.
Their spo…
Thirteen people were killed and 12 others are reported missing following fierce fighting between two rival factions of the rebel Sudanese Liberation Movement-Nur (SLM-Nur) group in Central Darfur state, western Sudan, the UN has said.
I…
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended her policy towards Russia prior to the February invasion of Ukraine, saying she had run out of power to influence Vladimir Putin.
She said she had tried to convene European…
The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Kodua Frimpong, has tasked members of all standing committees of the party to put loyalty to the party above all other considerations.
He noted that by swearing an oath thei…
The Minority in Parliament has described the budget for the 2023 fiscal year as empty.
The caucus contends that the measures announced by government as part of efforts to generate revenue would only worsen the economic condition of Ghan…
Apart from the bountiful production of food crops and vegetables, the Central Tongu Constituency in the Volta Region is also known for large-scale gari processing, which attracts people from other parts of the country to the Mafi-Kumase Ma…
25 civil society organisations call for 'effectiveness over efficiency' in Australia's duty to prevent modern slavery
25 civil society organisations have called for a focus on effectiveness in ending modern slavery over efficiency of i…
The Egyptian authorities have failed to protect vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers from pervasive sexual violence, including by failing to investigate rape and sexual assault, Human Rights Watch said today.
Human Rights Watc…
African Union mediators are visiting Ethiopia's war-devastated Tigray region in their latest effort to implement a peace deal signed by the federal government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).
Nigeria's former President O…
Writer E Jean Carroll has sued Donald Trump in the US state of New York for allegedly raping her in the 1990s.
Ms Carroll, 78, is among the first to sue under the Adult Survivors Act, which came into effect on Thursday.
…
Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska tells the BBC that Ukraine will endure this coming winter despite the cold and the blackouts caused by Russian missiles, and will keep fighting what she describes as a war of world views, because "wi…
The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta says government greatly emphasises with Ghanaians over the undue economic pressures they are faced with.
Mr. Ofori-Atta commended Ghanaians for enduring the hardship that has crippled the economy.
…
Only four women were elected as Assembly Members in the last district level elections in the Upper East Region, the Executive Director of Community Development and Advocacy Centre (CODAC), Bukari Issaku, has said.
This figure, he said, …
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres held a meeting with Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Wednesday, where they discussed the disputed Western Sahara region.
Western Sahara - a former Spanish colony - is considered a "non-self-governing t…
Somalia has launched a new TV channel named Daljir to counter al-Shabab’s propaganda as the government intensifies its media campaign against the al-Qaeda-allied militant group.
The state media reported that President Hassan Sheikh Moha…
There's growing evidence that French rescue services failed to respond adequately to a migrant boat that sank in the Channel last November, with at least 33 people on board.
Only two of the passengers survived the disaster.…
African leaders have declared a cessation of hostilities to start on Friday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where M23 rebels have been making substantial gains in recent months.
The statement was signed at the end of a mini-summ…
Kenyan MPs are hearing a petition seeking the removal of four electoral commissioners who refused to endorse the results of the last presidential election.
William Ruto was declared the winner after narrowly beating his rival, Raila Odi…
Afghans are giving their hungry children medicines to sedate them - others have sold their daughters and organs to survive. In the second winter since the Taliban took over and foreign funds were frozen, millions are a step away from f…
Police in India have blamed rats for destroying nearly 200kg (440lb) of cannabis seized from dealers and kept in police stations.
"Rats are tiny animals and they have no fear of the police. It's difficult to protect the drug…
The Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences has celebrated its annual Founder’s Week 2022 with series of activities including the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Lecture, unveiling of plaques for its Auditorium and Entrance Foyer and recognition and pre…
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor says it is time Ghana abolished the Council of State concept in Its governance structure.
He said the Council in the current democratic dispensation had outlived its usefulness and "not fit for purpo…
A row over a new electoral system in Sierra Leone has prompted a brawl in parliament.
Video footage shows punches being exchanged amid raucous shouting.
A huge object, apparently the parliamentary mace, is hurled from one side of the…
The stepson of Malawi's ex-President Peter Mutharika has been arrested after 30 bodies were found in graves in a forest in October, police have said.
The corpses were of boys and men believed to be Ethiopian migrants being …
President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of "crimes against humanity" after a new missile barrage caused blackouts across Ukraine.
He told the UN Security Council via videolink that the Russian "formula of terror" had…
China has recorded its highest number of daily Covid cases since the pandemic began, despite stringent measures designed to eliminate the virus.
There are outbreaks in several major cities including the capital Beijing and s…
The Minority in Parliament has said it will resist any policy in the 2023 budget it feels are “draconian”.
In a statement, it reiterated the need for “drastic cuts in non-essential Government expenditures and more prudent use of scarce …
Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak, the Minority Chief Whip of Parliament, says members of his side will be present at the presentation of the budget and fiscal policy on Thursday.
This is against the backdrop of an earlier decision by the Minority…
More iron deposits have been discovered at Nkwanta in the Oti Region, a Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu-Bio, has said.
It adds up to the recent discovery of the mineral resource in that region around Gyamuru…
The Minority caucus in Parliament has said it felt let down and betrayed by the attitude of the Majority group for not supporting the impeachment process of the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta.
"They have shown no wit in supporting us …
The Democratic Republic of Congo has denied claims that a French military plane that landed on Friday at the Kisangani airport was loaded with weapons.
Government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya said the plane landed “in distress” and that …
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has spoken to Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed about the implementation of the ceasefire deal between government troops and Tigray forces in the north.
“[The] Ethiopian Prime Minister and I discu…
The statue of a controversial German colonial officer in Namibia's capital Windhoek has been taken down after a successful petition.
It was erected in 1965 in front of what is now the city's municipal building to honour Curt von Françoi…
The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for ex-President Donald Trump's tax forms to be released to a Democratic-controlled congressional committee.
The justices rejected Mr Trump's bid in October to block a lower court's r…
The far-right party of Brazil's outgoing president, Jair Bolsonaro, has challenged some votes in October's election that saw him lose narrowly to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
The Liberal Party asked the electoral cour…
The newly-elected Volta Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mawutor Agbavitor, has dismissed assertions by a section of the public that the NDC and New Patriotic Party (NPP) are only opposite sides of the same co…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament in the majority caucus, have reneged on their stance and agreed to support the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta for the 2023 budget passage after an intervention by the leadership and Cou…
Ghana's Ambassador to Japan, Genevieve Edna Akpaloo, has appealed to the Japan-Ghana Parliamentary Friendship League to support efforts of the people and Government of Ghana for accelerated development of the country.
She said Japan act…
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