The Jasikan District has emerged as the overall best among the Municipal and Districts in the Oti region on the 2021 District League Table (DTL) with a score of 70.45 and placed 62nd nationwide.
The DTL since its inception in 2014, has …
An aspiring General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fifi Fiavi Kwetey has issued a stern warning to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) ahead of the 2024 polls.
The former Propaganda Secretary of NDC,…
President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he had "no doubts" that Ukraine was not to blame for the missile strike that killed two people in Poland on Tuesday.
Mr Zelensky said he had received assurances from his top commanders t…
Republicans have secured the 218 seats needed for a majority in the lower chamber of Congress a week after the midterm elections, the BBC's US partner CBS News projects.
While the party's margin in the House of Representativ…
The Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah says President Akufo-Addo should not relent in sacking him if he finds out he is involved in illegal mining popularly known as galamsey.
Various government offi…
The committee of Parliament probing allegations in a censure motion against the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, is expected to resume sittings today, Thursday with an appearance by the Public Interest Accountability Commi…
Kenya's President William Ruto has condemned comments from a lawmaker that the country should scrap its two-term presidential limit, describing it as "selfish".
"Do not spend your time pushing for selfish and self-serving legislation li…
A prominent political opponent of Tunisia's president says he has been stopped from leaving the country.
Fadel Abdelkefi has publicly accused President Kais Saied of acting like a king and not improving governance or the economy.
The…
When Vladimir Putin sent up to 200,000 soldiers into Ukraine on 24 February, he thought he could sweep into the capital Kyiv in a matter of days and depose the government.
Russian forces quickly captured big stretches of ter…
"Brazil is back on the world stage," Brazil's president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has told cheering crowds at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt.
"The Amazon has huge meaning for the world. We have to prove that a stand…
Parliament in Sierra Leone has unanimously approved legislation that will ensure that one in three of its members, and a third of all local councillors, are women.
The bill will now go to President Julius Bio to be signed into law.
D…
The Tufuhene of Gomoa Ojobi in the Central Region, Nana Kow Entsie IV, has appealed to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to provide tractors at subsidised cost for farmers to purchase and go into large scale farming to feed the nation…
A group of South Africans have started a petition against plans by the department of basic education to introduce unisex or gender-neutral toilets in schools.
The petition has been signed by over 60,000 people so far.
"Toilets are pr…
There has been no official reaction from Mali to reports that neighbouring Ivory Coast will begin a “gradual withdrawal” of its troops serving in the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (Minusma).
The Ivorian authorities have yet to publicl…
Samson Anyenini, a Private Legal Practitioner, has explained that the president’s absence from the country does not automatically bar him from performing his presidential functions.
“Even if such a decision is to be taken by the acting…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has insisted that its decision to make the Ghana Card the sole document for the registration of voters remains unchanged.
It explained that officials of the National Identification Authority (NIA) had so fa…
The Chief Executive for Ningo-Prampram District Assembly, Al-Latif Amanor has appealed to the government through the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development to consider upgrading the district into a municipal…
A former Minister of Transport, Fiifi Fiavi Kwetey, has stated that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) needs an astute General Secretary to steer its affairs to win the 2024 elections.
According to the former Ketu So…
US President Joe Biden has said it is "unlikely" that a missile that killed two people in Poland on Tuesday was fired from Russia.
Russia has denied it was to blame for the missile that landed in Przewodow, on the Ukrainian …
Former US President Donald Trump has launched his third bid for the White House, declaring: "America's comeback starts right now."
At his Florida estate, he said: "We have to save our country."
Mr Trump's announce…
The Electoral Commission has urged stakeholders, particularly the political parties, to support its proposal to close the 2024 polls at 3 p.m. instead of 5 p.m.
A Deputy Chairman of the Commission, Dr Eric Bossman Asare, said the propos…
The Parliamentary Ad-hoc Committee probing the allegations against the Finance Minister, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta in a vote of censure motion tabled by the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu has started its public hearing.
Mr Ofori-Atta and Harun…
Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin North and Board Chairman of the Ghana Gas Company has pledged to help explore opportunities to provide jobs for the people of the Volta Region.
He said he was in consultations …
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has told the country's parliament that he intends to "implement honestly" the ceasefire agreement signed between the federal government and Tigrayan leaders.
Mr Abiy added that now was not the time t…
A group of 14 opposition supporters in Zimbabwe have been released on bail after five months in jail.
A high court judge ruled that they were no longer a danger to their community and unlikely to interfere with witnesses.
In June, th…
Israel has called the US Department of Justice's decision to investigate the killing of Palestinian-American reporter Shireen Abu Aqla a "mistake".
Outgoing Defence Minister Benny Gantz said he had told US representatives th…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on "G19" world leaders to end the Russian invasion, in a pointed snub to Moscow at the G20 summit.
Mr Zelensky appeared in a video speech beamed to leaders gathered for the summi…
A Rwandan MP, who resigned from parliament on Monday, has apologized for “drink-driving”.
On Monday, parliament approved the resignation of Gamariel Mbonimana for “personal reasons”. It was a day after President Paul Kagame criticized a…
Eswatini has postponed school-leaving for English and Siswati language exams to December, the education ministry has announced.
It is believed the exams were postponed due to pro-democracy protests planned for Tuesday morning.
Eswati…
A spokesperson for the presidency in the Central African Republic has denied that President Faustin-Archange Touadéra was evacuated to Rwanda on Sunday for medical treatment after “a serious fall”.
CAR and international media widely cir…
A Former Speaker of Parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho, has cautioned the National Democratic Congress (NDC) not to be complacent and expect victory on a silver platter in 2024 because of current cost of living and economic hardships.
He…
A survey conducted by the Centre for Democratic Development-Ghana (CDD-Ghana) on citizens’ preference for the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) has revealed that 71per cent of the citizenry, who …
The programs Manager at the Ghana Integrity Initiative, Mary Addah has lauded the President’s swift action to dismiss Charles Adu Boahen, the Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance.
Mr. Boahen was dismissed after …
A group aligned to the opposition National Democratic Congress known as the NDC Youth Forum has declared its support for a General Secretary hopeful of the party, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah.
The group said it took the decision…
On the afternoon of 15 November local time, President Xi Jinping met with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Bali.
China supports South Africa in taking over the BRICS rotating chairship next year
President Xi…
A decentralized governance administration, whose procedures and functioning are defined from implementing a wide range of local development projects across a country, generates results that appeal to a broad spectrum of social scientists a…
US and Russian spy chiefs have met face-to-face to discuss Moscow's nuclear threat in Ukraine and American prisoners held "unjustly" by Russia.
The discussions between CIA Director William Burns and his counterpart Sergei N…
Democratic candidate Katie Hobbs has defeated Republican Kari Lake in Arizona's race for governor, CBS News has projected.
The result is a rebuke of Ms Lake, who has peddled the false claim that Donald Trump won the 2020 US…
Three incumbent regional chairmen of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) lost their positions as heads of the party in their respective regions at the end of polls on Sunday, November 13, 2022.
Alhassan Sandow Natogma…
A UK-based Ghanaian chartered accountant and auditor, Conrad Dumbah, has officially launched his bid to become Chairman of the NDC-UK & Ireland Chapter.
According to Mr. Dumbah, he is in the race to build a strong an…
The trial is resuming in Guinea of the men accused of being behind a stadium massacre more than a decade ago in which over 150 people died.
The former military leader, Moussa Dadis Camara, and his co-defendants are facing charges of cri…
Slovenia has elected a lawyer linked to former US first lady Melania Trump as its first-ever female head of state.
Natasa Pirc Musar is a journalist and lawyer who ran as an independent with the backing of Slovenia's centre-…
News that Democrats have held the US Senate after midterm elections this week has sparked recriminations within the Republican Party.
Critics of former President Donald Trump blamed him for the poor showing while other Repub…
Many of the most colourful and eye-catching pavilions at COP 27 belong to African nations, and none more so than the home of the delegation from Niger.
It's a riot of colour and culture, and sitting right in the middle of it is Alkhussa…
A court in Iran has issued the first death sentence to a person arrested for taking part in the protests that have engulfed the country, state media say.
A Revolutionary Court in Tehran found the defendant, who was not named, had set fi…
Several people were reported injured during fresh protests on Sunday in the self-declared republic of Somaliland over the extension of President Muse Bihi Abdi's term by two years.
The protests came after the opposition Waddani and UCID…
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa will "step aside" if charged over an alleged cover-up of a robbery at his private farm, according to his spokesman.
"Should the president be charged he would gladly step aside - should it be the …
Decentralised Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) across the country have been encouraged to prioritise the needs of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in planning and development processes.
The lack of prioritisatio…
Delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have retained Abdul Nasir Saani as the party’s Upper West Regional Chairman.
Mr. Nasir Saani obtained 227 votes, beating his only contender Alhassan Adams, contrary to earlier speculat…
The Electoral Commission of Ghana has finally cancelled the certificates of 17 political parties who have no regional and national presence and therefore flouted the registrations.
The EC served the 17 political parties with a notice in…
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