Parliament on Friday approved six ministerial nominees submitted to the House by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on February 9, 2023, for approval.
The Majority caucus battled through a secret vote in almost split decisions afte…
King Charles III's state visit to France has been postponed after a request by President Emmanuel Macron, Downing Street says.
The president said "we would not be sensible and would lack common sense" to go ahead after union…
South African opposition minority party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), has said Russian President Vladimir Putin is welcome to visit Pretoria despite an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against him.
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Rwanda’s Foreign Affairs Minister Vincent Biruta has said that the country is concerned about an imminent "genocide" against Kinyarwanda-speaking civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Addressing the National Consultative Fo…
Former Minority Leader and Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale South Constituency in the Northern Region, Haruna Iddrisu, on Sunday filed his nomination to contest the upcoming parliamentary primaries of the National Democratic Congress(N…
A flagbearer hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alan Kyerematen, has touted his visionary leadership to keep the economy afloat as Minister of Trade and Industry and promised to revive the economy if elected as President of Ghana.
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Some parliamentary aspirants and members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Chaina-Paga constituency in the Upper East Region are cautioning delegates to eschew voting buying and elect a parliamentary candidate cap…
Aspiring National Democratic Congress (NDC) Presidential Candidate John Dramani Mahama begins a three-day campaign tour of the Western Region on Friday.
He will be interacting with branch and constituency executives from all seventeen (…
The US and Canada have reached a deal to reject asylum seekers at unofficial border crossings, officials say.
Large numbers of migrants have been making unsanctioned crossings via Roxham Road at the US-Canada border.
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Bordeaux town hall has been set on fire as French protests continued over plans to raise the pension age.
More than a million people took to the streets across France on Thursday, with 119,000 in Paris, according to figures…
A former Finance Minister and Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, yesterday filed his nomination forms to contest the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flag bearer race at the party's headquarters in Accra.
Dr Duffuor wa…
Security sources in Burkina Faso say jihadist insurgents have killed 14 people, including four soldiers, near the northern city of Kaya.
The attack coincided with a visit by interim leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré.
It targeted a unit o…
Nigerians have been reacting to the news that a senior politician has been convicted of organ trafficking in a court in London.
Ike Ekweremadu, 60, had served as the deputy president of Nigeria's senate.
He was found guilty of offeri…
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin last night directed that the house debates the report of the Appointments Committee on the new Ministers appointed by President Akufo-Addo on Thursday, while the fates of the new appointe…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is to undertake a nationwide youth engagement project to attract and register more of the youth for Election 2024, the Bono Regional Chairman of the party, Kwame Baffoe, has hinted.
Dubbed “first time voter…
Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has been sentenced to two years in prison in a criminal defamation case.
Mr Gandhi was convicted by the court in Gujarat state for 2019 comments about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surn…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared a nationwide strike for public workers over fuel and cash scarcity in the country.
Speaking on Wednesday, Joe Ajaero, the NLC president, said workers could not access cash to pay fares to g…
Senegal President Macky Sall on Wednesday urged police to take all appropriate measures to ensure security following deadly protests over the trial of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko.
At least one person died in the clashes between Mr S…
Algerian media say the authorities have dismantled a network involved in smuggling migrants from Syria to Europe.
Fifteen suspects have reportedly been arrested - nine of them Syrians and six Algerians.
A five-month investigation is …
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has appointed a senior member of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) Getachew Reda as the head of the newly established interim administration in the northern region of Tigray.
The TPLF, whic…
Mr Gabriel Kwamigah-Atokple Tanko, an aspirant in the upcoming National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary primaries in the Ketu North constituency, has officially filed his nomination for the contest.
He said he would renew hope w…
Mr Benjamin Narteh Ayiku, Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ledzokuku Constituency, has urged branch and constituency executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to continue working towards the socio-economic development of the co…
Dr. Donald Senanu Agumenu has filed nomination to contest the parliamentary primaries of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ketu North Constituency.
The NDC has picked May 13, this year, to elect Presidential and Parliamentar…
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) is to hold its flag bearer election in June, 2023.
This is in accordance with the Constitution of the CPP which states that when the party is in opposition it would elect its flag bearer two years bef…
Donald Trump's prediction that he will be arrested this week has yet to come true - but as the waiting game for criminal charges goes on, the former president is plotting a strategy designed to both keep him out of jail and turbo-boost…
There's an old adage in politics, coined by the former American President Ronald Reagan: "If you're explaining, you're losing."
Boris Johnson has had to do one heck of a lot of explaining.
Explaining his record i…
Canada's population grew by over a million people for the first time ever last year, the government has said.
The country's population increased from 38,516,138 to 39,566,248 people, Statistics Canada said.
It al…
South Africa's Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor has said her government will have to discuss the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Russian President Vladimir Putin before considering any action.
Mr Pu…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said anti-LGBT draft legislation passed by Uganda's parliament on Tuesday undermines fundamental human rights and urged the government to reconsider implementing it.
The hastily passed bill says …
The Somalia water crisis is "far from over" and tens of thousands more people are projected to die from drought there, Victor Chinyama from Unicef told the BBC’s Newsday radio programme.
A new report from Somalia's government and the UN…
Mr Kwabena Agyei Agyapong, a hopeful contender for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer position, has shared his thoughts on the issue of LGBTQI+ rights in Ghana. He believes that criminalizing the act is not the appropriate solution.
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Former President John Dramani Mahama has called for reforms in the financing of political parties to deepen the country’s democracy.
He said the reforms would also ensure that certain elements did not take undue advantage of the count…
An aspiring parliamentary candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC, in the Abuakwa South Constituency in the Eastern Region, Solomon Nana Frimpong was attacked by three unknown persons on Tuesday, 21, 2023.
The 3,…
Last week India's Supreme Court fretted that the country's governors could end up undermining democracy if their actions triggered the fall of a functioning state government.
The top court alluded to the governor of the west…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has visited the frontline near Bakhmut where fierce fighting rages on.
The beleaguered city has become a focal point of the war, with Russia trying to capture it for months.
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Thousands of Namibians on Tuesday flocked to the VIP tent at the independence celebrations after President Hage Geingob ordered all invited guests to forgo their prepared lunch.
Local media reported chaos in Outapi, the capital of the n…
Burkina Faso's army has killed "several militants" in the country's north, along the border with Niger and Mali, the state-owned news agency Agence d'Information du Burkina (AIB) has reported.
"Several terrorists were neutralised, and i…
A court in Chad on Tuesday handed life sentences to more than 400 rebels over the killing of former President Idriss Déby.
The former president died of his injuries in April 2021 following clashes with rebels in the north of the country…
Alhaji Alhassan Sayibu Suhiyini, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale North, has called on President Akufo-Addo to consider revoking the Executive Instrument (EI)144, declassifying portions of the Achimota Forest as no longer forest re…
The incumbent Member of Parliament for Wa East, Dr. Godfred Seidu Jasaw, says he is confident that National Democratic Congress delegates in the constituency will re-elect him in the upcoming parliamentary primaries of the part…
The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fifi Fiavi Kwetey has assured that the party’s leadership will ensure a free, fair, and transparent election for the party’s flagbearer race.
No stone will be left unturne…
Another National Democratic Congress (NDC) government under ex-President John Dramani Mahama’s watch would drain the national purse, Mr Yaw Dabie Appiah Mensah, a leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bono Region has state…
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has described the death of former Old Tafo Member of Parliament, Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei as a ‘complete shock’.
“I paid him a visit just a few weeks ago and was happy that he was doing much better…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it has reached an agreement with Ukraine on funding worth $15.6bn (£12.8bn).
The organisation's first loan to a country at war is expected to be approved in the coming weeks.
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At least 12 people have been killed and more than 200 injured after a powerful earthquake shook large parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The 6.5-magnitude quake damaged buildings, triggered landslides and sent people running…
China's peace plan for Ukraine could be used as a basis to end the war, Vladimir Putin has said.
But Mr Putin said the plan could be put forward only when they are ready "in the West and Kyiv".
The Russian leader…
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has paid tribute to the late Dr Anthony Akoto Osei, former Member of Parliament for Old Tafo Pankrono in Kumasi, describing him as "a very illustrious member, very effective, very well respected, a v…
The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has taken a dig at the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo claiming that he has enabled corruption in the country.
He again accused Presiden…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has officially filed his nomination form to contest in the National Democratic Congress’ flagbearership race.
His forms were submitted on his behalf by a team led by the NDC’s Campaign Manager for th…
The US is calling on Nigeria to prosecute people who intimidated voters and tried to stop them casting their ballots in last weekend's governorship and state assembly elections.
Its embassy says there was evidence of this happening in L…
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