Weeks after hundreds of residents in the Anlo district, Keta, and Ketu South Municipalities were displaced by flooding caused by severe tidal waves, the Minority caucus in Parliament has called for government to make provision for adequate…
Future pandemics could be more lethal than the current Covid crisis, one of the creators of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has warned.
Prof Dame Sarah Gilbert, delivering the 44th Richard Dimbleby Lecture, said there needed…
US President Joe Biden has led tributes from both sides of America's political divide to veteran Republican Bob Dole, who has died aged 98.
President Biden said Dole was a "dear friend" and "an American statesman like few i…
Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to four years in prison, the first in a series of verdicts that could jail her for life.
She was found guilty on charges of inciting dissent and breaking Covid rules…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has applauded President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his recognition as the "African of the Year" by the Forbes Africa Magazine.
Forbes Africa, one of the continent’s most influential bu…
The 2021 Anti-Corruption and Transparency (ACT) Week and the International Anti–Corruption Day (IACD) would be commemorated from December 6th to 10th December.
The five-day programme would be on the theme: “Building a Culture of …
The Bolgatanga East MP, Dr. Dominc Ayine, has downplayed the suggestion that attempts at consensus building by the Minority in Parliament on the controversial 2022 budget, are signs that they’re being corrupted or compromised.
Speaking …
The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, and MP for Bekwai, Joseph Osei-Owusu, says he is always fair and firm when he is presiding over proceedings.
He thus rejected the allegation of bias against him over his recent ruling throwing out…
The Middle Belt Development Authority (MDA) has spent GH¢744 million on infrastructural projects in 109 constituencies across the five regions making up the middle belt.
The over 1,802 projects comprise both completed and uncompleted on…
The National Peace Council (NPC) has urged Parliament to resort to dialogue and consensus building in resolving differences in the House.
It appealed to both the Majority and Minority sides to use dialogue to resolve their differences w…
Nigeria has become the latest country to be added to Britain's travel red list - which imposes stringent coronavirus testing and quarantine restrictions on people who wish to enter.
They will have to pay for and self-isolate in a pre-bo…
A rights group in Nigeria has asked the court for "an order of perpetual injunction" to restrain the government from unlawfully shutting down telecommunication networks in any part of the country.
The injunction wants President Muhammad…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has, with immediate effect, banned all ministers and their deputies from travelling outside the country for the next one month.
The Director of Communications at the Presidency, Mr Eugene Bentum Arh…
Zimbabwe has confirmed the presence of the Omicron coronavirus variant in the country.
Speaking on state TV, Vice-President and Health Minister Constantino Chiwenga said that it followed genome sequencing but gave no further details.
…
The UN high commissioner for human rights Michelle Bachelet has called for an investigations into human rights violations in Burkina Faso.
Ms Bachelet who is visiting the Sahel region left Burkina Faso for Niger on Wednesday.
During …
Germany's national and regional leaders have agreed to bar unvaccinated people from much of public life in a bid to fend off a fourth wave of Covid-19.
Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel described the far-reaching measures as…
Two men in the southern Indian state of Karnataka have tested positive for the Omicron coronavirus variant.
One of them, a 66-year-old South African national, had travelled from there and has already left India, officials sa…
The National Black Caucus of State Legislators of the United States Congress have presented President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, with the first-ever International Nation Builders Award of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators.
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Sudan’s military leader Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has called for the United Nations to support the transitional government.
Gen Burhan on Thursday met the UN special representative to the country, Volker Perthes, who said on Twitter th…
US human rights groups have criticised the reinstatement of a Trump-era policy requiring asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while claims are processed.
The American Immigration Council said it was a dark day for the US and th…
President Joe Biden has unveiled stricter Covid-19 travel rules as the US confirmed a handful of cases of the Omicron variant from coast to coast.
From next week, international travellers to the US, including Americans, must…
A senior citizen, Mr Kwame Pianim, has urged Members of Parliament (MPs) to exhibit a high level of statesmanship to enable them to focus on championing critical issues that affect the progress of the nation.
He said MPs were role model…
The leadership of Parliament has constituted a bi-partisan Committee to resolve the disagreements over the approval or otherwise of the government’s 2022 budget statement and economic policy.
The Committee is composed of te…
Dr Hassan Ayariga, founder and leader of All People's Congress (APC), has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to investigate allegations of impersonation in Parliament.
He also asked Madam Sarah Adjoa Sarfo, Member of Par…
Parliament will not sit on Friday, December 3, to enable members to travel to their constituencies on time to take part in the National Farmers Day celebration.
The Second Deputy Speaker, Andrew Asiamah Amoako, who chaired procee…
Economist and New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, Mr. Kwame Pianim has asked the Ministry of Finance take advantage of the ongoing Budget process crisis for more reflection and consultations.
“This is not the time for jerky manoeuvres”,…
Economist and political stalwart, Mr. Kwame Pianim has reminded all Ghanaians that the Covid-19 pandemic is far from over and there is therefore the need to stay calm and present a united front to protect each other.
He says it may even…
Ethiopia's education ministry has announced a temporary closure of all secondary schools to allow students to help in harvesting crops for Ethiopians on the war front, state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) has reported.
E…
South Sudan’s Vice-President Riek Machar has warned against holding elections before a unified army is formed.
Last month, President Salva Kiir announced that elections would take place at the end of the transitional period in 2023.
…
The Upper East Regional Caucus in Parliament has called for negotiations between the feuding parties in the Bawku conflict to ensure the matter is resolved amicably.
This comes on the back of a shooting incident on Tuesday, November 23,…
The Minority Leader in Parliament, Mr Haruna Iddrisu has revealed how he was convinced to accept the government’s proposed E-Levy (Electronic Transaction Levy).
According to him, a week ago he was against it in its entirety but wa…
Ethiopian troops have recaptured the historic town of Lalibela from Tigrayan rebels, the government has said.
This is the latest victory claimed by the government since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed went to the front lines last …
The African Union and United Nations have jointly criticised travel restrictions put on several Southern African countries following the discovery of the Omicron variant of Covid-19.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that the…
Canada's House of Commons has voted unanimously to ban so-called LGBT conversion therapy.
The legislation would make it illegal to have a child undergo the practice or have anyone unwillingly undergo it.
Prime Min…
South Africa has recorded a sharp increase in coronavirus infections which have doubled across the country since Monday.
Health officials say the newly discovered Omicron variant may be fuelling the surge, although it isn't clear how ma…
At least five officials working for Nigeria’s Borno state ministry of works were on Wednesday abducted by suspected militants linked to the Islamic State West African Province (Iswap).
Borno state’s commissioner for works, Yerima Saleh,…
Rural and Community Banks (RCBs) have been urged to take advantage of the emerging digital banking system to roll out tailor-made digital products and services for their clients.
This must come with appropriate risk management s…
The Chairman of the Ashanti Regional Peace Council, Right Reverend Christopher Nyarko Andam, has advised Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to use non-violent strategies to respond to conflicts through network…
Argentina's former President Mauricio Macri has been charged with ordering the secret services to spy on relatives of 44 sailors who died when the Ara San Juan submarine sank in 2017.
Judge Marin Bava says Mr Macri has viol…
Beeri Kasser-Tee, a Law Lecturer at the University of Ghana Law School, has observed that the conduct of the First Deputy Speaker, in Parliament on Tuesday was constitutional.
She indicated that the move was in tandem with the 1992 Co…
The Minister for Interior, Ambrose Dery, has by executive instrument, reviewed the curfew imposed on Bawku Municipality and its environs in the Upper East Region.
The curfew which was 4pm to 6am will now…
Bawku Central MP, Mahama Ayariga, believes the government has already shown its unwillingness to revise the proposed Electronic Transactions Levy.
He says the inability of the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta to provide a clear plan on …
Concluding a four-day to visit Burkina Faso, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Wednesday that the country faces “a multitude of challenges with severe impacts on a wide range of human rights of its people”.
She n…
People will be likely to need to have annual Covid vaccinations for many years to come, the head of Pfizer has told the BBC
Dr Albert Bourla said he thought this would be needed to maintain a "very high level of protection".…
The Chinese embassy has urged its citizens to evacuate three provinces in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo as soon as possible.
The notice follows several cases of armed robbery and kidnappings of Chinese nationals in the re…
Cameroonian opposition leader Maurice Kamto was on Wednesday detained at a hotel in the country's largest city, Douala, where he was scheduled to launch his latest book.
The leader of the Movement for the Renaissance of Cameroon (MRC) m…
South Sudan’s government has promised to end child marriage by 2030 in line with the African Union's campaign to end child marriages in the continent.
Paramount chiefs from 10 regional states and the three administrative areas are meeti…
The US Supreme Court appears poised to accept a Mississippi law that would bar abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, even in cases of rape or incest.
In Wednesday's hearing into the case, conservative justices hinted that a…
"I didn't think that here in Chile we would see a repeat of what happened in the United States with [Donald] Trump or in Brazil with [Jair] Bolsonaro," says teacher and writer Viviana Ávila.
Ms Ávila is referring to the pola…
An Australian minister has been stood aside from cabinet after a former staffer claimed their extra-marital affair was abusive at times.
Rachelle Miller alleged that she had experienced bullying and intimidation during her r…