THE District Chief Executive (DCE) for Atwima Nwabiagya, Mr Michael Awuku Amoah, has stated that he is committed to implementing the 2016 Manifesto of his party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), for rapid development in his district.
He s…
Islamic State (IS) threatened attacks in Saudi Arabia after the militant group claimed responsibility for assaults in Tehran that killed at least 17 people, Site Intelligence monitoring group reported on Friday.
Suicide bombers and gunm…
British Prime Minister Theresa May said she would form a government backed by a small Northern Irish party after her Conservative Party lost its parliamentary majority in an election days before launching talks on Britain's EU departure.
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The leader of Spain's Catalonia region, Carles Puigdemont, has called an independence referendum for 1 October, in defiance of the Madrid government.
The question will be: "Do you want Catalonia to be an independent state in the form of…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed the retiring Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood unto the Council of State.
The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Ocquaye announced the appointment on the floor of th…
A former Member of Parliament (MP) for Upper Denkyira West Constituency in the Central Region, Mr Ben Ayeh, has expressed unhappiness over people describing indigenes from Denkyira and its environs as ‘wicked people’ following the lynching…
Mr Osei Bonsu, the Asunafo South District Chief Executive, says the district urgently needs a reconciliation committee for peace to prevail in the area.
He said partisan politics has brought division among the people and it would requir…
The UN has received reports that 231 Iraqi civilians have been killed by so-called Islamic State while attempting to flee Mosul over the past two weeks.
At least 204 are believed to have been shot dead by militants during clashes with I…
Somalia's militant Islamist group al-Shabab says it has carried out a major assault on a military base in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland.
Its fighters killed 61 government troops and seized 16 vehicles in the dawn raid, the grou…
A proposal by an Australian Islamic group to allow "safe spaces" for young Muslims to discuss "inflammatory" issues has sparked a row.
The Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV) said such forums enabled young people's opinions to be "respect…
Residents of Adentan in Accra have been urged to actively participate in activities of the Adentan Municipal Assembly (AdMA) to facilitate the accelerated development of the area.
‘’We cannot wait on the government; we need to start som…
The acting Ashanti Regional Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Mr. Arthur Wilson, has called for increased support to enable it efficiently perform its constitutional mandate.
The present situation, where th…
The Tema Traditional Council (TTC) has openly expressed support for Felix Mensah Nii Annang-La, new Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive, and called on all residents to help him stir the affairs of Ghana’s pre-eminent maritime and industrial …
The man who attacked a French policeman outside Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris on Tuesday has been identified as a 40-year-old Algerian journalist and PhD student.
The man, named by French media as Farid Ikken, was shot by another police…
Bald men in Mozambique could be targets of ritual attacks, police have warned, after the recent killing of five men for their body parts.
Two suspects have been arrested in the central district of Milange, where the killings occurred.
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A former Member of Parliament (MP) for Tema West, Madam Irene Naa Torshie Addo, has been nominated as the administrator of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF).
Madam Torshie Addo’s appointment was announced by the Speaker of Parl…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has accused his party of not being ‘tolerant’.
According to Mr Agyapong, if the party was tolerant enough, it would have taken some of his…
The Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has described as reasonable a suggestion by former President Jerry John Rawlings for the party to elect new leaders ahead of the 2020 general election.
“To the exte…
Zambia's President Edgar Lungu visited China in 2015 to strengthen ties between the two countries.
Thirty-one Chinese nationals, held for illegal mining in Zambia, have been deported.
China said Zambia had provided insufficient evide…
Mr Trump has reportedly never heard of South Sudan's president
US Senator Christopher Coons has revealed details of a conversation he had with South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, the Washington correspondent of the UK-based Guardian new…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC), a social democratic party, will be 25 years on Saturday, June 10, 2017.
Twenty-five years in one’s life could be described as youthful, but in politics, the party has come a long way and as …
Eight people have been killed when a storm lashed the South African city of Cape Town following months of drought.
Among the dead is a family of four killed in a fire started by lightning, while thousands have been left homeless, offici…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) will hold this year’s national annual delegates’ conference from August 25 to 27 in Cape Coast in the Central Region.
The party has also set June 26 and July 26 as the deadlines for its constituency and re…
Parliament has formed a Committee of Parliament Assurances to ensure the implementation of important statements made and decisions taken on the floor of Parliament.
The decision to form the committee was taken by the Parliamentary Servi…
Madam Sun Baohong, the Chinese Ambassador, on Tuesday donated items, including desktop computers, printers, UPS and a cheque for 10,000 Ghana cedis, to the office of the Attorney General.
The donation is to support the Attorney General’…
Parliament's Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu has called on the government to end a seeming political discrimination that has apparently occasioned recent dismissal of workers from state institutions.
He said it was improper that “genuin…
Fired FBI director James Comey told Attorney General Jeff Sessions that he did not want to be left alone with the president, US media report.
It is one of a slew of allegations relating to Donald Trump and an investigation into alleged …
Twin attacks on the Iranian parliament and Ayatollah Khomeini's mausoleum in the capital, Tehran, have killed at least 12 people and injured many more.
The assault on the parliament building appears to be over, after earlier reports of …
Maverick politician and Member of Parliament for Assin Central in the Central Region, Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has been nominated for a global dignity award, to be presented to him in New York on August 4, 2017 at the United Nations (UN) …
Maverick politician and Member of Parliament for Assin Central in the Central Region, Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has been nominated for a global dignity award, to be presented to him in New York on August 4, 2017 at the United Nations (UN) …
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday she planned to offer voters in Europe's biggest economy tax relief in the next legislative period, rather than introduce any increases.
"In the next legislature period we do not want any t…
The Leader and Founder of the All People’s Congress (APR), Mr Hassan Ayariga, has asked President Akufo-Addo to concentrate his efforts first on strengthening security at home.
“Instead of travelling outside the country, the President a…
A former Trade and Industry Minister in the former president Mahama led National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration, Ekow Spio-Garbrah says the founder of his party, former President Rawlings has his own right to express his views ab…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings on Sunday delivered a speech at the commemoration of the 38th anniversary of the June 4, 1979, uprising in Wa.
In the speech the leader of the June 4, 1979, uprising decried the spate of corruption t…
Emmanuel Macron's party is set to win the biggest parliamentary majority for a French president since Charles de Gaulle's 1968 landslide, a survey of voter intentions for the coming legislative elections showed on Tuesday.
Such a majori…
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday leaders he met on a Middle East trip had warned him that Qatar was funding "radical ideology" after he had demanded they take action to stop financing militant groups.
The comments on Twitter …
The rulling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has planned to hold its 2017 annual delegates conference at Cape Coast in the Central Region from 25th to 27th August, 2017.
In a press statement issued and signed by acting General Secretary, Mr Jo…
South Africa's elite police unit opened an inquiry on Monday after thousands of emails relating to alleged fraud in awarding government contracts were leaked, adding to a graft scandal that has deepened splits in the ruling African Nationa…
On Monday 5 June 2017, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, the UAE, and the internationally recognised Yemeni government severed their diplomatic relations with Qatar, accusing Doha of supporting terrorism.
In addition, the states announced t…
US President Donald Trump has again lashed out at London Mayor Sadiq Khan over his assurances to Londoners following Saturday's terror attack.
He accused Mr Khan of offering a "pathetic excuse" for saying there was no reason for people …
Member of the Council of State Sam Okudzeto says the size of Ghana’s parliament is ‘too big’.
He said keeping 275 Members of Parliament (MPs) in parliament is a democratic bill too high for the taxpayer.
Mr. Okudzeto condemned the pr…
The Assembly Member for Donkoyianu/Obra Wogum Electoral Area in the Effutu Municipality in the Central Region, Mr Nathaniel Papa Akyeampong, has advised assembly members against acting in a manner that would bring the name of the position …
The acting Ashanti Regional Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Mr. Arthur Wilson, has rallied Ghanaians to be patriotic and accept to live up to their civic responsibilities.
They should put the national int…
Anxious Egyptians began flooding their community in Qatar with calls at dawn on Monday after learning that Cairo had cut ties with the wealthy Gulf state where they have made their home.
Egyptians seeking to escape economic crisis at ho…
Britain's election campaign resumed in earnest on Monday with Prime Minister Theresa May's opinion poll lead narrowing and the focus firmly on her security record after an attack by marauding jihadis killed seven people in the heart of Lon…
China has complained to Zambia after 31 of its nationals were arrested at the weekend for alleged illegal mining practices.
A senior Chinese foreign ministry official is quoted as saying that the Zambian authorities have failed to provi…
West African regional group Ecowas has in principle approved Morocco's membership application despite the country being in North Africa.
But Ecowas leaders meeting in Liberia said the implications of its membership still needed to be co…
Mr Clement Dandori, the Kasena Nankana West District Chief Executive, has said he would place emphasis on the development of agriculture, health and education during his term of office.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an inte…
Muslims have been urged to let the discipline and virtues they exhibit during the Ramadan fasting period permeate their lives.
The Minority Leader in Parliament, Alhaji Haruna Iddrisu, who stated this, said the fasting period provided M…
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) is urging the government to tread cautiously and hasten slowly in its attempt to create new administrative regions.
According to the think tank, broader consultation and civic education needed to …
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