The Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen, has said he will pursue a mission to ensure that the party elects a competent and winnable flag-bearer from the northern part of the country for the 2024 pre…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle, Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has urged Ghanaians to build upon the legacies of former President Jerry John Rawlings.
She said former President Rawlings’ visi…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwabre East Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Miss Francisca Oteng-Mensah, has been recognised by the African Women Impact Summit as Africa’s (AWIS) Most Inspiring Lawmaker of the year 2021.
The award…
The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin on Saturday traveled to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to undergo a medical review.
There have been some media reports on the travel with some reports suggesting tha…
Four governance experts and an economist have urged Parliament to build consensus in decision-making in the interest of the nation.
They have called on the Majority and the Minority sides in Parliament to engage deeply, devoid of partis…
Parliament on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, voted in favour of the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the government, overturning the earlier rejection of the budget by the House last Friday.
The approval of the budget was under…
The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr John Boadu, has urged the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority not to take advantage of Ghana's hung Parliament to impede government business.
He described the current po…
Every traveller entering the UK now needs to take a PCR test within 48 hours of arrival.
It follows concerns about the newly identified Omicron variant of Covid, which has also led to quarantine being reintroduced for travellers from so…
Nigerian authorities say 252 inmates are on the run after gunmen attacked a prison in the central city of Jos.
Nine detainees, one prison staff member and one of the gunmen were killed during Sunday's raid, the Correctional Service said…
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres says he is "deeply concerned" by travel bans on southern Africa.
In a statement shared by his spokesman Stéphane Dujarric, he added that the lack of vaccines in those countries was a fac…
Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has stated that Parliament has more lawmakers than required, and can accommodate 200 Members of Parliament (MPs).
He bemoaned that the increment of 275 members of the House had been tainted with …
A third of employees in Australia's federal parliament have been sexually harassed, a landmark report has found.
The report was commissioned after a former staffer, Brittany Higgins, said she had been raped by a colleague in…
Assembly Members have been tasked to help the citizenry understand the various government policies, programmes and social interventions, including procurement and expenditure.
As assembly members who were always in touch with the peop…
A newly published cache of documents directly links top Chinese leaders including President Xi Jinping to the state's crackdown on Uyghur Muslims.
The documents include speeches which analysts say prove senior government lea…
China's President Xi Jinping has promised to send to Africa some one billion Covid vaccine doses to help close the "vaccination gap".
The president made the pledge during the China-Africa summit.
Out of the one billion, 600 million d…
The Western Regional Chairman of the Peace Council, Bishop Emmanuel Botwey, has charged Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to create peaceful environment towards sustainable socioeconomic development.
“Thou…
The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, has proffered that taking bold and unpopular decisions has been the hallmark of the NPP government which has always yielded immeasurable results for the country.
He r…
The UN has said that 156 people have so far died from cholera in Niger, three months after the World Health Organization reported an outbreak.
The eastern region of Maradi is most affected with more than 5,400 people infected countrywid…
The mother of a Ugandan legislator has stormed parliament over the detention and ill health of her son.
Justine Nakajumba, the mother of Kawempe North MP Muhammad Ssegirinya, has walked to parliamentary buildings where she has been rece…
US President Joe Biden has called the Omicron Covid-19 variant a "cause for concern, not a cause for panic" a day after it was detected in North America.
He said he saw no need for a new lockdown "for now... if people are va…
Rwanda’s health ministry has announced that it will start giving third doses to the elderly and those who have underlying conditions starting on Tuesday.
The ministry says the implementation will be done in phases and will begin in the …
Sudanese activists have called for more protests across the country on Tuesday to denounce the 21 November political deal that reinstated Abdalla Hamdok as prime minister, despite a meeting between Mr Hamdok and members of Resistance Commi…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the Omicron coronavirus variant poses a high risk of infection surges around the globe.
The variant could lead to severe consequences in some regions, the WHO said on Mond…
Barbados has officially removed Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state and become the world's newest republic.
In an overnight ceremony in the capital, Bridgetown, Dame Sandra Mason was sworn in as president.
The…
Former President John Dramani Mahama on Monday visited the Diabetes Centre of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital to distribute to the patients Glucometers on the occasion of his 63rd birthday.
Accompanied by his wife, Lordina, and children,…
The Kaneshie District Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Madina, Mr Francis-Xavier Sosu.
This was after the MP, who has been charged for unlawfully blocking…
Czech President Milos Zeman has appointed opposition leader Petr Fiala as the country's new prime minister.
Mr Zeman - who tested positive for coronavirus last week - made the appointment from inside a plexiglass box in a s…
Critical talks with Iran to prevent the collapse of a nuclear deal have resumed in Vienna after a five-month pause.
Officials are discussing the possible return of the US to the 2015 accord, which limited Iran's nuclear act…
A North Korean man has been re-captured after evading the police for 40 days, following a bold escape from a Chinese prison.
The 39-year-old man, known by his Chinese name Zhu Xianjian, was arrested again on Sunday, accordi…
Israel is to ban foreigners from entering the country for 14 days and use surveillance to halt the spread of the new Covid variant, local media report.
The ban is expected to come into effect at midnight on Sunday, following…
At least 22 people have been killed in an attack in a camp for displaced people in Ituri province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The attack has been blamed on the armed group Cooperative for the Development of the Congo (Codec…
The Ethiopian army chief has denied accusations that government forces killed Sudanese soldiers at the border between the two countries, the US-based pro-Ethiopian government ESAT TV reported.
Gen Birhanu Jula said there was no reason t…
The Nkwanta North District Chief Executive (DCE), Nawugma Kidignang William, has outlined his vision to transform the district into one that would attract investors.
According to him, getting facilities including a water system at Sib…
The African Union (AU) has endorsed vaccine pass standard and COVID-19 testing certificate standard of the Republic of Togo.
Togo is the “first country to offer a continental vaccine pass and testing certificate to its citizens”, a join…
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has commended the Minority Caucus in Parliament for rejecting the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy.
The NDC in a statement said the Minority Caucus comprising 1…
The Minority caucus in parliament has taken on the Majority side following the latter’s posturing after the rejection of the government’s 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy.
It said aspersions on the character of the …
The Municipal Chief Executive for Agona West in the Central Region, Mr Evans Addison Coleman, has assured residents that he will provide the requisite leadership devoid of partisanship for the development of the municipality.
“I am here…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has stated that Parliament will not reconsider the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the government after its rejection last Friday.
According to Mr A…
After dark, in a residential neighbourhood in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, dozens of civilian volunteers were busy patrolling their streets one night last week, stopping and searching cars and checking documents.
"Our ne…
Dutch police say they have detained a couple who escaped from a Covid-quarantine hotel.
The arrests were made on a plane in Amsterdam's Schiphol airport just before it departed to Spain on Sunday.
The Spanish man…
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai, Mr Alfred Amoah, has donated GHC9,000.00 to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) communicators in the Municipality to motivate them to publicise government’s programmes and poli…
South Africa's president has condemned travel bans enacted against his country and its neighbours over the new coronavirus variant Omicron.
Cyril Ramaphosa said he was "deeply disappointed" by the action, which he described…
Ms Sima Bahous, the United Nations Women Executive Director, has called on UN Security Council to strengthen and accelerate the implementation of the women, peace and security agenda.
“It has been 21 years since the UN Secur…
A former Deputy Finance Minister, Kweku George Ricketts-Hagan wants both sides of Parliament to reach a consensus to approve the 2022 budget when the House reconvenes on Tuesday, November 30, 2021.
The 2022 budget was re…
Zambia will from Tuesday start restricting people who have not been vaccinated against Covid from accessing government buildings.
It will also require civil servants to show proof of vaccination in order to be admitted to work, although…
The Convention People's Party (CPP) has called on the government to consult widely across all sections of the Ghanaian society in order to address the economic challenges facing the country.
According to the CPP, holding a national dial…
The majority caucus in Parliament says the pronouncement by the Speaker of Parliament that the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the government has been rejected by Parliament is “null, void and of no effect.”
According to th…
The New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa, Kobina Tahir Hammond, has laughed at what he says is an unconstitutionality - the rejection of the 2022 national budget by the Minority in Parliament on Friday, November 26.
…
A general from the United Arab Emirates who has been accused of complicity in torture has been elected as president of the global police agency Interpol.
Ahmed Nasser al-Raisi, inspector general of the UAE's interior minist…
Italy and France signed a treaty on Friday to strengthen bilateral ties and reinforce their coordination within Europe, at a time when EU diplomacy is being tested by the departure of Germany's Angela Merkel.
Italian Prime Minister Mari…