The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has encouraged women to be more assertive and actively participate in political decision-making at all levels.
Mr. George Amponsah Boateng, a Civic Education Officer of the Commission i…
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) will continue to offer its ideas and support policies that will improve the lives of the people.
It will, however, criticise as citizens who reserve the right to when they believe the situation call…
Is it acceptable to name your baby "Jihad" in France, which has suffered Europe's worst Islamist terror attacks in recent years?
France's chief prosecutor now has to wrestle with that question after a couple's chosen name for their son …
Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, the Former First Lady of Ghana has called on Africa nations to create affirmative action for more women to participate in partisan politics.
Agyeman-Rawlings made this call in an interview with the News Age…
The District League Table (DLT) is not to name and shame Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) but rather to effectively assess their potentials, Mrs Mabel Amoako Atta, a Director at the Office of the Head of Local Gover…
A more robust public sector is key to accelerated national development, Mr Edem Senanu, Lead Consultant of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee (IMCC) Secretariat, had said.
There is the need, he said, for the sector to be adequ…
Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, the Volta Regional Minister has called on traditional rulers in northern part of the Volta region to play active roles in the creation of the proposed "Oti Region" out of the Volta region.
He said the creation of…
The Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) leader, Madam Akua Donkor was on Monday arrested by police in Kumasi following a complaint lodged by a trader, Ama Yeboah that the politician defrauded her of GHc10,500.
The complainant told the police that…
A retired educationist and former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Stephen Adei has accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of using money earmaked for mental health to "buy vo…
The Electoral Commission (EC) is to embark on field trips soon to assess the feasibility of government’s proposal to create new district assemblies in all the 10 regions.
An internal memo dated October 20, 2017 and signed by the Directo…
Sierra Leone hopes to raise millions of dollars for development projects by auctioning a huge uncut diamond, believed to be one of the world’s largest, in New York in December.
It will be the government’s second attempt to sell the 709-…
Twelve major cities including London, Paris, Los Angeles and Cape Town promised on Monday to buy only zero-emissions buses from 2025 and to make major areas free of fossil fuel emissions by 2030 to protect the environment.
The 12, with …
A university in north-west Nigeria is hiring snake charmers to eradicate the danger of fatal snake bites on campus.
Zainab Umar, a final-year economics student at Umaru Musa Yar'Adua University in Katsina state, died last week after a s…
Western diplomats have warned of "growing insecurity" in Kenya ahead of Thursday's presidential election re-run, boycotted by the main opposition.
Inflammatory rhetoric and attacks on the election commission made it more difficult to ho…
Egypt's government has disputed reports that more than 50 policemen were killed in a shootout with militants in the Western Desert on Friday.
The interior ministry said only 16 policemen died when they were ambushed during a mission in …
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has promised strong "counter-measures" against North Korea, after winning a decisive victory in Sunday's election.
Mr Abe had called an early election for a greater mandate to deal with "crises", inclu…
The First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has said the participation of women leaders in national development agenda was critical in achieving many successes as a country.
She noted that “women bring fresh perspectives to the table; they e…
Dr Papa Kwesi Ndoum, the 2016 Presidential Candidate of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has reiterated that the election of the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) and Assembly members is non-negotiable.
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The Progressive People’s Party (PPP), is the only party that can boast of upholding the tenets of rule of law, transparency and accountability, Mr Felix William Ograh, the National Treasurer of the Party, has said.
Assigning reasons fo…
The widow of a dead US soldier says Donald Trump could not remember her husband's name when he phoned to offer condolences.
Myeshia Johnson, widow of Sgt La David Johnson, told ABC News the president's "stumbling" had "hurt her the most…
Argentina's centre-right governing coalition has won a sweeping victory in mid-term congressional elections.
The result will strengthen President Mauricio Macri's position as he seeks to complete his pro-market reforms.
He told suppo…
Catalan authorities will not follow orders from the Spanish government if Madrid moves to reassert control over the region, a senior official says.
Foreign affairs spokesman Raul Romeva told the BBC the central government was acting aga…
A senior research fellow at the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), Mr Kwesi Jonah has urged government to quickly amend parts of the constitution that hinders the implementation of the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and Distr…
The exhibition, which was organized in partnership with the museum and Brand South Africa, showcases the UN’s contribution in the fight against apartheid
The United Nations in South Africa yesterday launched its exhibition, “The Rol…
Audit committees in three municipal and district assemblies in the Central Region have been inaugurated with a call on members to work hard to fulfill their mandate under the Public Financial Management (PFM) Act.
The committees are for…
European Union leaders are meeting in Brussels and at the top of their agenda is a review of the Brexit negotiations. They are demanding better clarifications from the UK over its financial commitments, and the impasse has led to a lot of …
Women in the Garu-Tempane district of the Upper East Region have called on the District Assembly and the Traditional authorities to put in effective bye-laws that would speed up the process to end all forms of discrimination against rural …
As President Xi delivered his opening address to the 19th Communist Party Congress in Beijing, 2,280 delegates looked on. But fewer than a quarter of those were women.
That's got some people asking whether the party should take gender e…
A museum displaying the designer Yves Saint Laurent's creations has opened today in Marrakech, Morocco.
Vogue journalists Suzy Menkes gave a sneak preview of one of the exhibits earlier this week:
Menke says in Vogue magazine: "On on…
New Zealand will hold a referendum on legalising the recreational use of cannabis in the next three years, its prime minister-elect has pledged.
Jacinda Ardern said she did not personally support imprisoning people for using cannabis bu…
Reports of deadlock over Brexit negotiations may have been exaggerated, European Council President Donald Tusk has said after a Brussels summit.
Progress was "not sufficient" to begin trade talks with the UK now but that "doesn't mean t…
Spain's conservative government has agreed with the socialist opposition to hold regional elections in Catalonia in January, the socialists say.
The elections are part of a package of measures being put in place to suspend the region's …
A top Chinese official has claimed several high-ranking members of the Communist Party had plotted to seize power from President Xi Jinping.
These party members have since been arrested or jailed in a wide-reaching corruption crackdown …
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma is not about to axe his deputy Cyril Ramaphosa as recently reported, the presidential spokesman has told the Reuters news agency.
Mr Zuma's spokesman Bongani Ngqulunga said:
It's rumours and gossip…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday inaugurated a nine-member Commission of Enquiry to examine the petitions for the creation of new regions and make recommendations to government to that effect.
The Commission, constitut…
New Patriotic Party (NPP) firebrand, Kennedy Agyapong has threatened to stage a one man naked demonstration if the government fails to expedite action on the deplorable state of roads in his constituency.
He noted that “bad roads in the…
The family of Algerian journalist Said Chitour has been desperately trying to secure his release since he was arrested on espionage charges after visiting Spain, writes the BBC's Lucy Ash.
When I worked with Chitour, what I remember mos…
The Founder and Leader of the All People’s Congress (APC), Mr Hassan Ayariga, is funding the construction of a multi-purpose hospital at Haatso near Accra to support the country’s health care.
Mr Ayariga said the decision to undertake t…
There have been fierce clashes between Kurdish and Iraqi troops north of Kirkuk city, days after the Iraqi army took control of disputed areas.
A BBC correspondent at the scene said there had been rocket, artillery and machine-gun fire …
A total of about one thousand delegates are expected to arrive at Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region on Friday to attend the 4th National Convention of the Progressive People's Party(PPP) which will take place at the new Ghana National As…
The Central Regional Minister, Mr Kwamena Duncan, has asked Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) not to hail themselves as "honourables" while their communities remain in filth and under-developed.
He said they…
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has told the crowds at the Heroes' Day celebrations in central, Nairobi, that his administration is ready to counter any threats to national security as the country prepares for the re-run of presidential e…
One of the reasons why Narendra Modi swept to victory with a historic mandate in 2014 was his combative and upbeat oratory. Three years on, the Indian prime minister is beginning to sound unusually defensive.
Many say Mr Modi's characte…
Zimbabwe’s High Court has ruled that when a person dies they must leave the bulk of their estate in their will to their immediate family, the country’s state-run Herald newspaper says.
The landmark case was brought by a widow in Mutare …
Police in the south-east African state of Malawi say they have arrested 140 members of lynch mobs who attacked people suspected of being vampires.
At least eight people are believed to have been killed, including two men on Thursday in …
Health officials in Kiru area of Nigeria’s northern Kano State say 11 children have been killed by whooping cough, which is highly infectious and spread by spit or cough droplets.
About 40 others are also receiving treatment.
The out…
Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush have voiced concern about the current political climate in the US, in comments seen as a veiled rebuke of Donald Trump's leadership.
Mr Obama urged Americans to reject the politics of "di…
The Dean of Arts and Sciences at Ashesi University, Professor Stephen Adei has stated that the explanation offered by the Office of the Vice President after his criticism that Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s convoy is too long, is offensive.
Acco…
New Zealand is set for a centre-left coalition government led by Labour head Jacinda Ardern.
Ms Ardern has been opposition leader for the last three months. At 37, she is set to be the country's youngest prime minister since 1856.
He…
Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Minister of Communication, on Wednesday said information collected for the National Digital Property Addressing System would be kept under lock and key.
According to her the system would also make it difficult f…
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