The Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwadaso, Dr Kingsley Nyarko, has led a general clean-up exercise to ensure that the environment was kept clean to promote good health.
The exercise, done in collaboration with Zoomlion Ghana Limited, wi…
Alhaji Abdul Yusif Jihad, the Ahafo Regional Chief Imam has cautioned Muslim youth not to allow themselves to be lured and used to cause political violence in the region.
He asked the Police to be firm and prosecute Zongo youth who enga…
Mr Musah Issah, outgoing Municipal Chief Executive for Gushegu in the Northern Region has appealed to members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the area to extend unconditional support to the new Nominee for the area to propel developmen…
The Libyan commander, Khalifa Haftar, has taken a step that may enable him to run in a presidential election, due to take place in December.
General Haftar says he's stepping down from his military duties. He appears to be taking advant…
Algeria has closed its airspace to all Moroccan civil and military aircrafts, the Algerian presidency has said.
The move was announced "in view of the continued provocations and hostile practices on the Moroccan side", according to the …
Amnesty International has accused Gambian President Adama Barrow of failing to repeal repressive laws that stifle press freedom in the country.
The human rights group said the country had recorded more than 15 assaults on journalists in…
Air pollution is even more dangerous than previously thought, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned, as it slashes maximum safe levels of key pollutants such nitrogen dioxide.
An estimated seven million people die prematurely e…
A climate summit of world leaders in 40 days' time will be the "turning point for humanity", PM Boris Johnson has said in a speech to the United Nations.
He warned that global temperature rises were already inevitable, but called on his…
Angry scenes broke out at Haiti's main airport after migrants were deported to the country from the US.
On Tuesday, migrants at the airport in Port-au-Prince rushed back towards the plane they had arrived on, while others threw shoes at…
France and the US have made efforts to end a row which started last week with the announcement of a defence pact between the US, UK and Australia.
The Aukus pact cost France a submarine contract worth billions of dollars.
In a 30-min…
Elijah Adansi-Bonah, the re-nominated Municipal Chief Executive for Obuasi, says, although COVID-19 has adversely affected business, it is prudent to ensure that levies and taxes due the assembly are collected.
He said this is to ensure…
Some supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Apedwa are protesting against the nomination of Akosua Asabea Annah as the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Abuakwa South in the Eastern Region.
The supporters, who took to the stre…
The Birim Central Municipal Chief Executive, Ms Victoria Adu, was among the list of 260 persons nominated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on September 19, a move residents of the municipality have hailed.
Mr Nelson Ntiamoah, th…
A South African court on Tuesday resumed a trial that has dragged out for years over a $2 billion arms deal involving ex-president Jacob Zuma, whose legal team sought to remove a prosecutor they accused of bias.
The trial over the 1990s…
Sudanese authorities said they had foiled an attempted coup on Tuesday, accusing plotters loyal to ousted president Omar al-Bashir of a failed bid to derail the revolution that removed him from power in 2019 and ushered in a transition to …
Explosions killed at least five people and injured 50 in Burundi's largest city Bujumbura on Monday night, the prime minister and a health worker said after the latest in a string of attacks in the east African country.
The Interior Min…
Nearly 500,000 people have been affected by flash flooding in six regional states in South Sudan, according to the UN.
The six most affected states are Jonglei in the eastern part of the country, Western Equatoria, Warrap, Northern Bahr…
By signing the Aukus pact last week, Australia revealed where it stands in the world: It is taking the side of the US over China.
It's a definitive move for a country in the Asia-Pacific region, experts say.
The security deal with th…
Rights group Amnesty International is waging a campaign to demand that the Eritrean government release 21 political prisoners who were arrested in a sweeping crackdown 20 years ago.
In September 2001, the government shutdown the country…
President Biden is asking world leaders to pledge to vaccinate 70% of the global population by September next year. But research shows rich countries are still holding surpluses of vaccines, many of which could soon be thrown out.
Board…
The UK government has amended its foreign travel guidance to clarify that the Indian-made version of the AstraZeneca vaccine is an approved jab.
But it is not clear whether people from India can travel to the UK without having to self-i…
The Minister for Local Government, Regional Reorganisation and Development, Dan Botwe has defended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s choices of Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs).
Mr. Botwe insists Pre…
A professor of Political Science at the University of Ghana, Legon, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has called for stiffer punishment for citizens who use their affiliations with political parties to commit crime.
That, he said, would serve …
Mr Kofi Amankwah Omane, Assistant Secretary of Trobu Constituency, says Mr Simons Sekyim was their best bet to occupy the Ga North Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) position.
"The news of Mr Sekyim's appointment never surprised us because…
Mr Alfred Obeng-Boateng, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bibiani- Anhwiaso- Bekwai Constituency, has congratulated Mr Alfred Amoah for his nomination as the MCE of the Bibiani- Anhwiaso- Bekwai Municipality.
Mr Amoah, the nominee, whe…
Member of Parliament (MP) for Ellembelle,Mr. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah has asked African leaders to apply Dr.Kwame Nkrumah's all-time, tried, and tested vision of African liberation backed by political and economic freedom.
He said the c…
A protest has taken place in the Namibian capital Windhoek against an agreement made with Germany after it apologised for a genocide in the southern African country in the early 20th Century.
Various political parties and traditional ch…
Two Tunisian MPs have been jailed by a military court amid concerns over human rights in the country.
The two MPs are from the Islamist Karama party.
Five lawmakers have now been imprisoned since July when President Kais Saied took o…
The United Nations is urging “caution” over people returning to the restive northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado.
It says it is still unclear whether the ongoing military operation has reduced jihadist groups’ capacity to stage …
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake has rattled southeast Australia, damaging buildings in the city of Melbourne.
The earthquake happened about 09:15 local time (23:15 GMT) on Wednesday at Mansfield, not far from the Victorian state capital.
…
The Taliban have asked to address world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly this week in New York City.
A UN committee will rule on the request but it is unlikely to happen during the current session of the body.
The Talib…
Former US President Donald Trump is suing his niece and the New York Times over a 2018 article that alleged he was involved in "dubious tax schemes".
The lawsuit, filed in New York, accuses Mary Trump and newspaper reporters of being "e…
A youth wing of the New Patriotic Party(NPP) in the Evaloe Adjomoro-Gwira constituency has expressed its deepest gratitude to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for nominating Madam Dorcas Elizabeth Amoah as the first female Municipal C…
“Nkrumah never dies”, “Forward ever, backwards never” and “Freedom” were some of the chants that reverberated when the Convention People’s Party (CPP) marked the 112th birthday of the country’s first President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, y…
The People's National Convention (PNC) has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo to appoint more women into political office.
It has, therefore, asked the President to review the list of people nominated to fill the position o…
A former chief of staff under the erstwhile Kufuor administration, Kwadwo Mpiani, says the New Patriotic Party (NPP) can win the 2024 polls, but the conduct of its officials will determine if that will happen.
He said indiscipline and o…
The United States has started flying migrants out of a Texas border town that has seen an influx of mostly Haitian migrants over the past week.
Three flights landed at Haiti's Port-au-Prince airport on Sunday, each carrying 145 people, …
Burundian rebels say they launched an overnight attack on the airport in the commercial capital Bujumbura.
The RED-Tabara group said it fired mortars and fought the military for more than an hour.
Airport staff said they heard shelli…
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema is earning some praise online for travelling with a “lean team” for the UN General Assembly in New York.
Mr Hichilema travelled to the UN meeting on a commercial Qatar Airways flight from the main ai…
Ghanaians have been urged to strive for peace and unity at all cost.
This is because no matter what challenges might pertain, the country could only develop, when there was political stability.
Madam Lucille Hewlett Annan, Greate…
Mr Joseph Korto, National Dean of Presiding Members on Sunday commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Mr Dan Botwe, Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development for their diligence in settling on the fin…
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has called on Ghanaians to rise above partisan politics and seek the development of the nation as the country marks Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day today.
According to the party, entrenched partisanship in…
The country needs the political will that will transfer administrative power, authority and resources to the metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs), a former Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Mr Akwasi Op…
There is a "six out of 10" chance of getting other countries to sign up to financial and environmental targets ahead of November's key COP26 climate change conference, the UK PM has said.
Boris Johnson is in the US for a UN meeting wher…
A forum was organised as part of the 10 years celebration of Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), in Takoradi, in the Western Region, last Friday.
It was attended by traditional rulers, civil society organisations and re…
The funeral of Algeria's former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has taken place in Algiers, without the fanfare accorded to previous leaders.
His body was carried by a tank for burial at El-Alia cemetery, where his predecessors and other…
A volcano eruption on La Palma in the Spanish Canary Islands has destroyed houses and forced about 5,000 residents to evacuate.
Lava from the Cumbre Vieja volcano has been pouring downhill since Sunday's eruption, devastating everything…
A court in Rwanda has found the former hotel manager who's credited with saving hundreds of people during the 1994 genocide guilty of terror-related crimes.
Paul Rusesabagina - whose actions inspired the Hollywood movie Hotel Rwanda - b…
Some current chief executives of metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) will not be returning to their roles following the release of nominees for the various MMDAs in the country.
Key among the casualties are the chief…
Nii Ayikwei Osaman I, the newly outdoored Abofu Mantse(chief) on Saturday swore his oath of allegiance to the Gbese Stool at the Gbese Mantse’s Palace, and was subsequently admitted to the Gbese Stool Council as a member.
The short cere…