The Municipal Chief Executive for the Ayawaso North Assembly, Aminu Zakari, has stressed the importance of the planned developments in Nima that would require the demolition of some properties.
Speaking on Eyewitness News, …
French President Emmanuel Macron has said his country remains fully committed to security in Africa.
Mr Macron is in Cameroon on a three-nation tour of the continent, which will also take him to Benin and Guinea-Bissau.
France is rec…
Russian Foreign Minster Sergei Lavrov has arrived in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa - which is also seat of the African Union headquarters - on the last leg of his African tour.
The foreign ministry tweeted photos of his welcome:
Hi…
Burkina Faso’s ex-President Blaise Compaoré has apologised to the family of Thomas Sankara, his charismatic predecessor who was shot dead during a coup in 1987.
In April, Mr Compaoré was sentenced in absentia to life in prison for his r…
The Eastern Regional Women's Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Shirley Naana Ampem, has asked female colleagues aspiring to contest any position during the party's internal elections to desist from making negative remark…
Late President John Evans Atta Mills was on a mission to sanitise the country’s politics through integrity and service to humanity, a legal practitioner, Tsatsu Tsikata, has stated.
Delivering the J.E.A. Mills 10th anniversary commemora…
The Paramount Chief of the Nandom Traditional Area, Naa Professor Edmund Mwinyem Delle Chiir VIII, has said the government alone cannot resolve the economic challenges the country is facing and called for a nationalistic approach involving…
Ghana’s Parliament topped 13 parliaments in West Africa in the maiden African Open Parliament Index (OPI) report.
With an overall score of 63.03 per cent based on three indicators of Open Parliament — transparency, civic participation a…
The immediate past General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, has pledged his support to the Stephen Ayesu Ntim and Justice Kodua Frimpong-led administration of the party.
“I wish to seize this opportunity to openly…
The family of the late President John Evans Atta Mills has poured scorn on the activities of the Atta Mills Institute led by Koku Anyidoho.
The Ebusuapayin of the family and brother of the late President, Dr Cadman Mills, said the famil…
Renowned legal practitioner, Tsatsu Tsikata says people who claim that the 1992 Constitution of Ghana was solely made for the late former President Jerry John Rawlings are highly uninformed.
For him, it would only take ignorance to tak…
The US has urged China to increase pressure on Myanmar following the military junta's execution of four democracy activists.
A state department spokesperson said China could influence Myanmar more than any other country - b…
Ukraine has accused Moscow of waging a "gas war" against Europe and cutting supplies to inflict "terror" on people.
Russian energy firm Gazprom announced it is once again reducing gas flows into Germany to allow work on a tu…
Tunisia's President Kais Saied has been celebrating his apparent victory in a referendum on a new constitution that gives him almost unlimited powers.
Mr Saied appeared in front of jubilant supporters after an exit poll indi…
Following three weeks of the worst power cuts in South Africa’s history, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a raft of interventions aimed at solving South Africa’s energy crisis.
These include improving power utility Eskom’s perfor…
The authorities in Ethiopia's eastern Somali region say government soldiers have killed 85 suspected al-Shabab militants and captured many more in its territory.
The national army has joined regional forces in an offensive against the S…
The New Patriotic Party electoral area coordinators within the Asokwa constituency of the Ashanti Region are calling on the party’s constituency chairman to render an unqualified apology to them and their newly elected Gene…
The Tree Crops Development Authority (TCDA), under the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, is set to launch an ambitious five-year strategic and implementation plan geared towards the development of a competitive and sustainable tree crops …
The leader of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), Dr Henry Herbert Lartey, has stated that the country must focus more on production of its natural resources.
He said the dependence on importation was a “major cause of the depr…
The mid-year budget review was not candid and truthful to Ghanaians about the economic challenges facing the country, the Minority in Parliament has said.
According to them, the country was in serious economic crisis, to the extent that…
The recent announcement by the Nakuru County government that Gilgil and Molo towns will be promoted to municipalities is both welcome and timely.
Elevation of the two towns is important because it reflects that their populations have ri…
The UN's peacekeeping mission in Mali, Minusma, has blamed a recent incident which saw Mali authorities arrest 49 Ivorian soldiers in Bamako on suspicion of being mercenaries on "dysfunctions", the AFP news agency has learnt.
The ruling…
Protesters in eastern Democratic of Congo’s main city, Goma, have vandalised and looted UN forces' premises, calling for them to leave the country.
The UN mission in the country, Monusco, is being criticised for failing to help restore …
Dozens of jihadists have beekilled during an operation conducted at the insurgents' main base in Macomia, in northern Cabo Delgado provincet, coordinator of the North Operational Theatre at the Mozambican Armed Defence Forces or FAM, Omar …
Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss tore into each other over their rival visions for the future of the UK economy, in their first head-to-head TV debate.
The two contenders to be the next PM did not hold back from "blue-on-blue" atta…
In his first public remarks in Canada, Pope Francis has asked indigenous residential school survivors for forgiveness.
"I am deeply sorry," the Pope said on the grounds of a former residential school in Maskwacis, near Edmon…
The Deputy Majority Leader of Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has rejected claims that the Finance Minister breached some provisions of the constitution regarding Monday’s presentation of the mid-year budget statement.
Mr. Ken Ofori…
A spokesperson to the Vice President, Gideon Boako has dismissed the Minority’s criticism of the mid-year review of the Budget Statement and Economic Policy.
Mr. Boako indicated that the Finance Minister’s review was honest and empathet…
The Minority Caucus in Parliament has stated that the 2022 mid-year budget review presented by the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, in Parliament Monday failed to offer respite to Ghanaians and the business community.
They said the …
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed the head of the appeals court, Mandisa Maya, as the country’s deputy chief justice - becoming the first woman to occupy the position.
Her appointment is effective from 1 September.
…
Russia’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov is in Congo-Brazzaville as part of efforts by Moscow to reinforce relations in Africa amid Western backlash over the invasion of Ukraine.
Mr Lavrov is expected to hold talks with President Denis Sasou…
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has officially launched his re-election campaign in Rio de Janeiro.
A recent opinion poll suggests the far-right leader is trailing as much as 19 percentage points behind his main left-wing…
The New York-based Human Rights Watch says the M23 rebel group has summarily executed at least 29 civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo within the last month.
Witnesses told them that in a single incident in North Kivu provi…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed worry at the appointment of Court of Appeal Judges to preside over High Court cases.
According to the party, the phenomenon had the tendency to demotivate judges at the High Courts.…
The first cargo plane transporting the narcotic leaf known as khat has arrived in Somalia from Kenya, following a two-year ban due to a souring of diplomatic relations.
The trade is worth tens of millions of dollars a year.
Earlier t…
Ghana has been adjudged the country with the best Parliament according to the Africa Open Parliament Index (OPI).
The Index was launched under the auspices of the Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica) and the Africa P…
Some political watchers have asked the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to address ineffectiveness in the Party’s communication strategy if it intends to “break the eight” in the 2024 election.
The NPP is aiming at breaking the two-t…
Over the past 12 months, almost every Scottish Premiership team has had to get a work permit for a player.
It used to be that European Union passport holders could come here and join a club as easily as a local player from within Scot…
A video has emerged in Nigeria which appears to show an armed group with some of the hostages that were seized from a train in March.
In the video - which has not been verified by the BBC - the gunmen can be seen flogging the hostages w…
Kenyan police in the capital Nairobi have raided offices believed to be linked to the country's deputy president, William Ruto, who is one of the main candidates in next month's elections.
A police official said detectives had seized tw…
Moscow has charged 92 members of the Ukrainian armed forces with crimes against humanity, the head of Russia's investigative committee has said.
Alexander Bastrykin told government news site Rossiiskaya Gazeta over 1,300 cri…
A fast-moving wildfire in California continues to grow in size, firefighters say, as they struggle through sweltering temperatures.
The Oak Fire has now burned 15,603 acres of land and is still "zero per cent contained", Cal…
Four democracy activists have been executed by Myanmar's military in what is believed to be the first use of capital punishment in decades.
The four - including activist Ko Jimmy and lawmaker Phyo Zeya Thaw - were accused o…
The Minority caucus has gathered over 100 signatures from its fold to kickstart the vote of censure proceedings against the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta.
Their action seeks to invoke article 82 of the constitution, which provide…
Former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, John Boadu has pledged his full commitment and support for the party’s new national executives.
The new executives were elected at the party’s national delegates conference held on Sa…
The EU has launched fresh legal action against the UK over its enforcement of post-Brexit trading rules in Northern Ireland.
It has accused the UK of failing to apply customs and tax rules it agreed as part of its 2019 exit …
The head of Ukraine's largest steel company has accused Russia of looting more than $600m (£502m) worth of the metal from ports and factories.
Yuriy Ryzhenkov, the chief executive of Metinvest, said Ukrainian- produced steel was now bei…
Security forces in Sri Lanka raided the main anti-government protest camp in the capital early on Friday, arresting protesters and dismantling tents.
Hundreds of troops and police commandos moved on the protesters outside t…
Communities living along Ghana’s borders in the Upper East Region have called on the government and other stakeholders to intensify education and sensitisation on activities of terrorism and violent extremism to help combat the phenomenon.…
The Executive Secretary of the National Council on Persons with Disabilities (NCPD), Esther Akua Gyamfi, has hinted that the country is on track to pass the Persons with Disabilities Re-enactment and its accompanying Legislative Instrument…
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