A post-election survey by the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) has found that some Ghanaians are not confident that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo led government will be able to curb corruption and impunity by its officials.
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The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said that its rival, the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been left dazed by the gains made during the Thank You Tour of former President John Mahama hence their incessant attack…
The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, Mr James Kluste Avedzi, has appealed to the government through the Ministry of Finance to ensure regular release of money to the Administrator of the District Assemblies Co…
Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyepong, the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Assin Central Constituency, says he will not seek re-election when the current parliamentary tenure elapses in 2024.
Mr Agyepong, who served the constituents for 24 years,…
The body of a British journalist killed by armed robbers while on a reporting trip to Ghana is being repatriated on Wednesday.
Syed Taalay Ahmed, 31, from Hartlepool in north-east England worked for the UK-based Muslim Television Ahmadi…
South Sudan has received 59,520 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid vaccine from the global Covax facility.
This is after the country ran out of doses in July.
South Sudan had in March received 132,000 doses of the vaccine but due …
South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma has accused the judiciary of not trusting a medical report by military doctors.
The former president has refused to undergo a medical examination by doctors selected by the prosecuting authorit…
Chiefs have been urged to collaborate effectively with their Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to initiate and implement pragmatic programmes that will help bring the needed development to their people.
Dr. Kingsle…
The UK is in talks with the Taliban to secure safe passage out of Afghanistan for a number of British nationals and Afghans who remain there.
The talks, involving UK officials and senior Taliban members, are taking place in Doha, Qatar,…
UK officials instructed Afghans to go to the Abbey Gate entrance to Kabul airport hours before Thursday's suicide bombing there, the BBC has learned.
Emails seen by Newsnight show that even though the UK and US deemed a threat to the ai…
Japan has put a batch of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine on hold after a foreign substance was found in a vial.
A pharmacist saw several black particles in one vial of the vaccine in Kanagawa Prefecture, according to authorities.
Some 3,7…
US President Joe Biden has defended his decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan - a move which led to Taliban militants returning to power.
Staying longer was not an option, Mr Biden said in an address to the nation, a day after…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dayi, Mr Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, has filed a case at the Supreme Court challenging metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs) continuous sta…
Drama unfolded at the sitting of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in Sunyani last Monday when a former Headmaster of the Nkoranman Senior High School at Seikwa in the Tain District, Mr Joseph Budu, and a retired accountant, Mr …
A cholera outbreak has killed 83 people in Niger, where authorities have recorded more than 2,300 cases since 13 March.
Six out of Niger’s eight regions have been affected by the outbreak, which has been worsened by floods.
A cholera…
About 100,000 Kenyans have not yet received a second dose of the Covid vaccine, with many thought to be holding out for the arrival of other jabs perceived to be more effective.
The head of Kenya’s vaccine task force warns that many Ken…
Energy experts in South Africa have expressed shock at the government’s announcement that it wants to install new nuclear capacity to solve its power problems.
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy said on Friday last week that…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has held his first official meeting with a senior Israeli in more than a decade.
Defence Minister Benny Gantz said he travelled to Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, on Sunday night to discuss secur…
The authorities in South Sudan have denied shutting down the internet and blamed a "technical problem" for the outage, privately-owned Eye Radio reports.
“We have a technical problem that the engineers are working on; it has nothing to …
There is now no country in the world that uses leaded petrol for cars and lorries, the UN Environment Programme has announced.
The toxic fuel has contaminated air, soil and water for almost a century.
It can cause heart disease, canc…
The last US military flight has left Kabul airport, marking the end of a 20-year presence in Afghanistan and America's longest war.
Officials said the last C17 aircraft took off with the US ambassador onboard after midnight local time o…
The embattled General Secretary of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Janet Nabila, is threatening to take legal action against members of the party who insist that she has been suspended.
She says the reports that she has been sus…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has stated that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) cannot pass the accountability test when they leave office.
That, it explained, was the motivation of the NPP to break the eight-year chain.
“Most o…
Some youth in the Ketu South Municipality has appealed to the state to deal tactfully with the Western Togoland secessionists to avoid spillover of violence across the country.
They proposed, among others, a discussion to get leade…
The Tema East Constituency branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has organized an annual delegates conference with strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols.
Nene Agbadiagba IV, in his welcome speech, said the conference was a requireme…
Alhaji Isaka Awudu, Chairman of New Patriotic Party (NPP) for Akim Oda Constituency, has called on the party executives to resolve grievances peacefully for the sake of unity.
He condemned instances where members chose to resolve compla…
The European Union recommended a pause on all non-essential travel from the US as Covid-19 cases surge.
The daily average for hospital admissions has risen past 100,000 for the first time since last winter.
The recent wave, driven by…
A Cameroonian priest has been abducted by separatists in the south-west of the country.
Church officials say Bishop Julius Agbortoko was seized on Sunday by a group of young men demanding a ransom.
Armed rebels have frequently kidnap…
Researchers are monitoring a new coronavirus variant found in South Africa.
The C.1.2, which has multiple mutations, has not yet been labelled as a variant of concern.
Cases of the variant have been recorded in all provinces in South…
In a court in France, the widow of the former Rwandan president, Juvenal Habyarimana, has lost her bid to stop a judicial investigation into her alleged role in the 1994 genocide.
Agathe Kanziga is accused of being a member of the inner…
Some members of the Taliban leadership have reportedly arrived at Kabul airport, and have been speaking to reporters on the runway.
AFP news agency quoted the Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid as saying: "Congratulations to Afghanist…
The UK's foreign secretary says there are still hundreds of UK nationals in Afghanistan - days after the country's last evacuation flight left the capital Kabul.
Dominic Raab told BBC Breakfast those left behind - a figure in the "low h…
The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr John Boadu, has described the annual constituency conferences of the party as successful.
He told the Daily Graphic in an interview that “it is gratifying that our people on the…
The Executive Director of the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), Dr Emmanuel Akwetey, has called for a consultative forum to discuss the electoral reforms proposed by the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
He also called on th…
The embattled General Secretary of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Janet Nabila, has denied reports that she has been suspended from the party.
According to her, the false information of her supposed suspension is being propagat…
North Korea appears to have restarted its Yongbyon nuclear reactor, the UN atomic agency has said in a report.
Plutonium, which is used for nuclear weapons, is believed to be produced at the reactor's complex.
The International Atomi…
Internet access in South Sudan has been severely curtailed and phone services limited as the authorities scuttle a planned nationwide protest against the country's political leadership.
Internet monitoring site NetBlocks confirmed the d…
The Western North Regional Minister, Mr Richard Ebbah Obeng, has pledged to provide the needed support for Ghanaian companies interested in mining legally.
He said this was part of government's strategy to help create sustainable jobs f…
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in Baghdad on Saturday, the Egyptian presidency said, the first meeting since the two countries agreed in January to end a long-running dispute.
Egy…
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the Security Council on Thursday that a conflict in Ethiopia has spread beyond the northern Tigray region and "a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding before our eyes."
Ethiopia has been em…
Mali's former interim president Bah Ndaw and prime minister Moctar Ouane have been released from house arrest by the authorities who ousted them in May, a committee monitoring the post-coup transition said on Friday.
Their detention by …
Tunisian media mogul and ex-presidential candidate Nabil Karoui has been arrested in Algeria for illegally entering the country.
Mr Karoui, who owns Nesma TV, was arrested in the city of Tebessa on the Tunisian border together with four…
The Founder of Transform Africa, Dr. Rollan Roberts, is set to roll out a series of plans to allow strategic impactful investment to accelerate the economic, utility, educational, social, and healthcare transformation of Ghana.
The orga…
Hajia Samata Gifty Bukari, has presented her letter of Commission to the Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama to serve as the Consul-General of the Republic of Ghana in Lagos.
Hajia Bukari was re-appointed by President…
On thursday, the 27th of August 2021, the Amasaman Constituency held its annual delegates conference pursuant to article 7(27) of the NPP constitution.
In strict adherence to covid protocols, the constituency was zoned into two: while e…
Zambia’s new President Hakainde Hichilema has replaced the country’s top military commanders and the head of the police - and signalled a focus on the security forces being more accountable to the citizens.
The president late on Sunday …
Authorities in the north-western Nigerian state of Zamfara have banned some economic activities in a bid to tackle armed criminal gangs carrying out killings, kidnappings for ransom and cattle theft.
The state government has announced t…
South Sudan's First Vice-President Riek Machar has rejected government claims that he and President Salva Kiir had struck a deal on the unification of their forces.
Cabinet Affairs Minister Martin Elia Lomuro on Sunday said the two had …
The US city of New Orleans has lost power, with only generators working, as Hurricane Ida batters Louisiana.
The storm brought 150mph (240km/h) winds when it made landfall and those people who did not flee have been advised to shelter i…
The UK government says it is "sceptical" of promises made by the Taliban that it will allow safe passage of eligible people out of the country.
Troops have arrived back in the UK after evacuations ended, but the government says it will …