Mr. Richard Kwadwo Adu, an aspiring chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the Wenchi Constituency of the Bono Region has promised to ensure the Party recaptured the seat from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Election 2024.…
Mr Kabral Blay-Amihere, Vice President, Council on Foreign Relations - Ghana (CFR-Ghana), has welcomed the establishment of the Candidatures Unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration (MoFARI).
He pledged the Counc…
The National Chairman of the People's National Convention (PNC), Mr Moses Dani Baah, and the 2020 flag bearer of the party, Mr David Apasera, have sued 18 top executive of the party over their removal from office.
The legal action adds…
The Vice-President of Liberia, Her Excellency Mrs Jewel Howard Taylor, was in Ghana to pay her last respects to Lieutenant General Joshua Hamidu, former Chief of Defence Staff, who was a family friend and very close to her former husband, …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the second phase of construction works on the main University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) Campus in Ho.
The 68-million-dollar China Aid Phase-Two project will provide fu…
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Thursday that he had clearly told his British counterpart Priti Patel that the United Kingdom must stick to its commitments on migrants trying to cross the Channel to reach Britain.
Darma…
France has raised its bird flu alert level after a severe form of the virus was found among backyard poultry in the northeast, on top of cases in neighbouring Belgium and Luxembourg, the farm ministry said on Friday.
The highly contagio…
A South African court pushed back to Sept. 21 and 22 a hearing scheduled for Thursday in a corruption trial of former president Jacob Zuma linked to a 1990s arms deal.
The 12-day postponement was agreed between Zuma's lawyers and prosec…
Guinea's military junta has ordered banks to freeze all government-related accounts so as to "secure state assets".
The junta, which took over control last weekend, says the order affects institutional and individual accounts of the out…
The President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), Anthony Forson, has stated that it is time to have a review of the 1992 Constitution instead of scrapping it for another Constitution.
He noted that a total overhaul was not the way to g…
Canadian federal party leaders traded barbs over leadership, climate change and indigenous reconciliation in their final debate pitch to voters.
The English-language TV debate is usually the most widely watched political sparring match …
The Vatican has rejected criticism from senior Israeli rabbis over remarks by Pope Francis about Jewish books of sacred law, saying he was not questioning their continuing validity for Jews today.
Last month Reuters reported that Rabbi …
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema said on Friday his new government would implement policies to reduce the fiscal deficit, restore economic growth and review mining policies.
In his first address to a new session of parliament since …
The head of Gambia's reconciliation commission has expressed disappointment at the political alliance between the parties of President Adama Barrow and former long-serving leader Yahya Jammeh
They have teamed up ahead of elections in De…
The Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has warned leadership, members and supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) against not achieving breaking of the eight years of political cycle if complacency sets in their campaign before and…
Dr Prince Sodoke Amuzu, District Chief Executive (DCE) for Akatsi North, has called for an improved welfare package for assembly members to better serve as development agents in their respective electoral areas.
Currently, assembly…
Tunisian President Kais Saied plans to suspend the constitution and may amend the political system via a referendum, one of his advisers told Reuters on Thursday in the first clear indication of his plans after moves his critics have calle…
A video that appears to show US soldiers driving among crowds of people in the Guinean capital, Conakry, has been fueling speculation that America had some involvement in this week's coup.
In the video, people are shouting "freedom, fre…
Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has condemned the coup in Guinea.
She told the BBC that she had great confidence in the West African block Ecowas to resolve the situation.
"I'm sure that Ecowas, which has successfully…
The US Department of Justice has filed a civil lawsuit challenging Texas' controversial abortion law.
"The act is clearly unconstitutional," Attorney General Merrick Garland said at a briefing on Thursday.
It bans abortions from as e…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration says the country has no interest or intention to consider any proposal partnership on Third Country Asylum.
A statement issued by the Ministry, copied to the Ghana News Agency, sa…
The rapid adoption of technology over the last 18 months has transformatively powered production and service delivery around the globe. In the education sector, integration of technology in learning enhances student's interest in learning,…
Almost all state institutions in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province remain shut, about a month after jihadist attacks in the area were brought under control.
The situation is considered serious in Palma district, the only area …
About $16,000 (£11,500) of counterfeit notes have been seized in Mozambique, with investigators suspecting that a regional syndicate is specialising in printing fake currency.
Police said they had arrested two Angolans, and arrest warra…
Gunmen have kidnapped three people who worked on a farm owned by Nigeria's former President Olusegun Obasanjo in south-western Ogun state.
The gunmen opened fire on a vehicle transporting the three, before abducting them and running int…
The fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban is likely to have "emboldened" UK terrorists, the director general of MI5 has warned.
Ken McCallum told the BBC that while the terror threat would not change overnight, there could be a "morale boo…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has spoken with his US counterpart Joe Biden for the first time in seven months.
A White House Statement said both leaders had "discussed the responsibility of both nations to ensure competition does not vee…
US President Joe Biden has announced sweeping new Covid-19 measures that require workers at large companies to be vaccinated or face weekly testing.
The measures also include a vaccine mandate for millions of federal government workers …
The National Chairman of the National Democratic (NDC), Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has urged members of the NDC to adopt “Break the 8” as its battle cry for the 2024 general election.
“We have to break the eight years of high unemployment,…
A former deputy Ambassador from Ghana to China, Horace Nii Ayi Ankrah is proposing that flagbearers of political parties should be limited on the number of times they can contest presidential elections on the ticket of a political party.
…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has stated that the 2024 general election is critical for both the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
He explained that it was on that basis that he stated that it …
Ethiopian officials say they have found the graves of at least 119 civilians after rebel forces withdrew from a village they had occupied.
Tigray's rebel forces have denied any responsibility, calling the accusations "fabricated".
On…
Banking services have been restored in the northern Mozambican town of Mueda in the restive Cabo Delgado province.
The services had been discontinued due to insecurity in the region and a lack of electricity supply.
Civil servants li…
Artefacts looted by British troops from Ethiopia in 1868 have been returned to the Ethiopian embassy in London.
They include an imperial shield, a Bible and crosses, the embassy said.
The Scheherazade Foundation purchased the items t…
At least 14 people have been killed in a fire at a makeshift hospital treating Covid-19 patients in North Macedonia.
Footage shared on social media showed a building in flames and a thick cloud of black smoke billowing into the air near…
Former Mauritius Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam has been moved to India for treatment after he tested positive for Covid-19
The opposition Labour party leader left Mauritius aboard an air ambulance and arrived in India on Thursday.
H…
Some 200 people, including Americans, have flown out of Kabul in the first such operation since US forces left the country.
The Qatar Airways charter flight is now en route to the Qatari capital Doha, with a second flight due on Friday.…
Ghana remains a favourite destination for investment in Africa, Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has assured Mr Irchad Razaaly, Ambassador-Designate of the European Union (EU) to Ghana.
…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says Ghana is determined to deepen its ties with Ethiopia to enhance mutually beneficial cooperation.
He said this on Wednesday when the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Ebiy Ahmed, who is in Ghana on a t…
An outbreak of meningitis has been declared in the north-eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
So far, more than 120 people have died from the disease.
The first cases in the DR Congo were reported in July. More than 10…
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has declared the drought affecting parts of the country a national disaster.
The drought has affected 10 out of 47 counties. At least two million Kenyans are affected.
The president directed the treas…
The rift between Somalia's prime minister and president is intensifying with the latest sacking of security minister.
Prime Minister Mohamed Roble sacked the minister late Wednesday but President Mohamed Abdullahi "Farmajo" rejected the…
North Korea has held a military parade to mark the communist state's 73rd founding anniversary, but did not display any major ballistic missiles.
State media photos of the night-time parade showed marching soldiers and workers in hazmat…
Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has apologised to the people of Afghanistan after fleeing to take refuge in the United Arab Emirates.
"Leaving Kabul was the most difficult decision of my life," he said, adding that he was sorry he …
Boats carrying migrants across the English Channel could be turned back from the UK, if personally approved by Home Secretary Priti Patel.
The government has authorised Border Force officials to use the new tactic - but only in limited …
The phrases have tripped off the tongues of Taliban for quite some time.
"We're working to establish an inclusive government that represents all the people of Afghanistan," promised Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar when he rece…
The Presidency has rejected a report released by the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) which says 62 percent of Ghanaians do not trust President Akufo-Addo to fight corruption.
A survey conducted by CDD-Ghana revealed …
The Chief Executive Officer for the John Kufuor Foundation, Prof. Baffour Agyeman-Duah, has condemned the execution of Ghana’s former head of state, Ignatius Kutu Acheampong.
Prof. Agyeman-Duah posited that there was no evidence backing…
Former President John Dramani Mahama says he will not retract his “do or die” comment, which has drawn widespread controversy insisting that it’s an “idiomatic expression”.
Mahama explained that the comment was meant to be a piece of ad…
Forty-one prisoners have died after a fire swept through an overcrowded jail near Indonesia's capital, Jakarta.
The blaze at Tangerang prison broke out on Wednesday as most of the inmates slept. Guards unlocked some cells but had to lea…