US President Donald Trump's top economic adviser Gary Cohn is resigning, the White House has said.
It is the latest in a series of high-profile departures from President Trump's team.
There has been speculation that Mr Cohn, a suppor…
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has enjoined all Ghanaians to use the 61st independence anniversary, which falls today, as a day of solemn reflection.
Ghana’s independence must inspire the citizenry to establish and manage a statecr…
The Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has alleged that a member of the Electoral Commission (EC) was going round clandestinely lying to journalists to win public sympathy in the ongoing removal p…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has advocated two five-year terms for Presidents serving under a constitutional democracy.
According to him, in most four-year terms, the first year was used for acclimatisation while the last year t…
Parliament has passed the Legal Profession Regulations Bill amidst protests from the Minority caucus in Parliament.
The endorsement means that, the General Legal Council (GLC) would continue to conduct entrance exams at the Ghana School…
The leader of Zimbabwe's newest political party - made up of former Zanu-PF members who were ousted alongside Robert Mugabe - has met up with the former president.
Retired Brigadier Ambrose Mutinhiri says he visited the elderly politici…
The Islamic State (IS) group has published a video purporting to show an ambush in Niger in which four US soldiers were killed last October.
It is not clear why the release of the video - via an IS outlet on messaging app Telegram - was…
Italy's voters have turned to right-wing and populist parties in an election that is set to leave the country with a hung parliament.
The Eurosceptic, anti-establishment Five Star Movement was the biggest party with almost a third of th…
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr David Asante-Apeatu, has rounded up his three-day working visit to the Brong Ahafo Region with a pledge to clamp down on electoral violence in the Asunafo South District.
Several acts of p…
Parliament has eulogised the memory of the late Nana Asante-Frempong, former Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwabre East Constituency of the Ashanti region for the passion he had towards the development of his area.
Most members in their …
The Madina Constituency of the New Patriotic Party has elected its executive officers to steer the affairs of the party. Mr Eric Nartey Yeboah polled 372 votes as against 168 by Mr Michael Mackenzie, the incumbent, to win the Chairmanship …
French energy company Total (TOTF.PA) substantially raised its presence in Libya with the purchase of a 16.33 percent stake in Libya’s Waha concessions from U.S. Marathon Oil (MRO.N) for $450 million on Friday.
The deal will…
A letter written by Mahatma Gandhi about Jesus Christ is being put up for sale in the US.
The letter, signed by Gandhi and dated 6 April 1926, was written to Milton Newberry Frantz, a religious elder in the US at the time.
Gandhi wro…
Mr Joshua Aguda, aspiring Youth Organiser for the Tema East branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to fix the economy to make Ghanaians comfortable.
He said the widespread hards…
Mr Ustaz Bawa, New Patriotic Party Tema East aspiring Nasara Coordinator has called on former President Mahama and his family to tell Ghanaians whether he would be contesting for the Presidential slot or not.
He said although the former…
Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has said he considers any insult of its security forces to be "high treason", in an apparent warning to the media.
"If someone insults the army or police they're defaming all Egyptians and that's n…
The Nelson Mandela Foundation has asked the courts to ban "gratuitous displays" of the apartheid-era South African flag.
The foundation argues public displays of the flag amounts to "hate speech, unfair discrimination and harassment".
…
Severe weather continues to bring chaos to large parts of Europe, where at least 59 people have died amid sub-zero temperatures.
Most transport and flights have been suspended in Ireland where strong winds brought by a storm left some 2…
A fire has killed 24 people at a drug rehabilitation centre in Azerbaijan's capital Baku, officials say.
Television pictures showed flames leaping through barred windows of a single-storey wooden building.
The fire in a ward for bedr…
A Kumasi High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the confirmation of Ms. Mary Boatemaa Marfo as the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Sekyere East in the Ashanti region.
The court, presided over by Justice Charles Adjei Wilson,…
Kenya’s doctors’ union defended staff at the largest referral hospital on Friday after they were suspended for operating on the wrong patient.
Ouma Oluga, chief executive officer of the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Denti…
Gunmen have launched an attack in the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, with the French embassy and a military HQ among the apparent targets.
Burkina Faso's government said four attackers had been killed at the embassy and at least …
The snap presidential election in Venezuela scheduled for 22 April has been pushed back by a month, the National Electoral Council (CNE) has announced.
The CNE said the poll would now be held on 20 May.
The move came after an agreeme…
Mr Kingsley Nyarko, Executive Director of the Danquah Institute (DI), a Political ideological institute said a functional democracy is built on good governance, transparency, responsibility and accountability which are critical to the prog…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Okere Constituency has retained its executive members at the end of polling held at the Methodist Church at Adukrom.
In a process conducted by the Electoral Commission, Mr Adu Mante, the Chairman of …
US President Donald Trump has said "trade wars are good", amid controversy over his decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.
He tweeted that the US was "losing billions of dollars on trade" and would find a trade war "…
The Police Service, in view of the recent robberies in the country, has come out with the following security tips for personal safety at home and out on the street.
A statement signed by ACP David Eklu, the Director General in charge of…
Mr Benjamin Ashitey, a parliamentary aspirant in the 2015 primaries of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Tema East Constituency, has cautioned Mr Daniel Titus Glover, Member of Parliament for the area, to stop tarnishing his image.
A…
Civilians have been evacuated from the besieged rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area in Syria for the first time since daily "humanitarian pauses" began on Tuesday.
The Syrian Arab Red Crescent confirmed it had helped an elderly Pakistani man…
Fresh heavy snowfalls lashing Europe have caused transport delays, with the deep freeze expected to continue.
The airport in the Swiss city of Geneva has been forced to shut down temporarily and snow ploughs have been attempting to clea…
US President Donald Trump has stunned lawmakers from both parties by accusing them of being "petrified" of the National Rifle Association (NRA).
In a break from his party's anti-gun control stance, Mr Trump urged lawmakers during a tele…
A French judge has opened a formal criminal investigation into Marine Le Pen's publication on Twitter of a series of grisly images in 2015.
The three images referred to the so-called Islamic State group and were captioned "Daesh is THIS…
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Lands and Forestry has said it will hold consultations with actors in the country’s forest sector to address the rosewood challenge confronting the savannah regions of the country.
Mr Francis Manu-A…
Mr Richard Adu, the Wenchi Constituency Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has called on other political parties in the country to emulate the political maturity and civility demonstrated by supporters of the Party in the ju…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) delegates in Aowin have elected new constituency executives to oversee the affairs of the party in the next four years.
Madame Joana Morcher, the incumbent Women Organizer, won with 308 whilst Madame Consta…
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) says it has not authorized anybody or group of persons to allocate stores in the newly constructed Kejetia market to traders.
It has therefore warned those who are extorting money from traders unde…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) constituency executives in Tarkwa Nsueam have all been re-elected to serve the party for another four years.
Many of the delegates who participated in the exercise told the Ghana News Agency that they decid…
Authorities released Daniel Elombah the same day he was arrested; Timothy was released on 500,000 Nigerian naira (US$1,400) bail after spending 25 days in police custody
Nigerian authorities should immediately drop plans to charge Timot…
With the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode flagging off the payment of Land Use Charge on Monday, February 19, 2018, Lagosians have also trooped to the banks to make their payments, duly observing their civic duties as owners and …
A Ghanaian volunteer was recognised by Her Majesty The Queen with a Commonwealth Points of Light Award for his exceptional voluntary service combating illiteracy rates in Ghana.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has today (Wednesda…
Exceptionally detailed maps of child growth and education across Africa suggest that no single country is set to end childhood malnutrition by 2030.
That target was set by the UN as a Sustainable Development Goal.
However, the new ma…
Russia has developed a new cruise missile that is invincible, according to President Vladimir Putin.
Mr Putin made the revelation as he laid out his key policies for a fourth presidential term, ahead of an election he is expected to win…
The Sekyere Kumawu District Assembly last Friday elected Nana Antwi Agyei II, a 59-year old businessman and Akwamuhene of Sekyere in the Sekyere Kumawu District of Ashanti, as its new Presiding Member.
In an election supervised by the E…
Professor Akosua Adoma Perbi, a Professor of History at the University of Ghana said the struggle of women in contributing to the development of Ghana from the pre-colonial era to recent times was bizarre.
She said: “the British introdu…
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The Nigerian government is taking a US university to court, accusing it of mishandling scholarship students' access to funds meant for rent, books and food.
The government has joined dozens of Nigerian studen…
The International Monetary Fund expects that Mozambique will not make payments for at least five more years on about $2 billion of loans which led to a default last year, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.
An Article IV report and an asso…
Police arrested the wife of former Honduran President Porfirio Lobo on Wednesday on corruption charges including siphoning funds from social works programs for the poor, officials said.
Rosa Elena Bonilla was detained at her residence o…
A nomination made for US President Donald Trump to receive the Nobel Peace Prize was potentially fraudulent, according to the awarding committee.
The Norwegian committee has filed a report with police over its concerns.
Mr Trump was …
About 700 churches have been closed down in Rwanda for failing to comply with building regulations and for noise pollution.
Most of them are small Pentecostal churches. One mosque was also closed.
A government official told the BBC t…
Parliament has adopted and approved the State-Of-The-Nation Address for the 2017 fiscal year presented to the House by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on February 8 this year.
It was preceded by a pulsating debate between Ose…
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