The Electoral Commission (EC) has assured Ghanaians that it has no intention to use the Ghana Card as a source of identification for the 2024 general elections.
It said it would continue to issue the voters identification cards which wo…
The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has described the findings of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) involving Labianca Group of Companies and the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) as not surprising and wholeso…
The newly appointed Municipal Chief Executive for Juaben in the Ashanti Region, Omane Aboagye, has pledged to work in the interest of the communities and also run an open-door administration to ensure accelerated growth and development of …
Professor Charles Ackah of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), has observed that the failure of successive governments to provide adequate grants and subsidies for expansion of businesses, in comparison with…
The national Democratic Congress (NDC) is poised to wrestle power from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in 2024 if members and supporters remain focused and resolute.
It has asked them not to relent in their effort to remain peaceful, unit…
The North East Regional Communication Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Walibe Amos has reacted to Hopeson Adorye's comment that, party members from the Dombo tradition ought to concentrate on contesting for the vice-presidential …
Anti-graft campaigner, Vitus Azeem has criticized the Commissioner of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Colonel (Rtd.) Kwadwo Damoah, over his poor handling of the accusations brought against him in the Office of t…
Normal life is gradually returning to Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, after last week’s violent protests over high cost of basic goods and alleged human rights abuses.
A sit-at-home strike that started on Monday and brought life in pa…
Dozens of people have died after a fire broke out at a church in Egypt, many of them crushed during a desperate scramble to escape.
Officials say the number of dead is at least 41, with dozens injured. Children are believed …
The results of Kenya's much-awaited presidential election will be known shortly, the electoral body has announced.
Preparations for the declaration are underway at the national tallying centre in the country's capital, Nairo…
Scores of New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters have marched through the streets of the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi, and declared their support for Trades and Industry Minister, Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen ahead of the party’s flagbear…
The Northern Regional Police Command has dispelled claims that it was influenced by the Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gh to grant bail to a suspect at night.
Mr. Samba is said to have gone …
Former German leader Gerhard Schroeder, criticised for his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, is suing Germany's parliament.
Mr Schroeder, whose office and staff have been suspended, is suing over the remova…
Rights group Human Rights Watch has accused Cameroonian soldiers of "killings", "arbitrary detentions" as well as "looting" of villages and health centres in the North-West region.
The report by HRW accused government soldiers of summar…
Zimbabwe's central bank is to introduce lower denominations of gold coins to allow ordinary people to purchase them, according to the state-owned newspaper The Herald.
Last month, the country introduced gold coins priced at the internat…
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has appealed to the President to revisit the issue of the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) and ensure that the elections are held before the 2024 presidential a…
Member of Parliament (MP) for Okaikoi North Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Theresa Lardi Awuni has encouraged women not to shy away from leadership roles but strive harder to contribute to the growth and development of the natio…
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP), has urged the Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation to review the mode of getting the citizenry to engage in the ongoing SIM registration exercise with the Ghana Card.
It noted that the …
Thousands of Brazilians have taken to the streets amid concern President Jair Bolsonaro will try to stay in power even if he loses October's election.
Protesters marched in several cities on Thursday in defence of democracy …
South African police have arrested 20 people suspected of instigating the riots that swept parts of the country in July last year.
About 350 people were killed in the unrest that erupted after former president Jacob Zuma was jailed for …
The Kenyan committee that is supposed to ensure a smooth transition from one president to another has held its first meeting.
Its members are getting ready for the electoral commission to announce the result from Tuesday's presidential …
The Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has implored the Speaker of Parliament to rule on the issue involving the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dome-Kwabenya Constituency based on constitutional provisions.
He indicate…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has cautioned that it will oppose an attempt by the Electoral Commission (EC) to use only the Ghana Card to register prospective voters.
It insisted that such a move would disenfranchise many Ghana…
A former United Nations Governance Advisor, Professor Baffour Agyeman-Duah, has advocated restructure of the power relations between the Executive and the citizenry for reshuffling of the president’s ministerial appointees to yield results…
Blasts at a Russian-operated airfield in Crimea this week have "significantly degraded" its navy's Black Sea fleet, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) says.
The Saky base in the west of Russian-ruled Crimea was rocked by a str…
More than 250 inmates of 822 who escaped from a prison in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have been captured by the security forces, the authorities say.
Security officials on Thursday presented 166 of the inmates in addition to th…
Nigeria's justice minister has said the government will not interfere in the trial of a prominent senator and his wife who are facing charges linked to an alleged organ harvesting plot.
Ike Ekweremadu, 60, a district senator and lawyer,…
The Youth Wing of the National Democratic Congress has said it will not participate in the 2022 International Youth Day Celebrations being organised by the National Youth Authority.
In a statement, it said that there was…
Economist, Professor Godfred Bokpin, has urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to reduce the size of his government and check corruption.
He says this is the surest way to check the country’s economic woes.
With rising inflatio…
More shelling of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been reported, with Ukraine and Russia again blaming each other for the attack.
Each side said there were 10 hits on the office and fire station of Europe's big…
Former US President Donald Trump has said he will not oppose the release of the warrant that let FBI agents search his Mar-a-Lago home earlier this week.
In a statement, Mr Trump said he was encouraging its "immediate releas…
A South African firm says it will stop making coronavirus vaccines at the end of the month because it hasn't received a single order.
Aspen Pharmacare's announcement was followed by reassurance from the Africa Centres for Disease Contro…
Somalia's worst drought in 40 years has now displaced one million people and brought the country to the brink of famine, according to the UN.
More than three quarters of that million are internally displaced refugees.
Four failed rai…
The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has affirmed that breaking the eight year political rule cycle by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is possible but requires unity and peace among all party members.
He explained that to ensur…
A lecturer at the Political Science Department of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Dr George Asekere, has impressed upon the President to heed the call of the people to reshuffle his ministers.
According to him, the people, w…
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has described the decision by the Ada Traditional Council to ban Radio Ada from providing coverage of the Asafotufiami Festival as an affront to press freedom.
It pointed out that the council's de…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has debunked assertions that the usage of the Ghana Card as the sole identification document for the registration of new voters unto the national voters register will disenfranchise eligible voters.
The …
Satellite images appear to show major damage and a number of destroyed Russian warplanes at a Crimea airbase following explosions there this week.
The Saky base in the west of Russian-ruled Crimea was rocked by a string of b…
The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has expressed serious concerns about the human rights situation in Rwanda after talks with President Paul Kagame in the capital, Kigali.
Mr Blinken said he had raised US concerns about the dete…
Four Africa-based election observer missions have been giving their preliminary report at a press briefing in Kenya's capital, Nairobi.
Voting day was "calm, peaceful and orderly," said former Tanzania president Jakaya Kiwete, who led t…
Sierra Leone's information minister, Mohamed Rahman Swaray, confirmed that the lives of security personnel "had been lost" amid mass protests that hit the country on Wednesday.
Demonstrations have taken place across parts of the capital…
Asiedu Nketia, the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has alleged that the Electoral Commission (EC) wants to change the existing law on elections in the country.
This follows proposed Constitutional Instrument…
Deepening the cordial relations and cooperation between Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire is necessary to ensure sustainable development in the two neighbouring countries, the Ivorian Ambassador to Ghana, Tiemoko Moriko, has said.
He said solidif…
A Deputy Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Collins Augustine Ntim, has implored Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to support economic activities in their jurisdictions.
That, he …
In the midst of a global oil-and-gas crisis, Africa must take charge of its own energy destiny, and use its rich resource assets for the benefit of its own people.
This is the call from former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanj…
North Korea's Kim Jong-un suffered from "fever" during the Covid pandemic, his sister has said - in what appears to be the first suggestion he had the virus.
Kim Yo-jong also blamed South Korea for her country's outbreak - s…
Former US President Donald Trump has declined to answer questions as part of a New York state investigation into his family's business practices.
Mr Trump had sued in an effort to block the interview at the New York attorney…
Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo are searching for more than 800 prisoners set free by armed rebels.
Army and other sources said two police officers and one rebel were killed in the assault on Kakwangura central priso…
Reports from Sierra Leone say people have been killed after police opened fire on anti-government protesters in the capital, Freetown.
Clashes broke out when demonstrators set up roadblocks.
Police are reported to be among the dead.
…
The Commissioner of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Colonel Kwadwo Damoah, (retired) has reacted to report by the Special Prosecutor that stated that a member of the Council of State had used her position to get …
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