Mr Salisu Bamba, Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ejura, has announced his decision to withdraw from seeking re-nomination.
The MCE said the decision was borne out of his resolve to let peace prevail in the Municipality.
It was al…
The Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) in collaboration with the Advertising Association of Ghana, has held a training workshop for members of the Technical Committee on Outdoor Advertising (TCOA) of the various Metropolitan…
Mr Ernest Henry Norgbey, MP for Ashaiman Constituency, has threatened to lead a protest against the bad state of roads in the area.
"If after some time the roads do not see any improvement, we'll see if the roads could be turned into fa…
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, on Wednesday afternoon directed the Privileges Committee of Parliament to look into motion of contempt against Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, MP for Assin Central, for allegedly threatening a journalist…
A video of a junior minister in Liberia splashing expensive champagne on a luxury vehicle that he had reportedly bought for his wife as a birthday gift has sparked anger, especially among young supporters of the governing Congress for Demo…
Some seventeen people have died after a hotel collapse in the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou.
After 36 hours of search operations, rescue workers found 23 people buried in the rubble - six of whom were found alive.
A preliminary inve…
Some social media users have been sharing misleading videos and pictures depicting the violence in South Africa in recent days, clearly not connected to the current unrest.
One such video which has been widely shared falsely claims prot…
The African Union Commission has condemned the violence in South Africa that has left 72 people dead.
Protests against the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma morphed into looting and destruction of property in some provinces.
"Th…
Four Iranian intelligence officials have been charged with plotting to kidnap a New York-based journalist critical of Iran, US prosecutors say.
The indictment did not name the target, but Masih Alinejad, an Iranian-American author and a…
Lithuania has voted in favour of strict new migration laws amid an influx of arrivals from Belarus.
Politicians backed the controversial legislation on Tuesday, allowing the mass detention of migrants and limiting their right to appeal.…
The Member of Parliament for North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, says he is encouraged by the support received from colleague Members of Parliament with regard to the private member’s motion he filed jointly with the Okaikoi…
The Socialist Forum of Ghana (SFG) is considering transition into a “Movement”-The Socialist Movement of Ghana.
This is due to its increased membership and scope of operations, leaders of the Forum announced at a press conference on Tue…
The Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) Caucus in Parliament on Tuesday said it was wrong for First Ladies in Ghana to be paid salaries, a recommendation contained in the Ntiamoa-Baidu Emoluments Committee report.
Per the recomm…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has thanked the people of the Upper West Region for their support for him and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2020 general elections which enabled him and the Party to secure a second term in off…
South Africa's opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema was temporarily barred from tweeting on his official account for violating Twitter guidelines, local media report.
Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, a member of parliament a…
Angolan health authorities have said malaria cases in the country are on the decline, Lusa agency reported.
Public Health Minister Franco Mufinda said the government had distributed test kits and drugs across the country to combat the e…
Ethiopia has described as "unhelpful" the intervention of the United Nations in the long-running dispute over its controversial Nile River mega-dam.
The county's foreign affairs ministry said in a statement that it was "regrettable to w…
One man has died in Cuba and more than 140 have been arrested or reported as missing during rare demonstrations against its Communist government.
Diubis Laurencio Tejeda, 36, died in a suburb of Havana on Monday during a clash between p…
The death toll in South Africa has risen to 72 as violence continues across the country following the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma.
Crowds looting and setting alight shopping centres clashed with police in several cities on Tu…
The battle over voting rights in the US is a drama that's playing out in the Congress and state legislatures across the country.
In Philadelphia on Tuesday, Joe Biden gave a fiery speech, warning that American democracy is facing its gr…
The North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, and the MP for Okaikwei Central, Patrick Boamah, have moved a private members’ motion urging Parliament to reject the $28 million loan to finance the purchase of cars for legislators.
Accordi…
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the Ejura-Sekyedumase Assembly in the Ashanti Region, Mohammed Salisu Bamba, has withdrawn his application for reappointment to the position.
This was contained in a letter addressed to the MMDCEs …
First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has returned to the state, an amount of GH¢899,097.84 (Eight Hundred and Ninety Nine Thousand and Ninety Seven cedis, Eighty Four pesewas), being the full refund of allowances paid her since 7th January, …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has apologised to the Overlord of the Waala Traditional Area, Naa Fuseini Seidu Pelpuo IV, and to the people of Wa for the brutalities meted out to some residents by some soldiers early on this July.
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The Opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has asked the Government to immediately set up a Commission of Inquiry to probe the bribery allegations levelled against Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah.
It said the allegations if not t…
Venezuelan agents have arrested a key opposition figure on charges of terrorism and treason.
Freddy Guevara was in his car when he was detained on a highway in the capital Caracas.
The left-wing government accuses him of having ties …
Democratic politicians in Texas have left their state en masse in an effort to prevent Republicans there from passing a law to tighten voting rules.
The move will temporarily paralyse the state's House of Representatives, which requires…
Former South African President Jacob Zuma lost a court bid on Friday to overturn his arrest for contempt of court, days after turning himself in for a 15-month jail term in a case that has tested the post-Apartheid nation's rule of law.
…
Ethiopia and Russia have signed a military cooperation deal following three days of talks, Ethiopia's state-linked broadcaster Fana reports.
The Ethiopian Defence Force's finance division signed the deal, which it said will boost "long-…
The government in Botswana is advising citizens against travel to some parts of South Africa and Eswatini - countries that have been rocked by violent protests.
It advised citizens already in those countries to "exercise extreme caution…
The United States has said it’s “gravely concerned” over the escalation of tensions and reports of ongoing fighting in the western parts of Ethiopia’s conflict-torn Tigray region.
The concerns follow comments from the European Union for…
The chiefs of the two traditional areas in Kintampo North have petitioned President Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo to re-appoint Mr. Michael Sarkodie Baffoe, the incumbent Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) to maintain unity and peace for contin…
South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party has condemned the deployment of the military to violence-hit Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces.
In a statement issued shortly after President Cyril Ramaphosa’s state of the nation a…
The European Union (EU) has approved a military training mission in Mozambique to support armed forces there to protect the civilian population.
It aims to train and support the military in “restoring security” to northern Cabo Delgado,…
Dozens of people have been arrested in Cuba after thousands joined the biggest protests for decades against the island's Communist government, media and opposition sources say.
Unauthorised public gatherings are illegal in Cuba and prot…
All health care workers in France must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by September or risk not being paid, the government has announced.
The requirement applies to doctors, nurses, office staff and volunteers.
President Emmanue…
More than 60 people have died after a fire in a coronavirus isolation ward at a hospital in the Iraqi city of Nasiriya.
Much of Iraq's health care system is in poor condition after years of conflict and angry relatives of the victims ha…
A Deputy Minister for Finance and Member of Parliament for Ejisu, John Kumah, says giving Members of Parliament car loans whiles officials in other arms of government are provided cars for their work is unfair and must be addressed.
Acc…
South Africa is deploying the military to tackle riots that have broken out since the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma.
Shops were looted and buildings set on fire on Monday as Zuma challenged his sentence at a hearing in the top …
Thailand has changed its vaccine policy to mix China's Sinovac with the AstraZeneca vaccine in a bid to boost protection.
The decision comes after hundreds of medical workers caught Covid despite being fully vaccinated with Sinovac.
…
Authorities in Nigeria’s commercial hub Lagos have threatened "harsh measures" against defaulters of Covid guidelines.
This comes after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed the presence of the most transmissible Delta…
Tunisia's government has appealed for help from citizens abroad after the authorities declared the country’s health system had "collapsed", amid a rapid surge of the Delta variant which has led to increase in hospitalisation.
"Donate mo…
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has called on authorities to conduct "a thorough investigation" to establish the cause of a fire that gutted a popular market in Dar es Salaam last night.
Shocked traders gathered at Kariakoo mar…
Two former Ivory Coast presidents and long-term political rivals, Laurent Gbagbo and Henri Konan Bédié, have announced that they are uniting to oppose the current head of state Allasane Ouattara.
The three men have dominated the country…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will embark on a two-day working visit to the Upper West Region beginning from, Tuesday, July 13, 2021.
On arrival on Tuesday, President Akufo-Addo is expected to commence business with a courtesy…
An American neo-Nazi group which is led from Russia is to be banned as a terrorist organisation, the Home Secretary has said.
Priti Patel condemned "evil white supremacist groups, who target vulnerable people across the world".
The B…
Violent protests continued in South Africa overnight and on Monday morning over the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma.
A mall in Pietermaritzburg,in KwaZulu-Natal province was set on fire on Monday morning amid looting and destruct…
A UK envoy has asked South Sudanese citizens to hold their leaders accountable for their promises.
The UK's special envoy for South Sudan, Bob Fairweather, said while President Salva Kiir and his former rival Riek Machar had promised th…
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has extended the Covid-19 lockdown by another two weeks as cases increase in the country.
The president said schools would remain closed and night curfew would remain.
The sale of alcohol rem…
Billionaire Sir Richard Branson has successfully reached the edge of space on board his Virgin Galactic rocket plane.
The UK entrepreneur flew high above New Mexico in the US in the vehicle that his company has been developing for 17 ye…