A survey by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has recommended a review of the quantum of ex gratia paid to Members of Parliament (MPs) and other Article 71 office holders due to public perception that the current levels are widely ex…
The Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs has described Ghana as a bright spot in Africa that deserves praise for striving to grow its democracy.
Mr Anders Samuelsen said the country had consistently shown that its democratic values were …
French President Emmanuel Macron starts his first tour of Africa on Monday. He is to visit Ghana, Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire in an effort to revitalise France's image on the continent.
Macron's advisers say he hopes to modernise Fra…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her ex-coalition partners Social Democrats are to hold discussions in efforts to end a political impasse.
The centre-left SPD has softened its stance, saying it is open for talks.
Leader Martin Sch…
Hajia Alima Mahama, the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development has directed Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to capture implementation of government’s poverty intervention policies into their budget and m…
A former President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Mr James Victor Gbeho, has charged the Centre for Democratic Transitions - Ghana (CDT-Ghana) to work to preserve the lead of Ghana in successful democratic trans…
A hospital in northern Nigeria has withdrawn 30 graduates' job offers after they tests positive for hard drugs. They had been shortlisted for jobs at the National Orthopaedic Hospital in the northern city of Kano.
They were among 150 pe…
Forty people were arrested and 500 people rescued after a swoop on human trafficking across West Africa, international police organization Interpol said on Thursday.
The Interpol-led action comes amid a global outcry sparked by footage …
Mr Daniel Titus-Glover, Deputy Minister of Transport has slammed the NDC administration for leaving the Ghanaian economy in a mess and also subjected the people to “Dumsor” for four years.
According to him, the NDC’s shambolic performan…
Ireland’s minority government looked set to collapse on Friday after the party propping it up submitted a motion of no confidence in the deputy prime minister, weeks before a summit on Britain’s plans to leave the European Union.
The cr…
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen will be driven from power like President Mugabe in Zimbabwe, veteran opposition chief Sam Rainsy told Reuters on Thursday, adding that Western states should impose targeted sanctions after his party was di…
PLWDs appeals to Parliament to champion their issues
PLWDs appeals to Parl't to champion their issues
By Christopher Arko, GNA
Accra, Nov.23 GNA - Students from the Cape Coast School for the Deaf have appealed to Parliament to adv…
The All People’s Congress (APC) has said that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) cannot be credited with the implementation of the National Identification Scheme.
According to the party, the scheme had already been fashioned out by previous …
Families of the 44 crew members of a missing Argentine submarine gave up hope and went home on Friday after a days-long wait at the sub’s Mar del Plata naval base, saddened and angered by evidence that the vessel may have exploded.
The …
New President Emmerson Mnangagwa laid out a grand vision on Friday to revitalise Zimbabwe’s ravaged economy and vowed to rule on behalf of all the country’s citizens.
Sworn in days after the overthrow of Robert Mugabe, the 75-year-old f…
Michael Gove has hit out at the way social media "corrupts and distorts" political reporting and decision making following a row about animal welfare.
The environment secretary said attacks on MPs over a vote on EU laws on animal "senti…
A South African court has increased Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius's jail sentence for killing his girlfriend to 13 years and five months.
Prosecutors had argued that the six-year term for murdering Reeva Steenkamp was "shockingly ligh…
The Majority Leader in Parliament, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, will be honoured for 20 years of meritorious service to his constituency, Suame, and the nation at large.
Under the auspices of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the even…
Zimbabwe's new President Emmerson Mnangagwa has addressed a packed stadium, vowing to serve all citizens.
He said he felt "deeply humbled" to take the role.
And he said he was "not oblivious to the many Zimbabweans from across the po…
Africa shall move beyond aid and its people would work to make the Continent prosperous and a dynamic member of the world community, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said.
Africa, he said, would get to where it deserves and wou…
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the European Union through the Insider Mediators Project has presented office furniture and equipment worth GH¢220,000.00 to the National Peace Council.
The logistics i…
Rwanda has offered to give refuge to around 30,000 African migrants stuck in Libya often in enslaved conditions.
It comes in the wake of a video, released by CNN last week, showing men being auctioned off as farm workers.
"Given our …
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered a thorough review of the FBI database used to check the backgrounds of people who want to buy guns.
The review will assess how key information about the gunman who carried out a mass shootin…
Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe was granted immunity from prosecution and assured that his safety would be protected in his home country as part of a deal that led to his resignation, sources close to the negotiations said on Thu…
Bangladesh has signed a deal with Myanmar to return hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled a recent army crackdown.
A statement from the Bangladesh foreign ministry said displaced people could begin to return within two mont…
The First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is a good leader who will steer the country into economic prosperity.
According to the First Lady, “Ghana needs a strong and focused leader who will …
The youth wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has congratulated Ghanaian students following a successful congress held in Accra to elect a new set of leaders for National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS).
A statement issued by …
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation on Tuesday said it welcomes President Robert Mugabe’s decision to resign after 37 years in office. “We hope that this decision will allow for a smooth and peaceful transition of power, and that all Zimbabweans wil…
Mr. Kadey Phanuel Donkor, Adaklu District Chief Executive, has expressed worry about the Assembly’s “huge” indebtedness to contractors who have executed various projects in the District.
He said the total debt stock owed contractors and…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the youth to avoid risky migration through the Sahara Desert and the Mediterranean Sea to Europe and other parts of the world in search for greener pastures.
He said the government was in …
Eight people have been rescued after a US Navy aircraft carrying 11 crew and passengers crashed off the coast of Japan, the defence ministry has said.
It says that preliminary US military reports indicated that engine failure may have c…
The Upper East Regional Minister, Mr Rockson Ayine Buakari, has called on assembly members to forget about party affiliation and rally their people to support the government to achieve its development agenda.
"I wish to remind all that …
Former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic has been jailed for life for genocide and other atrocities in the 1990s Bosnian war.
Known as the "Butcher of Bosnia", Mladic led forces during the massacre of Bosnian Muslims (Bosniaks) in Sre…
With Robert Mugabe's hopes of handing power to his wife in Zimbabwe over, which political dynasties are still going strong elsewhere in Africa?
Since the 1990s, multi-party elections and peaceful transfers of power have become far more …
Zimbabwe's former vice-president, whose sacking led to the shock resignation of long-time leader Robert Mugabe, could be sworn in as the new president within hours, the ruling party says.
Emmerson Mnangagwa, who fled to South Africa two…
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) has been called upon as a matter of urgency to settle boundary disputes among assemblies to enhance revenue collection.
For instance, the boundary disputes between the Ga So…
The Akwamuhene of Atwedie in the Asante-Akim South Municipality has applauded the government for its various policy initiatives calibrated to make things better for the people.
Nana Ofori Amoah cited the ‘planting for food and jobs’, ‘f…
Sixty journalists from Africa have engaged in a two-day dialogue on Agenda 2063 at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The African Union Agenda 2063 is a strategic framework for the socio-economic…
The only legitimate and sustainable way out of the Zimbabwe crisis is through elections with integrity in 2018.
The political crisis in Zimbabwe is not yet resolved. I believe, nevertheless, that this crisis offers a unique opening for …
Founder and Chairman of the Africa Initiative for Governance (AIG), Mr. Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, has paid a courtesy call on President Akufo-Addo to brief him on AIG's good governance promotion activities.
The not-for-profit Foundation a…
The Special Aide to former President John Mahama, Mrs Joyce Bawa Mogtari has reacted to Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh’s comment that the former Education Minister was “ignorant” and an “embarrassment”.
In an article, Mr Mogtari said the acade…
Some youth of Dagbon from both the Andani and Abudu chieftaincy gates on Monday poured onto the streets in Yendi, the traditional seat of the Dagbon Kingdom, to demand an immediate resolution of the age-long Dagbon Chieftaincy conflict, wh…
At least 15 people have been killed and five others wounded in a stampede in Morocco while food aid was distributed.
The incident occurred in the town of Sidi Boulaalam in Essaouira province. The aid was being handed out by a private lo…
Kenya's Supreme Court has upheld President Uhuru Kenyatta's victory in last month's election re-run, which was boycotted by the main opposition.
Judges dismissed two petitions challenging the poll, opening the way for Mr Kenyatta to be …
A trip to Beijing by Zimbabwe's military chief was a "normal military exchange", China's foreign ministry said after the army seized power in Harare. How deep are relations between China and Zimbabwe really?
The news that General Consta…
A minister from India's ruling party has been criticised for urinating in the open, despite a government drive to persuade people to use toilets.
Video of Ram Shinde relieving himself in a field in Maharashtra went viral on World Toilet…
The US military has banned all soldiers stationed in Japan from drinking alcohol after one of its servicemen was involved in a deadly crash on Okinawa island linked to drink driving.
US troops on Okinawa have also been told to stay on b…
Talks on forming a coalition government in Germany have collapsed, leaving Angela Merkel facing her biggest challenge in 12 years as chancellor.
The free-market liberal FDP pulled out after four weeks of talks with Mrs Merkel's CDU/CSU …
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has lost the support of the people, a spokesman for British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday, while urging a peaceful and swift resolution to the uncertain political situation there.
“We don’t…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana on Sunday for a three-day visit to the United Kingdom.
A statement issued by Mr Eugene Arhin, Director of Communications at the Flagstaff said on Monday, November 20, President Akufo-Add…
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