Two groups in the Bono Region have commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for appointing the regional President of the Ghana Bar Association, Mr Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, as the Deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice designate.…
Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin on Tuesday charged Parliamentary Monitoring Organisations (PMOs) to amplify their collaboration with Legislatures to educate citizens on the proper roles about the work of parliamentarians.
He explaine…
As the second wave of COVID-19 infections surged in early 2021, Senegal stepped up measures to cope with the anticipated rise in the number of patients needing critical care. Professor Daye Ka, Infectious and Tropical Disease Expert and me…
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa says his country has joined the people of Zambia in prayer for the health of founding father Kenneth Kaunda.
Mr Kaunda is in hospital being treated for an undisclosed illness
In a tweet Mr Ram…
Senegalese President Macky Sall has called for urgent action after at least eight people died off the beaches in the capital Dakar.
"The death of young people by drowning on the beaches of Malika is intolerable," he said in a statement …
Zambia's founding father Kenneth Kaunda is in a "serious but stable condition", a source close to the former president has told the BBC.
The 97-year-old, who served as president from 1964 to 1991, was admitted to hospital last Tuesday w…
Having barely got over a devastating second wave of coronavirus infections, India was gripped with alarm on Tuesday over risks of a resurgence as crowds thronged railway stations and shopping malls a day after major cities relaxed curbs on…
A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden in Geneva on Wednesday is unlikely to yield concrete deals but the talks will still be useful, a Kremlin aide said.
The leaders will meet for the firs…
A court in India has granted bail to two female activists arrested in May 2020 over an anti-government protest.
Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita joined the sit-in last year against a controversial citizenship law a day before deadly …
The Convention People's Party (CPP) has called on the Government of Ghana to rehabilitate defunct factories built by Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first President.
The call was made during the celebration of the Party's 72nd Anniversary in …
Kenya is set to hold an elephant naming ceremony aimed at promoting conservation.
The festival was launched on Monday by the tourism minister and will culminate in an official ceremony on 12 August during the World Elephant Day.
Well…
A Republican lawmaker has apologised for likening coronavirus mask rules to the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany.
Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia disavowed her comments after a visit to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington …
The UN Security Council has called for free and fair elections in Mali in the wake of a military takeover of the government.
The majority of the 15-member council said that the military leaders should not participate in the elections sc…
More people are heading to the small South African village in Kwazulu-Natal in search for what they believe are diamonds.
This comes after a man herding cattle discovered what he thought were diamonds more than week ago.
His discover…
The chief prosecutor of International Criminal Court (ICC) has called for a full investigation into suspected crimes against humanity during a deadly drugs crackdown directed by the government of the Philippines.
Fatou Bensouda, who lea…
The Most Reverend Dr Cyril Kobina Ben-Smith, the Archbishop of the Internal Province of Ghana, has commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on the Green Ghana Initiative.
The initiative aims at planting five million trees across …
China has accused Nato of slandering its peaceful development after alliance leaders warned about "systemic challenges" coming from Beijing.
China's actions, including expanding its nuclear arsenal, threatened "rules-based international…
The Rebecca Foundation has taken delivery of some detergents and hand sanitizers from the Europrima Industries Limited in support of the Foundation's work.
Europrima is the producer of SoKlin washing powder, Boom and Santex products.
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The Minority leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has blamed the increasing reports of armed robbery incidents in parts of the country on what he calls a “breakdown in law and order.”
Haruna Iddrisu’s assertion comes on the back of the latest robber…
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has deployed 176 Census Officials including 144 Enumerators and 32 Supervisors for the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) data collection in the Kadjebi District.
The Enumerators and Supervisors…
Mr Andrews Teddy Ofori, the Hohoe Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), says the Assembly is to mobilise nearly GH?43 million revenue in 2021.
He said the Assembly collected GH?19.6million out of total revenue of GH?33 million estimated for …
The Convention People's Party (CPP) has celebrated its 72nd anniversary in Kumasi with a call on the government to fix defunct factories built by the first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah.
The CPP said it was unacceptable that virtually, a…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for New Juaben South Constituency in the Eastern Region, Mr Michael Okyere Kofi Baafi, has called on residents in the constituency not to politicise the ongoing tree planting exercise.
…
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has declined Parliament’s request for it to respond to some petitions brought before the House in relation to the collapse of UT Bank and unibank.
In a letter to Parliament, from Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa and Ankomah…
A Deputy Minister designate for Finance, Dr John Kumah, has said there is need for the tax exemptions regime to be made more effective in the country.
He said although tax waivers was one of the strategic tools to attract investments in…
The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban S. K. Bagbin, has underscored his resolve to admit statements that will address the concerns and plights of the marginalised in society.
He said the legislature had the mandate to ensure that marginal…
An international academy to fight terrorism has been opened near the Ivorian city of Abidjan.
The International Counterterrorism Academy, known by its French initialism AILCT, is funded by France and the European Union among others, and…
The United States has condemned Nigeria's ban on Twitter.
The US Department of State's Spokesman Ned Price said the order had no place in a democracy and contravened freedom of expression.
It was put in place last week after a post b…
The Minority Caucus in Parliament has described the invitation of Dr Dominic Ayine by the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council (GLC) as an attack on free speech and on Parliament.
Dr Ayine was invited by the disciplinary …
Muslim leaders in Burundi have disowned a cleric's criticism against the interior minister after he asked that Sheikhs keep the morning call down so as not to disrupt the public.
Interior Minister Gervais Ndirakobuca had asked religious…
A medieval combat enthusiast has been given four months in jail after he admitted slapping French President Emmanuel Macron.
Damien Tarel told the court it was an act of impulse, but the prosecutor said it was a "deliberate act of viole…
The human rights organisation Amnesty International has said China is committing crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, the north-western region that is home to the Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities.
In a report published on Thursday, A…
UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock has said there is famine in northern Ethiopia after the release of a UN-backed analysis of the situation.
"There is famine now," he said, adding: "This is going to get a lot worse."
The study found …
An appeal has gone to the executive and grass-roots members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to exercise the greatest restraint on who leads the party in the 2024 presidential election.
The Director-General of the National Disaster Mana…
The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has called on Ghanaians to examine the achievements of the party in the Fourth Republic and support its commitment to the development of the party.
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The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Ellembele in the Western Region, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah has reacted to media publications suggesting that he intends to contest the NDC flagbearership in 2024.
In a press…
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, National Chairman, National Democratic Congress (NDC), has called for unity as the Party marked its 29th Anniversary Celebration.
He said everyone in the NDC needed to work together to overcome challenges to enab…
A court in Moscow has banned political organisations linked to the jailed Kremlin critic, Alexei Navalny, classifying them as "extremist".
Activists will risk prison sentences if they continue their work and anyone who publicly supports…
It's celestial showtime on Thursday as much of the Northern Hemisphere gets to witness a solar eclipse.
This particular event is what's termed an annular eclipse. It will see the Moon move across the face of our star but not completely …
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has asked those making illegal guns to join a new firearm factory in the country.
He said majority of the illegal arms recovered by the country's security organs had been manufactured locally.
The pre…
The Moroccan parliament has passed a law legalising the production of cannabis for medicinal and industrial uses.
The aim is to tap into a growing global market, boost agriculture and create jobs in underdeveloped rural areas.
Morocc…
The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has eased travel advisories against Kenya and South Africa as many countries upscale vaccination against Covid-19.
The United States has downgraded Kenya’s travel advisory to Level…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has paid in full, all 236,000 field officers who assisted in the conduct of the 2020 general election.
Dr Bossman Eric Asare, the Deputy Chairman of the EC in charge of Corporate Services, who disclosed thi…
A four-member high power delegation from the Liberia National Electoral Commission (NEC) has completed a study tour of Ghana’s electoral system ahead of their elections in 2023.
The team was led by Madam Davidetta Browne Lansanah, the C…
Ghanaians have been advised to develop a positive attitude towards issues bothering on the nation’s development aspirations.
Dr. Kingsley Nyarko, Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwadaso, said nation building was a shared responsibility be…
Mr Evans Korletey-Tene, the Eastern Regional Director of Ghana Library Authority (GLA), has proposed that, at least, each Municipal and District Assembly (MAD) in Eastern Region should have a library to boost learning and research.
He e…
Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has urged ECOWAS Group to support Ghana's bid to be elected as a Non-Permanent Member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the period 2022 t…
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has issued a notice to the judiciary to respect the parliamentary privileges and immunities of Members of Parliament (MPs) in accordance with Articles 117 and 118 of the 1992 Constitutio…
A South African woman has reportedly given birth to 10 babies in what would be a new world record.
Gosiame Thamara Sithole's husband says they were astonished by decuplets after scans only showed eight in the womb.
"It's seven boys a…
US Park Police did not disperse racial justice protesters in Washington last year so that then-President Donald Trump could pose for photos, a report has found.
Officers used chemical irritant and rubber bullets to clear Lafayette Park …