The next Government of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will provide free Technical and Vocational Education (TVET) at the secondary and tertiary levels as well as offer free National Apprenticeship Programme.
The next NDC Governm…
Business leaders of the Stanford Seed Transformation Network Ghana and the National Peace Council have called on Ghanaians to work together for the peace of the nation to be maintained in all activities before, during, and after the genera…
The clashes follow long-standing tensions between the central government and Tigray leadersImage caption: The clashes follow long-standing tensions between the central government and Tigray leaders
The leader of the Tigray region in nor…
Former Tanzanian MP Godbless Lema spent Sunday night in a police station in Kenya moments after irregularly crossing the border, according to Kenyan media outlets.
There has been a crackdown on opposition leaders following President Joh…
The Nelson Mandela Foundation has "celebrated" the projected defeat of Donald Trump's presidency and urged President-elect Joe Biden to fix the problems of "racism, sexism, xenophobia and Afrophobia".
"It is with a sense of relief that …
More than 1,600 African migrants have been rescued at sea or reached Spain's Canary Islands over the weekend, Spanish emergency services said.
About 1,000 arrived on Saturday alone, setting out on about 20 barely seaworthy boats.
One…
First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo has urged residents of Ningo Prampram to vote for a New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for the area to catalyse more development projects in the constituency.
She stated that even though th…
Reports of fresh anti-police brutality protests in Nigeria planned for Monday have been published by local media.
The new threats come after a court order granted the Central Bank of Nigeria the right to freeze the accounts of 19 indivi…
US President-elect Joe Biden is to make tackling the coronavirus pandemic his top priority following his win over Donald Trump, his team says.
Announcing the first steps in his transition plan, his team said there would be more testing …
The Electoral Commission (EC) says it is ready to deliver a successful, credible, fair, orderly and peaceful elections on December 7, 2020.
Chairperson of the Commission Jean Mensa, briefing Parliament, in Accra, at weekend on the roadm…
Speaker of Parliament Aaron Mike Oquaye has declared the Fomena seat, occupied by Andrew Amoako Asiamah, a member from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) vacant as the MP now contests as independent candidate in Election 2020.
The NPP wrote …
Police in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, have fired water cannons at crowds protesting against the results of last week's parliamentary election.
Thousands of people gathered outside the Central Election Commission to demand a new vote,…
Some people on Twitter have taken umbrage against a tweet by a former US official comparing President Donald Trump to Zimbabwe's late leader Robert Mugabe, over his comments alleging fraud, without evidence, in the US election.
Samantha…
Superintendent Isaac Tetteh Darko, Assin North District Police Commander has charged political parties to preach peace and development in the run-up to the December 7 general elections.
He explained that peace was the panacea for develo…
The huge number of infrastructure developments, the solid economic foundation laid out for the future, with enhanced social activities through prudent governance system under the immediate past National Democratic Congress (NDC) Administra…
Vice President, Dr Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia, has urged Chiefs and people in the Krachi East Constituency of the Oti Region to show appreciation to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for fulfilling his campaign promise of creating new reg…
Much of Italy is now in lockdown, including the densely populated northern Lombardy region, after the Covid-19 death toll for 24 hours hit 445 - a six-month record.
Italy is now split into three zones: red for high risk, then orange and…
The Paramount Chief of Likpe traditional area, Nana Soglo Alloh IV, has pledged the support and commitment of the chiefs and people of the four paramountcies in the area-Santrokofi, Akpafu, Lolobi and Likpe (SALL)towards the development of…
“We do not ask for the renewal of our mandate in a vacuum. We ask, give us four more years because our Government, has kept faith with Ghanaians, by delivering on the commitments we made to you.
“We ask for renewal of mandate borne out …
The family of Dr Kofi Abrefa Busia, former Prime Minister of Ghana in the Second Republic, has presented assorted items in support of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) campaign activities in the Wenchi Constituency ahead of the December poll…
Mr Adam Salifu Braimah, Savannah Regional Minister, has provided scholarships to 310 needy students in the Salaga South constituency to enable them continue their tertiary education.
The scholarships, worth GHC 80,000.00 is to support t…
Democratic candidate Joe Biden has pulled ahead of Donald Trump in Georgia, a key state in the US presidential race, voting data shows.
Mr Trump must win Georgia to leave him with a path to win the election.
According to the most rec…
Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, has said Ghanaians are witnesses to the fulfillment of its campaign promises and could be judged by its records.
He said the development and life-changing transformation proj…
Mr Allan Sekyere, the Sunyani East Parliamentary Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has promised to set up a Secretariat to enable him to engage constantly with his constituents if elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) …
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has commissioned a newly constructed steel bridge at New Ayoma in the Jasikan District of the Oti Region.
The bridge is one of the three bridges to be constructed in the Jasikan District with the othe…
Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has given the education minister one week to find out who was behind the leak of question papers that has forced the cancellation of secondary school exams.
He also called on the senior management of …
Burkina Faso's President Roch Kaboré has launched his re-election campaign promising to deal with the growing threat of Islamist militancy facing the country.
He faulted his opponents for making the threat a campaign issue.
"I come t…
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg hit back at Donald Trump on Twitter late on Thursday saying the U.S. president should “chill” about the election, a repost to his tweet last year mocking the teenager over what he called her anger m…
Professor Emmanuel Yaovi Hunnuor Bobobee, CPP 2020 Vice-Presidential Candidate has called on Ghanaians to support and vote for the party to enable it save “our beautiful nation.
“CPP as a nationalist party, has the whole country as its…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has spoken with his French counterpart amid controversy over recent comments he made about free expression.
Mr Trudeau expressed Canada's solidarity with "the people of France" following the recent…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC), has declared three days of fasting and prayer, starting Thursday, November 5, 2020.
The programme which is under the theme “The horse is prepared for the battle, but victory is in the hands of the…
Ethiopia’s federal army is mobilising troops from across the country as it continues its offensive in the opposition-led state of Tigray.
The army’s deputy chief of staff, Gen Berhanu Jula, said the troops were heading north to provide …
The Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), former President John Dramani Mahama has promised to resource and reform the public sector to make it more effective and create sustainable jobs for the teaming youth in…
Some Members of Parliament have expressed disappointment and anger at Mrs Jean Mensah, Chair, Electoral Commission, for her inability to appear before the house on Thursday
The day had run into the afternoon in Parliament House, in Accr…
Mr Salifu Saeed, Northern Regional Minister, has called on Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in the Northern region to put in place stringent measures to ensure peace before, during and after December 7 electio…
Malawi said on Tuesday it will open a full embassy to Israel in Jerusalem, becoming the first African nation in decades to do so in the contested city.
In a video statement during a visit to Israel, Malawi Foreign Minister Eisenhower M…
While President Donald Trump wants the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a presidential race that is still too close to call, it may not be the final arbiter in this election, legal experts said.
They said it was doubtful that courts wo…
At least 68 students and five teachers have tested positive for Covid-19 at a school in Kenya's Nakuru County, as the number of new cases continues to rise.
One student has been rushed to hospital after developing complications, accordi…
The final secondary school exams in Malawi have been cancelled after papers were leaked, prompting angry pupils to take to the streets in many parts of the country to protest.
The cancellation affects the future of more than 154,000 pup…
US President Donald Trump's spiritual adviser Paula White-Cain says "angels have been released" from Africa and South America to help him win.
During a fervent prayer service, she says: "I hear a sound of victory. The Lord says it is do…
Mr Pontius Pilate Appabey, Upper East Regional Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has cautioned Political Parties to promote peace and co-existence in constituencies to ensure peace before, during and after the …
Reverend Professor JOY Mante has charged Ghanaians to reject any politician who will encourage violence in any form, in the run-up to the December 7, elections. He said, "no one deserves to be a President or an MP if that person encourages…
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says the government would establish a pension scheme for cocoa farmers.
He said, just like teachers and other workers who enjoyed retirement benefit, the government wanted the farmers to enjoy a good l…
Nana Obiri Boahen, Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has advised party members not to be complacent and arrogant but work assiduously for the party to win more seats in Parliament.
Obiri Boahen told journalists t…
Concerned Youth of Gushegu in sharing their views on the Parliamentary Candidates in the Constituency have indicated their readiness to massively vote for Hassan Tampuli in the upcoming 2020 elections.
The youth group asserted that Pres…
The National Media Commission (NMC), has developed a mobile application (App) dubbed: “Ghana Elections Monitoring App” to help determine the circulation of fake news ahead of the December general election.
The App was developed in colla…
The Commonwealth and UN Technology Bank have formed a new partnership to support least developed countries (LDCs) through technology transfer, capacity building and knowledge sharing.
The two organisations signed a memorandum of underst…
Mr Emmanuel Valis Akyianu, a clergyman, Businessman, and politician has stepped down as an independent candidate and declared his full support for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the upcoming December polls.
He pledged his sup…
Democrats are rapidly losing hope of gaining control of the US Senate after underperforming in key states.
Controlling the Senate would have allowed them to either obstruct or push through the next president's agenda.
The party had h…
Ethiopia's Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, has declared the military’s operation in the northern state of Tigray a success.
In a televised address, Mr Abiy vowed to continue with the military offensive despite international calls for restra…