The Volta Regional Directorate of the Electoral Commission has added a total of 1,557 voters to the national electoral roll after the one-day continuous registration exercise.
Mr Adukpo Selormey, Regional Director of EC, said the voter…
A number of high profile personalities and institutions continue to commiserate with former President Jerry John Rawlings and his family on the demise of Madam Victoria Agbotui, mother of the former President.
A statement issued by the …
The Old-Tafo Municipal Assembly is constructing a police station and a court to improve security and ensure efficient justice delivery for the people in the Municipality.
The two projects, with funding from the District Assemblies Commo…
Professor Margaret Kweku, National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Hohoe Constituency, says the party has not abandoned its plans to establish a military training centre between Alavanyo and Nkonya.
She said the c…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) and the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) have raised serious concern about the wide-scale public disregard for the COVID-19 protocols.
They mentioned political actors as some of the wors…
The recent events in Senekal in the Eastern Free State have, for the umpteenth time, thrust the related issues of farm murders, racial tension, violent crime, and the responses of political leaders to these issues on the national agenda. T…
With less than three weeks to go until the U.S. presidential election, President Donald Trump on Wednesday will hold a rally in Iowa, as he tries to make up for time lost on the campaign trail during his recent bout with the coronavirus.
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Nigeria's police chief has ordered the unconditional release of all demonstrators arrested during protests against police brutality.
This was a key demand of protesters who have rallied against the hated Special Anti-Robbery Squad (Sars…
The Syrian government has set up a temporary hospital for Covid-19 patients at a Damascus sports complex in preparation for what an official said was a possible second wave.
The facility at Al-Faiha Stadium will operate 120 beds for peo…
Somalia's spy agency, National Intelligence and Security Agency (Nisa), says it has seized 79 tonnes of sulphuric acid smuggled into the country for use by al-Shabab militants to make explosives.
"We have seized 79 tonnes of sulphuric a…
Kenya's health ministry has warned school administrators against spraying students with disinfectants as part of measures to curb the spread of coronavirus.
Final year students in primary and secondary schools resumed learning on Monday…
The independent Parliamentary candidate for Tarkwa-Nsuaem constituency, Madam Joy Jocelyn Andoh, at the weekend, led hundreds of her supporters to embark on a health walk to keep fit.
The event, which was organized by Madam Andoh, was t…
Mr Richard Agyenim Boateng, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Kwadaso, has cautioned supporters of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) against acts that could bring divisions in the run-up to the December elections.
He said party…
The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr John Boadu says the party’s Member of Parliament for the Fomena Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Mr Andrew Amoako Asiamah who has decided to contest the 2020 parliamentary elect…
Nigerians are outraged by the unveiling of a new police unit to replace a notorious agency that was disbanded following public outcry over its alleged human rights abuses.
The head of the police Mohammed Adamu announced that Swat would …
Jordan’s King Abdullah on Monday swore in a new government led by veteran diplomat Bisher al Khaswaneh that will seek to accelerate IMF-backed reforms as the economy faces its sharpest contraction in decades due to the coronavirus crisis.
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Germany on Tuesday demanded “substantive” movement from Britain on fisheries, dispute settlement and fair competition guarantees in post-Brexit trade talks with the European Union, which it said were “at a very critical stage”.
Britain,…
The Chinese government’s top diplomat, State Councillor Wang Yi urged on Tuesday Asian countries to remain “vigilant” over the risk of U.S. strategy stoking geopolitical competition in the South China Sea and other parts of the region.
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A planned protest by Kenya's lawyers outside parliament on Monday has been criticised for turning into a tea party.
The protest was intended to put pressure on President Uhuru Kenyatta to dissolve parliament after the chief justice said…
The Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has warned that more than 800 million Africans could be infected with coronavirus, if the virus is allowed to spread deliberately with the aim of achieving herd immunity.
The projection is a …
Protesters in Nigeria's southern state of Rivers are marching to the government house in the state capital, Port Harcourt, in defiance of the governor who banned all forms of protests.
Governor Nyesom Wike had on Monday said that there …
Mr Sugandh Rajaram, the Indian High Commissioner to Ghana has stated that India’s relations with Africa was not to exploit and take control of its rich resources.
India, he re-assured, was rather committed to supporting African Countrie…
Mr James Agalga, the Parliamentary aspirant for the Builsa North Constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the Constituency deserves to have quality representation in Parliament to advocate the development of the area.
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Mr. John-Peter Amewu, Minister for Energy and New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate (PC) for the Hohoe Constituency, has said his contributions to help the constituents had qualified him ahead of any candidate to become the nex…
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Tarkwa-Nsuaem, Mr Benjamin Kessie, says the absence of a strong traditional leadership in the Municipality has been the Assembly's major challenge.
He said although the various sub-chiefs in the mu…
Reverend Christian Kwabena Andrews, Flagbearer of the Ghana Union Movement (GUM), has expressed his readiness to prioritise the construction of a bridge over River Oti if voted into power in the December polls.
Rev Andrews, also known a…
The governor of Nigeria's Rivers state has banned all forms of protests in the southern state, including the ones against police brutality.
Protests continued in the country on Monday even after Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a notorious p…
The cabinet in Rwanda has reduced night-time curfew by two hours as the number of new coronavirus cases reduces.
The curfew will now run from 22:00 to 04:00 local time.
Public transport will operate at full capacity for sitting passe…
US rapper Kanye West has expressed solidarity with Nigerians who are protesting against police brutality meted by the hated Special Anti-Robbery Squad (Sars).
Widespread protests in the country have forced President Muhammadu Buhari to …
President Donald Trump has returned to the campaign trail less than two weeks after testing positive for coronavirus.
He told thousands of supporters, many not wearing masks, that he could give them "a big fat kiss", at a rally in the b…
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said the NPP government's flagship educational intervention, Free SHS, has significantly increased female enrolment for secondary education in the country.
In an interview on Wontumi FM in Ku…
Liberia's Information Minister, Ledgerhood Rennie, has defended the move to seek help from the US government on investigations into the deaths of civil servants.
The minister told the BBC's Newsday that the government wanted a transpare…
The Asante Mamponghene, Daasebre Osei Bonsu II has paid glowing tribute to the competence and professional prowess of Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
Vice President Bawumia paid a courtesy call on the Mamponghene ahead of his tour…
Greece accused rival Turkey of lacking credibility on Monday by sending a survey vessel into contested waters in the eastern Mediterranean, and of orchestrating the partial opening of an abandoned town on ethnically-split Cyprus.
Earlie…
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has postponed her annual policy address scheduled for Wednesday in order to go to Beijing for talks on how the central government can help with the financial hub’s economic recovery.
Lam said she wou…
Ethiopia's Agriculture Minister, Oumer Hussien, has said more spray planes will be deployed to fight huge locust swarms that are devastating farms.
This is after two spraying planes crashed early October slowing down the effort to stop th…
The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation says more than nine million people in Sudan are in need of assistance because of flooding.
The agency told the BBC that millions of hectares of farmland had been affected.
Much of Sudan has …
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta are due to launch a call to action on Monday to raise $5bn (£3.8bn) for educating the most vulnerable children around the world.
The number of children out of sch…
Communities living near Mount Kilimanjaro have been battling a wildfire on the mountain - Africa's highest peak - that broke out on Sunday afternoon.
Tanzania’s National Parks service (Tanapa) said efforts to contain it were ongoing.
T…
Authorities in Rwanda have penalised two Catholic priests after presiding over Masses that violated coronavirus safety measures.
The Catholic parish of Ruhengeri in the north of the country - where the priests are stationed - also risks c…
Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has predicted that the party would win the presidential elections by 57 per cent on December 7.
He said the prediction was based on the party's …
Four persons have filed to battle the National Democratic Congress' (NDC) incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for the Akatsi South, Mr Bernard Ahiafor in the December 2020 parliamentary and presidential elections.
Top among the parliame…
Spare Parts Dealers at Kokompe, near Darkuman have expressed their support for the Akufo-Addo led government, indicating their votes for the NPP in the December elections.
Nana Asiedu, Chairman of the dealers told First Lady Mrs Rebecca…
A total of 51 Parliamentary Candidates have filed their nomination forms to contest the 15 parliamentary seats in the Upper East Region in the December 2020 polls.
Out of the 51 candidates, six are females while 45 are males.
Accordi…
Professor Kwesi Yankah, Minister in charge of Tertiary Education has filed his nomination to contest the Agona East Parliamentary seat with a call on his supporters to unite to win in the December 7, polls.
He said the rationale behind …
The Chief of Prestea, Nana Nteboa Pra IV, has hailed the impact of the government's flagship educational intervention, Free Senior High School (SHS) on his people.
According to the Prestea chief, the Free SHS intervention, introduced by…
The government offered a lifeline to more than 250,000 youth hurt by COVID-19 response measures
Through the National Hygiene Program, the government offered a lifeline to more than 250,000 youth hurt by COVID-19 response measures; the s…
Police in the Namibian capital, Windhoek, have fired teargas and rubber bullets at protesters seeking an end to violence against women.
The country has one of the highest levels of reported rapes in the world while more than 200 cases o…
The Chinese city of Qingdao is testing its entire population of nine million people for Covid-19 over a period of five days.
The mass testing comes after the discovery of a dozen cases linked to a hospital treating coronavirus patients …
Campaigners in Nigeria have responded with scepticism to the announcement that a police unit, widely accused of brutality, has been disbanded.
Protesters had called for the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, or Sars, to be broken up.
But th…