Nana Kobina Nketsia V, Paramount Chief of the Essikado Traditional Area has described Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, Vice Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as a game changer in the country’s political e…
Togbe Adzimah V, Divisional Chief of Gbi- Abansi in the Hohoe Municipality has congratulated President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on his election as Chair of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
“The unanimity of you…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings says his integrity and abhorrence for thievery and lying ensured that he stayed in office for almost nineteen years.
“I did not come to public office to steal and never did. We had to go through a lo…
Russian President Vladimir Putin bestowed a $1.5 billion loan on Belarus on Monday in a gesture of support for its leader Alexander Lukashenko, who flew to entreat his patron for help after five weeks of mass protests demanding his resigna…
Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, Vice Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the party’s “rescue mission” is the will of God to save the nation from mismanagement.
“We will do the will of God to save t…
Presidential and parliamentary aspirants for the December 7, 2020 Elections in Ghana are to file their nomination from October 5th to 9th, 2020, the Electoral Commission (EC) has announced.
The Chairperson of the EC, Mrs Jean Mensa made…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson lashed out at the European Union on Monday as he won initial approval for a plan to breach the Brexit treaty, saying the move was needed because the bloc had refused to take a “revolver off the table” i…
Ten pupils have died in a fire in a school dormitory in north-western Tanzania's Kagera region.
Seven other pupils who sustained serious injuries have been hospitalised.
The dormitory was housing boys aged six to 10 years.
Police ha…
One of Nigeria’s largest healthcare unions has started a week-long strike to demand better pay and working conditions.
The Joint Health Sector Union, which includes nurses, pharmacists and lab technicians, is also complaining about poor i…
The man portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood movie about the Rwandan genocide has been charged with terrorism, murder and other serious crimes.
Paul Rusesabagina, who denies the charges, was brought to court under heavy security in the Rwan…
The Vice-Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, is on Sunday beginning a four-day campaign tour of the Western Region.
The tour comes on the heels of her recent visits to s…
Schools and universities in South Sudan are scheduled to re-open on Monday after nearly six months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The decision to re-open schools and universities was reached during a cabinet meeting on Frid…
A South African entrepreneur has set up a women-only taxi company to protect women from violence in public transport and other taxi-hailing companies.
Asiphe Mkhefa,18, told the BBC's Newsday programme that taxis had become a dangerous …
Ethiopia is rolling out new banknotes in a move that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says will curb financing of illegal activities and corruption.
The new designs for the 10, 50 and 100 denominations were unveiled along with the introduction…
Israelis are now preparing for their second lockdown since the pandemic began, but the decision is proving to be controversial.
Cases in the country, which has a population of just nine million, have risen to around 4,000 per day, accor…
Japan's governing party has elected Yoshihide Suga as its new leader to succeed Shinzo Abe, meaning he is almost certain to become the country's next prime minister.
Last month Mr Abe announced his resignation for reasons of ill health.…
As the November presidential election approaches, US President Donald Trump has held his first indoor campaign rally in three months.
But the event angered local officials, who said the size of the crowd violated state rules banning gat…
Kenya will participate in final clinical trials for a coronavirus vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University.
It will be the second African country to be involved in the trials that were suspended on Wednesday after a …
With 86 days to Election 2020, the field of those aspiring for the highest office of the land is increasing with the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) set to acclaim its flag bearer.
The running mate of the party in the 2016 general elec…
Lawmakers in Nigeria's Kaduna State have approved surgical castration as punishment for those convicted of raping children under the age of 14.
State governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai needs to sign the bill for it to become law in the north-w…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) will on Tuesday, organise a Town Hall Meeting in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi, to explain its policies and programmes as contained in its Election 2020 manifesto.
A statement signed by the …
The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama will on Tuesday (September 15, 2020) address a Town Hall meeting on the party's manifesto for the 2020 elections.
In a statement, the party said the event which sta…
As Ghana heads for the 2020 polls, several players are leading the fort for various political parties and influencing how young people participate in the elections.
From involvement in the National campaign to being a part of manifesto …
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Saturday, September 12, commissioned Ghana’s third medical drone supply centre at Vobsi near Walewale in the North East Region.
The Vobsi facility would supply on demand, blood and other essential m…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has entreated residents of Ahafo Region to vote for him in the December 2020 elections to enable his Government consolidate the gains chalked in office.
To him, the Ghanaian people have had the oppo…
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to hold a “working meeting” with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko on Monday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday.
Peskov said no documents wer…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will on Tuesday, September 15, convene a consultative meeting with members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to deliberate on measures to resolve the political crisis in Mali.
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The Electoral Commission (EC) will Monday hold a media briefing on the procedures for the filing of nominations and receipts for the 2020 General Election.
Already, the Commission has indicated that for the first time in the country's …
Participants at a day's Social Auditing engagement has called on the Ekumfi District Assembly and duty bearers to involve community members in policy formulation, planning and projects implementation to improve lives.
The participants s…
The World Peace Volunteers, a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) has called on Ghanaians to participate in the forthcoming voter exhibition organised by the Electoral Commission (EC) for the December polls.
The NGO called on political …
The peacekeeping mission in The Gambia, deployed by regional bloc Ecowas in 2012, mainly consists of Senegalese soldiers.
The Senegalese army says about 100 of its soldiers from the peacekeeping mission in The Gambia have tested positiv…
Hackers with ties to Russia, China and Iran are attempting to snoop on people and groups involved with the US 2020 presidential election, Microsoft says.
The Russian hackers who breached the 2016 Democratic campaign are again involved, …
Mr Bernard Opoku Marfo, the NDC Parliamentary aspirant for the Kumawu Constituency says investment in greenhouse farming would be a priority when elected into office.
This, according to him, would help farmers increase their yields and…
A local governance expert, Mr Amon Quartey has said an increase in the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) budgetary allocations from 5 per cent to 7.5 per cent would not be enough to accelerate development in the Districts Assemblies.
…
The Vice-Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Professor Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang has called for equality in the application and the enforcement of laws.
She said in situations that laws were not justly and f…
Doctors in Nigeria have suspended their strike after holding talks with the authorities.
The doctors had downed their tools on Monday to demand a pay rise, better welfare and improved facilities. Those on the front-line on Covid-19 trea…
Germany says 10 European countries have agreed to take 400 unaccompanied minors who fled Greece's largest migrant camp when it was gutted by fire.
Most will go to Germany and France, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer told reporters on Fr…
Students in the Nigerian town of Chibok have been taking secondary school exams there for the first time since more than 200 girls were abducted by Boko Haram in 2014.
Parents and staff in Chibok have told the BBC they were happy that t…
Mr Patrick Ekye Kwesie, the Convention People's Party ( CPP) Parliamentary aspirant for Jomoro, has gone on a familiarization visit to some communities in the area.
The visit allowed Mr Kwesie the opportunity to outdoor and market himse…
The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday assured Ghanaians of government's commitment and determination to ensure national peace and stability in the run-up to Election 2020.
He, therefore, appealed to traditional authoriti…
France is planning tougher measures to combat coronavirus after experiencing a record number of daily cases.
The country registered 10,000 new cases in a 24-hour period, according to Thursday's figures.
A key meeting between minister…
India has recorded the world's highest-ever daily number of cases, with more than 96,000 reported on Friday.
The Federal Health Ministry has now reported more than 4.5 million cases in the country.
The amount of cases is rising faste…
BERLIN (Reuters) - Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has made further progress in his recovery after what Germany said was poisoning with a Soviet-style Novichok nerve agent, and is able to speak again, Der Spiegel magazine repo…
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A large fire erupted at Beirut port on Thursday, engulfing parts of the Lebanese capital in a pall of smoke weeks after a massive blast devastated the port and surrounding residential area.
The blaze began in the shat…
Mozambique’s military has denied accusations of human rights violations levelled against it by Amnesty International over its fight against an Islamist insurgency in the gas-rich northern province of Cabo Delgado.
The campaign group had…
The Eritrean government has released on bail more than 20 prisoners who had been in detention for years because of their faith, sources have told the BBC.
The prisoners from Christian evangelical and Pentecostal denominations are among …
A three-day national consultation on the make-up of Mali's transitional government begins on Thursday in the capital, Bamako.
The talks come ahead of a deadline given by West African leaders for the appointment of civilian leaders by 15…
India and China have agreed to "quickly disengage" from a standoff that has seen gunfire at a disputed border and accusations of kidnapping.
Their foreign ministers met on Thursday and said they would ease tensions.
Soldiers from bot…
The Staunch Queens Associations, a group affiliated to the New Patriotic Party(NPP) have been urged to start a door to door campaign to educate the electorates on the development projects executed by the NPP government within the last th…
More than half a million people in the US state of Oregon are fleeing deadly wildfires that are raging across the Pacific Northwest, authorities say.
Fanned by unusually hot, dry winds, dozens of fires are sweeping the state, and at lea…