The Chairman of Parliament’s Finance Committee and MP for Obuasi West, Kwaku Kwarteng, has called for the capping of the number of Members of Parliament in the country.
This would be part of measures to cut costs in the Legi…
The Member of Parliament for Abetifi, Bryan Acheampong, has emphasised the need for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s foreign travels to be kept highly confidential.
Mr. Acheampong, who was once a Minister of State at the Ministry…
Ethiopian Olympic legend Haile Gebrselassie has announced plans to go to the battle front, just a day after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced he was joining the fight against rebel forces from the northern region of Tigray.
Also joini…
Sudan has launched investigations into violations against protesters since the 25 October military coup, reinstated Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok says.
Mr Hamdok said this on Tuesday after meeting members of the Forces of Freedom and Ch…
New Zealand has unveiled its plans to reopen borders and will allow foreigners to enter next year.
Fully vaccinated visitors can enter from 30 April, and will have to self-isolate for seven days upon arrival.
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An MP has said it "has to be possible for politics and parenting to mix" after being told she cannot sit in the Commons with her three-month-old son.
Labour's Stella Creasy was informed it was against the rules to bring a ch…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Karaga, Dr Mohammed Amin Adam, has described the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy as an ambitious and a credible policy by the government to address the country’s debt challen…
The Director-General of the State Interest and Governance Authority (SIGA), Mr Stephen Asamoah-Boateng, has decided not to seek an extension of his tenure in office when it ends next month.
The decision is to allow him to contest the ch…
The Speaker of Parliament, Mr. Alban S.K Bagbin, has stressed the need for Members of Parliament (MPs) to establish offices in their constituencies to address the needs of the people.
He said MPs must have offices and staff that would s…
The vexed issue of immunity granted to Members of Parliament (MPs) not to appear in a court when performing their official functions has ended up at the Supreme Court.
Two individuals have invoked the original jurisdiction of the apex c…
The Assin North District Assembly has anchored on four thematic areas to transform communities to attract investment to create jobs and wealth for the youth and improve livelihoods.
They were Road Development, Basic Education Developm…
The United States says it's encouraged by Sunday's deal reinstating the Sudanese prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok - but wants more progress before restoring aid.
The State Department repeated calls for all civilian leaders detained after …
Covid cases in South Africa are on the rise ahead of a predicted fourth wave.
The country has recorded 1,886 new virus cases since Saturday and 22 deaths from coronavirus.
Health Minister Joe Phaahla has urged more people to get vacc…
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said he was setting off, in person, to march on the battlefield, and to lead the defence of his country.
His startling announcement came as rebel forces claimed they were advancing on at least four f…
Taiwan and the United States discussed chip shortages and how to respond to China's economic "coercion" during the second session of an economic dialogue launched last year, Taiwan Economy Minister Wang Mei-hua said on Tuesday.
The talk…
Germany's health minister called on Tuesday for further restrictions to contain a "dramatic" surge in coronavirus cases as the country's infection rate hit a record high and the United States advised against travel there.
Reporting by A…
Nigeria's Minister of Information Lai Mohammed has dismissed as fake the leaked report of an inquiry which found that the armed forces had carried out a massacre at a protest against police brutality in the main city of Lagos last year.
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Former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan, whose iron-fisted rule of the country following a 1979 military coup sparked massive democracy protests, died on Tuesday at the age of 90, his former press aide said.
A former military comma…
The Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has postulated that an area of the governance structure that requires attention is the inefficiencies in government spending.
He explained that higher budgetary allocation alone may not tra…
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has been lauded by organizers of Ghana Energy awards for its continuous commitment to policy initiatives on digitalization, aimed at sanitizing the petroleum downstream industry.
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Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid has been reappointed prime minister, state media said on Tuesday, and tasked with forming a cabinet that would be the Gulf OPEC oil producer's third this year in a domestic political standoff.…
The Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) has urged the government to revisit recommendations made by the Constitution Review Commission (CRC) on the amendment of some sections of the 1992 Constitution to consolidate the country’s dem…
The Sissala East Municipal Assembly has appealed to the Northern Development Authority (NDA) to consider completing projects which are at various stages of construction.
It expressed worry during the period under review some projects …
The health authorities in Kenya have urged people to use other alternatives as the country is experiencing a shortage of condoms.
Restaurants, hospitals and other public facilities have not had free condoms in their toilets for people t…
A Zimbabwe high court has ordered the release of the estranged wife of the country’s vice-president and former military chief.
The decision overturns an order by a lower court to jail Marry Mubaiwa pending an assessment on her mental fi…
Police in Nigeria's north-west state of Kaduna say an unknown number of people have been kidnapped and one person shot dead by suspected armed gangs along a highway linking the state to the capital Abuja.
The Sunday afternoon incident h…
Adolescent children in Kenya and Rwanda are now eligible to receive Pfizer Covid jabs as both countries kick off vaccine campaigns.
Rwanda will be vaccinating children from the age of 12 and above from Tuesday while Kenya is allowing th…
Covid infection rates have started rising sharply in parts of Western Europe, prompting the introduction of fresh restrictions and lockdowns.
It has triggered fears the UK could follow suit. But there are plenty of reasons t…
Six indigenous Greenlanders taken as children to Denmark in a failed social experiment in 1951 are demanding compensation from the Danish state.
The Inuits, now in their 70s, are the surviving members of the group of 22 chil…
Mr Kofi Bentil, Senior Vice President of IMANI-Africa, has described as erroneous assertions that plans to elect Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) were truncated due to the lack of consensus among stakeholders…
The Minority in Parliament has accused the Finance Minister of failing to present the true state of the government’s expenditure of monies accrued from taxes.
The Caucus is of the view that the 2022 Budget Statement and Eco…
The National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Chairman for the Mion Constituency, Alhaji Abdulai Zakaria, has been declared ineligible to hold office for two years.
This follows the Northern Regional Disciplin…
Dr. Hassan Ayariga, Founder of the All People's Congress (APC), has encouraged the citizenry to pay taxes for the rapid socioeconomic development of the country.
"Taxation is what is going to help us develop our country and …
President Cyril Ramaphosa has asked South African men to play a greater role in preventing gender-based violence (GBV) in the country.
“If each man gathers two men and the three pledge to never rape a woman, never lay a hand on a woman …
The arrest of two prominent professors in Ethiopia's capital has given new focus to allegations that the authorities are engaged in a ruthless crackdown against ethnic Tigrayan civilians, as the country plunges deeper into a conflict t…
Two people among a group of 17 US and Canadian missionaries kidnapped by an armed gang in Haiti last month have been released, aid officials say.
Christian Aid Ministries said on Sunday that the two individuals were "safe, in good spiri…
Australia says it will begin significantly relaxing bans on foreigners entering the country, prioritising certain groups.
Skilled migrants and international students, as well as Japan and South Korean citizens, will be among…
Kenyans who haven't been vaccinated against Covid will not be able to receive government services from next month, the government says.
Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe said unvaccinated people would be banned from public transport, local a…
The Women's Tennis Association has said that a call between Peng Shuai and the president of the International Olympic Committee does not address its concerns over the Chinese player's wellbeing.
An IOC statement after the ca…
The BBC has learned that the UN has repeatedly ignored requests from bereaved families for information to help the official investigation into the Beirut port explosion which killed 219 people in August last year.
The probe …
Deep in Kenya's Great Rift Valley, members of the National Youth Service tirelessly swing machetes to clear dense shrubs obscuring railway tracks more than a century old.
It's a distinctly low-tech phase for China's Belt and Road drive …
The Member of Parliament for Karaga in the Northern Region, Hon. Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, popularly known as Amin Anta, has assured his constituents that he will empower them economically.
According to him, the well-being of…
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, says a thorough consideration of the 2022 budget can help restore the lost confidence in Ghana’s parliament.
According to the Speaker, politicians have become endange…
Libya's interim prime minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah registered as a candidate for the presidency on Sunday despite having vowed not to do so as a condition of taking his current post and despite contested election rules that may prevent …
A pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) youth group, Alpha Patriots, has pledged to mobilize its 16,000 members across Ghana to enable the party to achieve its ‘Breaking the Eight’ target.
The group indicated its resolve to campaign massively a…
Sudan's ousted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has been reinstated following last month's coup when he was put under house arrest.
He has appeared on TV to sign a new power-sharing agreement with coup leader Gen Abdel Fattah a…
A Ranking Member on the Finance Committee in Parliament, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson says the 2022 budget shows that the Akufo-Addo government is not in tune with the realities of Ghanaians.
According to him, the budget fail…
The People’s National Convention (PNC) has expressed mixed feelings about the 2022 Economic Policy and Budget which was presented to Parliament by Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance.
It said the party received the budget with mix…
Assembly members of the Birim Central Municipality, have raised concern over low rent charges for occupants of assembly buildings and called for an upward review.
They said the tenants were mostly heads of departments and assembly sta…
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