Hundreds of German politicians, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, have had personal details hacked and published online.
Contacts, private chats and financial details were put out on Twitter which belong to figures from every politica…
The Paramount Chief of the Daffiama Traditional Area, Naa Dikomwine Domalae, has asked politicians to be tolerant, circumspect and decent in their political communications to promote peace, unity and development.
Some politicians engage…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has asked officers of the Research Department of the Foreign Affairs Ministry to be mindful of new threats to global security and their duty to remain professional.
Addressing a special durbar held …
Democratic Republic of Congo’s Catholic church said on Thursday it was clear which candidate won the country’s presidential election, and demanded that the electoral commission publish accurate results.
The church, one of Congo’s most t…
The Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives has voted to end a partial government shutdown, but the move looks certain to be vetoed by President Donald Trump.
Mr Trump has said he will reject any measure that does not provide …
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has demanded an immediate independent inquiry on the conduct of the just-ended referenda to restore confidence in the country’s electoral process.
According to the Party, they were alarmed at the b…
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he is "deeply concerned" about the increased production of coca leaf, the raw material for cocaine, in Colombia.
At a meeting with Colombian President Ivan Duque, Mr Pompeo said the two countries w…
The Youth Wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on all the flag bearer aspirants to engage the youth of the party in their plans and policies in order to achieve the target of capturing power in the 2020 general electio…
The trial of 11 individuals over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has begun in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, state media report.
Prosecutors have asked for the death penalty for five of the defendants.
Khashoggi, a promine…
A helicopter being used to fight against Boko Haram has crashed in north-eastern Nigeria, the country's air force says.
It happened on Wednesday evening. The cause of the crash is not yet known, but a spokesman says the aircraft was sup…
The Ministry of Information, Wednesday, announced that the Government would on Monday, January 7, 2019, hold the maiden Constitution Day Public Lecture.
The Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has sent a message of condolence to Nigerian leader Muhammadu Buhari, on the death of Nigeria's former head of state, Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari.
Mr Shagari, a Nigerian politician who served as the f…
Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, a Presidential aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has expressed optimism that his message and persuasion would convince delegates to elect him to lead the party in the election 2020.
From his inte…
Mr. Daniel Kwaku Botwe, the Minister of Regional Reorganization and Development, says adequate ground work has been done to ensure that the six new regions – Oti, Bono East, Ahafo, Western North, Savannah and North East get off to a smooth…
The electoral commission in the Democratic Republic of Congo says initial results from the country's presidential election could be delayed beyond Sunday's deadline.
The commission's president, Corneille Nangaa, said counting centres we…
China says it has successfully landed a robotic spacecraft on the far side of the Moon, the first ever such attempt and landing.
At 10:26 Beijing time (02:26 GMT), the un-crewed Chang'e-4 probe touched down in the South Pole-Aitken Basi…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has inaugurated three committees ahead of its flag bearer election on January 26, 2019.
The three committees are the Vetting, Appeals and Electoral committees.
The flag bearer election, which is…
An 11-month-old boy rescued from the ruins of a collapsed apartment block in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk is said to be conscious but in an "extremely serious" condition.
The country's health ministry says he has severe frostbite to…
Democratic Republic of Congo’s government cut internet connections and SMS services across the country for a second straight day on Tuesday as the country nervously awaited results from the weekend’s chaotic presidential election.
Both …
The EU has called on the Democratic Republic of Congo to restore Internet access, which operators say was cut on government orders.
The internet has been blocked since Monday, the day after the presidential election.
The joint statem…
Two Indian women have made history by entering a prominent Hindu shrine in the southern state of Kerala, following months of protests against their entry.
The Sabarimala temple was historically closed to women of "menstruating age" - de…
Supporters of Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin in his Flagbearership bid are refusing to be reconciliatory in spite of the calls for unity in the party in the build-up to the 2020 election.
According to them, the call for unity in the p…
The Foundation for Security and Development in Africa (FOSDA), a civil society organisations, has lauded Ghanaians for the successful and peaceful conduct of the December 27 referendum on the creation of six new regions.
The six propos…
Mr. Stephen Kwame Quaye, District Chief Executive for Awutu Senya District has called for all hands on deck for the development of the area.
Mr Quaye who made the call at his sessional address at the third ordinary meeting of the third …
International collaboration remains the best hope to combat issues like climate change and political division, which are getting harder to solve, the United Nations’ Secretary General Antonio Guterres said in his New Year message.
He po…
A foreign ministry statement accused Nicholas Haysom of breaching the appropriate conduct of the UN in Somalia.
On Sunday, Mr Haysom wrote to Somalia's security minister expressing his concern at the arrest, in early December, of Mukhta…
The former Republican US presidential candidate and incoming senator for Utah Mitt Romney has launched a scathing attack on Donald Trump, saying he has caused dismay around the world.
Writing in the Washington Post, he said Mr Trump had…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings, has, once again cautioned against corruption and indiscipline in the Ghanaian society, saying they constitute “a plague that we should take very seriously if we are to achieve true development in our c…
Protesters have taken to one of Cape Town's most picturesque beaches after private security guards were accused of ordering black visitors to leave.
The guards, hired by local residents, allegedly cleared the Clifton 4th beach of touris…
In 2019 Germany will assume greater international responsibility and must stand up for its convictions, Angela Merkel has vowed in an annual address.
The chancellor said old certainties about international cooperation had "come under pr…
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has selected Delali Kwasi Brempong to represent the party in the upcoming by-election for the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency in Accra.
Delali Kwasi Brempong is the same candidate who…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Addo-Addo on Saturday congratulated the people in the soon to be created regions in Ghana for the courtly manner they exercised their franchise and constitutional right last Thursday.
"The will of the people d…
Mr Haruna Iddrisu, Minority Leader, and Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale South, has formally announced that he will seek re-election in 2020 to continue to represent the people of the area in the country’s legislature.
He said “I ch…
Nana Opraw Akuamoah VIII, Nifahene of Buem Traditional Area in the yet to be inaugurated Oti region has stated the desire of people in the newly created region to work with their neighbours in the south to develop both regions.
At a pos…
Sunday's vote for a new president in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been hit by a series of delays that have left people frustrated.
The failure of new electronic voting machines in some polling stations was one of the challenges.…
Russia's FSB state security agency says it has arrested a US citizen "caught spying" in Moscow.
It named him as Paul Whelan, saying he was arrested in Moscow on 28 December and charged with "espionage".
The FSB, Russia's main counter…
A top Republican has said US President Donald Trump remains committed to defeating Islamic State (IS) in Syria, despite his plan to withdraw US troops.
Senator Lindsey Graham suggested the withdrawal had been slowed and he was now reass…
Actor John Dumelo has said the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Hohoe constituency, his hometown in the Volta Region, wants him to run for the MP slot – although he would not say if he has decided to do so and when.
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Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Friday, called for strong collaboration between the Bolgatanga, Nangodi, Bongo and Tongo (BONABOTO) and other ethnic unions in the Upper East Region to promote peace, unity and development.
H…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Addo-Addo on Saturday congratulated the people in the soon to be created regions in Ghana for the courtly manner they exercised their constitutional right last Thursday.
The Ghana News Agency hereby submits th…
A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere in the world this week.
South African diver Jerry Ntombela, dressed as Santa Claus, feeds fish at the uShaka Marine World in Durban on Thursday.
The festive …
China and the United States’ global Cold War has an increasingly important theatre: Africa. On different metrics Uncle Sam and the Middle Kingdom can claim to be the continent’s biggest player. In 2019, China will pull ahead.
The United…
Former Majority Leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs in the erstwhile Kufuor government, Mr Abraham Ossei Aidooh, has observed that President Nana Akufo-Addo is an uncommon gift from God.
At an end of year party that he threw f…
A partial US government shutdown is likely to continue into next week amid an impasse over funding for President Trump's proposed Mexico border wall.
Both Congress chambers met for just a few minutes on Thursday but took no steps to end…
The Effutu Municipal Assembly Members has applauded the Member of Parliament (MP) of the area, Mr Alexander Afenyo-Markin for outlining various interventions and projects aimed at improving the education sector.
Mr John B. Ninson, Effut…
Former US first lady Michelle Obama has ended Hillary Clinton's 17-year run as America's most admired woman.
Mrs Clinton, ex-presidential candidate, secretary of state and first lady, came third in the annual Gallup poll, with talk-show…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has set Thursday, January 10 to Saturday, January 12, 2019 to receive nominations for the Ayawaso West Wuogon constitueuncy by-election.
Aspirants are also expected to pay a filing fee of GH?10,000.
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The European Union (EU) has condemned the Democratic Republic of Congo's decision to expel its ambassador ahead of crucial elections on Sunday.
The order for Bart Ouvry to leave within 48 hours was "completely unjustified", an EU spokes…
Seven years after Germany scrapped conscription, its defence chief has said employing EU citizens is "an option" to fill expert posts.
Army general inspector Eberhard Zorn said the forces had to "look in all directions in times of a lac…
Former UN rights chief Mary Robinson has been accused of supporting the emirate of Dubai's version of events over a princess who was feared missing.
Mrs Robinson, who recently met Sheikha Latifa, daughter of Dubai's ruler, said she was …