Professor Joseph Atsu Ayee of the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana has called for reconstructing the Ghanaian society to build strong institutions for democratic consolidation.
He said building strong institutions…
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization operating in 43 countries, is profoundly concerned with the rise in new Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo and fear of its spread if uncontained. The Augus…
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has said a siege by suspected militants in Nairobi is over and all the attackers have been "eliminated".
Gunmen attacked the compound in the Westlands district of Kenya's capital on Tuesday, killing at le…
Former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto accepted a $100m (£77m) bribe from drug cartel kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, a witness has testified.
Alex Cifuentes, who says he was a close associate of Guzmán for years, told a New Yor…
The Head of the Public Sector Governance and Peace Directorate of the Commonwealth, Dr Roger Oppong Koranteng, has won the coveted Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani International Anti-Corruption Excellence Award in the category of Innovation…
The European Commission has approved a grant of 5 million euros to the African Legal Support Facility, to finance the Facility’s Medium Term Strategy for the next five years.
ALSF, hosted by the African Development Bank, to date has sup…
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he responded positively to Donald Trump's call for a "safe zone" along its border with Kurdish-held Syria.
The leaders spoke by telephone after Mr Trump threatened to "devastate Turkey econom…
Many petrol stations have run out of fuel and motorists have been forced to queue for long hours at any that have supplies today. The shortage is blamed on the closure by protesters of the main road linking Ethiopia and Djibouti. Ethiopia …
Former Ivory Coast First Lady Simone Gbagbo has told the BBC that her husband's acquittal is "a joy".
"It's the decision I've been waiting for since the beginning.
"From the beginning I was convinced that President Laurent Gbagbo was…
The Metropolitan Chief Executive for Tema, Mr. Felix Mensah Nii Annang-La, has forecasted that the 49 per centrating that President Akufo-Addo scored in the recent poll on his approval rating by the University of Ghana will improve.
He …
Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, the Speaker of Parliament, has advocated for a special quota for women’s representation in Parliament and that matters relating to gender were of very much concern to him.
"Today by global standards Ghana is…
Hajia Alima Mahama, the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, says the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) on partisan basis would be a key solution to the ‘winner takes all’ syndrome pl…
A Saudi teenager given asylum in Canada after fleeing her family has said the journey was "worth the risk" so she could live a more independent life.
Rahaf Mohammed, 18, made headlines when she flew to Thailand and barricaded herself in…
Some delegates of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Western region have observed that lack of political maturity was responsible for the Party’s 2016 election loss.
They have therefore called on fellow delegates …
The Ashanti Regional office of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called for the government to stop claiming underserved credit for fixing the country’s energy crisis.
It said what Ghanaians were seeing today – stable…
Millions of people have taken to the waters at the confluence of India's sacred Ganges and Yamuna rivers at the Kumbh Mela festival - humanity's largest gathering.
At least 15m people are expected on the first day alone. Officials proje…
The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has acquitted Ivory Coast ex-President Laurent Gbagbo.
He had been charged with crimes against humanity in connection with violence following a disputed 2010 election that left 3,000 d…
A Ghanaian citizen, Bismark Aborbi-Ayitey, has filed a suit at the Supreme Court, challenging the Electoral Commission’s decision to hold the Ayawaso West-Wuogon by–election on January 31, 2019.
According to the plaintiff, per Article…
Judges at the International Criminal Court will rule on Tuesday over former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo’s request to be acquitted and released after more than seven years in custody.
Gbagbo, 73, and Charles Blé Goudé, a close a…
A cargo plane crash near the Iranian capital, Tehran, has killed 15 people, Iran's army says.
The Boeing 707 came off the runway and hit a residential area while trying to land at Fath airport in Karaj, 40km (25 miles) west of Tehran, i…
The mayor of the Polish city of Gdansk has been seriously injured after being stabbed on stage at the country's biggest charity event, officials say.
Pawel Adamowicz, 53, was taken to hospital, where he is in a critical condition after …
Protests have broken out in Zimbabwe's two main cities following the more than doubling of the fuel price.
Burning tyres and boulders are being used to barricade roads and block buses from carrying passengers.
President Emmerson Mnan…
A Rastafarian girl who was turned away from her new school in Nairobi because of her hair, has spoken of her disappointment to Kenyan media outlets.
Makeda Ndinda told the Standard newspaper that she was forced to choose between her "ha…
Mr Stephen Kwame Quaye, District Chief Executive (DCE) for Awutu Senya District, has called on all sectional leaders in the area to bury their differences for the development of the area.
Mr Quaye, who made the call in an interview with…
Mr Wisdom Senanu Seneadza, the District Chief Executive of Afadzato South, has said the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) plan for economic liberation was the right path to ensure the development of the country.
"There is massive progress und…
The Electoral Commission (EC) on Saturday gave its consent to Madam Lydia Alhassan, the New Patriotic Congress Member of Parliament (MP) Aspirant for Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency to contest the by-election. The by-election is scheduled…
Ivorian political opposition leader, Richard Blet, has lauded Ghana’s constitutional democracy, saying, it provides a good example for other African countries.
“There can be no doubt that Ghana is making good progress in its democratic …
The Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Simon Kweku Tetteh, has said every government would succeed if the citizenry performed their duties by paying their required taxes and levies which the government uses for developme…
A California judge has blocked new Trump administration regulations on birth control from applying in 13 states and Washington DC.
The rules allow employers and insurers to decline to provide birth control if doing so violates their "re…
China has tried to win over eSwatini repeatedly, but the tiny kingdom, previously known as Swaziland, is staying with Taiwan for "diplomatic and political morality" even though it is left standing alone.
It is the only African country tha…
The Convention People’s Party has expressed disapproval of the government’s declaration of January 7 as a public holiday.
According to the party, the day, set aside as Constitution Day, was an attempt by the government to scrap the co…
None of the political parties in Ghana will attain more than 50 per cent of the votes to clinch power if elections were to be held today, a research by the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana (UG) has revealed.
The…
A lack of accurate maps is a big problem in parts of Africa: for disaster relief agencies, local authorities and people looking for safe places to build homes. Could cheap survey drones and local volunteers help plug the gaps?
Khadija A…
As his sleek metal machines whirr and grind in a soothing rhythm, Paul Kuendiger's rather high-tech print shop exudes the kind of ordered efficiency upon which so many German businesses like to pride themselves.
Brexit Britain, the furi…
In our series of letters from African journalists, Zeinab Mohammed Salih looks at what is behind the wave of protests in Sudan threatening President Omar al-Bashir's three-decade-long grip on power.
Many in Sudan now prefer to keep thei…
Former President John Dramani Mahama says the 2020 elections will be a make-or-break one for the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
According to him, there have been numerous calls from Ghanaians across the nation for the NDC to return…
Former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano has weighed into the ongoing fraud investigation over the loss of $2bn (£1.5bn).
Mozambique authorities have named 17 people alleged to be involved in the scandal, including former Finance Mi…
Mr Rashad Mahama, National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Parliamentary Aspirant for the Salaga South Constituency has labelled the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as good creators, but failures in developing.
He explained that “We know as NDC t…
The Ashaiman Constituency Executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have debunked claims in a section of the media that there is confusion between the Member of Parliament(MP) for Ashaiman and the Constituency Chairman.
In a …
Mr Frank Somiah Andoh, a former Director of Elections at the Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira has expressed disappointment at the campaign message carried out by Former President John Dramani Mahama in his Western Region campaign tour.
He said his …
The Electoral Commission (EC) on Thursday, January 10, opened nominations for Member of Parliament (MP) aspirants for the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency by-election.
The nominations will run until Saturday, January 12, 2019.
As at …
The High Court in Accra will on Monday, January 14, 2019 hear an application seeking to set aside an interim injunction placed on the upcoming National Democratic Congress (NDC) conference to elect a flag bearer for the 2020 election.
T…
A board member of a school in South Africa caught in the middle of a race row - after a picture of white and black children sitting at separate desks was shared online - has said the institution is not racist.
"There’s definitely no rac…
US President Donald Trump has renewed a threat to declare a national emergency to fund the construction of a wall on the Mexican border.
A row with Democrats over funding the wall has left the government partially shut down for 20 days,…
European Parliament President Calls for Strengthening Cooperation with UAE in Humanitarian, Relief Work
His Excellency Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament, expressed his deep appreciation for the UAE’s global humanita…
China and South Korea called for concessions from the United States as well as North Korea, ahead of a possible second summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, suggesting a U.S. pressure campaign aime…
The British government will accept a demand by parliament to set out its plan B within days if Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal is rejected next week, Andrea Leadsom, the Leader of the House of Commons said on Thursday.
On Wednesday, p…
The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr Joseph Osei Owusu, has presented cheques totalling GH¢ 330,000 to two communities in the Bekwai Constituency.
The first cheque for GH¢?200,000 went to the chiefs and the people of Abodom for …
The trial of a man accused of killing four people at the Jewish Museum of Brussels has started in Belgium.
Frenchman Mehdi Nemmouche is accused of shooting two tourists, a volunteer and a receptionist in the 2014 attack.
He allegedly…
Nigeria's military has released an editor of the respected Daily Trust newspaper after detaining him on Sunday over an article about a planned offensive to recapture territory lost to militant Islamists in the north-east in recent weeks.
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