The Accra Regional Police Command has outlined security measures ahead of the upcoming Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency by-election slated for Thursday, January 31, 2019, to ensure an incident-free exercise.
It said high Police presence…
Former President John Dramani Mahama is to begin a six-day campaign tour of the Volta region from Monday, January 28, to February 2, ahead of the Party's presidential primaries on February 23, 2019.
Mr James Gunu, Volta Regional Secreta…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Jomoro, Mr. Paul Essien has appealed for three Nation Builders Corps (NaBCO) teachers to be posted to the Nzulezo Basic School as well as nurses for the community health facility.
He said Nzulezo, a fam…
The Speaker of Parliament is to constitute a committee to ensure the fulfilment of assurances made by Members of Parliament (MPs) and other operatives of Parliament.
The proposed Parliamentary Assurances Committee will also assist com…
The US has imposed sanctions on Venezuela's state-owned oil firm PDVSA and urged the country's military to accept a peaceful transfer of power.
National Security Adviser John Bolton said President Nicolás Maduro and his allies could "no…
German carmaker Volkswagen have announced they plan to assemble cars in Ethiopia.
The announcement was made in front of the German president as he visited the country.
The carmaker said in a statement that they will build a car plant…
The Founder and Leader of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Mr Percival Kofi Akpaloo, has applauded the government for taking bold steps in implementing new initiatives such as the free Senior High School (SHS) programme among others.
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The Joint Consultative Council (JCC) for the Oti Movement has pledged to accept any town President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo chooses as capital of the Oti Region.
Already, the JCC, which is made up of chiefs, opinion leaders and youth…
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa says he has ordered the arrest of members of the security forces who were caught on camera beating up a young man they had arrested. In a tweet he said he was "appalled" by what he had seen in the re…
There have been regular protests under the slogan "Bring Back Our Money" like this one in OctoberImage caption: There have been regular protests under the slogan "Bring Back Our Money" like this one in October
Protesters in Liberia are …
Dr Nana Ato Arthur, Head of Local Government Service has urged Ghanaians to support the processes leading to the election of metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs) by the year 2021.
He said the election of MMDCEs…
Mr James Oppong-Mensah, Acting Chief Director of the Local Government Service (LGS) said, public officers are placed in a position of trust to act in the public interest.
He therefore urged public officers to make the public interest of…
Felipe Jacinto Nyusi, the President of Mozambique, has stressed the need for an intensified Economic Co-operation between Ghana and Mozambique.
This is boost cooperation in the areas of Energy, Infrastructure Development, Agriculture an…
Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) have been advised to effectively use social media to enhance their visibility and to engender greater interaction with the citizenry.
Dr Eric Oduro-Osae, a Local Governance Expert …
Ahead of the February 23, 2019 flag bearer election of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), six out of the seven flag bearer aspirants of the party have raised concerns with the choice of the company to print the ballot papers for the e…
The die is cast and the battle line drawn for a showdown on January 31, 2019 when four political parties court the thumbprints of every eligible voter in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency in a by-election to replace the deceased Member …
Member of Parliament (MPs) are to reconvene tomorrow, January 29, 2019 to begin the first meeting of the third session of the seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic.
A letter signed by the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Aaron …
A youth group, calling itself the Youth Bridge Foundation (YGF), has served notice to the effect that the impending Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election as planned by the Electoral Commission (EC) would amount to a breach of the 1992 Constituti…
Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak has spread southwards into an area with high security risks, the World Health Organization said.
The outbreak, the country’s worst, has killed 439 of the 713 people believed to have caught t…
Brutal beatings and rising inflation are proving a noxious mix in Zimbabwe, writes the BBC's Andrew Harding.
In a long queue for rationed bread, on the pavement outside a supermarket, two women watched an approaching foreign journalist …
A defamation case lodged by Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza against a French TV channel, a Belgian lawyer and a Burundian writer has begun at a court in France's capital, Paris.
Mr Nkurunziza says that three years ago France 3 bro…
A defamation case lodged by Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza against a French TV channel, a Belgian lawyer and a Burundian writer has begun at a court in France's capital, Paris.
Mr Nkurunziza says that three years ago France 3 bro…
Mr Kwasi Ameyaw-Cheremeh, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sunyani East Constituency, on Monday embarked on a working tour to assess the relevance and effectiveness of beneficiaries of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) in public instituti…
The Senior Minister, Mr Yaw Osafo-Maafo, is leading a five-member government delegation to China to seek financial and technical support for the establishment of an e-records management system for the country.
The project, if implemente…
The United Nations said on Friday it had sent a fact-finding team to eastern Uganda to investigate a “surge” in the number of women and girls undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM).
The probe by the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) come…
Violent protests are continuing in India's north-eastern states over a proposed amendment to the country's citizenship law.
The protests have been particularly vocal in the state of Assam, which recently saw four million residents left …
The General Council of Elders of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has formed an Executive Committee to oversee the running of the council.
The committee, which is chaired by Mr C.K. Tedam, has Mr Hackman Owusu-Agyemang as the Vice-Chairm…
Florida's Secretary of State Michael Ertel has resigned after photos emerged of him in blackface dressed as a victim of Hurricane Katrina.
The images, printed by the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper, were allegedly taken at a Halloween pa…
The Electoral Commission (EC) on Thursday said it would use the 2016 Voter Register to conduct the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency by-election, slated for January 31, 2019.
The Deputy Chairperson of the EC, Mr Samuel Tettey, briefing t…
Hon. Charles Owiredu welcomed the Cuban delegation and recalled the long standing bilateral relations between Ghana and Cuba which dates back to Ghana’s independence
The Republic of Ghana and the Republic of Cuba have reaffirmed their c…
Felix Tshisekedi has said national reconciliation is a priority in his presidency, reports our correspondent Gaius Kowene. The remark was in the final part of his speech that was in danger, at one point, of not being delivered.
The new …
A Turkish court has ordered the release of a Kurdish MP who has been on hunger strike for nearly 80 days.
The court in Diyarbakir said Leyla Guven, 55, would be monitored.
She has been in jail for a year following critical remarks ab…
Mr Benjamin Madugu Avornyotse, spokesperson for Delali Kwesi Brempong, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency, said the constituents are set to deliver the seat to the NDC.
He…
Former President John Mahama, campaigning to lead the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2020 election, says the party will not abolish the free senior high school (SHS) policy if given the mandate to govern.
He said it was not…
The US Senate has rejected two bills to end the government shutdown, leaving no end in sight to the record-breaking closure of federal agencies.
The Republican legislation garnered 50 votes with 47 against, with 52-44 for the Democratic…
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has held a ballot for the aspirants of its Presidential Primary.
The ballot paves the way for the aspirants to formally start their campaigns.
See the order which the aspirants will app…
A Nigerian appeals court issued an interim order stopping a tribunal from charging the chief justice with breaching asset-declaration rules.
Nigeria's most senior judge is under investigation after hundreds of thousands of dollars were …
Russian diamond miner Alrosa and China’s Anjin Investments have been selected by Zimbabwe’s government to partner with the state diamond company, a state-run newspaper reported on Thursday.
The southern African nation announced in Decem…
South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has dropped corruption charges against the son of former President Jacob Zuma.
Last year, Duduzane Zuma was charged over an allegation that he and his business partners, the Guptas, of…
France has extradited to The Hague a senior football official wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes committed in the Central African Republic (CAR).
Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona, a committee member of the Confeder…
A car has exploded outside a bank in the centre of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.
No causalities have been reported so far.
Gunfire was heard briefly outside Premier Bank after the explosion - shots thought to have been fired by nearb…
India is due to launch what it says is the world's lightest satellite ever to be put into orbit.
Weighing only 1.26kg (2.6lb), the Kalamsat-V2 has been made by students belonging to a space education firm.
It will help ham radio oper…
The Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Simon Kweku Tetteh, has said that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is passionate and concerned about education.
That he said was because the President believed quality edu…
Madam Jean Adukwei Mensa, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, has announced that journalists will no longer be required to pay for election accreditation to report on election 2020 and beyond.
“The cost of accreditation is so s…
Four new Ambassadors to Ghana on Wednesday presented their letters of credence to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House in Accra. They are Stephanie S. Sullivan of the United States (US), Emad Mugsy Hanna Kamel, the A…
All the seven flag bearer aspirants of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) have been duly vetted by the party ahead of its primaries scheduled for Saturday February 23, 2019.
The seven, who were successfully vetted yeste…
All is set for the presidential primary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Saturday February 23, 2019 following the balloting for positions on the ballot paper by the seven candidates of the party yesterday.
That ex…
US President Donald Trump says he will not deliver his annual State of the Union speech until after the government shutdown is over.
On Wednesday House Speaker Nancy Pelosi withdrew an invitation for him to address Congress, saying gove…
One of the main candidates in next month’s Nigerian presidential election has stepped down because she says she wants to form a broader coalition to defeat the two main parties.
Oby Ezekwesili is well known for leading the #BringBackOur…
The office of former President Jerry Rawlings has denied publications that he is in league with others to form a new political party out of the opposition National Democratic Congress.
A statement by the office has therefore asked the…
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