President John Evans Atta Mills has nominated for appointment three people as District Chief Executives.
They are Mr Anthony Agyeman Nyame for Atwima Kwanwoma, Nana Asare Bediako for Atwima Nwabiagya and Nana Oppong Kyekyeku for Adan…
Mr Mustapha Mohammed, a Cape Coast- based businessman has announced his intention to contest the position of Central Regional Organiser at the impending delegates conference of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in December.
Speaking to …
Mr. Bukari Zakaria Anaba, Tano South District Chief Executive, has presented a cheque for GHC 10,100 in support of the education of 60 brilliant but needy students in the area.
Making the presentation at Bechem Mr. Anaba said it was…
Mr Joe Donkoh, a businessman, has retained the chairmanship of the Gomoa West Constituency of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
He polled 451 votes to beat his opponent Mr Wallace Clayman, who had 89, in the constituency delegates' confe…
Mr. Bukari Zakaria Anaba, Tano South District Chief Executive, has called on Ghanaians to exercise patience since the government would do everything possible to fulfil every promise made during the 2008 electioneering campaign.
He sa…
Alhaji Baba Yakubu, popularly known as Baba Yenkro, has been re-elected Chairman of the Akwatia Constituency of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
At the party's delegates conference at the week-end, attended by about 500 delegates, Alha…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Saltpond has elected 14-member executives under the chairmanship of Mr Stephen Moore for the next two years.
At the party's delegates' conference held on Tuesday, the following officers were a…
Every Child attending the United Nations International School (UNIS) in central Manhattan, New York City, has a cultural passport at her/his fingertips.
Students can explore Latin America through special foods, visit Japan through fr…
A circuit court at Mpraeso, on Thursday placed an interim injunction on the election of chairman for Mpraeso Constituency National Democratic Congress.
GNA learnt that the action followed a writ filed by Mr Noah Yaw Adjei, a supporte…
The sitting Afghan president Hamid Karzai was sworn in as the president of the post-Taliban country for the second term on Thursday amid tight security.
His oath taking ceremony, at Karzai's fortified Palace, was administered by the …
U.S. President Barack Obama left Seoul, where he met with his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung-bak on Thursday, wrapping up his four-nation Asia trip.
Before he flew home from the U.S. air base at around 04:00 p.m. (0700 GMT), he m…
Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that combat against law mafia should be done effectively so that would provide benefit for people, Kompas. com online news reported on
Thursday.
"I want that in the first 100 work…
As the debate over healthcare reform rages on in the United States, children's advocates are busy analyzing on how two healthcare bills in the House and in the Senate Finance Committee will affect children of low-income families when a nat…
The East African Community (EAC) will hold its 11th summit on Friday, at which heads of member states are expected to sign a protocol establishing the EAC Common Market.
The EAC is the regional intergovernmental organization consisti…
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said Thursday he and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama held close consultations and reached agreements on various issues, such as South Korea-U.S. alliance, the DPRK's nuclear issue, the pending bilater…
The six-member Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) has postponed its summit set for this month in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic.
The 10th summit of CEMAC was put off to "later date," the governme…
Heads of East African Community ( EAC) member states will wrap up their 18-month-long negotiations and ink a protocol this Friday to establish the EAC Common Market, another crucial step forward in East Africa's integration process after t…
The Odododiodioo Constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is preparing to hold its Constituency Conference to elect officers for positions in the party.
Mr. Jonathan Tackie Komme; Member of Parliament made this known at…
Mr Kojo Tito Voegborlo, Secretary of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has urged electorate to show greater interest in next year's district assembly election.
He said next year's district level elections must attra…
Gabon's new President Ali Bongo Ondimba on Wednesday begins a two-day official visit to France, his first to the African country's former colonial power and top economic partner.
According to official sources, French President Nicola…
Municipal and District Chief Executives (M/DCEs) in the Eastern Region on Wednesday ended a day's workshop in Koforidua, aimed at sensitizing them on the plans Government has outlined to improve the Youth in Agriculture Programme, afforest…
The Minority in Parliament on Wednesday gave several names to the 2010 Annual Budget presented by Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, as a way of registering their
displeasure with the government's economic po…
The president of Argentina, Cristina Kirchner, will pay an official visit to Brasilia on Wednesday, where she will discuss a solution to the growing commercial differences between both countries with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da…
New Zealand has maintained its ranking as the least corrupt country in a report from an international anti-corruption group.
Transparency International has based its findings on surveys of how corrupt the public sector is perceived t…
India has given to Pakistan a seventh dossier that contains additional evidence linking Pakistan- based terrorists to the Mumbai attacks last November, reported the Indo-Asian News Service Wednesday.
The dossier was handed over Tuesd…
Road accidents on the Nnadieso- Konongo stretch of the Kumasi/Accra highway in the Asante Akim-South District has seen a sharp decline this year.
Between January and June, 11 road accidents were recorded out of which eight died as ag…
The new election date in Cote d'Ivoire is likely to be known "next week," the U Nations Operations in Cote d'Ivoire (ONUCI) announced here on Wednesday.
Initially scheduled for Nov. 29, the date was "slightly changed" because of inad…
Russia and the European Union Wednesday emphasized their cooperation on climate change, energy supplies
and trade during a summit that was held in a positive atmosphere rarely seen in recent years.
Jose Manuel Barroso, president o…
U.S. President Barack Obama's just-concluded trip to China once again demonstrated that U.S.-China
relations are very broad and deep, president of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, Stephen A. Orlins, said Wednesday.
"…
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya affirmed Wednesday that the Honduran Congress does not have the intention to reinstate him as president.
Zelaya said he would wait for the outcome of the Nov. 29 elections to find out which pol…
The Kpone-Katamanso branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), on Monday elected a nine-member executive for a four-year term.
Mr George Noiye, who was elected Chairman polled 126 votes to defeat Mr P.A Kwakufio with 38 votes Nana Sipim…
The Asawasi Constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), at its delegate's congress in Kumasi, elected Alhaji Ahmed Abubakar as its new Chairman.
Other officers elected at the polls supervised by the Electoral Commission (EC…
Top US and Indian officials are making hectic efforts to conclude the discussions on critical reprocessing deal on spent nuclear fuel before Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's high-profile state visit here next week.
Knowledgeab…
Generosity of the Indian Consulate in Chicago appears to have facilitated the entry into India of Tahawwur Rana, arrested by the FBI in connection with a terror plot against India.
Copies of visas issued to Pakistani-Canadian Rana a…
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would kick-off his five-day visit to the United States with an address to the influential American business community, which had a key role in the passage of the historic Indo-US civilian nuclear deal.
…
The Obama Administration has sought an "assurance" from India on nuclear non-proliferation to take forward the Indo-US civilian nuclear trade between them.
The Indian "assurance" is now being considered as a "proximate obstacle" to In…
For Sunil Kumar, it has been fifteen long years since he started looking for his cousin Prakash Atteprambil from India's southern state of Kerala who disappeared after leaving for Malaysia in search of better opportunities.
Kumar(34…
India's bid to become a full fledged member of Washington Accord, an international agreement for standardising engineering education, has been turned down by the 13-member grouping.
India, which is a provisional member of the Washin…
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani trails both his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh and al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden on the list of the world's most powerful persons complied by Forbes magazine.
Gilani was ranked 38th in th…
The issue of whether Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief executives (MMDCEs) should be elected or not took centre stage at a workshop on local governance and the 2010 District Assembly Elections at Konongo as participants were divid…
The People's National Convention (PNC), on Tuesday called on the security agencies to step up investigations to ascertain who are behind the assassination of its Election 2008 parliamentary candidate for Nalerigu, Mr Moses Alando.
The…
A youth activist of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Tuesday gave the minority in Parliament a 48-hour ultimatum to substantiate claims that government had packed the oil industry with its cronies.
Mr Mubarak Abdulai …
Foreign ministers of the European Union (EU) on Monday agreed to proceed with Albania's bid to become a member of the 27-nation bloc, but it's only the initial step for the country to be formally admitted as a member of the EU.
The n…
China and the United States would work together for positive results at the Copenhagen summit slated for December this year, Chinese President Hu Jintao said here on Tuesday. "President Obama and I agreed to expand the China-U.S. cooperati…
Chinese President Hu Jintao said here Tuesday that his talks with U.S. President Barack Obama were candid, constructive and fruitful.
At a joint press conference with Obama after the talks, Hu said he had "very good talks" with the U…
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Finance and Poverty Reduction has inspected some development projects at Kasoa in the Awutu Senya District.
The committee, led by its Chairman, Mr James Avedzi, inspected a 30-bed maternity ward es…
The Ghana Federation of the Disabled (GFD), on Tuesday spelled-out a 10-point agenda to be included in the Local governance reforms being initiated by Government.
It includes one per cent representation by People With Disability (PWD…
Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, a leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Tuesday assured foot-soldiers of the party that he would take them on board when given the mandate to serve as the Greater-Accra Regional Chairman.
Launchi…
Mrs Joyce Bamford-Addo, Speaker of Parliament, on Tuesday called for a closer collaboration between Parliament and United Nations agencies working in the country to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.
"Though we ha…
Egypt rebuffed the request to review its latest Palestinian unity proposal, a Palestinian official said on Tuesday.
The request was made by independent Palestinian officials in a bid to revive the Egyptian initiative after the Gaza S…
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