Mr Ali Salifu, Bawku Central Constituency First Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), on Wednesday appealed to President John Dramani Mahama to remain focussed on the chapter two of the "Better Ghana Agenda".
He sai…
Mr Isaac Osei, Member of Parliament (MP) for Subin, has called for bold action to reconstruct the Kumasi Central Market, to end the frequent fire outbreaks and destruction of traders' wares.
The MP appealed to the Kumasi Metropolitan…
Iraq's Shiite prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, Wednesday promised action to release hundreds of Sunni Muslims detained for suspected security offences, in a bid to allay Sunnis holding mass protests for more than two weeks.
But the prem…
Israel's lifting of restrictions on the import of construction materials into the Gaza Strip was helpful but has not affected the blockade imposed on the salient, a Palestinian official said Tuesday.
"Practically on the ground and in r…
Building "an economic giant" is this year's priority but antagonism between North and South Korea should also be ended, Kim Jong Un said Tuesday in the first New Year's address by a North Korean leader in 19 years.
Economic policies wo…
The Convention Peoples Party (CPP) on Tuesday joined millions of Ghanaians celebrating the New Year with a message invoking good healthy, happiness and prosperity upon each one in 2013.
"Much has happened during the past twelve months…
The US Senate overwhelmingly approved a compromise early Tuesday to avoid the worst impact of the so-called fiscal cliff about two hours after the midnight deadline at which the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts came into effect.
T…
United Nations-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi Sunday outlined a solution to end the conflict in Syria, saying there is a "wide international consensus" on the formula.
"This political solution includes a ceasefire, the formation of …
The Member of Parliament (MP)-elect for the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Constituency, Dr. Nana Ato Arthur has outlined plans to develop the area.
He said he would implement the "2015 strategy" programme he initiated when he …
The Member of Parliament-elect for the Mfantseman Constituency, Mr Aquinas Tawiah Quansah has appealed to Ghanaians to let partisan politics pass on with the just-ended general election to enable them to move ahead in unison to develop the…
Commander of the Agona Swedru Divisional Police, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Owusu Donyina, has asked political party supporters to refrain from acts that could create violence and mayhem in the country.
He said with Electi…
Pakistani Taliban insurgents executed 21 of 23 policemen in a region bordering Afghanistan, a senior official said on Sunday.
Rebels had taken the men from the Levies tribal police force prisoner Thursday after overrunning two outposts in…
Israel's supreme court Sunday overturned a decision by the country's elections committee to ban an Arab-Israeli lawmaker from running in January 22 parliamentary elections.
The panel of nine judges unanimously rejected the argument tha…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings on Monday, lighted the perpetual flame to mark the 31st Anniversary of the 31st December Revolution in Accra.
Flt Lt Rawlings seized power from the late President Dr Hilla Limann of the People’s…
President John Dramani Mahama, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate for Election 2012, polled 50.63 per cent of the valid votes cast.
The Peoples National Convention (PNC) made the claim in statement sign…
Syria's opposition has begun to take aim at government airbases, making less effective government airstrikes that had been the biggest threat to rebels.
The opposition, which has long been outgunned by the government, boasted that they ha…
The Upper West Regional branch of the June Four Movement has congratulated President John Dramani Mahama for leading the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to victory in this year's general election.
In a statement issued in Wa, the …
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Saturday said that embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was not planning to relinquish power.
"He repeatedly said both publicly and in private ... that he is not planning to leave, that he w…
The past 20 years of the Middle East peace process between Israel and the Palestinians has been a "waste of time", Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby said Saturday in Ramallah.
His visit, with that of Egyptian Foreign Minister Muhammed Kamel…
The foreign ministers from the member states of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) met in Libreville on Friday to evaluate the prevailing situation in the Central African Republic.
Foreign ministers from the 10-nati…
Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi left Cairo Saturday, on his way to Ramallah to discuss financial aid and diplomatic efforts to relaunch Palestinian-Israeli peace talks.
Al-Arabi will go to Ramallah, via Amman. The trip is a solidarity vi…
International envoy on Syria Lakhdar Brahimi began a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Saturday, Interfax news reported, after the opposition rejected an invitation from Moscow to attend talks.
Brahimi's meeting wi…
France has deployed an additional 150 soldiers to the strife-torn Central African Republic, the Defence Ministry in Paris said Saturday, confirming a Radio France International report.
They were sent to the capital Bangui "to protect F…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov described the Syrian opposition's boycott of talks in Moscow Saturday as "the path into a dead end."
"Their refusal to have any dialogue with the government is a dead end position," Lavrov said af…
The Management of the Islamic Council for Development and Humanitarian Services (ICODEHS), has congratulated President John Dramani Mahama for winning the general election held on December 7 this year.
"ICODEHS wishes to particularly …
Parliament on Thursday began registering all the newly-elected members ahead of their swearing-in to the Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic on January 7, 2013.
The three-day exercise would enable the 274 members furnish the Hous…
The United Nations Secretary-General, Mr Ban Ki-Moon has condemned the armed attacks on several towns in the Central African Republic (CAR) perpetrated by the coalition of rebel groups known as "SELEKA".
He said these developments gr…
UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi Thursday called for the formation of a transition government in Syria until elections can be held, ahead of his visit to Moscow at the weekend.
"We need to form a government with all powers ... whic…
The Volta Regional Secretariat of the Conventions People's Party (CPP) and its 21 parliamentary candidates have added their voices to the need for credible electoral reforms that would safeguard public investment into processes leading to …
Egyptian authorities Thursday said ousted president Hosny Mubarak would be transferred from a prison, where he is serving a life sentence, to a military hospital for medical treatment.
Public prosecutor Talaat Ibrahim agreed to the tra…
The Taliban in Pakistan have offered a possible ceasefire on conditions including an apparent resumption of government support to Islamist rebels fighting in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, a news report said on Thursday.
Asi…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a law that bans the adoption of the country's children by US citizens, the Itar Tass news agency reported.
Citing the presidential press service, the report said that he also signed a d…
Egypt's parliamentary affairs minister has quit his post, local media reported on Friday, the third resignation in the country's government amid reports of an imminent cabinet reshuffle.
Mohammed Mahsoub said he was stepping down because …
Outgoing Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said late Friday he had accepted an offer to become the leader of a centrist coalition fighting elections due on February 24-25.
Monti said at a Rome press conference he had accepted "to be d…
Mr Ussif Mustapha, New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) elect for Yagaba/Kubori Constituency in the Northern Region, has commended the people for voting massively for him.
He said: "I accept the responsibility with hum…
Alhaji Baba Gausu, Brong-Ahafo Regional Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), on Friday said the party's victory in the just ended general elections was pre-ordained by God.
He, however, cautioned the leadership of t…
Nana Addo Danquah Akufu Addo, Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has said by filing a petition to address the irregularities in the Presidential elections, the country's democracy would be strengthened.
"This ca…
The sudden death of Mr Henry Ford Kamel, the Volta Regional Minister, is a “rude shock†Mr Dan Abodakpi, Ghana's High Commissioner to Malaysia, said on Friday.
"Our hearts are very heavy and hurting badly," Mr Abodakpi said at a…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) would be calling 25 witnesses in its petition filed at the Supreme Court challenging the validity of President John Mahama as President-elect after the December 7 and 8 polls.
In its petition file…
Mr. Joseph Ade Coker, Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has reiterated the need for Ghanaians to come together, now that elections are over, to create a congenial ambiance necessary to pursue the nat…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently paid an unannounced visit to Jordan and met with King Abdullah II, Israel Radio reported Thursday.
The radio quoted a senior Israeli government official, who gave no further details and s…
The Presiding Member of the Ajumako-Enyan- Essiam District Assembly, Mr Solomon F. Cobbinah has urged members of the Assembly to come together as one body and plan towards the development of the district.
He said with the elections o…
UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi Thursday called for setting up a transition government in Syria until elections can be held, ahead of his visit to Moscow at the weekend.
"We need to form a government with all powers ... which assu…
A scuffle erupted Thursday, as Israel's supreme court heard a petition against a decision to ban an Arab-Israeli lawmaker from running in the January 22 parliamentary elections.
The High Court of Justice in Jerusalem said it would announ…
The European Union (EU) will increase pressure on Israel in 2013 in order to settle Israeli- Palestinian conflict based on the two-state solution, said an internal report of the Israeli foreign ministry published Wednesday.
According to t…
The Conservative Alliance Network (CAN) says it will support live media coverage of court proceedings in which the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) is seeking to challenge the presidential election results because its national interest…
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi said Wednesday that the country's referendum on a new constitution was held with total "transparency and under the full supervision of civil society and the judiciary."
"I salute the Supreme Electoral …
Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has met with the National Executive of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) to explain why the party has decided not to accept the results of the 2012…
US President Barack Obama was spending his last day of an abbreviated Christmas vacation in Hawaii Wednesday before heading back to Washington and an intense round of talks to avoid severe austerity measures due to kick in at year's end.
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Israel has agreed to further ease some restrictions on the entry of goods into the Gaza Strip, a move that will allow 20 daily truckloads of construction materials into Gaza for use in the private sector for the first time since 2007, Isra…