The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Jean Mensa, has given an assurance that the commission will not risk the country’s security through decisions it takes on any election.
She explained that the commission was fully …
The Danish Ambassador to Ghana, Mrs Tove Degnbol, has said that the December 2019 referendum to amend the Constitution to legalise the participation of political parties in decentralised local governance has the potential to introduce some…
The authorities in Uganda are planning to start an Ebola vaccination campaign in the western district of Kasese, which saw two deaths from the virus earlier this week.
Those who died had crossed over form the Democratic Republic of Cong…
The National Youth Authority (NYA) has inaugurated Daffiama-Bussie-Issa (DBI) district youth parliament to serve as common voice in tackling development issues.
The Youth parliament is also expected to promote accountability and trans…
The full extradition hearing to decide whether Wikileaks founder Julian Assange should be sent to the United States to face accusations including spying charges will take place in February next year, a London court ruled on Friday.
Assa…
The Democratic Republic of Congo has applied to join the East African Community (EAC), President Felix Tshisekedi has confirmed on a trip to Tanzania.
The East African regional bloc currently has six members: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Bu…
Former Sudan President Omar al-Bashir has been charged with corruption.
The charges are related to laws on "suspected illicit wealth and emergency orders", the public prosecutor's office said, without giving more details.
The militar…
The Chairman of the Council of Elders of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Mr Felix Amoah, has charged party faithful to close their ranks and mend unhealthy relationships in order to position the party for a meaningful performance in…
Ras Mubarak, Member of Parliament (MP) for Kumbungu, has appealed to Parliament and political parties in Ghana to adopt the gender quota system in favour of females to increase women representation in the Legislature.
According to him, …
The five feet three-inches-tall peacekeeper now proudly wears her first-ever United Nations medal
Zimbabwe’s Emma Madziva stands at attention as a medal is pinned on her left breast pocket, just next to her name tag.
The five…
The world needs to understand the extent to which they advised the security forces on the legality and proportionality of deadly force used
Following an admission by Sudan’s Transitional Military Council (TMC) that they all met the coun…
The expert said the Sobanou-Kou attack on 9 June which continued overnight is part of an intensification of the deadly cycle of violence in central Mali
Alioune Tine, the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Mali, says…
Women across Switzerland have begun a day of demonstrations against what they say is the country's unacceptably slow pace to equality.
Friday's protest comes 28 years after similar action saw half a million women take to the streets in …
Yemen's rebel Houthi movement has launched drones at a Saudi airport, the second such attack in two days.
Five drones targeted Abha airport and the nearby city of Khamis Mushait, Saudi officials said in a statement.
No casualties wer…
Tanzania's finance minister has announced a 25% tax on all imported wigs and hair extensions and a 10% tax on those made in the country in a bid to raise more revenue.
Philip Mpango announced the measures, which should come in at the be…
The second youngest Member of Parliament (MP), Ms Joycelyn Tetteh, has been adjudged the ninth best MP in the country.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP for North Dayi Constituency and a first-timer in Parliament was ranked v…
Members of Parliament (MPs) have expressed varied views as to whether special seats should be reserved for women in Parliament.
Some of the legislators felt there was the need for a space to be created for women to enter Parliament wi…
UNICEF is intensifying its efforts to do so and minimize this outbreak’s potentially devastating impact on children and communities at-large in Uganda
UNICEF has launched an emergency Ebola response plan in Uganda following the confirma…
As the death toll from the Ebola outbreak spirals and cases recorded outside its West African epicentre increase, concern is growing over the measures in place to contain the deadly virus.
But with the battle to tackle Ebola taking a he…
Australia has given the final approval for construction to begin on a controversial coal mine to be built by Indian company Adani.
The mine, in Queensland's Galilee Basin, has been the subject of years of hold-ups over environmental app…
As the finance ministers from four East African countries prepare to announce their spending plans for the next year, the problem of how to raise more money for government spending will be on their minds.
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwa…
The text messaging service in Ethiopia has been shut down, the BBC's Kalkidan Yibeltal reports from the capital Addis Ababa.
The news comes as the country experiences its third day in a row with a break in online access.
The shutdown…
Cameroon has set a target of 120 days to contain polio outbreak, with plans to vaccinate 122,225 children under five years old.
In May the Ministry of Health announced that a wild polio virus was found in Mada and Makari health district…
On-going violent conflicts in certain parts of Cameroon is hampering its efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, a study by the Global Partnership for Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC), has revealed.
Mada…
Dr Sheikh Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu, the National Chief Imam, has assured the Electoral Commission of his support in conducting electoral activities in the country.
"We will do our best to support your work. It borders on peace, which is ve…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has rescheduled the Limited Voters Registration Exercise to take place between Monday, 17th June to Sunday 7th July.
A statement signed by Mrs Jean Mensa, the EC Chairperson and copied to the Ghana News Age…
Engineers from Bangladesh, China, India, Thailand and South Korea have spent six months working intensively levelling and grading roads
Engineers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have repaired more than 2500 kilome…
The UN Human Rights Council has unequivocally condemned measures to intentionally prevent or disrupt access to or dissemination of information online
Sudan’s ongoing internet shutdown is a gross violation of human rights and should be …
Queen's birthday celebration 2019 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Ambassador's speech
Speech delivered by British Ambassador to DRC, Dr John Murton, at the Queen's birthday celebration on 7 June 2019 at his residence
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Dozens of crew members have been rescued after abandoning two oil tankers hit by explosions in the Gulf of Oman.
Iran said it rescued the 21 crew members on board the Kokuka Courageous and the 23 on the Front Altair, though the US said …
The head of a major medical research charity has called the latest outbreak of Ebola in central Africa "truly frightening".
Nearly 1,400 people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Dr Jeremy Farrar, the director of the Well…
The leaders spoke during a high-level presidential dialogue on day two of the African Development Bank’s 2019 Annual Meetings
Leaders from four African countries on Wednesday shared their vision for an integrated and borderless Africa t…
A government delegation led by the National Security Minister, Mr Albert Kan-Dapaah, has met with the diplomatic community on safety measures in Ghana.
The delegation briefed the diplomats on the successful national security operation t…
Over 100 leading African journalists, democracy and human rights advocates from 52 out of 54 African countries have signed an open letter written to Eritrea’s head of state, President Isaias Aferwerki.
The letter which was released on M…
Police have fired rubber bullets and tear gas in Hong Kong at demonstrators amid anger at a new bill to allow extradition to mainland China.
Protesters blocked key roads around government buildings and threw bricks and projectiles at po…
A five-year-old boy in Uganda has died from Ebola, health officials have said.
The death is the first in Uganda, amid a deadly outbreak in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. Officials said his grandmother and younger brother als…
Protest and military leaders in Sudan have agreed to resume talks soon, an Ethiopian mediator says.
Separately, an opposition alliance agreed to suspend its campaign of civil disobedience and widespread strikes.
The army - which has …
About 49.5 per cent of Ghanaians will vote out their Members of Parliament (MPs) over poor performance if elections were held today, a new survey report has revealed.
The survey, conducted by the Political Science Department at the Un…
The National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo who was picked up by the police Tuesday afternoon on allegations of having a hand in recent kidnappings in Ghana has been granted a police e…
The Women's Wing of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the United States of America (USA) has defended President Akufo-Addo's recent comments on gender advocacy in Ghana.
According to them, President Akufo-Addo was on point, when he said …
A study by the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana, has revealed that 50.8 per cent of Ghanaians know their Members of Parliament (MPs) as development advocates.
The opinion poll 2019 dubbed "Assessment of the 275 MP…
The National Democratic Congress has launched an ‘adopt a branch’ strategy as part of efforts to quickly recapture power in 2020.
Towards that end, the party has developed a manual to provide clarity on how a branch could be adopted.
…
· Pupils from disadvantaged and remote areas to gain equitable access to digital learning in Kenya
· Successful piloting of the Accessible Digital Textbook to enable all children including those with disabilities to access…
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) joins call for UN to continue scrutinizing human rights situation in Eritrea
Human rights situation in Eritrea remains dire, notwithstanding recent promising developments such as the rapprochement …
Red Cross has procured equipment for safe and dignified burials and has provided training and technical support to Ministry of Health
Red Cross teams are on high alert following the confirmation of the first Ebola case in Uganda.
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The Senior Minister has held consultations with Ghana's development partners on the ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ policy of the Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo government.
Mr. Yaw Osafo-Maafo's had engaged the stakeholders to seek to their inputs t…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was on Tuesday honoured with Guyana's highest national award- The Order of Excellence of Guyana.
The award was conferred on him at a state luncheon held in his honour by the President of the Co-oper…
Unidentified assailants killed 19 people and wounded 13 in an attack on and around the town of Arbinda in northern Burkina Faso on Sunday, the government said.
Hundreds of people have died in Islamist violence over the past months and m…
A South Sudanese court sentenced a prominent economist to two years in prison on Tuesday for disturbing the peace because he gave interviews to foreign media after he was arrested on treason charges that were subsequently dropped.
The c…
Hong Kong braced for strikes, transport go-slows and another mass demonstration in protest against a proposed extradition law that would allow people to be sent to China for trial, as the Chinese-ruled city’s leader vowed defiance.
Hong…
