The leadership of Parliament is to study the Appeal Court’s decision upholding the ruling of a Cape Coast High Court’s annulling the Assin North Constituency parliamentary election in the 2020 general elections and decide the way forward.
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Kofi Bentil, a private legal practitioner has observed that the 1992 Constitution must be amended to take out the need for by-elections.
He explained that the amendment must be done so that the party which holds the parliamentary seat a…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament MP) for Sawla-Tuna-Kalba, Andrew Dari Chiwitey, has appealed for relief items for victims of a rainstorm that hit the constituency last Saturday.
He has also called for the swi…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Atwima-Nwabiagya South, Mr Emmanuel Agyei Anhwere, has stressed the need for all Ghanaians to come together and work towards the development and progress of the nation.
He said it w…
The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has addressed the 144th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in Indonesia and stressed the role parliamentarians can play as various legislative arms acr…
The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu, has asked the Business Committee of Parliament, to re-schedule the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta’s appearance before the House to answer questions filed by members.
He explai…
A foundation that supports young people in agribusiness, the Kosmos Innovation Centre (KIC), has awarded a grant of $250,000 (about GH¢1.9 million) to eight agricultural start-ups to enable them to expand their operations.
The KIC, the …
The Minority in parliament is demanding a reintroduction of the collection of road tolls in the country.
According to the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, the scrapping of road tolls is denying government of revenue.
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A staunch member of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) National Communications Team, and a former Parliamentary Candidate for the Kpone Katamanso constituency, Mr. Hopeson Adorye, has spoken favorably of Lawyer Justin Frimpong Kodua (JFK), th…
The head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and Nigeria's former finance minister, has said "we should be very worried" about the impact of rising food prices as a result of the war in Ukraine, in an interview with UK's Guardian newspap…
The court of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) has ordered the suspension of its sanctions against Mali, pending a "detailed" court ruling, the body's spokesperson said.
In January, the organisation instructed the sus…
Rebel forces fighting in northern Ethiopia have agreed to a government offer of a truce to allow aid deliveries to reach millions of people in urgent need of assistance.
No aid has been delivered to the Tigray region since m…
Former US President Donald Trump has sued Hillary Clinton and several other Democrats, accusing them of trying to rig the 2016 US presidential election by linking his campaign to Russia.
Mr Trump beat Mrs Clinton in 2016.
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US President Joe Biden has said Nato "would respond" if Russia uses chemical weapons in Ukraine.
The president - who is in Europe for talks with allies - did not spell out what that might mean.
His comments came on an unprecedent…
North Korea has tested a banned intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the first time since 2017, South Korea and Japan say.
Japanese officials said it flew 1,100 km (684 miles) and fell in Japanese waters after flyin…
US President Joe Biden joins fellow Western leaders in Brussels on Thursday for three summits on Russia's war in Ukraine, a month after the invasion began.
Nato, the G7 and the EU are all holding meetings, in a display of un…
A Russian landing ship has been destroyed and two other vessels have been damaged in the occupied Ukrainian port city of Berdyansk, say Ukrainian officials.
The Ukrainian military posted footage early on Thursday and said th…
At least 15 people, including a female member of the Somali federal parliament, were killed in two suicide bombings in Beledweyne town in central Somalia.
Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has termed the killing of Amina Mohamed Abdi…
The governor of Ethiopia’s north-western Amhara region has asked Russia to support his administration in rebuilding public infrastructure that was destroyed in recent fighting in the area.
The state-run Amhara Media Corporation reported…
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has sacked the country’s health minister, according to a decree announced by state media on Wednesday night.
No reasons were given for the firing of Elizabeth Acuei Yol.
She is the first cabinet min…
A Nigerian soldier said to have been under the influence of drugs killed at least three civilians and injured 13 others during a mass shooting.
The incident happened on Wednesday in the main square of Mafa town in the north-eastern Born…
Mr. Kobina Tahir Hammond, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Adansi Asokwa in the Ashanti Region, has berated the Minority for stifling business in the House.
He wondered why the National Democratic Congress (NDC) legislators were misint…
The Ada East District Coordinating Director, Fred Kpodo, has entreated citizens to take advantage of town hall meetings to discuss issues of local and national concerns for redress.
“Such platforms offer Metropolitan, Municipal, and Dis…
The Ga South Municipality has re-elected Mr Mohammed Abdul-Wahab, as the Presiding Member for the Ga South Municipal Assembly for the third time.
He was unanimously endorsed by all the 28 Assembly members after a poll conducted by the…
Six Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Bawku Traditional Area in the Upper East Region last Tuesday put aside their political differences to help de-escalate the tension and clashes in the area.
It was also to address the deterioratio…
The Minority in Parliament Thursday urged the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr Joseph Osei-Owusu, to issue a directive to the Minister of Finance to appear before the House to respond to some urgent outstanding questions on the floor…
The government is relying on some seven revenue measures after it announced more than 10 expenditure cuts as part of measures to address the current economic challenges.
Addressing a press briefing in Accra Thursday [March 24, 2022], th…
Nearly 840,000 coronavirus vaccines have expired in Kenya before they could be administered, the country’s Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe has said.
The AstraZeneca jabs were part of 2.2 million doses donated to the country through the glo…
A gunfight at the entrance to the international airport complex outside the Somali capital, Mogadishu, has left at least eight people dead.
Aden Adde International Airport hosts peacekeepers, the offices of UN organisations and diplomat…
The Duke of Cambridge has spoken of his "profound sorrow" over slavery during a speech at a dinner in Jamaica.
Prince William said slavery was abhorrent, "should never have happened" and "forever stains our history".
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Recovery teams have found human remains at the crash site of the China Eastern jet which plunged into mountains this week, say state media.
Authorities have yet to declare the number of victims, but there has been no sign so…
A Russian journalist has been killed during shelling by Russian forces in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.
Oksana Baulina had been reporting from Kyiv and the western city of Lviv for investigative website The Insider, the outlet said in a …
A former National First Vice Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Stephen Ntim, has called on Ghanaians to rally behind the government as it intends to implement new measures to stabilize the economy.
Acc…
Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga says the fallout of the fact-finding mission into recent disturbances in the troubled town of Bawku in the Upper East Region will be presented to the appropriate stakeholders for furth…
Measures designed to cripple Russia's financial system and hurt its wealthiest citizens have been introduced by nations opposed to its invasion of Ukraine.
Russia has retaliated by banning the export of some products.
What are sanction…
Four Israelis have been killed and several others wounded in an attack in the south of the country, police say.
Three were stabbed to death outside the BIG shopping centre in Beersheba, while a fourth was rammed by a vehicle…
The US has agreed to ease Trump-era tariffs on UK steel and aluminium shipments, resolving an issue that had strained relations between the allies.
The move follows earlier deals with the European Union and Japan over the co…
Sudan has denied the presence of a Russian private military contractor in the country.
The denial follows a joint statement by British, American and Norwegian envoys that Wagner Group personnel had been engaged in social media disinform…
Somali state media says the security forces have thwarted an attack on a military base at the sprawling international airport complex outside the capital, Mogadishu.
It says two jihadists were killed as they tried to force their way in.…
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced an end to more Covid-19 lockdown restrictions from Wednesday.
Most of the country has been back in business for months, and the latest changes will see the return of popular social …
The Founder and Leader of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has urged Members of Parliament (MPs) to consider the larger interest of Ghanaians in their deliberations.
He said the MPs must put aside their partisan and self…
Members of Parliament within the Eastern part of the Upper East Region are on a fact-finding mission in Bawku following recent disturbances in the area that have led to the loss of lives and property.
At least over 14 pe…
A former Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor has met with some members of the opposition National Democratic Congress in the Ashanti Region as part of efforts in reorganising the party.
According to him, without addressin…
The Nigerian government says fully vaccinated travellers coming into the country will no longer be required to take a pre-departure PCR Covid-19 test.
This is the first major reversal to the public health safety protocols since Nigeria …
Members of the Council of State have agreed to a 20 percent cut in their monthly allowances for the next one year in support of efforts aimed at stabilising the economy.
This, the council said was in support of the 30 percent monthly sa…
Up to 28 million people in East Africa are at risk of extreme hunger because of price spikes caused by the Ukraine war and potential lack of rain this March, Oxfam has warned.
Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia are experiencing the driest weat…
New Zealand is set to significantly relax its Covid-19 restrictions with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern calling it a "new beginning for the country".
Key changes include scrapping masking outdoors and easing vaccine mandates …
Former Ketu South Member of Parliament, Fifi Kwetey, has opened up on his intention to vie for the position of General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
His only caveat however is to contest after the exit of the curr…
A former Deputy Finance Minister under the erstwhile J.E.A Mills administration, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, has faulted the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the worsening economic situation in the country.
He says the Aku…
An appeal filed by the embattled Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson at the Court of Appeal in Cape Coast to overturn the annulment of his election, has been struck out.
This is because the appellant, James Gyakye…