The Majority in Parliament has urged their Minority counterparts to respect the decision by the Supreme Court that a Deputy Speaker presiding over parliamentary proceedings reserved the right to cast his vote on matters, and be counted as …
An inquiry committee set up by the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (Nebe) has confirmed that the chairman of the opposition Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), Dawud Ibsa, has been under house arrest since May 2021.
Mr Dawud's residence …
South Korea has chosen a conservative opposition candidate, Yoon Suk-yeol, as the country's next president following a tightly-contested race.
Mr Yoon, a political novice, edged out a victory over the Democratic Party's Lee …
Frozen Russian assets should be used to rebuild Ukraine after the war, the governor of Ukraine’s Central Bank has told the BBC.
Kyrylo Shevchenko called for an extensive list of extra sanctions, from cutting card payments to…
A first round of talks between the foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine has failed to yield progress on a ceasefire, Ukraine says.
Speaking after the meeting in Turkey, Dmytro Kuleba said that the demands his Russian coun…
Nigeria's Centre for Disease Control says 60 people evacuated from Ukraine have tested positive for coronavirus.
The new cases pushed the number of new daily infections to 118, the agency said in its latest update.
These new cases we…
In our series of letters from African writers, Kenyan broadcaster Waihiga Mwaura reflects on the latest outrage allegedly carried out by riders of motorbike taxis and asks why it seems so difficult to take action against them.
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The School Improvement Support Officer for Aboadze-Abuesi, Josephine Theresa Mensah, has entreated the citizenry to endeavour to work together to develop the nation.
She explained that without peace, unity, harmony and national cohesion…
The National Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party, Freddie Blay says the party has put together a special committee to assess the concerns of some party members over the recently held polling station executive elections.
He sai…
Former President John Mahama has criticised the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision that Deputy Speakers of Parliament can vote even when they are presiding as Speaker.
In a tweet, he described it as “shocking but not surprising”.
Mr.…
The National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddie Blay say the party will come out of its much anticipated flagbearership race unscathed and more formidable to win the 2024 polls.
Speaking in an interview on Citi TV‘s Poin…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the unanimous decision taken by the Supreme Court, in its ruling of Wednesday, March 9, 2022, on the voting rights of Deputy Speakers of Parliament, should put the matter to rest.
According to…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the decision of the Supreme Court on the voting rights of Deputy Speakers cannot amount to judicial inference in the work of Parliament.
According to president Akufo-Addo, the suggestion that …
At Nigeria's busiest airports in Lagos and Abuja, aircraft scheduled to fly on Tuesday were parked for hours waiting for fuel.
Two of Nigeria's biggest airlines, Air Peace and Arik Air, said they had to cancel some domestic flights and …
Senegal's President Macky Sall, who is the current head of the African Union (AU), has spoken to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to urge a "lasting" ceasefire in Ukraine.
He is the second African leader to reveal that he has spok…
Russia could be planning a chemical or biological weapon attack in Ukraine - and "we should all be on the lookout", the White House has said.
Press secretary Jen Psaki said Russia's claims about US biological weapon labs, and chemical w…
The Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram in the Greater Accra Region, Samuel Nartey George says the ruling by the Supreme Court on Wednesday allowing Deputy Speakers of Parliament to vote even when they preside over proceedings, could b…
The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame, has recommended the annulment of the 2020 parliamentary elections in the Buem Constituency to enable fresh ballots.
That, he said, would ensure that the constituents …
An Accra Circuit Court has remanded the four policemen and one civilian arrested in connection with the recent bullion van robberies in Accra.
The suspects are Constable Affisu, Yaro Ibrahim, Constable Richard Boadu, Constable Rabiu Jam…
The first person to face trial over the 6 January storming of the US Capitol has been found guilty on all counts.
Guy Reffitt, 49, from Texas, was convicted of five charges including obstruction of an official proceeding and…
Some eleven Tanzanian students who were stranded in the Ukrainian city of Sumy have arrived in Russia's capital, Moscow.
They were received by the Tanzanian ambassador to Russia Frederick Kibuta, according to Tanzania's foreign ministry…
The US and UK are banning Russian oil and the EU is ending its reliance on Russian gas, stepping up the economic response to the invasion of Ukraine.
US President Joe Biden said the move targeted "the main artery of Russia's…
The US state department has banned flamboyant Kenyan politician Mike Sonko and his family from travelling to the US over allegations of corruption while in office.
Mr Sonko was the governor of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, but was impeached…
A prosecutor in Guinea has ordered the seizure of the assets of two Guinean businessmen of Lebanese descent who have been accused of being linked to funding militant group Hezbollah.
Guinea's prosecutor Alphonse Charles Wright did not e…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tema West Constituency in the Greater Accra Region,Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, has underlined the commitment, dedication and determination of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to work harder for victory in the …
The Chairperson of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Nana Frimpomaa Sarpong- Kumakumah, has admonished the youth and women in the country to avail themselves and take part in internal and national elections.
“I admonish the youth and…
An Economist with the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS), Professor Godfred Bokpin, has stated that more integrity and honesty is needed in society to shun corruption to enable the country to envision not only for self-rule but tot…
Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia is asking Members of Parliament to put aside their political differences and work towards the country’s development.
Dr. Bawumia believes the acrimony and scuffles seen in Parliament recently are as …
A former Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Emile Short, has bemoaned the laws that criminalise petty offences describing them as vague, arbitrary, and highly dependent on police disc…
The Minority in Parliament has reacted to the Supreme Court's ruling that says a Deputy Speaker presiding over proceedings in Parliament has the right to vote on matters and also be counted as part of the quorum for decision making in Parl…
The Supreme Court has dismissed an application by the NDC MP for Assin North, Mr James Gyakye Quayson, which was seeking to halt his appeal at the Court of Appeal in which he is challenging his nullification as a legislator by the High Cou…
The Supreme Court has ruled that a Deputy Speaker presiding over proceedings in Parliament has the right to vote on matters and also be counted as part of the quorum for decision making in Parliament.
In a unanimous decision today, a se…
Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska has issued an impassioned statement on the Russian invasion, condemning the "mass murder" of the country's civilians.
She focused on child casualties, mentioning the names of three childre…
A leading Sudanese politician, Babiker Faisal, has been detained - the latest in a series of arrests since October's overthrow of a power-sharing administration.
Mr Faisal, a member of the civilian coalition Forces of Freedom and Change…
Tanzanian opposition leader Freeman Mbowe has welcomed President Samia Suluhu's overtures to him days after state prosecutors dropped terrorism charges against him and several other people.
"When the court freed us, I received an invita…
Australian PM Scott Morrison says he will declare a national emergency over flooding in two states.
The disaster in New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland has killed 20 people and inundated thousands of homes in the past two w…
In the southern Ukrainian city of Melitopol on Monday, the mayor Ivan Federov sat down at his desk to send out his daily Facebook update.
He told his followers that the Russians forces occupying the city had now taken contro…
The commander called himself Johnny Dragan, and he smoked each cigarette as fiercely as if it was going to be his last.
Dragan was strengthening a blocking position at a strategic crossroads north-west of Kyiv. If the Russi…
A Shama Constituency Communication Member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Isaac Baidoo, has denied claims that a number of aspirants were denied the opportunity to contest in the just ended polling station election in the…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed preliminary objections to its ordered substituted service of the processes and notice of hearing in the case challenging the continuous stay in office of James Gyakye Quayson as Assin …
Mozambique on Monday recorded its first day of zero Covid-19 infections since the outbreak of the disease in the country in March 2020.
It also recorded zero Covid deaths and zero hospitalisation in 24 hours throughout the country.
T…
The World Bank has approved $723m (£551m) in loans and grants for Ukraine, as the country fights against a Russian invasion.
The bank said it is continuing to work on another $3bn package of support in the coming months for the country.…
The Archbishop of Canterbury hosted Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto in London on Monday, ahead of a similar meeting next week with opposition figure Raila Odinga.
Details of Justin Welby's meeting with Mr Ruto were not disclosed.
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The head of the World Food Programme, David Beasley, has warned the conflict in Ukraine could send global food prices soaring, with a catastrophic impact on the world's poorest.
Ukraine and Russia are both major exporters of…
A senior Russian military commander has been killed in a battle on the edge of the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, Ukraine's defence ministry says.
Maj-Gen Vitaly Gerasimov, 41st Army chief of staff, died along with other…
Madam Justina Owusu-Banahene, the Bono Regional Minister has stressed the need for Ghanaians to put the national interest ahead of parochial interests to promote rapid social and economic development of the country.
She said it was tim…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday lauded the immeasurable contributions by the historic city of Cape Coast to Ghana’s political development.
He has, therefore, pledged his commitment to providing the city with the needed d…
The Ashanti Regional Organiser of the governing New Patriotic Party, Francis Adomako, has urged his party members in the Fomena Constituency, to air their grievances using proper channels.
“The party has structures. Mak…
The Muslim community will on Sunday, March 13, perform the Adua (funeral rites) of the late Upper East Regional Chief Imam, Sheikh Imam Tahir Saeed Mohammed, a family source confirmed to the Ghanaian Times.
Muslims from across the cou…
Kenya has signed a deal with US biotechnology company, Moderna Inc, to build a vaccine manufacturing facility in the country.
The facility if expected to produce up to 500 million doses of vaccines annually.
The deal has been hailed …