The need for a long-term national development plan (LTNDP) to guide the spending of revenue from the country’s oil sources is now or never, the Public Interest Accountability Committee (PIAC) has said.
According to the committee, the de…
The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban S.K. Bagbin, has emphasised the need for Africa to embrace and promote its cultural identity, including indigenous languages, to propel the social and economic development of the continent.
He said Af…
The Old Tafo Municipal Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Mr Suraka Saani, has implored Ghanaians to work assiduously to promote the rule of law.
He said upholding the fundamental laws of the country as ensh…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament of Adaklu, Mr Governs Kwame Agbodza, has urged political office holders and technocrats in Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies to serve as the fulcrum for development.…
The National Coordinator of the Universal Peace Federation- Ghana, Dr Mrs Helen Osei, has called for the establishment of a Ghana chapter of the International Association of Members of Parliament (MPs) for Peace (IAPP).
The Internationa…
Spain says most of the thousands of migrants who entered its North African enclave of Ceuta this week have returned to Morocco.
Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said the situation there was now much calmer, and that the author…
Taiwan's health minister said on Friday he had spoken to his U.S. counterpart to ask for help in obtaining COVID-19 vaccines amid a spike in infections on the island and the U.S. health secretary would take the matter to President Joe Bide…
Award-winning Wolf Hall author Dame Hilary Mantel says the UK needs a written constitution "to stop rogue prime ministers illegally interfering with the workings of Parliament".
Her comments come after Boris Johnson advised the Queen to…
The opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC, has shot down all the proposals made by the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) on the management of the country’s subsequent elections.
The party, which has boycotted recent IPAC meet…
Mr Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, Member of Parliament for Tema West Constituency has presented 12 tricycles popularly called “Aboboyaa” to some members of his constituents.
The tricycles, have cargo box which gives it loading capacity, and…
The Western Regional Vetting Committee is expected to interrogate all 66 Aspirants for the position of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executive position in the Region.
This constitutional mandate enjoins the President to nom…
More than 1.2 million people urgently need health assistance in Cabo Delgado Province in northern Mozambique where recent armed attacks sparked further population displacement and deepened a protracted humanitarian crisis.
Violence and …
Mr Alban Bagbin, Speaker of Parliament, has assured Ghanaians that the House will work hard in partnership with civil society organizations (CSOs) to ensure the passage of the Affirmative Action Bill.
He said the Bill which sought to a…
The Ministry of National Security has reversed the secondment of Lieutenant Colonel Frank Agyeman, Director of Operations, and three police officers to the Ministry, for their inappropriate conduct over the arrest of Mr Caleb Kudah, a Citi…
Patients who are critically ill with Covid-19 are more likely to die in Africa than in any other region in the world.
A study published by The Lancet attributes this to the shortage of crucial equipment in hospitals that are helpful in …
US President Joe Biden has signed a law that aims to address a rising number of anti-Asian attacks. What's behind the hatred?
An elderly Thai immigrant dies after being shoved to the ground. A Filipino-American is slashed in the face wi…
A ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip has come into effect.
The ceasefire began early on Friday, bringing to an end 11 days of fighting in which more than 250 people were killed, most of t…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has proposed six reforms the party thinks the Electoral Commission (EC) should consider.
They are the need for a legal backing to the Inter Party Advisory Committee (IPAC).
According to the NDC,…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has in a letter to the Chairperson of the African Union Commission withdrawn his acceptance of the continental body’s appointment as its High Representative for Somalia.
While thanking the AU for th…
Democratic Republic of Congo's President Félix Tshisekedi has differed with his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame over a report that accused Rwandan forces of committing mass atrocities in DR Congo.
Mr Tshisekedi said on Wednesday that th…
Mr Theophilus Nii Ankamah Densu-Tetteh, former Independent Parliamentary Candidate for Tema East Constituency in Election 2016 on Wednesday explained reasons for re-joining the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
According to him, he re…
Sixteen aspirants are seeking the position as the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) and billed to undergo vetting at the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region.
The race is expected to be stiff as Mr Castro Ahenkro Castro, former Chai…
The Biden administration has waived sanctions on a company building a controversial gas pipeline between Russia and Germany.
The US also lifted sanctions on the executive - an ally of Russia's Vladimir Putin - who leads the firm behind …
The Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives has voted, with Republican support, for a commission to investigate the Capitol riot.
Thirty-five Republicans defied their party leaders and former President Donald Trump in siding w…
A record 55 million people around the world have fled their homes but not their countries and are living as internally-displaced people.
In its annual report, the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre says the rise can be attributed i…
The UN Security Council is calling for more global assistance to expand Covid vaccine access for African countries.
A text that it unanimously adopted said that Africa had so far received only 2% of the vaccines administered worldwide.
…
The Tema Traditional Council (TTC) on Wednesday appealed to the government to consider the appointment of an indigene as Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive for effective cooperation between the political and the traditional authority.
Th…
A senior official with the Hamas militant group that controls Gaza has said he expects a ceasefire with Israel "within a day or two", as cross-border attacks continue.
But Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday he was "determin…
Kenya's tourism minister has denied that there are plans to privatise national wildlife parks and reserves.
Najib Balala had last week questioned why the state was still managing key tourism assets, noting that "these are things that ne…
Care Ghana, a non-governmental organization, has proposed to the Electoral Commission (EC) to engage an international audit firm to review the election results before announcement.
The organisation said using an internationally recognis…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Dormaa East, Mr Paul Twum Barimah, says the decision by the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources to suspend all prospecting licences granted mining companies will help protect …
Fifty-seven migrants are known to have have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after their boat capsized while trying to cross to Europe.
The Tunisian Ministry of Defence said the rubber boat left Libya's shores on Sunday with 90 people o…
The French President, Emmanuel Macron, has called for major reforms in the way African countries are given financial assistance.
He was speaking at a summit in Paris where African leaders and heads of global financial institutions are l…
Around 100 organisations involved in the shipping industry have called for a concerted effort to combat piracy in the Gulf of Guinea where vessels are routinely targeted with crew kidnapped for ransom.
Amongst those calling for better c…
Mrs Jean Mensa, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, says Ghana ought to celebrate the absence of long queues at almost all polling stations in the December Presidential and Parliamentary elections.
She said the celebration was …
The Atwima Nwabiagya Municipal Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has held a symposium on the 1992 Constitution for students of Toase Senior High School as part of activities marking this year's Constitution…
A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bono Region has implored President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to maintain Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs), who contributed exceptionally towards the P…
Mr Suraka Saani, Old Tafo Municipal Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has implored Ghanaians to work assiduously to promote the rule of law.
He said upholding the fundamental laws of the country as enshrine…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has proposed that as part of electoral reforms polls would be close at 1500 hours rather than 1700 hours in subsequent elections.
The Commission said in 2019, it announced a decision to close polls earlier …
Leader of the legal team of Mr. James Gyakye Quayson, Member of Parliament for Assin North Constituency has filed a “Motion of Withdrawal” from the dual citizenship trial pending before the Cape Coast High Court.
Mr Abraham Amaliba anno…
Bars, shops and cultural spaces across France are set to reopen as the country starts lifting restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus.
As of Wednesday, groups of up to six people will be allowed to eat together at out…
Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, known by his nickname Farmajo, has dismissed accusations that he is clinging onto power by deliberately delaying overdue elections.
The president last month backed down on his controversial…
A Nigerian judge was on Tuesday kidnapped from inside a court in the northern state of Katsina, local media report.
The Sharia court judge, identified as Alhaji Husaini Sama’ila, is said to have been kidnapped in the afternoon local tim…
The New York attorney general's office says it is investigating the Trump Organization "in a criminal capacity".
A spokesman for the state's top prosecutor, Letitia James, said the inquiry into Mr Trump's property company was "no longer…
Health authorities in Malawi are expected to destroy more than 19,000 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines later on Wednesday.
They say the vaccines have expired and there is no sufficient data to know if they are safe for use, fo…
The Presiding Member of the Ada East District Assembly, Mr Godwin Agudey, has tasked assembly members to be epitomes of good leadership in their communities.
He urged the assembly members to lead and provide guidance for the electorate by…
Election 2020 is the first election to be fully funded by the government since democracy was restored in the country in 1992.
It is one election which had no donor funding to support the election management processes, the Chair of the …
Veteran journalist Cameron Duodu has emphasized why the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II’s extempore address at an illegal mining (galamsey) dialogue in Kumasi last week was very significant.
To him, what the Asantehene said in the open…
The Central Regional Minister, Mrs Justina Marigold Assan, has asked public servants to desist from leaking sensitive information that can derail development to the public.
She said the current trend of leaking sensitive information to …
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has called for the installation of closed-circuit television (CCTV) in all interrogation rooms to enhance supervision.
“To prevent future brutalities on persons in custody, CCTV cameras should be pro…