Torrential rains disrupted counting of ballots at various polling stations in the Sunyani East Constituency here on Monday.
The rains set in around 1730 hours but voting in the presidential and parliamentary elections ended peacefully a…
Mr George Kwame Amoah, the Greater Accra Regional Director of Electoral Commission, in the early hours of Tuesday expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the just ended elections in the national capital, describing the exercise as very …
South Africa has missed its first payment to join the World Health Organization’s initiative to help poorer countries get hold of coronavirus vaccines, South Africa’s News24 website is reporting.
Anban Pillay, from the department of hea…
About 300 British troops have arrived in the troubled West African state of Mali at a time when the epicentre of the Islamic State group (IS) appears to have moved from the Middle East to Africa.
In a three-year mission named Operation …
Mr Hassan Ayariga, Presidential Candidate, All People's Congress (APC), has cautioned his supporters to stay out of trouble during and after the General Elections.
"On the Election Day, please go quietly vote and leave the polling stat…
Assistant Superintendent of Police, Mr Alex Yeboah, Acting Ho Municipal, has said the Police administration would continue to provide security to the ballot boxes of the Adaklu Constituency until polls day.
He said the Police would bee…
The Electoral Commission (EC) says Officials who breach the instructions set out in the Election 2020 Electoral Officials Code of Conduct will be prosecuted.
The EC Code of Conduct for Electoral Officials, which seeks to reflect on the …
A dialogue on promoting peace ahead of Ghana's general elections has been held in Kumasi with a call on stakeholders to do more to contribute to a peaceful election on December 7.
The event, which was put together by Confluent Media in…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Presidential Candidate, New Patriotic Party (NPP), Monday cast his ballot for the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections, beaming with confident of securing victory.
Accompanied by his wife,…
Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings, Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Party (NDP) on Monday cast her ballot at the Ridge Church School in the Korle-Klottey Constituency at 11:35 hours.
Clad in black, the wife of former Presid…
Hundreds of Armenians blocked streets in the capital Yerevan late on Thursday and called for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan over a ceasefire deal that locked in Azeri territorial gains in Nagorno-Karabakh last month.
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A Namibian politician named after Adolf Hitler says he has no plans for world domination after winning a sweeping victory in local elections.
Adolf Hitler Uunona was elected last week as councillor for the Ompundja constituency.
In a…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has repeated that it will strictly enforce all COVID-19 safety protocols, including the wearing of face masks at all polling stations across the country during the general election on Monday.
The EC has als…
The first of 300 British troops have arrived in Mali to bolster the UN peacekeeping mission there, with the rest due to follow within a week.
The UK's defence ministry says the force will join 14,000 peacekeepers from 50 nations to prot…
People in the south of Madagascar are eating soil mixed with tamarind to stave off hunger as a drought has destroyed the region's staple crop, the AFP news agency reports.
"We call it survival soil because it allows the acidic taste of …
Mr Samuel Ayeh Paye, the Member of Parliament for Ayensuano, has appealed to the electorate to vote for him and President Nana Akufo-Addo in the December 7 election to move development of the Constituency to the next stage.
He said the…
Mr Martin Otu Ofei, National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for New Juaben South constituency, says more investment is needed in teaching and learning to boost education.
He said the free SHS policy was investing heav…
The Deputy Director of Small Arms Commission, Mr Gyebi Asante has called on all Ghanaians to join the campaign for peaceful elections.
He said the campaign for peaceful elections was a call for the active involvement of all because when…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has spelt-out the roles of election observers as against monitors to avoid any ambiguity in the performance of their duties on Election Day.
The two terms have sometimes been used interchangeably, however t…
Four political parties have expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the special voting exercise last Tuesday.
The parties expressed the hope that the atmosphere that characterised the conduct of the special voting exercise would be t…
Relief agencies in Ethiopia prepared convoys on Thursday to truck aid into Tigray region, where a month of war is feared to have killed thousands of people and has forced refugees to flee along corpse-strewn roads.
Prime Minister Abiy A…
Former US presidents Barack Obama, George W Bush and Bill Clinton have volunteered to have their Covid-19 vaccinations be publicly televised.
The trio of two Democrats and one Republican said they would get the jab once it has been appr…
Mr Javier Nart, the Chief Observer, leading the European Union Election Observation Mission, has interacted with the Takoradi Office of the Electoral Commission to ascertain its readiness for the December 7, polls.
The Mission Head, a m…
Mrs Justina Owusu-Banahene, the Sunyani Municipal Chief Executives, on Thursday rounded her Election 2020 campaign visits to some rural communities in the municipalities.
Already, the MCE has visited several communities in the Municipa…
Dr Divine Ayivor, the running mate of the People's National Convention (PNC), says the party has not had the chance to implement its ideas.
He said the ideas had grown into nothing but dreams, as political power kept eluding the Part…
The Afigya-Kwabre South constituency of the NPP has begun three days of fasting and prayers to seek the face of the Lord in the December 7, general elections.
The objective is to seek God's intervention to grant the country peace in the…
The Electoral Commission (EC), ahead of the General Election on Monday, December 7, has set-up a Call Centre to enable voters to relay concerns and feedback to the Commission on the Election Day.
A statement copied to the Ghana News Age…
Dr Gabriel Gbiel Benarkuu, the President of the College of Community and Organization Development (CCOD), has called for intensified voter education to reduce rejected and spoiled ballots in the December 7, general elections.
As the nat…
Three members of a leading Egyptian human rights group detained in Cairo last month have been freed following widespread international criticism.
The men, who worked for the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), were accused o…
Iran will not accept preconditions from a new Biden administration over its nuclear programme and the US must return to a 2015 deal before talks can take place, its foreign minister says.
Javad Zarif said the US had its own "commitments…
President Trump's daughter Ivanka has been questioned under oath over claims that not-for-profit funds were misused at Mr Trump's inauguration in 2017.
A lawsuit launched by District of Columbia (DC) Attorney General Karl Racine alleges…
The National Democratic Party (NDP) has reiterated that its Flag-bearer, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, will not withdraw from the December 7 presidential election even though she is mourning her husband, former President Jerry John Rawling…
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says the regions of the north have seen through former President Mahama's tribal politics.
"A few days ago, the former President, John Mahama, was in Bunkpurugu saying the NPP government has not demons…
Madam Joycelyn Tetteh, National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament, has failed to honour the Parliamentary Debate organised by the North Dayi office of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE).
Mr Simon Kwaku Mawuk…
Mr Edward Doe Adjaho, former Speaker of Parliament, has said Ghanaians would soon enjoy a new atmosphere of change that they need.
He said Ghanaians had endured enough suffering under the leadership of the Akufo-Addo led New Patriotic P…
Mrs Emelia Konadu, Deputy Secretary of the Coalition of Disqualified Patriots (CODPA), has advised supporters and sympathizers of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) against voting 'skirt and blouse' or for independent candidates come December 7…
Government's flagship education policy, the Free SHS, dominated the Parliamentary Candidates Debate of the Ho West Constituency in the Volta Region.
The event, organized by the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), provided an…
The two main contenders for this year’s presidential election, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and former President John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), will sign the Preside…
Italy is banning travel between its regions from 21 December to 6 January as part of strict coronavirus curbs over the Christmas holidays.
A curfew from 22:00 to 05:00 will also be in place.
Restaurants can open in some regions until…
The top US intelligence official says China is the "greatest threat to democracy and freedom" since World War Two.
Writing in the Wall St Journal, John Ratcliffe said China was growing its power by stealing US secrets and then replacing…
US President-elect Joe Biden has said he will ask Americans to wear masks for his first 100 days in office to curtail the spread of coronavirus.
He told CNN he believed there would be a "significant reduction" in Covid-19 cases if every…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has described the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and its leadership as people without any sense of shame, as they do not regret their actions over the lies they told about the free SHS programme.
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The National Peace Council has urged stakeholders to work towards preventing political vigilantism from undermining the peace of the 2020 General Election.
Mrs Janet Sarney-Kuma, the Rector responsible for Capacity Development and Outre…
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has tightened restrictions in the Eastern Cape province that has recorded increased Covid-19 cases.
The president introduced a night curfew in the eastern Nelson Mandela Bay area that is the new …
The Vice-Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has asserted that NDC Flagbearer John Mahama is the most committed Candidate for women empowerment in this year’s elections.
This, ac…
Nearly 22 million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo are facing acute food insecurity, in a dramatic rise from last year, a UN agency has warned.
“The number of people facing acute food insecurity at crisis or worse levels has d…
A two-day Uganda presidential candidates' debate has been cancelled indefinitely.
The inter-religious council that was organising the debate scheduled to start on Friday said the cancellation was because of limited resources, local medi…
The National Democratic Party (NDP) has reiterated that its flagbearer, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings will not withdraw from the December 7 presidential election even though she is mourning the death of her husband, former President Jerry J…
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, France's president from 1974 to 1981, has died at the age of 94.
He died of complications from coronavirus, surrounded by his family at his estate in central France.
A centre-right, pro-Europe politician, Gi…
Hundreds of Ethiopian Jews have been airlifted to Israel - the first of several thousand waiting to emigrate there in a long-running saga.
Most of their community has lived in transit camps in Ethiopia for years as questions over their …