The National Peace Council (NPC) has called for free and credible Election 2020 that reflects the will of Ghanaians.
Loss of confidence in the electoral processes and results, Mr George Amoh, the Executive Secretary of the NPC, noted co…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Essikado-Ketan constituency, Professor Grace Ayensu-Danquah has rolled out a micro-finance credit scheme for traders in the Constituency as part of actions to empower women…
The National Peace Council in collaboration with the Stanford Seed Transformation Network (STN) Ghana have called on Ghanaians to work together and contribute to the country's peace.
They urged the citizens to promote and maintain in al…
Two Parliamentary candidates in the Anyaa Sowutuom Constituency have promised to provide improved road networks when voted into office.
They are Mr Emmanuel Adotey Allotey, the Parliamentary Candidate (PC) for the National Democratic Co…
Dr Hafiz Bin Salih, the Upper West Regional Minister has appealed to the media to promote national cohesion and peace-building before, during, and after the December 7 elections.
By this, he admonished the media to desist from carrying …
A well-known Christian preacher has skipped bail in South Africa and fled the country.
Shepherd Bushiri, who had previously said he wanted to clear his name, has now returned to his home country, Malawi, with his wife Mary.
Earlier t…
Ethiopia appears to be fast approaching civil war. Fighting between forces loyal to the federal government headed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) has claimed hundreds of lives and is threatening…
Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini says he is asymptomaticImage caption: Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini says he is asymptomatic
Eswatini Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini has tested positive for Covid-19.
The prime minister on Sunday said he …
The US faces a huge task in reversing a culture of "crazy conspiracy theories" that have exacerbated divides in the country, Barack Obama says.
In a BBC interview, the former president says the US is more sharply split than even four ye…
Kenya's Education Minister George Magoha has announced that all students will return to school on 4 January.
Currently, only final year students are in school while in some places lessons have continued online for students in other year…
Michigan and Washington are the latest US states to bring in strict measures to try and curb the spread of Covid-19.
High schools and colleges are to halt on-site teaching and restaurants are prohibited from offering indoor dining in Mi…
Mr John Dramani Mahama, Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has assured commercial drivers and vehicle owners that his next administration will reduce import duties on commercial vehicles to make them affordable.
He sa…
Rev Johnson Avuletey, Deputy Volta Regional Minister, has asked Assembly Members to eschew political affiliations and work in unity for development.
He said strict adherence to political party lineages caused assembly-members and their …
Panellists at a Town Hall Meeting in Tamale have expressed the resolve of their respective institutions to ensure a free and fair, and an incident free December polls.
They indicated that the institutions were embarking on series of sen…
The Greater Accra Regional Secretariat of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will hold a grand vigil today, Sunday, November 15, to honour the memory of the late President Jerry John Rawlings.
The vigil will take place at the Obra S…
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the Nigerian government to unblock the bank accounts of anti-police brutality protesters.
The rights watchdog also wants all fines to individuals and organisations related to the anti-police brutal…
The prison authorities in Rwanda have denied claims from the Paul Rusesabagina foundation that his health is deteriorating in Kigali Prison as he awaits trial.
The foundation said on Friday that Mr Rusesabagina “continues to suffer from…
Dominic Cummings, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s most powerful adviser, will step down by year-end, reducing the sway of Brexit hardliners as Johnson tries to recast his premiership after a series of failures in tackling the corona…
Former Chief of the Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces, Brigadier-General Joseph Nunoo-Mensah (retd), has stated that the Ghana Union Movement (GUM) offers the best options to transform the country.
He said the GUM under its leader…
Burnt-out house in northern Mozambique
The UN has called for urgent measures to protect civilians in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province, where Islamist militants have stepped up attacks and there have been reports of beheadings and kidnap…
Brazil’s vice president Hamilton Mourao said on Friday that Joe Biden’s victory in the U.S. presidential elections was “becoming more and more irreversible”.
Democrat Biden cemented his victory in the Nov. 3 election by capturing the ba…
France is holding ceremonies for the victims of the 2015 Paris attacks, carried out by Islamic State (IS) militants.
The shootings and bombings left 130 dead and 350 wounded - the worst peacetime atrocity in decades.
The gunmen who s…
Women have been asked to impress on their spouse and relations to stay away from political violence to safeguard national peace and stability, before, during, and after Election 2020.
Mr Kokro Amankwaa, the General Secretary of the Asso…
A joint archaeological project between Nigeria and Britain has been announced that will investigate a site in southern Nigeria hugely important to the former African Kingdom of Benin.
Excavations in Benin City, formerly known as Edo, wi…
China has finally congratulated Joe Biden on his projected win in the US presidential election, breaking a frosty period of silence.
"We respect the choice of the American people. We extend congratulations to Mr Biden and Ms Harris," a …
Reverend Johnson Avuletey, the Deputy Volta Regional Minister, has expressed shock at the death of Former President Rawlings, saying he was a great personality the country has lost.
"He is a great personality this country has lost and t…
The Presidential Candidate of the People’s National Convention (PNC), for the December 7, 2020 presidential election, Mr David Asibi Apasera, has reiterated the PNC’s commitment of making education free from kindergarten to the tertiary le…
The Head of the Interim Government of Mali, Mr Bah N'Daw, has lauded President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his immense role in mediating the crisis in Mali, leading to the restoration of stability in that country.
He said just as Pr…
The Editor of the Daily Graphic, Mr Kobby Asmah, has urged the public to support the security agencies by providing them with timely and necessary information and intelligence to enable them to maintain law and order before, during and aft…
Shock waves reverberated across the length and breadth of the country late yesterday morning as the disturbing news of the demise of former President Jerry John Rawlings broke.
The former President, who had ruled the country from 1981 t…
Former President John Mahama has advised members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to uphold the principles and values the party's founder Jerry John Rawlings stood for.
He named such values as peace, democracy, probity and acco…
Zambia is on the brink of defaulting on its foreign debt after it missed a payment of more than $40m (£30m) last month.
A so-called grace period will expire on Friday, which would make it Africa's first country to default on sovereign d…
Ethiopia's prime minister has accused forces in the northern Tigray region of carrying out a massacre of civilians.
Abiy Ahmed said Ethiopian federal troops had "liberated" the western part of Tigray in "a victory for the innocent civil…
Former President Barack Obama has said senior US Republicans are undermining democracy by going along with President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated claims of election fraud.
In an interview with CBS News, due to air on Sunday, Mr Obama …
US election officials have said the 2020 White House vote was the "most secure in American history", rejecting President Donald Trump's fraud claims.
"There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or …
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for the Korle Klottey Constituency, Prince Appiah Debrah, who is running against the daughter of former President Jerry John Rawlings has announced a week-long suspension of his campaig…
Former First Lady Lordina Dramani Mahama has been campaigning for her husband and the National Democratic Congress parliamentary candidates in the Kintampo and Nkoranza areas of the Bono East Region.
In addition to sharing highlights of…
Mr Abraham Foafo, the Deputy Communication Director of the National Democratic Congress, Oti Region, said the death of former President Jerry John Rawlings has ruffled feathers and shocked supporters of the Party in the Region.
He said …
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Thursday expressed its condolences to the nation, family and associates of Former President Rawlings, saying his loss is "incalculable".
In a statement, signed by its General Secretary, Mr John Boadu and co…
Madam Mercy Adu-Gyamfi, Member of Parliament (MP) for Akwatia, has urged the youth to vote for President Nana Akufo-Addo, to enjoy the free Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programme promised in the NPP 2020 manifesto.
…
Ogyeahohuo Yaw Gyebi II, Paramount Chief of the Sefwi Anhwiaso Traditional Area in the Western North Region is the new President of the National House of Chiefs (NHC).
He defeated the incumbent President of the House, Togbe Afede XIV, w…
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Thursday described the late former President Jerry John Rawlings as a colossus in the political history of Ghana.
The Vice President, who was scheduled to address a durbar of Chiefs and people of Z…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Hohoe Constituency have suspended political activities until further notice.
This follows the death of former President Jerry John Rawlings on Thursday morn…
The Secretary of the Suhum Muslim Community, Mallam Haruna Abedi, has called on Ghanaians, especially the political parties, to obey the electoral laws and maintain decency in the political discourse.
He said Muslims and Christians must…
Mr Abdulai Abanga, the Parliamentary Candidate on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the Binduri Constituency has promised to work hard to resolve the water issues that have bedeviled the area.
He said the constituency was …
Jerry John Rawlings, born 22 June 1947 in Accra, Gold Coast, is a Ghanaian former air force officer and politician.
He was twice the head of state of Ghana and was the 1st President of the Fourth Republic. He first appeared on the Ghana…
Some political leaders at Hohoe in the Volta Region have expressed shock at the demise of Ghana's former President, Jerry John Rawlings.
Flight Lieutenant Rawlings was the first President of the Fourth Republic and Founder of the Nation…
The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Ghana's forthcoming presidential and parliamentary elections has started its work.
It is the EU’s third EOM to Ghana after 2008 and 2016, as well as an Election Follow-up Missi…
Mr John Dramani Mahama, Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Thursday suspended his six-day campaign tour of the Ashanti Region, following the demise of former President Jerry John Rawlings.
Mr Mahama announ…
The National Peace Council (NPC) said violence perpetrated by party-affiliated vigilante groups has become a major threat to Ghana’s democracy and national peace.
The Council has, therefore, called for the support of stakeholders to eli…