New local lockdown rules for England are due to be announced later.
The Liverpool City Region is expected to face the tightest restrictions under a new "three-tier" system, which will classify regions as being on "medium", "high" or "ve…
The Sitting Member of Parliament for Tempane in the Upper East Region,Mr Joseph Dindiok Kpemka, on Friday, filed his nomination forms to contest the Tempane constituency seat for the second time on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NP…
Interim Malian leader, Colonel Bah N'daw, has lauded the role played by the ECOWAS Chairman, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in resolving the political crisis in his country.
Col. Bah N'daw, at a meeting held at the Malian govern…
The Electoral Commission (EC) may on Wednesday, October 14, organise a balloting session for cleared Presidential Aspirants, a source at the EC disclosed to the Ghana News Agency.
Depending on the decision of the Technical and Informati…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Mfantseman constituency in the Central Region, has initiated moves to find a replacement for Mr Ekow Kwansah Hayford, the party's Parliamentary nominee for Election 2020 who was killed last Friday by su…
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki has arrived in Ethiopia for a three-day working visit.
His delegation includes Foreign Minister Osman Saleh and presidential adviser Yemane Ghebreab.
President Isaias and his host, Prime Minister Abi…
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has assured the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II that the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is committed to a peaceful campaign towards this year's elections, as well as a peaceful process for the…
At one point during her four years in the hands of jihadist militants in northern Mali, French aid worker Sophie Petronin said she felt like giving up hope. She wandered into the desert, sat on the ground in the baking sun and wept.
The…
The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on 18 "major" Iranian banks in one of the most extensive such moves by Washington against Tehran in months.
The order will also penalise non-Iranian institutions trading with them, effectiv…
Fourteen civilians have been killed in fresh attacks in the western Ethiopian state of Benishangul-Gumuz, according to the authorities.
Fourteen perpetrators who were alleged to have carried out the attacks were also killed.
This is th…
Professor Frimpong Boateng, Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation has donated a Pick-up vehicle, two motorbikes and thousands of T-Shirts to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for Wa East in the Upp…
Association of Presiding members of the Greater Accra region have called on the Electoral Commission, Political Parties and individuals to play their roles responsibly to ensure peaceful elections on December 7, 2020.
“Because of mainst…
Reverend Seth K Mawutor, Chairman, Volta Regional Peace Council (VRPC), has said an effective and efficient way of making vigilantism a thing of the past was for political parties to be sincere with themselves on the matter.
"They know …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the Vigilantism and related offences Act 999 will be fully enforced without fear or favour.
The Vigilantism and Related Offences Act bans all acts of vigilantism including; political party …
The Greater Accra Presiding Members’ Association, has appealed to the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development to organize training programmes for presiding members.
Mr Joseph Korto, Dean of the Greater Accra Presiding Members…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appealed to voters in the Upper West Region to vote massively for him in the December polls based on his remarkable track record.
He said in 2016 he came to solicit their support with promises b…
Protesters in Nigeria's commercial hub, Lagos, are into the second day of a sit-in campaign calling on the government to scrap a notorious police unit that is accused by many of brutality.
The protesters, mostly young people, spent Thur…
A man who killed nine women in a case that caused outrage in Nigeria has been sentenced to death in the southern city of Port Harcourt.
Prosecutors say 40-year-old Gracious David-West strangled his victims in hotel rooms across Nigeria…
The People’s National Convention (PNC) has chosen Reverend Dr. Divine Ayivor as the Running Mate to Mr David Apasera, the Party’s flagbearer for the 2020 presidential election.
A statement from the PNC, copied to the Ghana News Agency o…
Mr Emmanuel Abole Abugre, the Bolgatanga District Chief Executive Officer (DCE), has filed his nomination on the ticket of the NPP, in readiness to contest the Zuarungu constituency parliamentary seat.
Mr Abole, who was flanked by party…
Parliamentary hopeful, Mr Joseph Akweteh Tettey has filed his nomination forms to contest on the ticket of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Kpone-Katamanso Constituency.
Mr. Tettey, who is popularly known as Joe …
The Vice President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawamia has cut sod for the construction of Samanye Barrier-Jaway Wharf road and other internal roads in the Jomoro District of the Western Region.
The 108.8 km road project, would be undertaken wi…
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has pointed out that the time has come for Ghanaians to retain President Akufo-Addo for another four years to enable him implement the transformation he promised Ghanaians.
He said Ghanaians have witne…
A man who was cleared of terrorism charges over the 2013 Westgate shopping mall attack in Kenya has been abducted by unknown gunmen.
On Wednesday, two men were convicted over the attack in the capital, Nairobi, which saw more than 71 de…
The FBI says it has thwarted a plot to abduct and overthrow Michigan's Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
Mrs Whitmer has become a target for coronavirus sceptics after enacting strict measures that were overturned by a judge last we…
Kenyan lawmakers will next week take a short recess to shoot their #JerusalemaDanceChallenge video.
The Jerusalema song by South African musician Master KG has spawned dance videos across the globe.
Kenya's leader of majority in parl…
In the quest to protect national peace for development, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, Vice Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has stressed the need for optimum transparency in the processes involving t…
Mr Alfred Obeng Boateng, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Constituency has presented 13 sets of jerseys and 13 footballs to 13 football teams to equip the youth in their sporting activities.…
The Vice presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang says the party's manifesto promises are all geared towards practicable progress.
According to the NDC Running mate, the 2020 election i…
The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Mr John Dramani Mahama has rounded up his four-Days tour of the Western North Region with a call on Ghanaians to vote massively for the NDC.
He said the next NDC administration woul…
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has cut the sod for the construction of an LPG Bottling Plant at Axim in the Nzema East Municipal Assembly (NEMA) in the Western Region.
The plant when completed would help deal with gas explosion occu…
Nigeria's former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is "by far the best qualified candidate to lead the World Trade Organisation (WTO)" according to the chairman of the African Union commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat.
"The African Union…
Republican leader Mitch McConnell, 78, on Thursday revealed he had not been to the White House since August because of the way it has handled Covid-19.
The Kentucky senator said he spoke to the president frequently over the phone but ha…
A group of activists in South Sudan have taken the ruling party, Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), to the Supreme Court for what they call a “violation” of women’s constitutional rights.
They accuse the party of not respecting …
With Sudan in desperate straits - a collapsing economy, hyperinflation looming and a nationwide food crisis - the administration of US President Donald Trump and the Israeli government have seen an opportunity.
The country's democratic …
First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has urged the people of Tema to rally behind the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and retain the party in the December 7 general election.
She made the appeal when she visited the Tema Central and West const…
Four people abducted and detained in Mali, including 75-year-old French charity worker Sophie Pétronin and ex-Malian opposition leader Soumaïla Cissé, have been released.
Ms Pétronin, who was seized in December 2016, was the last French…
Hajia Humu Awudu, the parliamentary candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has filed her nomination with the Electoral Commission (EC) to contest the Wa Central Constituency Parliamentary seat in the December general elections.
Aft…
US President Donald Trump has completed his course of treatment for Covid-19 and can return to public engagements this weekend, his physician has said.
Dr Sean Conley said the president had responded "extremely well" to medication and h…
Five Presidential Aspirants who filed their nomination to contest for the December Elections have commended the Electoral Commission (EC) for putting in place the process to ensure free, fair and transparent general elections.
They said…
The Spanish government has said it wants to change the law to allow 16 and 17-year-olds to seek an abortion without parental permission.
Equality Minister Irene Montero said women should have the right to "decide about their bodies".
…
US President Donald Trump has refused to take part in a virtual TV debate with his Democratic rival Joe Biden.
Earlier the commission organising the 15 October debate in Miami said it would have to take place remotely.
It made the de…
The National Democratic Party (NDP) recently re-elected its founder, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings (NKAR), as its flag bearer for the December 7, 2020 Election. The Daily Graphic’s Kate Baaba Hudson (KBH), acting Mirror Editor, had an exclu…
Mr Andy Appiah Kubi, Member of Parliament (MP) for Asante Akim North, on Tuesday filed his nomination to contest the 2020 elections on the ticket of the NPP.
Mr Andy Appiah Kubi, Member of Parliament (MP) for Asante Akim North, on Tues…
Cameroon's Mining Minister Gabriel Dodo Ndoké has said that hackers have taken over his phone number.
The minister warned all his contacts not to respond to any financial requests coming from his number.
Mr Ndoké said the authorities…
The authorities in South Sudan have suspended the renovation of Juba national stadium, a project sponsored by the world football governing body, Fifa, after a partial collapse of the facility.
Parts of the stadium collapsed on Tuesday a…
An explosion that ignited a fire at a petrol station in the Nigerian commercial capital, Lagos, has killed at least eight people, and has destroyed at least 25 homes, 16 shops and a primary school, the State Emergency Management Agency (Se…
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has asked Ghanaians to retain the government in power to continue with the many developments and social intervention programmes.
He said the December 7 election would be a choice between the era of unt…
The 2020 general elections is about the destiny and future of the Country, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, the running mate of the Presidential aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has said.
The electorate should, theref…
Pre-election environment observation statement for the month of September
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), as part of its comprehensive observation of the December 7, 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections o…