President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the construction of a Gold Processing Plant at Aboso in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Assembly of the Western Region.
The Plant, which would be managed by the Yellow Tails Limited …
Government has launched a new website, www.deliverytracker.gov.gh, to allow the public to track, verify and interrogate the infrastructural projects undertaken by the Akufo-Addo administration.
The website provides detailed information …
Mr Gregory Andrews, the Australian High Commissioner-designate to Ghana, has presented his open letters to madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, in Accra.
The Minister congratulated Mr And…
NOGAID Ghana, a forefront development organisation in the Northern Region, has urged the citizenry to applaud the Electoral Commission (EC) for successfully creating a new voters register.
NOGAID Ghana said "Undoubtedly, Madam Jean Mens…
Barack Obama accused Donald Trump of treating the US presidency like "one more reality show", in a withering speech to the Democratic convention.
The former US president said his Republican successor "hasn't grown into the job because h…
Countries across Europe are reporting a surge in coronavirus cases, with several posting their highest figures in months:
• Spain reported 3,715 new infections in its daily count on Wednesday - the highest figure since the country came …
Kamala Harris has accepted her historic nomination as the US Democratic party's vice-presidential candidate, running with Joe Biden for the White House.
In a speech to her party convention, the first US woman of colour on a major-party …
Zambia's Vice-President Inonge Wina has tested positive for coronavirus.
Her daughter with who she lives with has also contracted the virus, according to President Edgar Lungu.
President Lungu has wished the 79-year-old leader a quick …
Authorities in the South Korean capital, Seoul, have banned gatherings of more than 10 people after new cases of coronavirus reached a five-month high.
The measure takes effect on Friday and will remain in place until the end of the month…
The United Nations has joined global condemnation of the military takeover in Mali, which saw President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta forced to resign.
The UN's Security Council echoed similar calls by regional bodies for the immediate release…
Mr John Boadu, General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has charged party members and supporters to work hard to retain the party in power to sustain the country’s development agenda.
He said the country’s pace to socio-econom…
New Patriotic Party Women groups in Tema West Constituency have thrown their support behind their candidate, Mr Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah saying he is the only candidate that can bring enormous development to the area.
“Majority of we …
Mr. Bright Akwetey, a leading member of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) has said, a CPP government will revamp defunct state factories and corporations under his leadership.
If voted to political power in the December 7 Presidential…
The People’s National Congress (PNC) will on September 19, this year hold its National Delegates Congress to elect a flag bearer and national officers.
In line with that, the party has opened nominations for prospective aspirants to pic…
Mr Lord Commey, the Deputy National Campaign Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has appealed to party members especially contestants who lost at the primaries to unite and campaign to retain power.
“We have an election to win and…
John Dramani Mahama, flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said the party would claim victory in the upcoming elections if the event was free and fair.
He said the Party was against all forms of violence and vigilanti…
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumua has stated that the Akufo-Addo government has embarked on a massive infrastructure for all program which has left no district in Ghana behind since assuming the governance of the country three and half y…
The UK still believes it can agree a post-Brexit trade deal with the EU next month, according to Downing Street.
The PM's spokesman said UK negotiators would "continue to plug the gaps" when talks enter their seventh round in Brussels o…
The opposition in Burkina Faso has agreed to rally behind any challenger to President Roch Kaboré who reaches the second round in November's elections.
Eight presidential candidates and 22 opposition parties signed the agreement on Tues…
Nigeria’s foreign affairs ministry has summoned Ghana's Chargé d'Affaires to protest against the recent forceful closure of shops owned by Nigerian traders in Ghana, according to a ministry spokesperson.
Ferdinand Nwoye told the BBC tha…
A delegation of west African heads of state is expected in Mali on Wednesday, according to Mali's EU-funded Studio Tamani news website.
Niger's Mahamadou Issoufou, Senegal's Macky Sall, Ghana's Nana Akufo-Addo and Ivory Coast's Alassane…
The number of coronavirus cases has spiked again in India, with the country recording more than 64,000 new cases in the last 24 hours.
Total cases in the country are now nearing 2.8 million.
The Indian government is focusing on rampi…
The National Peace Council (NPC) in pursuit of its mandate to prevent, manage and resolve conflicts to ensure a peaceful nation, has recommended investigations into the registration of 66 persons alleged to be Ivorians in the just ended vo…
The Jomoro Constituency branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has inaugurated its Campaign Team for the December Presidential and Parliamentary elections.
The 29-member Team has Mr Anthony Armah-Benle as Chairman.
…
Mr John Dramani Mahama, the Flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has called on the people of Central Tongu in the Volta Region to help bring back the party to power to "continue with the unfinished business."
…
Former President John Dramani Mahama, the Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has reiterated the Party's position to ensure a peaceful election in December.
He pledged the NDC would not use any vigilante group to cause…
Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has resigned, after being detained by soldiers on Tuesday.
In a televised address he said he was also dissolving the government and parliament, adding: "I want no blood to be spilled to keep me in…
South Korea has two main concerns. First that the outbreak is in the highly populated greater Seoul area, and secondly that the cluster involves yet another highly secretive church and hundreds of members have provided false contact detail…
Joe Biden has been officially anointed the Democratic presidential candidate at the party's convention, helped over the line with some glowing testimonials from elder statesmen.
Two Democratic former presidents, Bill Clinton and Jimmy C…
The UK government is not considering making face coverings mandatory in workplaces, after France took the step on Tuesday, the health secretary has said.
Matt Hancock said the current evidence from NHS Test and Trace was that people wer…
Hundreds of Keta residents stayed deep into the night to welcome Mr John Dramani Mahama, the Flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The former President was expected to meet the people around 1700 hours but was…
Malians cheered as Mali military entered the streets of the capital, Bamako
The armed forces in Mali have ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta from power and declared their intention to set up a transitional government ahead of new e…
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has invited journalists who may not vote on Election Day due to work, to register for Special or Early Voting.
The association said such persons should send their “name, Voter ID number, Code on I…
Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has received open letters from Mr Jan Fury, the Czech Ambassador-designate to Ghana.
The Minister congratulated Mr Fury on his new appointment and…
"Historic"; "A breakthrough"; "A game-changer"; "A betrayal": there is no shortage of epithets for this month's sudden announcement - by President Trump - that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is to fully normalise its relations with Israel.…
Kenya’s health ministry has dismissed an exposé that alleged massive looting and disappearance of millions of dollars of donor funds and equipment meant to help the country contain the spread of coronavirus.
An investigation by a local …
The Interior Ministry in Belarus acknowledged on Tuesday that police were quitting their posts in response to calls from the political opposition, after President Alexander Lukashenko awarded medals to police who have helped him stay in po…
South Africa eased its Covid-19 restrictions to level two on Tuesday, allowing the resumption of sale of alcohol and cigarettes.
Under the new regulations, sale of alcohol is permitted from Monday to Thursday between 09:00 to 17:00 local …
Thousands of demonstrators defied the lockdown in force in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, to join anti-government protests on Monday. Marches were also held in other major Argentine cities.
The protesters' grievances were many wit…
The next National Democratic Congress (NDC) government will institute a four-month maternity leave system for Ghanaian workers, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, Vice Presidential Candidate of the NDC has said.
The move, she explai…
Mr John Boadu, General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at the weekend inaugurated a 36- member Political campaign team to steer the campaign activities of the Party for the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections.
The G…
The Greater Accra Regional Peace Council has condemned the use of violence to resolve political differences.
It deplored the use of vigilantism and social social media to incite and perpetuate political violence, saying this phenomen…
The New Patriotic Party has inaugurated a 29-member Volta Region Campaign Team to prosecute vigorous strategies to retain the party going into the December general elections.
The team's duty is to give visibility to the Party's Presiden…
Togbe Afede XIV, Agbogbomefia of Asogli State has assured the people of Banda Bongase in the Bono Region of efforts to ensure peace and security in the area.
He said the Volta Regional House of Chiefs shared their plight and would advoc…
South Africa is beginning to ease coronavirus restrictions today, allowing sales of alcohol and cigarettes to resume.
Domestic travel, small family gatherings and the reopening of businesses will also now all be allowed, President Cyril…
Lebanon’s caretaker health minister has called for a two-week lockdown after a resurgence of Covid-19 in the wake of the devastating explosion in Beirut on 4 August.
“We declare today a state of general alert and we need a brave decisio…
More than 100,000 people have signed up to take part in future NHS trials of a coronavirus vaccine - but more volunteers are needed, researchers say.
They want as many people as possible to enrol, to speed up their efforts to find a saf…
Protesters are angered the suspect did not face justice South Africa's police minister has said the suspect who killed himself in police custody had confessed to the murders of several women in rural KwaZulu-Natal.
Hundreds of community…
Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have inaugurated direct telephone services between their countries following their agreement last week to normalise relations.
The countries' foreign ministers called each other and "exchanged g…
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has been heckled by workers on a visit to a factory as anger mounts over his disputed re-election.
Workers chanted "leave" and booed the long-time leader of the ex-Soviet state as he insisted he…