Election 2020 Vice Presidential Aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, says rampant crime in the country, is causing panic amongst the citizenry.
She raised the concerns during a meeting…
Mr Peter Mac Manu, 2020 Elections Campaign Manager for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has stated unequivocally that the party will win the upcoming December 7, Presidential and Parliamentary elections by 1.5 million votes margin.
Accordi…
A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Tuesday lauded the commitment of the First Lady Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo towards improving maternal and child health in the country within the last three years of President Nana Addo Dankw…
The Convention People's Party (CPP) Parliamentary Candidate for Jomoro, Mr Patrick Ekye Kwesie says the people of Jomoro are fed up with the two major political parties, the NDC and NPP, and will return the CPP to power in the December pol…
The Western Regional Minister, Mr Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, has appealed to security agencies and other election related agencies to discharge their mandate professionally.
This, he said should be in an uncompromising manner, in orde…
Spain is going to enlist the help of the army to identify people who've been exposed to the coronavirus, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said.
About 2,000 soldiers who are trained in tracking are going to be sent to the regions.
Some ex…
Ivory Coast's former President Laurent Gbagbo has been barred from running for the presidency in upcoming elections after a court upheld the electoral commission's decision to remove him from the electoral list.
His lawyer Claude Menten…
The lawyers for the family of a black man shot in the back by police in the US state of Wisconsin say he will need a "miracle" to walk again.
Jacob Blake, 29, was shot several times opening the door of his car in Kenosha. At least one o…
US First Lady Melania Trump has made a plea for racial unity, in a live speech from the White House to the Republican party convention.
"Stop the violence and looting," she also said as protests continued over a police shooting in Wisco…
Kim Jong-un has warned North Korean authorities to prepare for the dangers posed to the country by the coronavirus pandemic and a looming typhoon.
Mr Kim's appearance at a party meeting comes after widespread speculation over his health…
The Ghana Union Movement (GUM) Presidential Candidate, Christian Kwabena Andrews (Osofo Kyiriabosom) says, although Ghana’s debt stock has surged by GHC16.9 billion in the first quarter of 2020, it has little to show for it.
Ghana’s ina…
Talks between West African mediators and Mali's coup leader's have ended without an agreement on the makeup of a transitional government, military spokesman Colonel Ismael Wague has said.
In separate statements, the two sides also said …
Team members leading the NPP 2020 electioneering campaigns have been urged to rededicate themselves and show greater commitment to enable them to win more votes for the party.
Mr Kwame Adom Appiah, Deputy Ashanti Regional Secretary of …
A Nigerian newspaper has condemned a former government minister for what it termed as a verbal assault on its journalist who had questioned the source of funding of his tour of the southern Cross Rivers state.
Femi Fani-Kayode, who serv…
Kenya's education minister has hinted at reopening of schools earlier than his initial proposal of January 2021 if coronavirus cases continue to reduce.
George Magoha has said tertiary institutions may also reopen earlier than was plann…
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has submitted his application to run for a third term.
He submitted his application to the electoral commission on Monday amid protests against his decision.
Mr Quattara shared a video of the m…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said it was poised to take over the Effiduase/Asokore constituency seat from the NPP.
Mr. Emmanuel Kwabena Agyekum NDC Parliamentary Candidate for the area, who gave the assurance said a new er…
The Governance Research Bureau has cautioned the NPP against believing that it would win the Western Region in the 2020 presidential election as they did in 2016.
Rather, the Bureau said, the NPP should research into the factors that le…
Uganda's foreign ministry has recalled some members of staff in its embassy in Denmark to pave way for investigations following a newspaper report of a plot to misappropriate public funds.
The Ugandan Daily Monitor newspaper highlighted…
The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is on his way to Sudan from Israel, has touted the direct flight as a signal of a change in relationship between the two countries.
https://twitter.com/SecPompeo/status/1298168689683038208?s=20…
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says the Akufo-Addo administration has the goal to make Ghana the hub of digitization in West Africa.
According to him, this goal will be achieved if Ghanaians will renew the mandate of the New Patriot…
A lockdown has been declared in the Gaza Strip after the first coronavirus cases were discovered outside its quarantine centres.
An outbreak in impoverished Gaza has been greatly feared because of its weak health care system.
Overnig…
Anchal Kumari looked on helplessly at thousands of people displaced by floods around her village in the Madhubani district of Bihar state in northern India.
In normal times, Ms Kumari, a volunteer humanitarian worker associated with Oxf…
On the first night of the Republican Party convention, the president's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr, took centre stage and commanded the nation's attention.
"Trump's policies have been like rocket fuel to the economy," Mr Trump said duri…
South Korea has ordered the closure of all schools and kindergartens in the greater Seoul area following a rise in coronavirus cases there.
Nearly 200 staff and students have been infected in the greater Seoul area over the past two wee…
The Founder and Leader of the All People's Congress (APC), Mr. Hassan Ayariga says he will fight corruption if voted as the president of the Republic of Ghana in the December 2020 presidential elections.
Ayariga who was acclaimed as the…
Mr Hassan Ayariga, Presidential Candidate, All People's Congress (APC), has pledged the party's resolve to form an all-inclusive government with the best brains from all political parties when voted into power.
An all-inclusive govern…
The Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Constituency branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has inaugurated a 40-member campaign team for the December 7, general elections.
The team is to help retain the parliamentary seat and to garner more vote…
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set to visit Sudan in the coming week in a sign of the warming relations between the two countries.
Sudan remains on the US list of state sponsors of terrorism which means it has trouble getting debt…
Tunisia’s Prime Minister-designate, Hichem Mechichi, has unveiled a new government made up of technocrats rather than members of political parties.
This is the second cabinet to be named in six months in Tunisia.
Mr Mechichi had prev…
The health commissioner of Nigeria's commercial hub, Lagos, has tested positive for coronavirus.
Akin Abayomi was tested after being in contact with people who had tested positive for the virus, according to the state information commis…
Twenty prisoners were killed in Madagascar as the authorities attempted to stop a riot in a prison in the south of the island, the justice ministry said.
The trouble began at the prison in Farafagana at around 12:00 local time (09:00 GM…
The Berlin hospital treating the seriously ill Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, says he appears to have been poisoned.
The Charité hospital released a statement saying "clinical evidence suggests an intoxication through a subs…
The police in Madagascar say 11 out of 31 prisoners who escaped from a facility in the south-east of the country on Sunday have been recaptured.
The police and army were deployed to Farafanga prison when dozens of prisoners turned again…
More now from Argentina where health officials have confirmed a record 8,713 new cases of coronavirus and 381 more deaths over 24 hours.
The health ministry has warned that although quarantine measures have been tightened in the capital…
There have been clashes for a second night in Wisconsin, with buildings and cars set alight, following the police shooting of a black man on Sunday.
Jacob Blake, 29, is in a stable condition after he was shot several times as he went to…
US President Donald Trump has warned his fellow Republicans their opponents may "steal" November's election, as his party anointed him as their candidate.
"They're using Covid to defraud the American people," Mr Trump told delegates on …
At least 12 people have been killed as two storms tore through the Caribbean on Sunday.
Hurricane Marco and Tropical Storm Laura brought high winds and rough seas leaving at least nine people dead in Haiti and another three in the Domin…
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) will on August 31, launch its manifesto for the upcoming 2020 December general elections.
The National Communication Officer of the party, Sammy Gyamfi who disclosed this, said the launc…
The newly elected General Secretary of the Convention People's Party (CPP), Nana Yaa Akyimpim Jantuah says the party will go back to its original blueprint of grassroots organisation to build a more formidable party.
She has therefore c…
The Convention Peoples Party (CPP) is set for transformation to challenge the current duo-political system, which has covertly established undemocratic structures inimical to the development of the country.
Nana Akosua Frimponmaa Sarpo…
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Asawase Constituency have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to ensure peace ahead of the 2020 general elections.
Two constituency executi…
Protests have erupted in the US state of Wisconsin after police shot a black man many times while responding to what they said was a domestic incident.
The man, identified as Jacob Blake, was taken to hospital for surgery and is now in …
The New Patriotic Party (NPP), has expressed its unwavering determination to set up three ultra-modern recording studio to support players in the Arts and Entertainment industry.
It is to offer the brilliant array of multi-talented arti…
India carried out more than one million coronavirus tests on 21 August, realising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pledge to ramp up tests to one million a day.
It fell to 801,147 and 609,917 tests in the next two days.
But how did India…
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the National Democratic Party (NDP) has cleared eight aspirants, in the phase one of its Parliamentary vetting exercise to represent the Party in the Volta Region for the December general elections…
Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dipped by 6.1% for the second quarter of the year compared to the same period last year.
The country is battling a global coronavirus pandemic that has affected other economies.
The rate of unem…
Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has bid farewell to Madam Tove Degnbol, the outgoing Ambassador of Denmark to Ghana.
The Minister lauded the excellent bilateral relationship bet…
A group of people on Saturday, besieged the house of Private Legal practitioner, Mr. Ishmael Kofi Tekyi Turkson pleading with him to contest the Agona West Parliamentary Election as an Independent Candidate in the upcoming December 7, poll…
Mr. Thomas Ntumy, Volta Regional Chairman of the Convention People's Party (CPP) has said the Party would address festering unity among its members towards ensuring a successful general elections.
He said some loopholes aiding the diso…