The fifth phase of the Electoral Commission’s ongoing voter’s registration exercise in the Hohoe Municipality began at 21 registration centres in the Municipality.
The centres; St. Joseph School Complex (Office), Evangelical Presbyteria…
The family of late President Professor John Evans Atta Mills has paid a courtesy call on Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, the Vice Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The family, led by Opanin George Ar…
Former President John Mahama has committed to providing leadership that will promote peace and unity among Ghanaians and set the country on the path of restoration.
In doing so, he pledged to see to it that justice was served to all per…
The Sudanese government is sending more troops to the restive Darfur region, following a spike in violence there.
Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said the forces would protect people during the farming season.
Unidentified gunmen kille…
The authorities in Zambia’s capital, Lusaka, plan to register all wheelbarrows used for commercial purposes following a spike in theft of goods.
Wheelbarrow pushers help carry loads around the city at a fee. They are preferred by informal…
Infections in India, which has the third highest number of cases in the world, have passed 1.4 million after it logged a record of nearly 50,000 new cases in 24 hours.
More than 30,000 people have died of Covid-19 in the country since J…
The Flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, will formally out-door his Running Mate, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, at a ceremony in Accra on Monday.
The former President on July 6, 20…
Nana Akwasi Owusu-Yeboa, Oti Regional Minister has received his new voter card after going through the registration exercise at the Apesokubi L/A Primary School centre in the Biakoye constituency of the Oti Region.
He entreated the qual…
A total of 1,950 applicants out of 4,208 have been issued with the new voter identity cards in phase four of the ongoing voter registration exercise in the Oti Region through guarantors.
Out of the total number, 1, 686 were female, and …
Turkey has opened its first embassy in Equatorial Guinea’s capital Malabo.
The Turkish foreign minister on Wednesday officially opened the embassy and said Equatorial Guinea was a "strategic partner".
Mevlut Cavusoglu said that he was …
The authorities in Niger have announced that the country’s airspace will reopen for international flights in the coming days.
Like most countries around the world, Niger closed its airports and land borders in March as part of efforts to …
Mr Edward Gyamfi, Ejisu Municipal Director of Electoral Commission (EC) has praised the people in the area for their high sense of responsibility and comportment in the ongoing voter registration exercise.
He said the peaceful atmospher…
Elections should be seen as 'intimidation' of ideas pertaining to political parties, a competition of manifestoes to offer electorates greater opportunities to vote based on national drive for development, Reverend Johnson Avuletey, Deputy…
Mr Francis Kingsley Ato Codjoe, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ekumfi has advised constituents to undergo regular medical checkups to avoid health complications.
He stressed that people, especially the aged must do regular exercises unde…
Kenya's interior ministry has denied the hospitalisation of minister Fred Matiang'i.
It said the information was "fake news" and urged the public to disregard.
Reports on social media had indicated that the minister was admitted to int…
The presidents of Ghana, Ivory Coast, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal brokered the talks in Bamako
Day-long talks led by five West African presidents to resolve Mali's political crisis ended without a deal between the government and opposition…
Vietnam has banned the import of wildlife and wildlife products to reduce the risk of new pandemics.
The move also bans wildlife markets for such items, including online sales.
Vietnam has previously been accused of turning a blind e…
The Bono Regional Peace Council has condemned last week's attack at Kabironu, near Banda-Ahenkro in the Banda District of the Bono Region concerning the on-going voters' registration exercise.
The attack led to the untimely death of o…
The Foundation for Security and Development in Africa (FOSDA) says violence during voter registration exercise is a threat to peaceful elections; hence political parties must act responsibly.
A statement signed by Mrs Theodora Anti, the…
At the Machakos COVID-19 field hospital about an hour’s drive from the Kenyan capital, workers struggle to put a giant metal tent frame in place to serve as a new ward.
Machakos county, which has 92 active cases of the virus, has alread…
Uganda's ruling party has announced President Yoweri Museveni as its presidential candidate for the general elections scheduled for January 2021.
It sets the stage for the 75-year-old president to extend his rule to four decades after ris…
The United Nations has condemned the killing of five aid workers by militants in Nigeria.
The militants abducted the five men in the north-eastern Borno state in June. Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has blamed the Islamist militan…
India has recorded 49,310 cases, a single-day record, the health ministry said. This brings the country’s total number of cases to 1.2 million.
The country recorded 740 deaths on Friday, bringing the total to almost 30,000 since the pande…
A mass grave has been discovered in Sudan containing 28 bodies, thought to be the remains of army officers executed for carrying out a coup attempt in 1990 against former President Omar al-Bashir.
Bashir had seized power in a military …
A flight bound for Shanghai carrying U.S. diplomats has left the United States as Washington presses ahead with its plan to restaff its mission in China a day after an American order to close the Chinese consulate in Houston sharply escala…
The US and UK have accused Russia of testing a weapon-like projectile in space that could be used to target satellites in orbit.
The US State Department described the recent use of "what would appear to be actual in-orbit anti-satellite…
Boris Johnson says he wants "everybody to get a flu jab" in the run-up to this winter - as part of the government's plan to prevent the National Health Service being overwhelmed by a combination of both seasonal flu and coronavirus.
The…
The Jammeh2Justice Ghana Coalition has called on government to demand for a new international investigation and seek justice for the victims and families of the murder of Ghanaians and other migrants in the Gambia.
The Campaign said the…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has registered 43,946 eligible people in phase-three of the on-going voter registration exercise in the Agona West Constituency of the Central region.
Mr Anobil Forson, Agona West Municipal Director of the …
The Electoral Commission (EC)has said settling of electoral issues at the registration centres can only be done by the District Registration Review Committee and not any other individual at the registration centres.
Mr Samuel Tettey, De…
The United States Government has lifted the visa sanctions imposed on some category of Ghanaians in 2019.
The sanctions were over claims that Ghana was unreasonably delaying the return of its nationals ordered to be removed from the US.…
Today, the UK Delegation to the OSCE Permament Council released a statement condemning Russia for persecuting Jehovah's Witnesses and calling for the release of those imprisoned.
Link [1]to news release and statement by Nicola Murray, D…
Coronavirus - Africa: UNHCR stresses urgent need for States to end unlawful detention of refugees and asylum-seekers, amidst COVID-19 pandemic
States must act to ensure their actions are in line with international law
UNHCR, the UN R…
Mr Marricke Kofi Gane, an Independent Presidential Aspirant for the 2020 General Election has stated his commitment to discourage and stop corruption and indiscipline in the governance structure of political Parties.
He therefore, appea…
State schools in South Africa will close for four weeks from Monday as part of measures to combat a surge in the number of coronavirus cases.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said it was important to ensure that schools did not become sites of t…
Former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa, who served from 1995 to 2005, has died.
He died at a hospital in the country's commercial hub, Dar es Salaam, while receiving treatment. He was 81 years old.
It is not clear what the former pr…
China has ordered the closure of the US consulate in the south-western city of Chengdu, in a tit-for-tat escalation between the two countries.
China said the move was a "necessary response" to the US, which ordered China to close its co…
The Chairman of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev. Dr. Paul Kwame Boafo has asked Christians to play active role in politics in order to bring sanity into the body politic of the country.
Asked whether Christians should stay away from…
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II on Wednesday chastised the Bantamahene, Baffour Owusu Amankwatia VI.
There was tension at the Manhyia Palace, when the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II sat in state over the issue on Wednesday, July 22…
President Donald Trump has cancelled the pre-election Republican party convention in Florida, blaming the coronavirus "flare-up".
"It's not the right time for that," he said, adding that he would still give a convention speech in a diff…
Mr Kennedy Kwasi Kankam, Member of Parliament for Nhyiaeso in the Ashanti Region, and musician-turned-politician, Bice Osei Kuffour, widely known as Obour have launched a movement to mobilise other losers at the party’s recently held prima…
In Uganda, at least 12 people have allegedly been killed by security officers enforcing measures to restrict the spread of coronavirus, while no-one has been confirmed as dying from the virus itself. Patience Atuhaire has been meeting some…
We may be waiting for a Covid-19 vaccine - but in the meantime, fear of catching the coronavirus has also stopped a lot of people from getting shots for other diseases.
A new report from Imperial College London, which surveyed more than…
Poland recorded 418 new Covid-19 cases the health ministry said on Thursday, the highest daily rise in more than a month and up from 380 on Wednesday. Nine new deaths takes the country's total to 1,651.
The number of active cases, which…
A vaccine developed by a Chinese pharmaceutical group could be ready by the end of this year, according to state media.
Liu Jingzhen, chairman of China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm), said human trials are expected to be comp…
There are concerns the death toll from the coronavirus in South Africa may be significantly higher than official figures currently show.
A record 572 deaths from the virus have been recorded in the past 24 hours.
But researchers from S…
Russia has reported 5,848 new coronavirus cases and 147 deaths in the past 24 hours.
The new figures are a slight decline from the previous day when 5,862 cases and 165 deaths were recorded.
Russia’s death toll now stands at 12,892 wit…
Reverend Johnson Avuletey, the Deputy Volta Regional Minister, has asked political party leaders to provide copies of the Vigilantism Act to their members to guide them going forward into the general elections.
He said the Vigilantism a…
Mr Kojo Boafo, Registration Officer at the Seventh Day Adventist Church Centre Three at Korle Gonno in Accra, has cautioned the public against spreading false information as that will discourage applicants from registering.
That would u…
Mrs Jean Mensa, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, on Wednesday said the Commission has put in place rigorous measures to ensure that prospective applicants observe all the COVID-19 protocols at the Voters Registration Centres.
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