The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has inaugurated its Cape Coast branch of the Zongo Ladies for NPP.
The Association, made up of enthusiastic Muslim women in the Zongo communities across the Metropolis is poised to embark on a vigorous camp…
Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, Vice Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has assured the chiefs of Sekondi in the Western region that the next NDC administration will rebuild the Sekondi Central Market to …
About 600 members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Krachi East Constituency of the Oti Region have defected to the New Patriotic Party, barely three months to the general election.
The defectors mainly youth a…
Mrs Freda Prempeh, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tano North Constituency has appealed to Ghanaians to vote massively for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the December 7 polls in appreciation of his excellent performance.
She…
An Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) consultative meeting to resolve the political crisis in Mali opened at the Peduase Lodge, Aburi Tuesday.
The meeting, convened by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Chairman of E…
A newly formed hurricane is closing in on the US Gulf Coast, threatening several southern US states including Florida, Mississippi and Alabama.
Hurricane Sally grew to a category two storm on Monday and was expected to make landfall ear…
US President Donald Trump has dismissed concerns over climate change on a visit to fire-ravaged California, telling an official "I don't think science knows" about global warming.
"It'll start getting cooler, you just watch," Mr Trump s…
More than 80,000 people in India are now confirmed to have died with coronavirus.
The country has the third-highest death toll in the world, behind the US and Brazil, and its total number of infections is approaching five million.
Whil…
The Constitutional Court in Ivory Coast has barred the former president, Laurent Gbagbo, and former prime minister, Guillaume Soro, from running in the presidential election next month.
The electoral commission had already said that any…
The customs authorities in Mozambique have seized more than 300 boxes of smuggled chicken on the Ressano Garcia border with neighbouring South Africa.
The boxes were hidden and had entered the country without paying the custom duties, a…
The Chinese embassy in Namibia has denied reports of massive Chinese military presence in the south-west African country, the Namibian Sun newspaper reports quoting an embassy spokesperson.
Helen Lu Hairong told the newspaper that there…
The United Arab Emirates has given emergency permission for the use of a coronavirus vaccine in front-line workers.
Stage three trials of the Chinese-made vaccine began in the country in July and are not yet complete.
"The vaccine will…
Nana Kobina Nketsia V, Paramount Chief of the Essikado Traditional Area has described Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, Vice Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as a game changer in the country’s political e…
Togbe Adzimah V, Divisional Chief of Gbi- Abansi in the Hohoe Municipality has congratulated President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on his election as Chair of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
“The unanimity of you…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings says his integrity and abhorrence for thievery and lying ensured that he stayed in office for almost nineteen years.
“I did not come to public office to steal and never did. We had to go through a lo…
Russian President Vladimir Putin bestowed a $1.5 billion loan on Belarus on Monday in a gesture of support for its leader Alexander Lukashenko, who flew to entreat his patron for help after five weeks of mass protests demanding his resigna…
Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, Vice Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the party’s “rescue mission” is the will of God to save the nation from mismanagement.
“We will do the will of God to save t…
Presidential and parliamentary aspirants for the December 7, 2020 Elections in Ghana are to file their nomination from October 5th to 9th, 2020, the Electoral Commission (EC) has announced.
The Chairperson of the EC, Mrs Jean Mensa made…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson lashed out at the European Union on Monday as he won initial approval for a plan to breach the Brexit treaty, saying the move was needed because the bloc had refused to take a “revolver off the table” i…
Ten pupils have died in a fire in a school dormitory in north-western Tanzania's Kagera region.
Seven other pupils who sustained serious injuries have been hospitalised.
The dormitory was housing boys aged six to 10 years.
Police ha…
One of Nigeria’s largest healthcare unions has started a week-long strike to demand better pay and working conditions.
The Joint Health Sector Union, which includes nurses, pharmacists and lab technicians, is also complaining about poor i…
The man portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood movie about the Rwandan genocide has been charged with terrorism, murder and other serious crimes.
Paul Rusesabagina, who denies the charges, was brought to court under heavy security in the Rwan…
The Vice-Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, is on Sunday beginning a four-day campaign tour of the Western Region.
The tour comes on the heels of her recent visits to s…
Schools and universities in South Sudan are scheduled to re-open on Monday after nearly six months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The decision to re-open schools and universities was reached during a cabinet meeting on Frid…
A South African entrepreneur has set up a women-only taxi company to protect women from violence in public transport and other taxi-hailing companies.
Asiphe Mkhefa,18, told the BBC's Newsday programme that taxis had become a dangerous …
Ethiopia is rolling out new banknotes in a move that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says will curb financing of illegal activities and corruption.
The new designs for the 10, 50 and 100 denominations were unveiled along with the introduction…
Israelis are now preparing for their second lockdown since the pandemic began, but the decision is proving to be controversial.
Cases in the country, which has a population of just nine million, have risen to around 4,000 per day, accor…
Japan's governing party has elected Yoshihide Suga as its new leader to succeed Shinzo Abe, meaning he is almost certain to become the country's next prime minister.
Last month Mr Abe announced his resignation for reasons of ill health.…
As the November presidential election approaches, US President Donald Trump has held his first indoor campaign rally in three months.
But the event angered local officials, who said the size of the crowd violated state rules banning gat…
Kenya will participate in final clinical trials for a coronavirus vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University.
It will be the second African country to be involved in the trials that were suspended on Wednesday after a …
With 86 days to Election 2020, the field of those aspiring for the highest office of the land is increasing with the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) set to acclaim its flag bearer.
The running mate of the party in the 2016 general elec…
Lawmakers in Nigeria's Kaduna State have approved surgical castration as punishment for those convicted of raping children under the age of 14.
State governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai needs to sign the bill for it to become law in the north-w…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) will on Tuesday, organise a Town Hall Meeting in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi, to explain its policies and programmes as contained in its Election 2020 manifesto.
A statement signed by the …
The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama will on Tuesday (September 15, 2020) address a Town Hall meeting on the party's manifesto for the 2020 elections.
In a statement, the party said the event which sta…
As Ghana heads for the 2020 polls, several players are leading the fort for various political parties and influencing how young people participate in the elections.
From involvement in the National campaign to being a part of manifesto …
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Saturday, September 12, commissioned Ghana’s third medical drone supply centre at Vobsi near Walewale in the North East Region.
The Vobsi facility would supply on demand, blood and other essential m…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has entreated residents of Ahafo Region to vote for him in the December 2020 elections to enable his Government consolidate the gains chalked in office.
To him, the Ghanaian people have had the oppo…
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to hold a “working meeting” with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko on Monday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday.
Peskov said no documents wer…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will on Tuesday, September 15, convene a consultative meeting with members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to deliberate on measures to resolve the political crisis in Mali.
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The Electoral Commission (EC) will Monday hold a media briefing on the procedures for the filing of nominations and receipts for the 2020 General Election.
Already, the Commission has indicated that for the first time in the country's …
Participants at a day's Social Auditing engagement has called on the Ekumfi District Assembly and duty bearers to involve community members in policy formulation, planning and projects implementation to improve lives.
The participants s…
The World Peace Volunteers, a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) has called on Ghanaians to participate in the forthcoming voter exhibition organised by the Electoral Commission (EC) for the December polls.
The NGO called on political …
The peacekeeping mission in The Gambia, deployed by regional bloc Ecowas in 2012, mainly consists of Senegalese soldiers.
The Senegalese army says about 100 of its soldiers from the peacekeeping mission in The Gambia have tested positiv…
Hackers with ties to Russia, China and Iran are attempting to snoop on people and groups involved with the US 2020 presidential election, Microsoft says.
The Russian hackers who breached the 2016 Democratic campaign are again involved, …
Mr Bernard Opoku Marfo, the NDC Parliamentary aspirant for the Kumawu Constituency says investment in greenhouse farming would be a priority when elected into office.
This, according to him, would help farmers increase their yields and…
A local governance expert, Mr Amon Quartey has said an increase in the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) budgetary allocations from 5 per cent to 7.5 per cent would not be enough to accelerate development in the Districts Assemblies.
…
The Vice-Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Professor Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang has called for equality in the application and the enforcement of laws.
She said in situations that laws were not justly and f…
Doctors in Nigeria have suspended their strike after holding talks with the authorities.
The doctors had downed their tools on Monday to demand a pay rise, better welfare and improved facilities. Those on the front-line on Covid-19 trea…
Germany says 10 European countries have agreed to take 400 unaccompanied minors who fled Greece's largest migrant camp when it was gutted by fire.
Most will go to Germany and France, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer told reporters on Fr…
Students in the Nigerian town of Chibok have been taking secondary school exams there for the first time since more than 200 girls were abducted by Boko Haram in 2014.
Parents and staff in Chibok have told the BBC they were happy that t…
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