The Effutu Constituency branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has disassociated itself from an announcement by a group that the Party needs Dr James Kofi Annan as its Parliamentary Candidate for the 2020 General Election.
In …
High Atlas foundation’s Errachid Montassir selected to attend the un youth climate summit in New York
Errachid Montassir of Morocco, a project manager of the High Atlas Foundation (HAF), was recently accepted to attend the first ever UN…
As we face the prospect of a recession once again, it is instructive to look back at how quickly countries in Europe recovered from the last recession and what proportion of households were left behind.
If we take GDP per inhabitant (at…
Several African standardisation bodies convened in Cape Town today, to discuss how standards can support the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement (AfCFTA) which will be implemented in 2020. This meeting was a bi-lateral meeting o…
The cyclone caused estimated direct damages of $622 million and significantly damaged infrastructure, properties, crops, and livestock
After massive devastation in Zimbabwe from Cyclone Idai, a new World Bank-funded multi-sec…
Nigel Shaw, Binti Shah, Mahesh Acharya and Amar Grewal-Thethy, Advocates of the High Court of Kenya and all previously of Kaplan and Stratton (“K&S”), have together formed a Kenyan legal practice under the name NBMA Advocates LLP (“NBMA”).…
The forum was also organized to honour the sterling achievements of H.E. the late Kofi Annan and to immortalize his memory
The Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) (KAIPTC.org) has organized the maiden edition…
An FAO assessment on the impact of CBSD showed some farms had lost their entire cassava yield with the disease incidence
Felicien Simpunga grew up in the Ruhango district of Rwanda, where life and making a living revolved around agricul…
Boris Johnson sought to suspend Parliament to avoid the risk of MPs "frustrating or damaging" his Brexit plans, the Supreme Court has heard.
Lawyers for campaigners challenging the suspension said there was "strong evidence" the PM saw …
The malaria vaccine pilot programme is now fully underway in Africa, as Kenya joins Ghana and Malawi to introduce the landmark vaccine
The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates the Government of Kenya for launching the world’s f…
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fighting to hold on to power, as voters go to the polls in one of its closest election races in years.
He called the snap election after failing to form a governing coalition in the wake of …
Passengers have described as ‘inconsiderate’ the decision by the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) to increase public transport fares by 10 per cent, with effect from today.
They say as has always been the situation, the incr…
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has apologised to parents and wards who were left stranded at the Mfantsipim School on Sunday.
The parents had taken their wards to the Central Region school to start the 2019/2020 academic year but wer…
The Head of the Department of Peace and Development Studies of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Dr Patrick Osei-Kufuor has asked the government and security related and enforcement agencies to be proactive rather than reactive in prom…
The South Tongu District Commander of Police, Superintendent Michael Zah, has called on politicians and traditional authorities to allow the police to discharge their responsibilities professionally to reflect the true meaning of the rule …
The Municipal Chief Executive for Sagnarigu in the Northern Region, Hajia Mariam Iddrisu has called on Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to adequately engage and resource women aspiring to participate in the …
Rev. Solomon Kotey-Nikoi, La Dadekotopon constituency chairman of the New Patriotic Party, has been nominated by President Akufo-Addo as the new Municipal Chief Executive for the La Dadekotopon Municipal Assembly.
If approved, he will s…
The office of the former President John Dramani Mahama has denied the allegations that he was persuaded to accept defeat in the aftermath of the 2016 presidential elections.
In a statement reacting to a viral address by His Majesty th…
Hundreds of Zimbabwean doctors protested in central Harare on Monday over the disappearance of the leader of their union, but riot police blocked them from marching to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s office.
Peter Magombeyi, president of…
Hong Kong’s businesses and metro stations reopened as usual on Monday after a chaotic Sunday when police fired water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who blocked roads and threw petrol bombs outside government headquarters…
A new terminal, which was opened at Julius Nyerere International Airport last month, is expected to increase air trafficImage caption: A new terminal, which was opened at Julius Nyerere International Airport last month, is expected to incr…
The European Commission said on Monday that London had still not proposed an alternative to the Irish backstop that has stymied a deal on Britain’s exit from the EU, giving a blunt read-out of a meeting between its president and Prime Mini…
Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Information Minister, says Government has submitted the report and white paper on the Ayawaso West Wuogon Commission of Inquiry for gazzetting and publication.
The move is in accordance with Article 280 Claus…
Mr Dennis Amfo-Sefah, Constituency Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party in Tema West, has rated statecraft by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the best on the African continent.
Speaking in an exclusive interview in Accra,…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has extended the period for the Exhibition of the Voters Register from Tuesday, September 17th to 20th.
A statement issued and signed by Mrs Sylvia Annoh, Acting Director of Public Relations said all regist…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has suggested that funding of political party campaigns and activities must be borne by the entire membership to reduce the high rise of corruption in the country.
The NCCE noted with c…
Professor Attahiru Jega, a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission of Nigeria, has advised politicians not to perceive political election as 'do or die' affair but a healthy competition.
This change of mind set …
Mr John Yibile, the Sissala East Municipal Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has stated that corruption does not only undermine democracy and rule of law, but debases the moral fibre of society as well.
"Cor…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on ECOWAS Member States to, without delay, adopt and execute the measures that have been structured by the bloc to address the menace of terrorism in the Region.
He urged the Authority of…
Employment is top of the agenda of every African leader – SVP Charles Boamah
Innovative thinking about Africa’s conventional employment issues is what marks the African Development Bank’s (www.AfDB.org) new policy research document “Cre…
Focus on out-of-school children
New data on the world’s out-of-school children reveal little or no progress for more than a decade, with about 258 million children, adolescents and youth out of school in 2018: around…
About 150,000 rural young people in Senegal – 50 per cent of them women - will benefit from a new US$93.3 million project that aims to create income and decent sustainable jobs in agricultural, pastoral and fishery value chains through ent…
Specialist intelligence firm EXX Africa publishes a new report looking into current threats to Africa’s borders as the world seeks to combat increasingly dangerous perils such as illegal immigration, transnational crime, and terrorism
E…
The United States has issued satellite images and cited intelligence to back its allegation Iran was behind attacks on major Saudi oil facilities.
Iran denies involvement in Saturday's air attacks, which were claimed by Iran-aligned Hou…
Gunshots heard at a university in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri caused panic on Sunday night.
Sources at the University of Maiduguri (UniMaid) told the BBC they heard an explosion and gunshots on campus at about 21.30 loc…
African Media Agency (AMA), a leading Pan-African media relations and communications firm has added the END Fund to its growing pool of prestigious clients, signaling the firm’s concerted efforts to marking a strong footprint in the media …
The Electoral Commission (EC) has extended the period for the exhibition of the voters register which was supposed to end tomorrow, Tuesday, September 17, 2019 to Friday, September 20, 2019.
Explaining the rationale behind the extensi…
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa will not attend the UN General Assembly meeting in New York later this month.
Instead, he says he will stay in the country to focus on "critical" domestic issues including the recent spate of xen…
A Kenyan judge has ruled that Rastafarianism is a religion that deserves to be treated like any other.
The ruling is part of a case involving a minor who was banned from school for having dreadlocks.
The 15-year-old student at the Ol…
Ghana needs policies that will promote women involvement in governance structures in order to reduce corruption and ensure sustainable national development, Mr Frederick Agyarko Oduro, Dean of Studies and Research, Institute of Local Gover…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has called on citizens to apprise themselves with the Whistle Blowers' Act 2006 (Act720) as a potent tool to fight corruption and related wrongdoings in the society.
The call was made b…
Amnesty International is stripping Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi of its highest honour, the Ambassador of Conscience Award.
The politician and Nobel peace prize winner received the honour in 2009, when she was living under …
An independent presidential aspirant for Election 2020, Marricke Kofi Gane ,has assured that he will depend solely on crowd funding to fund his campaign in 2020.
“My campaign team will focus on crowd funding and be asking the citizenry …
Mauritanian soldiers stand guard in a vehicle at a G5 Sahel command post
Foreign ministers and defence chiefs from across West Africa are meeting in Burkina Faso to discuss a sharp rise in insecurity in the Sahel region.
A five-natio…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has emphasised the importance of strengthening the institutional capacity of Ghana's electoral body to deliver on the verdict of the people through a fee, fair and transparent electoral process.
He …
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has raised red flags with the ongoing voter register exhibition exercise.
According to the party, there were flaws in the exercise which commenced on Monday, September 10, 2019 and…
Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) Jean Mensah Thursday disclosed that the Commission was in the process of acquiring technology that would guarantee the absolute sovereignty of the Ghanaian electoral process.
The system, whic…
South Africa’s just released crime statistics are alarming, and reveal a country in deep crisis that needs an urgent, sustained and holistic intervention framework that integrates psychological and socio-economic issues. The Centre for the…
People campaigning over the high levels of violence against women in South Africa have taken their protest to the financial heart of the country.
Hundreds have gathered outside the Johannesburg Stock Exchange to call on the country's bi…
The US Department of Justice has said it will reveal a key name sought by people suing Saudi Arabia for alleged involvement in the 9/11 attacks.
It says the information will be shared with lawyers representing the victims' families. It …