Former President John Dramani Mahama has called on the members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to unite and forge ahead in unity.
He said collective support is needed in the quest to win the next elections.
Speaking over th…
Zimbabwe’s electoral commission has announced a month-long extension to its voter registration exercise, as the country inches towards a general election in August.
Close to five million of the anticipated seven million people have regi…
Rescue workers in southern California are searching for survivors after mudslides and flooding in which at least 13 people have died.
More than 30 miles (48km) of the main coastal road have been closed and police said the scene "looked …
Former President John Mahama has attributed the seeming tension between him and former President Jerry John Rawlings' to his [Rawlings] mood swings.
According to him, “sometimes he’s [Rawlings] in a mood where he doesn’t want to engage…
An aspiring presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, has denied reports that his decision to contest the presidential primaries of the party will depend on whether or not former President Joh…
Police in Italy and Germany have made 169 arrests in an anti-mafia swoop, Italian police say.
Assets worth €50m (£44.06m; $59.79m) were seized in the operation targeting the 'Ndrangheta organised crime group.
As part of the group's a…
Zimbabwe's anti-corruption agency is investigating whether the former First Lady Grace Mugabe fraudulently obtained a doctorate.
Lecturers at the University of Zimbabwe filed a petition last week asking to investigate.
She was awarde…
The government is to expand its communication frontiers, so that the media can reach state officials for information in a timely manner, the Minister of Information, Mr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, has announced.
To that end, he said, it had d…
A year ago today, President John Dramani Mahama, the democrat, handed over political office to President Nana Akufo-Addo.
It has been one year full of intrigues from the NPP Government. The hopes of Ghanaians have been dashed.
Follow…
Mr. Agyeman Asiedu, a Tutor of Dunkwa Senior High Technical School, has been confirmed as the new District Chief Executive for Upper Denkyira West Distinct in the Central Region.
At a Special General Assembly meeting held at Diaso to C…
Mr John Ninson, Municipal Chief Executive of the Effutu Municipality has reiterated the assembly’s commitment to improve education in the municipality.
Out of the 1,285 candidates in Effutu Municipality who wrote the 2017 Basic Educatio…
US President Donald Trump was greeted with a mixture of cheers and boos as he took to the field for the national anthem during a college football game in Atlanta.
But as The Star-Spangled Banner began to play, social media users turned …
The 4th REPUBLIC is 25 And this constitution has been our most enduring.
As usual, we have celebrated to excess. While the passing should be marked, it should be a sad reminder of what might have been.
In the preamble to this constit…
Emergency services in South Africa say that at least 200 people have been injured in a train crash.
No fatalities have been reported so far in the incident in Germiston, a town around 12 miles (20 km) east of Johannesburg.
Many of th…
The Ethiopian government jailed thousands for participating in peaceful street demonstrations and involvement with opposition political parties, activities that should never have been criminalized
In response to the announcement by the …
Donald Trump's lawyers are in talks with investigators who are seeking to interview the US president as part of a justice department probe, reports say.
The Washington Post, quoting an unnamed person close to Mr Trump, says investigatio…
Mr Mustapha Hamid, Minister of Information, over the weekend described the media as a critical tool or channel on which government businesses and policies hinged on for effective engagement with the masses.
He noted that the media’s rol…
There are fears of an environmental disaster in the East China Sea as a tanker continues to leak oil two days after colliding with a cargo ship.
Chinese officials have told state media the Sanchi is in danger of exploding and sinking.
…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has bemoaned the culture of extreme partisanship and political intolerance in the country.
The former president is of the view that although Ghana has advanced significantly in democratic governance …
The Central Regional Branch of the National Democratic Party (NDP) has cautioned the current New Patriotic Party (NPP) government not to repeat the mistakes of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) which sent them out of power.
In a st…
Donald Trump was "befuddled" by his election win, did not enjoy his inauguration and was scared of the White House, according to a new book.
Journalist Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House also purports to lift th…
The United States said on Thursday it was suspending at least $900 million in security assistance to Pakistan until it takes action against the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani network militant groups.
The U.S. State Department announced …
Felix Mensah Nii Annang-La, the Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive, has made it clear that the transformational agenda that President Nana Akufo-Addo is pursuing is all encompassing and therefore includes disciplined country planning.
“I…
The Trump administration has proposed a controversial plan to open up protected areas in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans for offshore drilling.
The five-year plan expands drilling to most of the US outer continental shelf, including Cal…
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has ruled out forming a coalition government after visiting opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday.
Zimbabwe is due to hold elections in 2018 in the first big test of Mnangagwa’s legitimacy…
The Asante-Akim South Municipal Assembly has made youth development an urgent priority. Mr. Alexander Frimpong, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), said it would invest more resources into youth development programmes and activities to em…
Australian authorities have released a virtual reality recreation of nightmare bushfire scenarios.
The simulation is part of an effort to encourage residents in the state of Victoria to prepare for extreme danger.
Australia's south-e…
One of the "Chibok girls" abducted by Islamist group Boko Haram in 2014 has been rescued, Nigeria's military says.
The girl is in "the safe custody of troops and receiving medical attention", it said in a statement.
More than 270 gir…
China’s Commerce Ministry said on Friday it will limit exports of crude oil, refined oil products, steel and other metals to North Korea, in line with tough new sanctions imposed by the United Nations for Pyongyang’s missile tests.
The …
Donald Trump says a newly released book containing damaging allegations about his administration is "full of lies".
The book cites former top aide Steve Bannon as describing a meeting with a group of Russians at which Mr Trump's son was…
A hot air balloon carrying tourists has crashed near the Egyptian city of Luxor, with one person killed and several injured, officials say.
About 20 people were on board when the accident occurred on Friday. The tourist who died was Sou…
A flag bearer aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, has laid claim to the NDC flagbearership and the presidency, declaring that he has what it takes to address the concrete challenges bedevilling the co…
Turkey's Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu has been criticised for saying police should break the legs of drug dealers who are seen outside schools.
The Turkish Human Rights Association (IHD) and secular opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet b…
Iran has accused the US of "grotesque" interference in its internal affairs in a letter to the UN.
It said the US leadership, in "numerous absurd tweets, [had] incited Iranians to engage in disruptive acts" which violated international …
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has launched the country's first ever dry port in the northern city of Kaduna. The container facility is linked by railway to the giant sea port in Lagos, more than 700km (430 miles) away, and will open…
Polling Station officers of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ejisu Constituency have called for the immediate removal of the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Beatrice Serwaah-Derkyi, from office for non-performance and pettiness.
Th…
Alhaji Sulemana Alhassan, Upper West Regional Minister, has called on the public to commit themselves to stated objectives knowing that with dedication and hard work the goals for the region would be attained.
He pledged his commitment …
Patients undergoing surgery in Africa are more than twice as likely to die following an operation than the global average, researchers say.
But they say the most worrying revelation was just how few Africans have access to elective surg…
A passenger train has caught fire in South Africa after colliding with a truck, killing four people and injuring 40, rescue workers have said.
Video footage showed a fire blazing through at least one carriage, near an overturned truck a…
US President Donald Trump's lawyers have written to his former strategist Steve Bannon, saying he has violated a non-disclosure agreement.
The cease-and-desist notice accuses Mr Bannon of defaming the president in speaking to author Mic…
A former Senior Lecturer of the University of Ghana and the Chief Convener of the Coalition for Democratic Governance (CDG), a pressure group, Dr Ebenezer Kofi Hayford, has described President Akufo-Addo’s government as a “new monarchical …
Berlin authorities are the target of ridicule and disbelief after nine prisoners escaped or absconded from one prison in the space of five days.
Six remain on the run from Plötzensee jail after four separate incidents.
Last Thursday,…
Zambia's foreign minister has announced his resignation in a scathing Facebook post, denouncing the country's "path of insatiable greed and shame".
Henry Kalaba said his decision was prompted by the "swelling" levels of corruption "perp…
Ethiopia's prime minister has announced the release of all political prisoners and the closure of a notorious detention centre which allegedly used torture to extract confessions.
Hailemariam Desalegn told a press conference charges wou…
North Korea has reopened a hotline to South Korea, almost two years after it was disabled on the orders of leader Kim Jong-un.
South Korea confirmed it had received a call from the North at 15:30 local time (06:30 GMT) on Wednesday.
…
The Mampong Municipal Assembly has taken steps to recycle and reduce waste in the area through the construction of a ‘waste-to-energy’ plant.The project is a partnership arrangement between the assembly and a foreign company, Renergen Limi…
The Ghana beyond Aid philosophy by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, should be seen as a challenge to all.
“For this reason those in the helm of affairs should evolve schemes for their subordinates to work towards propelling Ghana…
Police in Brazil say 77 inmates are on the run after escaping amid a riot at a jail in the central state of Goias.
The authorities say nine prisoners were killed and 14 injured when a group of armed inmates invaded a wing controlled by …
German doctors have spoken out against proposals for young asylum seekers to undergo mandatory medical tests to ascertain their age.
The German Medical Association (Bundesärztekammer) said the checks were ethically wrong and unreliable.…
The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has advocated the institution of June 4th and 31st December as national days.
He says ideals of those epochs have affected national governance more…