Mr Sylvester Biekpe, Nadowli/Kaleo NDC Communication Officer has stated that Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has in the past years performed creditably well to the admiration of his constituents, Ghanaians and the entire world.
“Mr Bag…
The French Embassy in Accra will start operating from its new premises on Monday, January 21 on the fourth Circular Road, Cantonments, Accra.
A statement issued by the Embassy and copied to the Ghana News Agency said the Embassy would b…
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) with the GIZ, is rolling out a number of programmes to assist district assemblies to maximise the mobilisation of their Internally Generated Funds (IGF).
A Deputy Minister …
Madam Paulina Patience Abayage, Upper East Regional Minister, has called on traditional authorities and all in the society to support government policies to help poverty concerns in the region.
Madam Abayage said supporting government p…
Mr Peter Mac Manu, former Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has advocated for the creation of the Office of Registrar of Political Parties to regulate political parties, to ensure full compliance with the law.
He said Ghana need…
The US must research new technologies, such as a layer of sensors in space, to find and destroy incoming missiles, a Pentagon report is expected to say.
The Missile Defence Review, due for release on Thursday, says the US should revamp …
Nine people have been arrested in Kenya following an attack on a luxury hotel compound in the capital Nairobi that killed at least 21 people.
All five militants who stormed the DusitD2 hotel and business complex on Tuesday have been kil…
The National Democratic Congress has asked government to apply the “DKM Principle” to settle the aggrieved customers of Menzgold Ghana Limited.
According to the NDC, efforts by government to bring the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of th…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has postponed the Party’s flag bearer election slated for Saturday, January 26, until it settles the court case brought against it by two of its aggrieved members.
Two members of the party, Mr Abda…
Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday will try to forge consensus in parliament on a Brexit divorce agreement after the crushing defeat of her own deal left Britain’s exit from the European Union in disarray 10 weeks before it is due to …
A woman has climbed a mountain in India, where only men were allowed until now for religious reasons.
Dhanya Sanal's ascent to the summit of Agasthyakoodam in southern Kerala state came after a court ruling in November.
Local tribesp…
Malaysia's Education Ministry has said it shouldn't have published an infographic in a school textbook that said girls must protect their modesty or risk being shamed and ostracised.
The textbook, aimed at nine-year-olds, was distribute…
Cuba has reiterated calls on the international community to exert more pressure on the United States for the removal of the economic blockade it placed on her since 1962.
The government of the Caribbean island says the continuous blocka…
Professor Ransford Gyampo, Director, Centre for European Studies, University of Ghana, has renewed the debate on state funding of political parties, calling for some form of public funding.
Speaking at the on-going 70th Annual New Year …
Police in Kenya has asked a controversial politician to appear at a police station after he was pictured on Tuesday at the scene of the attack clad in a bullet-proof jacket and carrying an automatic weapon, Kenyan media report..
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The Cuban Ambassador to Ghana, Pedro Luiz Gonzalez is advocating a renewed bilateral relation between Cuba and Ghana to transcend education and healthcare which had been the traditional areas of co-operation between the two nations.
Amb…
Professor Joseph Atsu Ayee of the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana has called for reconstructing the Ghanaian society to build strong institutions for democratic consolidation.
He said building strong institutions…
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization operating in 43 countries, is profoundly concerned with the rise in new Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo and fear of its spread if uncontained. The Augus…
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has said a siege by suspected militants in Nairobi is over and all the attackers have been "eliminated".
Gunmen attacked the compound in the Westlands district of Kenya's capital on Tuesday, killing at le…
Former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto accepted a $100m (£77m) bribe from drug cartel kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, a witness has testified.
Alex Cifuentes, who says he was a close associate of Guzmán for years, told a New Yor…
The Head of the Public Sector Governance and Peace Directorate of the Commonwealth, Dr Roger Oppong Koranteng, has won the coveted Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani International Anti-Corruption Excellence Award in the category of Innovation…
The European Commission has approved a grant of 5 million euros to the African Legal Support Facility, to finance the Facility’s Medium Term Strategy for the next five years.
ALSF, hosted by the African Development Bank, to date has sup…
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he responded positively to Donald Trump's call for a "safe zone" along its border with Kurdish-held Syria.
The leaders spoke by telephone after Mr Trump threatened to "devastate Turkey econom…
Many petrol stations have run out of fuel and motorists have been forced to queue for long hours at any that have supplies today. The shortage is blamed on the closure by protesters of the main road linking Ethiopia and Djibouti. Ethiopia …
Former Ivory Coast First Lady Simone Gbagbo has told the BBC that her husband's acquittal is "a joy".
"It's the decision I've been waiting for since the beginning.
"From the beginning I was convinced that President Laurent Gbagbo was…
The Metropolitan Chief Executive for Tema, Mr. Felix Mensah Nii Annang-La, has forecasted that the 49 per centrating that President Akufo-Addo scored in the recent poll on his approval rating by the University of Ghana will improve.
He …
Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, the Speaker of Parliament, has advocated for a special quota for women’s representation in Parliament and that matters relating to gender were of very much concern to him.
"Today by global standards Ghana is…
Hajia Alima Mahama, the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, says the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) on partisan basis would be a key solution to the ‘winner takes all’ syndrome pl…
A Saudi teenager given asylum in Canada after fleeing her family has said the journey was "worth the risk" so she could live a more independent life.
Rahaf Mohammed, 18, made headlines when she flew to Thailand and barricaded herself in…
Some delegates of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Western region have observed that lack of political maturity was responsible for the Party’s 2016 election loss.
They have therefore called on fellow delegates …
The Ashanti Regional office of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called for the government to stop claiming underserved credit for fixing the country’s energy crisis.
It said what Ghanaians were seeing today – stable…
Millions of people have taken to the waters at the confluence of India's sacred Ganges and Yamuna rivers at the Kumbh Mela festival - humanity's largest gathering.
At least 15m people are expected on the first day alone. Officials proje…
The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has acquitted Ivory Coast ex-President Laurent Gbagbo.
He had been charged with crimes against humanity in connection with violence following a disputed 2010 election that left 3,000 d…
A Ghanaian citizen, Bismark Aborbi-Ayitey, has filed a suit at the Supreme Court, challenging the Electoral Commission’s decision to hold the Ayawaso West-Wuogon by–election on January 31, 2019.
According to the plaintiff, per Article…
Judges at the International Criminal Court will rule on Tuesday over former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo’s request to be acquitted and released after more than seven years in custody.
Gbagbo, 73, and Charles Blé Goudé, a close a…
A cargo plane crash near the Iranian capital, Tehran, has killed 15 people, Iran's army says.
The Boeing 707 came off the runway and hit a residential area while trying to land at Fath airport in Karaj, 40km (25 miles) west of Tehran, i…
The mayor of the Polish city of Gdansk has been seriously injured after being stabbed on stage at the country's biggest charity event, officials say.
Pawel Adamowicz, 53, was taken to hospital, where he is in a critical condition after …
Protests have broken out in Zimbabwe's two main cities following the more than doubling of the fuel price.
Burning tyres and boulders are being used to barricade roads and block buses from carrying passengers.
President Emmerson Mnan…
A Rastafarian girl who was turned away from her new school in Nairobi because of her hair, has spoken of her disappointment to Kenyan media outlets.
Makeda Ndinda told the Standard newspaper that she was forced to choose between her "ha…
Mr Stephen Kwame Quaye, District Chief Executive (DCE) for Awutu Senya District, has called on all sectional leaders in the area to bury their differences for the development of the area.
Mr Quaye, who made the call in an interview with…
Mr Wisdom Senanu Seneadza, the District Chief Executive of Afadzato South, has said the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) plan for economic liberation was the right path to ensure the development of the country.
"There is massive progress und…
The Electoral Commission (EC) on Saturday gave its consent to Madam Lydia Alhassan, the New Patriotic Congress Member of Parliament (MP) Aspirant for Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency to contest the by-election. The by-election is scheduled…
Ivorian political opposition leader, Richard Blet, has lauded Ghana’s constitutional democracy, saying, it provides a good example for other African countries.
“There can be no doubt that Ghana is making good progress in its democratic …
The Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Simon Kweku Tetteh, has said every government would succeed if the citizenry performed their duties by paying their required taxes and levies which the government uses for developme…
A California judge has blocked new Trump administration regulations on birth control from applying in 13 states and Washington DC.
The rules allow employers and insurers to decline to provide birth control if doing so violates their "re…
China has tried to win over eSwatini repeatedly, but the tiny kingdom, previously known as Swaziland, is staying with Taiwan for "diplomatic and political morality" even though it is left standing alone.
It is the only African country tha…
The Convention People’s Party has expressed disapproval of the government’s declaration of January 7 as a public holiday.
According to the party, the day, set aside as Constitution Day, was an attempt by the government to scrap the co…
None of the political parties in Ghana will attain more than 50 per cent of the votes to clinch power if elections were to be held today, a research by the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana (UG) has revealed.
The…
A lack of accurate maps is a big problem in parts of Africa: for disaster relief agencies, local authorities and people looking for safe places to build homes. Could cheap survey drones and local volunteers help plug the gaps?
Khadija A…
As his sleek metal machines whirr and grind in a soothing rhythm, Paul Kuendiger's rather high-tech print shop exudes the kind of ordered efficiency upon which so many German businesses like to pride themselves.
Brexit Britain, the furi…
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