Felix Mensah Nii Annang-La, Metropolitan Chief Executive for Tema said Ghana was ready to receive investors from Malaysia to partner the government in its flagship programme of industrialising the country through the one district one facto…
At least 17 people are dead after a 19-year-old man opened fire at a high school campus in Parkland, Florida.
The suspect was Nikolas Cruz, a former student at the school who had been expelled. He escaped with fleeing students but is no…
Cyril Ramaphosa is due to become South Africa's president after embattled leader Jacob Zuma resigned.
The new president is chosen by parliament, where the ANC, now led by Mr Ramaphosa, has an overwhelming majority.
The ANC had told M…
Iraq received pledges of $30 billion, mostly in credit facilities and investment, on Wednesday from allies but this fell short of the $88 billion Baghdad says it needs to recover from three years of war.
Donors and investors gathered in…
The British government said it has frozen 580,000 pounds ($802,894) in assets held by several dozen militia leaders, army officers and private organizations with ties to Democratic Republic of Congo.
The freezes were mandated by the Eur…
Three people were injured and three suspects were taken into custody after a car crashed outside the US National Security Agency's headquarters.
Gunfire rang out after the black SUV approached the facility in Fort Meade, Maryland, witho…
The Minority in Parliament has explained that, contrary to suggestions that officials of the former administration are scared of the Special Prosecutor nominee, Martin Amidu, they are rather supportive of his work, for which reason they re…
Dr. Steve Manteaw, a Policy Analyst, says Mr Martin Amidu, the Special Prosecutor nominee, discharged himself creditably and demonstrated a profound knowledge of the law, proving that he is cut-out for the job.
At the vetting by the App…
The Attorney General’s (AGs) Department requires in excess of 600 State Attorneys nationwide to effectively deliver on its mandate, Ms Gloria Akufo, the Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Justice has said.
Currently, she said, the De…
A Valentine Day blood donation by MTN Ghana Foundation has revived performance the Volta Regional Blood bank.
The "save a Life" blood donation campaign by the Foundation to mark Val's Day attracted huge patronage with expected 150 units…
Hungary’s nationalist government introduced legislation that would empower the interior minister to ban non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that support migration and pose a “national security risk”.
The bill, submitted to parliament …
South African police are expected to arrest between five and seven more people as part of raids related to a corruption investigation involving the Gupta family, friends of President Jacob Zuma, a senior judicial source said on Wednesday.
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Authorities in Peru have recaptured a prisoner more than a year after he escaped from jail by leaving his twin brother in his place.
Alexander Delgado had been serving a 16-year sentence for child sexual abuse and robbery in a prison no…
South Korea has approved a plan to pay the cost of hosting North Korea's delegation to the Winter Olympics.
The 2.86bn Korean won ($2.64m, £1.9m) will come from the South's unification ministry budget.
A group of more than 400 North …
The Chief Executive of the Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority, Mr. Lawrence Dakurah, has called for the metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) to put premium on the creation of public data rooms.
This, he indicated…
The article alleges that there was a "huge redirection of resources" to the Gupta family.
It said the agriculture department in Free State province, which was due to fund the project, handed the farm to a company called Estina under a 9…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ellembelle, Mr Emmanuel Armah-kofi Buah has called on indigenes of Nzema both home and abroad to unite and spearhead the development of Nzema land.
He chronicled the history of Nzema and recounted effor…
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has concluded a three-day sensitisation mission to the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). The African Court mission, led by its President, Justice Sylvain Oré, paid courtesy calls on the…
Special Prosecutor nominee, Mr Martin Alamisi Amidu on Tuesday said upon his approval, he would try cases fairly, unbiased and transparently without fear or favour.
He said his success as the Special Prosecutor would not be based on the…
IFAD President announces renewed emphasis on nutrition, gender equality, climate change and youth
Heads-of-state, ministers and government representatives gathered for the opening of the 41st session of the Governing Council of the Inte…
The?vetting of the President’s nominee for the position of Special Prosecutor, Mr Martin Alamisi Burns Kaiser Amidu, on Tuesday lived up to its billing as the mother of all vettings.
In no time when the vetting got underway, the n…
Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu has hit back after police said he should be charged over alleged bribery cases.
He called the allegations "baseless" and said he was certain the truth would be revealed.
His government is "stable", he h…
South Africa's elite police unit has raided the home of a controversial business family linked to President Jacob Zuma, as pressure increases on him to stand down.
Officials say three people were arrested as part of an investigation int…
South Africa has declared a national disaster over the drought afflicting southern and western regions including Cape Town, though the city pushed back its “Day Zero”, the date when its taps are expected to run dry.
Running water in the…
A British judge refused on Tuesday to halt legal proceedings against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for jumping bail and fleeing to the Ecuadorean embassy in London in June 2012.
The ruling leaves Assange, 46, in a legal …
There was spontaneous laughter at the sitting of Parliament’s Appointments Committee vetting the nomination of Mr Martin Amidu as Special Prosecutor, when he suggested his very nature would not permit that he lives in harmony with criminal…
Ghana launched its first comprehensive National Employment Policy in April 2015 with the aim of tackling the growing unemployment challenge in the country. The core objective of the policy was to create gainful employment opportunities f…
One of the attacks recently left 73 dead in north central Benue state. In an exclusive interview with the BBC Mr Soyinka called the attackers “successors to Boko Haram”.
He said their activities are “internal colonialism... which should…
Mrs Samira Bawumia, has urged Zongo chiefs and leaders to make education of their young ones a priority thus making them relevant in national development.
She said education and knowledge were the only virtues through which the Zongo c…
Ethiopia released a senior opposition leader from prison on Tuesday and dropped all charges against him, a day after demonstrators blocked roads and staged rallies in several towns to protest against his incarceration.
Bekele Gerba, sec…
A South Korean court has sentenced Choi Soon-sil, a friend and adviser to former president Park Geun-hye, to 20 years in jail for corruption, influence-peddling and abuse of power.
Choi was at the heart of a massive corruption scandal t…
A Palestinian teenage girl filmed slapping an Israeli soldier has gone on trial in an Israeli military court in a case which has split public opinion.
Ahed Tamimi, 17, is charged with 12 offences, including assaulting security forces an…
Speed sensors that were iced over may have caused a passenger jet to crash near Moscow, killing all 71 people on board, investigators say.
The faulty instruments could have given the pilots wrong speed data, Russia's Interstate Aviation…
Tanzania has burned 5,000 chicks that were illegally imported into the country, the Kenyan newspaper Daily Nation reports.
The one-day-old animals were brought into the country through the northern Namanaga border.An official in the min…
Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah Bonsu, Majority leader in Parliament and Member of Parliament (MP) for Suame Constituency has advised the electorate to scrutinise and access candidates very well before voting them as MPs for their constituencies.
H…
Mr Kojo Yankah, the former Chairman of the Pan-African Festival (PANAFEST), has observed that, Africans at home and in the Diaspora have been mis-educated and brainwashed to see themselves as inferior to the White race.
He noted that, t…
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has accepted the resignation of the attorney-general, announcing his decision in a tweet:
Uhuru Kenyatta UKenyatta
I have received with regret the resignation of Attorney General Prof. Githu Muigai. I…
Mr John Boadu, the Acting General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Monday urged all members both home and abroad to exercise restraint as the Party prepares for the upcoming constituency, branch and chapter elections.
A…
Uber is testing a service in Nairobi that was inspired by residents’ use of the platform for errands and aims to tap into a new segment of the city’s active ride-hailing market, a regional executive said on Monday.
Amid the minibuses, …
Barack and Michelle Obama have attended the unveiling of their official portraits at Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC.
Former US President Obama said his portrait by Kehinde Wiley, who is known for his Old Master…
South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has formally asked President Jacob Zuma to resign, a senior party official has confirmed.
The decision to "recall" him "urgently" followed marathon talks of the ANC's top leadership …
North Korea's leader has called for a "further livening up" of the "warm climate of reconciliation" with the South created by the Winter Olympics.
Kim Jong-un, whose nuclear bomb and missile tests have stoked international tension, prai…
Former Attorney General, Mr Martin Amidu has urged Ghanaians to remain calm as they await the outcome of his vetting at Parliament’s Appointment Committee on Tuesday.
A statement issued Sunday and signed by Mr Amidu expressed appreciati…
The Egyptian military has reported further success in a campaign launched last week against Islamist militants in the Sinai peninsula.It said another 12 militants had been killed and almost 100 others arrested.
Reporting restrictions im…
The British High Commissioner, Mr. Ian Walker, has pledged to go the extra mile to take ties between his country and Ghana to the next level.He was determined to work hard and with zeal to help create opportunities and build a better futur…
Northern Alliance for Better Ghana (NAFBEG), a National Democratic Congress pressure Group has appealed to former President John Dramani Mahama not to contest for the Presidential slot of the NDC for the 2020 elections.
According to the…
The Convention Peoples’ Party (CPP) on Monday said Africa needs dynamic and not speech-making leaders and therefore called on African governments to roll their sleeves, get down to business, for which they were voted into power.
“Most A…
Mr Stephen Kojo Arhin, a 66 year businessman contesting for the NPP Chairmanship position for Cape Coast North constituency of the New Patriotic Party has promised to blend older folks and the youth of the party to engender unity.
“Many…
Finance is Australia's biggest industry, and its banks are some of the most profitable in the world.
But now the nation's highest form of public inquiry is examining misconduct by the nation's banks and financial institutions.
The ro…
Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has won the 2017 Mo Ibrahim award, designed to improve the quality of African political leadership, after handing over power in her country’s first peaceful democratic transition in seven dec…
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