Mr. Caesar Kale, Deputy Upper West Regional Minister said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was poised to win the 2012 elections and urged the newly elected constituency executives of the party to see that as a challenge and work towa…
The Abetifi constituency of the New Patriotic Party(NPP) has elected its executives to steer the party for the next four years at a delegates' conference of the party at Nkwatia.
Mr Anthony Boye Akowuah was elected chairman when he …
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has so far conducted elections in 16 out of the 24 constituencies in the Brong-Ahafo Region to elect new executives to steer the affairs of the party for the next four years.
The elections were all super…
Alhaji Ishak Abubakar Bonsu, the immediate
past Municipal Chief Executive for Asunafo North, has appealed to the government to develop effective and efficient strategies to generate funds locally for national development.
This, he …
President John Evans Atta Mills left Accra last night for Trinidad and Tobago to attend the Commonwealth Heads of State and Government meeting from November 27 to 29.
He was accompanied by some ministers and government officials. Pre…
Alhaji Ishak Abubakar Bonsu, the immediate
past Municipal Chief Executive for Asunafo North, has appealed to the government to develop effective and efficient strategies to generate funds locally for national development.
This, he …
The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Wednesday postponed its national delegates congress scheduled for Tamale in December, to January 15-17, 2010.
The National Youth Congress has also been rescheduled to January 8-9, 2010…
Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Chief Executive Officer of
Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation, on Wednesday reiterated the call on government to speed-up in implementing its policies and programmes.
"This call is not to underrate a…
Iran's military is staging five days of exercises
this week in an attempt to test its defenses, particularly around its nuclear installations.
Amongst other issues, it is trying to establish, in the eyes of analysts, whether it could sur…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday evening announced a 10-month freeze on construction in Jewish settlements in the West Bank, saying the move was in a bid to revive
the peace talks with the Palestinians.
"I hope t…
Nabil Abu Rdeineh, spokesman of the Palestinian presidency, announced on Wednesday that the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) rejected getting back to peace talks without a complete
cessation of settlement activities in the West Bank …
Thousands of Hondurans marched on Wednesday here to support the elections of Nov. 29, to be held under the de facto government of Roberto Micheletti.
The march was summoned by the so called Democratic Civic Union (UCD) and the Human …
The Brazilian Minister of External Relations Celso Amorim reaffirmed Thursday the divergences with the United States about the crisis in Honduras before the beginning of the Amazon basin countries and France Summit on climate change in Man…
The former Nigerien prime minister, Oumarou Seyni, was elected the National Assembly's speaker, Niger's news agency reported on Thursday.
Seyni, president of the National Movement for Development (MNSD Nassara), a principal party wit…
The communication and media minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Lambert Mende Omalanga, on Thursday called on certain Western countries, especially France, Belgium, Britain and the United States, to arrest the leaders of t…
The elements of the rebel Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) have been reduced into small groups causing violence in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the military said on Thursday.
The …
Brazil will not recognize as legitimate a new Honduran government to emerge in the upcoming elections in Honduras this weekend, minister of External Relations Celso Amorim said Thursday.
Amorim said that the results of the elections …
British Foreign Office Minister Ivan Lewis reiterated his country's stance of Tibet being part of China on Thursday while meeting a senior official from the Chinese autonomous region.
Lewis, who visited Tibet this past September, con…
Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Albanian counterpart Bamir Topi exchanged congratulatory messages on Monday to mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations
between the two countries.
In his message, Hu…
Police have been instructed to warn employers that foreign laborers will not be allowed to take part in a series of anti-government rallies starting this Saturday, Deputy Prime Minister
Suthep Thaugsuban said Monday.
The United Fro…
Pakistan has categorically rejected reports of the Washington Times about presence of Afgan Taliban leader, Mulla Mohammad Omar, in Karachi of the country.
Speaking to a private Pakistani TV channel, Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesm…
After totally rejecting the ECOWAS facilitator's proposals for ending the political crisis, Guinea's pressure groups have renewed their confidence in Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore in efforts to find a way out.
Compaore, who …
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) official newspaper Rodong Sinmun on Monday urged the United States to build a "peace mechanism" with Pyongyang to improve their relationship.
The newspaper issued a commentary saying…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Monday reminded government appointees and functionaries to improve on their performance to enlist good assessment by the public.
He said "it is a matter of pride to serve in Government, but politica…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) on Monday said about 147 schools throughout the country, have been equipped with knowledge and skills required for effective participation in the Ghana's democratic process, through Projec…
The New Juaben South Constituency branch of
the National Democratic Congress at the weekend retain all but one of the old constituency executive members of the party at a delegates' conference at Koforidua.
All the 10 members of t…
An official of United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said on Tuesday that Israel informed the UN Secretary-General of its willingness to discuss withdrawal of its troops
from al-Ghajar village.
UNIFIL Director of Politi…
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon is concerned by the growing tension between the parties to the Western Sahara negotiations, which have increased following the recent detention of several groups of Saharawi activists, a UN spokesperson sa…
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon Tuesday welcomed Cote d'Ivoire's publication of the provisional list of voters on Monday, encouraging all parties to determine a new election date at an early date.
In a statement issued by his spoke…
Jordan's King Abdullah II on Tuesday instructed the government to amend the kingdom's controversial election law and ensure a transparent vote, a day after he dissolved parliament.
In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Nader Dahabi…
Cyprus has given notice to all other European Union countries that it will take action to block further progress in Turkey's negotiations to join the block, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CYBC) reported on Tuesday night.
It sai…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering seeking either cabinet or governmental approval for a 10-month freeze in West Bank settlement construction, local daily Ha'aretz reported Tuesday on its website.
Citing a senio…
Bogged down by the stiff opposition and defiant statements from the members over dialogue process with New Delhi, moderate separatist alliance of Hurriyat Conference in India-controlled Kashmir
Monday suspended the organizational set-up a…
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa urged Colombia to do its bit to secure their border after opening three new military outposts on Monday.
The three new Ecuadorean outposts in Freddy Alcivar, El Palmar and Cantagallo in the Sucumbio…
The Pakistani government will unfold a promised package on Balochistan in parliament on Tuesday in a major political move to appease the long-standing dissent in the troubled province, local media reports said.
The National Assembly …
The weekly cabinet meeting Tuesday did notmake any decision if the Internal Security Act (ISA) should be imposed in a northern province of Chiang Mai, where the Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is going to visit.
The government will …
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Tuesday placed three provinces in southern Mindanao region under the state of emergency following Monday's bloody political massacre that left at least 24 people killed.
The Presidentia…
The weekly cabinet meeting of the Thai government on Tuesday agreed to enforce Internal Security Act (ISA) in Thailand's capital Bangkok from Nov. 28 to Dec. 14 to ensure law and order during a series of
mass anti-government rallies to b…
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he hoped the alleged corruption case against two antigraft deputies could be closed,while suggesting an out-of-the-court solution to settle the dispute
involving the Indonesian legal age…
Samak Sundaravej, the 25th prime minister of Thailand who had been disqualified from office in 2008 because of hosting a cooking show,died of liver cancer Tuesday morning in a Bangkok hospital, Thai media reported.
Samak had been tre…
Hundreds of youth in the Atwima-Mponua District at the weekend thronged the streets of Nyinahin to protest against attempts by some assembly members to remove the District Chief Executive, Mrs Theresah Adomako-Tawiah.
The Ghana News…
Mr Alban Bagbin, Majority Leader in Parliament, has urged tertiary institutions to allow partisan political activities on campuses because it is their fundamental human rights.
He said the restriction of students to only academic act…
Mr Edward Doe Ajaho, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, on Sunday called on Parliamentarians not to inject party politics into issues that had national outlook.
"We are elected by our constituents to fight for their comfort and welf…
The Tufuhene of Bomoakpole in the Ellembelle District, Nana Ferguson Ahulu-Ackah, has appealed to government to support them to complete projects the town had started.
He said the town was in need of roofing materials to complete a …
The New Zealand government reached an agreement with the Maori Party which will ensure that legislation setting up an emissions trading scheme (ETS) can be passed by Parliament this week, Climate Change Minister Nick Smith announced on Mon…
The populations of the southern zone controlled by the government army and those of the central northwest (CNO) zone by the ex-rebels were crazy about the consultation of Cote d'Ivoire's provisional electoral list when it was published on …
Brazilian President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva said
Monday that talks in search of peace in the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians must
target all participants in the conflict, whether they want peace or not.
In his weekly ra…
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on Monday again appealed to the international community not to recognize the Nov. 29 elections to be held by the post-coup government in Honduras.
Local radio station Radio Globo on Monday read…
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday the proposal to give part of Iran's uranium to Russia and France in exchange for enriched uranium came from his country not the West.
At a press conference after his meeting with B…
China's top political advisor, Jia Qinglin, on Monday arrived in Quito, kicking off his official good-will visit to Ecuador.
Jia, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, delivered…
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