A number of Ghanaians on Wednesday hit the streets of Accra to protest against the high cost of living following the recent fuel price hike.
The protest dubbed: “Ahokyere Demo,” was organised by the Alliance For Accountable Governanc…
Madam Elizabeth Oye Opare, Assembly member-elect for Anum Apapam Electoral Area has thanked the people for electing her as the first assemblywoman for the area.
“I would not disappoint you for the confidence reposed in me”, she told …
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Gomoa East, Mr Kow Panyin Okyere has called on Ghanaians to rely behind the government to execute its better Ghana agenda to improve their living standard.
Mr Panyin Okyere made the call at a durbar …
Mr Alban Sumana Bagbin, Minister for Water Resources Works and Housing, said on Wednesday that a contact sum of GH¢63,000.00 was awarded in late 2010 to rehabilitate the Owabi Dam.
He said the work was expected to be completed by Sept…
A European Union envoy on Wednesday urged Albania's government and the opposition to avoid further tension after last week's deadly anti-government protest.
After holding talks with Albania's president, premier and opposition leader, t…
The Ministry of Information, today said Government has not detained any member of the Minority caucus in Parliament, as is being claimed within sections of the media.
A statement issued in Accra by the Deputy Minister of Information,…
An appeal has been made to the feuding Ivorian political leaders to soften their hard line positions and allow for peaceful a resolution of the country’s poll dispute.
The Centre for Peace Building, a Human Rights and Peace Advocacy …
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, the out-going Eastern Regional Minister, on Tuesday said, President John Evans Atta-Mills has indeed remained focused on the “Better Ghana Agenda”, which is being pursued by the National Democratic Congress (NDC), g…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings leaves Accra for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Wednesday to participate in the African Union (AU) Summit scheduled for January 27 and 31.
An official statement from his office said former President Ra…
The Effutu constituency executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have expressed concern about allegations in some newspapers to discredit the Member of Parliament for Effutu, Mr Mike Hammah.
In a statement signed by the co…
Mr. Frank Opoku Agyapong, a leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Brong-Ahafo Region, has said the filling fee the party is charging is too high and should be reviewed.
The NPP on Monday said nomination forms for asp…
Members of the Movement for Better Ghana (MBG) on Wednesday embarked on a peaceful demonstration in Kumasi to demand the immediate investigation of what they call “misappropriation of funds” by the Kufuor Administration.
The demonstra…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday gave the assurance that government has no intention of interfering in the work of the Ghana Football Association (GFA).
He said government would rather do everything possible to support t…
Mr Nicholas Westcott, Out-going British High Commissioner to Ghana, said on Wednesday that Britain was poised to co-operate with Ghana to reduce drug trafficking and crime.
In a chat with President John Evans Atta Mills at the Osu Ca…
The Accra High Court has declared Nkonya Ahenkro as capital of the Biakoye District Assembly in the Volta Region.
The court said the name found in Regulation 6 of the Local Government (Biakoye District Assembly) (Establishment) Instr…
The Interim Management Committee (IMC) of People’s National Convention (PNC), has appealed to President John Evans Atta Mills to establish a befitting National Monument in memory of the late President Dr. Hilla Limann.
The appeal was…
The family of late President Hilla Limann has accused some national executive members of the People National Convention (PNC) of betraying the cause of the late President by forming alliance with the National Democratic Congress (NDC) afte…
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flag bearer for Election 2012, on Sunday joined the people of Bawku to celebrate the one week funeral rites for Alhaji Abdul Malik Imoro Salifu.
Alhaji Salifu was the Bawku C…
Nineteen out of 137 females who contested the 2010 District Assembly Elections in the Northern Region were elected.
The figure, compared to the 2006 results shows a reduction of 19 as 38 females’ secured seats in the 2006 Dstrict Ass…
Mr Simon Amegashie-Viglo, Volta Regional Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), on Sunday said the religious fervour that evidently “streaks” President John Atta Mill's decisions underscored the age old affinity between relig…
Progress at the consideration stage of the Petroleum Revenue Management Bill stalled on Tuesday for lack of consensus on contentious clauses that could change the destiny of the bill.
Sitting was suspended for over thirty minutes to …
The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) on Tuesday kicked against military intervention in the Ivorian political power struggle and declared: “No war in Cote d’Ivoire, No forceful eviction of embattled President Laurent Gbagbo.”
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Corrupt public officials including criminals would be dealt with equally, fairly and in accordance with the constitution without favour or affection, Mr Martin Amidu, Minister of Attorney General and Justice has warned.
The Attorney …
The fortunes of the National Democratic (NDC) party in the 2012 general elections are bright, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Mr Martin Amidu, has observed.
He said in an interview with the Ghana News Agency on Saturday …
Asking China to use its "good offices" to pressure its 'all-weather friend' Pakistan to stop cross-border terrorism, India's main Opposition party Bharatiya Janta Party on Saturday said the Chinese government should also ensure that its nu…
The United States has made "no determination" on the question of diplomatic immunity for India's Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath against the backdrop of the summons issued against him by a US court on a lawsuit alleging his involveme…
Cote d'Ivoire's Alassane Ouattara ordered the suspension of the country's cocoa and coffee exports, media reports quoted a statement from Ouattara's government as saying on Monday.
Ouattara was backed by the international community inc…
Six world powers wrapped up nuclear talks with Iran without any progress here on Saturday.
Catherine Ashton, the high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy, said at a press conference that doors a…
Turkey will lay the foundation of a new border crossing on its border with Syria next week, Turkish media reported Saturday.
Turkish State Minister Hayati Yazici, Syrian Finance Minister Muhammed al-Hussein, and Rifat Hisarciklioglu, c…
Fayeq Sbeih seemed indigent while compelling himself to accept the reality that he might pass away without being able to develop or rebuild what would help his grandchildren to stay in his hometown in the Jordan Valley, north of West Bank.…
Egypt is closely monitoring developments regarding the kidnapped Egyptian engineer for oil service in Nigeria, the Egyptian foreign ministry said Saturday.
Nigerian kidnappers abducted Mohamed Shaaban early Friday from a ship off the c…
Egypt is closely monitoring developments regarding the kidnapped Egyptian engineer for oil service in Nigeria, the Egyptian foreign ministry said Saturday.
Nigerian kidnappers abducted Mohamed Shaaban early Friday from a ship off the c…
A Sri Lankan commission, which was appointed by the president to look back at the island's longstanding civil war ending in May 2009, is to meet southerners to record evidence, officials said Saturday.
The Lessons Learnt and Reconcilia…
Five Algerians were wounded and six others were arrested Saturday morning in Algiers, as the police tried to prevent an attempt to demonstrate over skyrocketing food prices.
The protest, organized by the Rally for Culture and Democracy…
The long-delayed voter list for the presidential and legislative elections in the Central African Republic was published here on Saturday, less than 24 hours before the opening of the polls.
The country has completed preparations for t…
A Palestinian was killed and three others were wounded Saturday when a leftover ordnance from previous Israeli shelling exploded in eastern Gaza City, witnesses and hospital officials said.
Israel Radio and Hamas' Al-Aqsa satellite cha…
A Moroccan man has set himself alight in the northern port city of Casablanca, Morocco's financial capital, state-run MAP news agency reported on Saturday.
The agency said the man, who is being hospitalized, is the first case of self-…
Five Thais released by Cambodian government already arrived at international Suvarnabhumi Airport at 05:00 p.m. local time Saturday.
Five of them include Thai Democratic Party lawmaker Panich Vikitsreth, Samdin Lersbusya, secretary for…
Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba left Libreville on Friday afternoon for Cairo, the capital of Egypt, on a working visit, to boost bilateral cooperation, the government said.
During this visit, the Gabonese president is scheduled t…
Street violence erupted here, the capital of the southern Indian state of Karnataka, and some other cities of the state Saturday over the war of words between Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and state Governor H.R. Bhardwaj.
The violen…
The People's Liberation Army handing over ceremony has begun in Nepal amid a special ceremony at Shaktikhor, Chitwam some 85 km from the capital on Saturday.
The ceremony is being participated by various leaders and diplomats from the …
The new round of talks on Iran's nuclear program between six world powers and Iran enters the final day in Istanbul on Saturday.
Catherine Ashton, the high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy, i…
The South Korean cargo ship freed from pirates in a commando operation in the Arabian Sea is expected to arrive in the northeastern Omani port of Muscat this week, its company said Sunday.
The 11,500-ton chemical carrier Samho Jewelry …
Russia's chief negotiator for the long-stalled talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program will visit South Korea this week, Seoul's foreign ministry said Sunday, the latest in a flurry of diplomacy aimed at seeking ways to resume the s…
French Foreign Minister Michele Alliot-Marie on Saturday called for the resumption of the stalled Palestinian-Israeli peace talks, stressing her country's support for the Mideast peace process.
In a press conference along with her Pale…
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has nominated the Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and the caretaker Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi as the country's foreign minister, the state IRIB TV website reported on Sunday.
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The Central African Republic started the presidential and legislative elections on Sunday.
The polling stations opened at 6 a.m. local time amid tightened security with the deployment of soldiers and police in the capital Bangui, where…
The Palestinian leadership has on Sunday rebuffed a proposal of Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman to establish a Palestinian state with temporary border.
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat told Xinhua that the Palestinia…
Two Palestinian workers were wounded on Sunday after Israeli soldiers opened fire at them near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, medical and security Palestinian sources said.
The two workers were shot by the Israeli soldiers' gun…
A large number of tribesmen Sunday marched in a main city in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region and demanded a halt to U.S. drone strikes in the area.
The demonstration in the town of Mir Ali was the second in the region in thre…