Five out of nine women who contested the recent District Level Election won their seats in the Agona West Municipal and Agona East District.
Mr Adams Abubakar Al-Hassan, Project Coordinator of the Agona District Civic Union, said this…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) needs discipline,
commitment and hard work to secure victory in 2012, Alhaji Abdulai Issahaque, former Upper West Regional Chairman of the party, has said.
He said factionalism in the party ended with t…
A senior official of North Korea's ruling party has been named to lead a special party bureau, code-named Office 38, that oversees coffers and raises slush funds for its leader Kim Jong-il and the ruling elites, a source on North Korea sai…
A Seoul court has for the first time granted refugee status to a Korean-Chinese in recognition of his efforts to help North Koreans defect to South Korea, citing the high possibility of persecution in his home country, the court said Sunda…
Local residents have withdrawn from a South Korean construction site in Libya days following their break-in into the work site and dorms apparently in protest of the government's housing policy, the foreign ministry said Sunday.
About …
President Lee Myung-bak stressed Sunday that the two Koreas should renew their relations through genuine dialogue, saying this year is an appropriate time for the communist neighbor to change its course.
"South Korean people think that…
South Korea on Sunday imposed a travel ban on the eastern region of Libya where anti-government rallies have continued for weeks, the country's foreign ministry said.
The ministry also issued a travel alert for the rest of the North Af…
The protesters in Algeria on Saturday failed in organizing a rally against the government as thousands of police intervened.
The security authorities have deployed thousands of policemen on the roads leading to the Concorde square, and th…
Russia hopes Japan will engage in calm discussions on possible conclusion of a long-awaited peace treaty, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement released on Saturday.
Earlier on Saturday, local reports said Japanese Chief Cabine…
A survey conducted by Ghana News Agency (GNA) on the third State of the Nation’s address by President John Evans Atta Mills on Thursday was characterised by mixed reaction from students of Accra Polytechnic.
Some of the students expr…
The world is this year celebrating the International Year for People of African Descent, proclaimed recently by the General Assembly.
The year seeks to strengthen political commitment to eradicating discrimination against people of A…
Britain said on Friday it intends to double its bilateral trade with Ghana by 2015.
The European nation commended Ghana as a country with a reputation of good governance and expressed the desire to intensify bilateral trade with Ghan…
Egypt has arrested three former ministers of interior, tourism and housing, as well as a tycoon from the ruling party, over corruption allegations, Egypt's official news agency MENA said Thursday.
The Public Prosecution ordered for…
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Thursday signed a new annual series of compacts with his own senior managers aimed at holding them accountable for their performances and at increasing transparency.
"The world looks to us to ta…
The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) on Friday strengthens Bahrain travel advice.
The unrest in Bahrain has prompted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to update its travel advice for New Zealanders i…
The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) has welcomed the request by Timor-Leste and Indonesia to be part of its March meeting in Fiji after an earlier request by the two Asian countries, according to the MSG secretariat on Friday.
The…
Australian federal government on Friday welcomed Japan's decision to halt its Antarctic whaling mission for the rest of the season.
Japanese Fisheries Minister Michihiko Kano announced Japan will halt its Antarctic whaling mission …
Uruguayan President Jose Mujica on Thursday said that the agro production system in the country needs reserves to face the extreme climate phenomena such as droughts or flooding.
"We cannot predict the climate change disasters, but we can…
The recent releases of six hostages kidnapped by Colombia's left-wing rebels suggest there may yet be peace talks between the government and the rebels, analysts say.
The six, two regional officials and four security staff members,…
The Pentagon announced the plan to spend 3.7 billion U.S. dollars on 80-100 new stealth bombers, according to Washington Times reports.
This comes after Secretary of Defense Robert Gates' two-year-delay of the new long-range bomber…
"We have to take action" against world food risks and volatility of food prices, French Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Bruno Le Maire said here on Thursday as he warned of a global food crisis.
Addressing reporters at…
The British government Thursday launched a Welfare Reform Bill which will adopt a single Universal Credit to replace the current complex benefits, strip benefits from those who repeatedly turn down job offers and conduct new health checks …
Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado is expected to arrive here Friday to meet his Brazilian counterpart Antonio Patriota on bilateral issues, including trade and investment.
Portugal is the fourth biggest investor in Brazil, whi…
Kenyan National Assembly Speaker Kenneth Marende on Thursday declared the nominations of the country's judicial officers unconstitutional and ordered a fresh start. In his ruling which was delivered in Parliament, Marende said the nominati…
The Nigerian Senate on Thursday passed the Anti-Terrorism Bill 2011 barely 24 hours it received President Goodluck Jonathan's letter of appeal on the issue.
The President had also urged the Senate to expedite action on Money Launde…
Former Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was in a serious condition in a Jeddah hospital in Saudi Arabia, local reports said Thursday.
The ousted president had suffered a stroke and was in a coma, Le Quotidien newspaper re…
The wave of anti-government protests continued spreading in the Middle East and North African regions in the wake of uprisings that toppled leaders in Egypt and Tunisia.
In Bahrain, four protesters were killed and dozens wounded af…
Presidential and parliamentary polls in Uganda opened on Friday in which 13.9 million Ugandans will choose a new president and members of parliament.
Eight candidates including incumbent President Yoweri Museveni are vying for the …
Political leaders have been urged to help to calm the growing tension and polarization of the country by exercising more discretion in their actions.
Alhaji Sulemana Gado, a leading member of the ruling National Democratic Congress …
Participants at a forum on the review of the 1992 Constitution held in Takoradi, have criticized the institution of the ex-gratia awards for former presidents, the MPs Common Fund and the appointment of Metropolitan, Municipal and District…
Nii Armah Ashitey, Greater Accra Regional Minister has noted that there was no need for Ghanaians to fight to resolve issues within the democratic dispensation, since Ghana was not at war.
He was commenting on the recent statement by…
Parliament prematurely adjourned on Wednesday to hold concluding consultation on the thorny clause 23 of the Petroleum Revenue Management Bill 2010.
The adjournment also aimed at allowing members to prepare for the visit of President…
Professor Gyan Baffour, former Deputy Minister of Finance has denied an allegation that he authorised the release of GH¢1.5 million from the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) Levy Account to the Ministry of Information and National Orientation.
…
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has returned home after a two-nation working visit to the UK and India.
A statement signed by the former President’s Spokesman, Mr Frank Agyekum, said In the UK, former President Kufuor was a Speci…
The Nanumba North District Assembly has spent GHc2.51 million within two years to develop infrastructure.
The projects include improvement in the education sector, health, road rehabilitation, provision of water and other social inte…
The Brong Ahafo Youth Association (BAYA), has asked the New Patriotic Party faithful to condemn the comments made by Mr Ambrose Dery and Dr Arthur Kennedy on the establishment of a public university in the region.
The two are leading…
Mrs Judith Fanny Kumah, Director, Literature and Material Development of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has called on political parties to place premium on civic education to guarantee national stability.
She not…
The UK’s Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham, will visit Ghana from February 17-19 as part of a one-week tour to the sub-region.
The key themes of the visit are to improve and promote commercial ties between the UK and Ghana, as pa…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Tuesday reshuffled a number of Deputy Ministers and also made new appointments.
A statement signed by Mr James Bebaako Mensah, Secretary to the President, named Mr Aquinas Quansah as Deputy Minister-…
Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, on Tuesday identified deepening of engagement among functionaries of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as a key element for electoral victory in Elections 201…
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said Monday he intends to nominate himself in Egypt's coming presidential elections, Al Arabia TV reported.
Moussa said he will devote the coming months to his presidential campaign after leaving h…
The UN Security Council urged Cambodia and Thailand to display maximum restraint and to establish a permanent cease-fire, the Council President of the month, Brazilian Ambassador to the UN Maria Ribeiro Viotti, told reporters here Monday.
…
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi will be judged by a panel of three women in the trial on charges of abuse of power and minor prostitution set on April 6 by pre-trial examining judge in the case Cristina Di Censo.
According to a court st…
Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces on Tuesday set a period of 10 days for the constitutional amendment committee to finish its task, while reaffirming it would hand over power within six months.
The Military Council formed the C…
Iran on Tuesday criticised U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's remarks on protests in Iran on Monday.
Clinton on Monday hailed the "courage of Iranian people" whose demonstration to back changes in Egypt turned into protests against…
Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara on Tuesday snubbed cautionary comments made by Sergei Naryshkin, Chief of Staff of the Russian Presidential Executive Office, over the disputed four islands off the northeast coast of Japan's Hokkaid…
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) accused South Korea of standing against the improvement of north-south relations and totally denying dialogue, the official news agency KCNA reported Tuesday.
According to the KCNA, Kim Yon…
Mr Alex Kwaku Korankye, a former Member of Parliament for Asante-Akim South, has announced his decision to contest the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primaries in the area.
This brings to five the number of people who have …
The Gomoa East Constituency Executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have condemned a rape allegation against Mr Kingsley Ahunu Armah, the District Chief Executive.
This was contained in a statement read by Mr Kwesi Pete…
Residents of the Municipality have reacted to the “All die be die” statement Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the flagbearer of the NPP, made with some saying it was in bad taste while others said it was mere “political talk.”
He made the…