Mr Eric Apoh, Agona West Constituency Youth Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said that the people of Central Region have not regretted voting massively for President John Evans Atta Mills in the 2008 elections.
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The United Nations has expressed concern over the recruitment and use of minors by armed Maoists in India and said there were credible reports that some young ones were forcibly recruited from schools.
In its latest report on children…
A suggestion has been made that just as District Chief Executives appointed by the President were mandated to be confirmed by the assemblies, their removal from office must also be referred
to the assemblies to decide.
The Gomoa Eas…
President John Atta Mills on Sunday evening lit the perpetual torch for peace in Africa and the world and thanked African Leaders for supporting the immortalisation of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Founder of modern Ghana.
In a post d…
The 150-member Ejisu-Juaben United Cadres Front of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) is on a collision course with the party's constituency executive over the latter's demand for the removal of the Municipal Chief Executive (MC…
Mr Mark Woyongo, Upper East Regional Minister on Friday cautioned the National Democratic Congress (NDC) foot soldiers, regional and constituency executives to use the party structures to address their grievances, instead of resorting to o…
In a first, the US and India will hold a four-day strategic dialogue here from June one, which would include an in-depth discussion between leaders of the two countries on critical global and regional issues like energy and terrorism.
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All but one of the executive members of the
Ashaiman Constituency branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), had the shock of their lives when they were voted out of office at an election held during the Constituency conference at…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Sunday opened the Kwame Nkrumah Centenary Colloquium in Accra, with a call on Africans to leave lasting legacies that would position them properly in posterity.
"How are we going to be remembered?"…
The bilateral ties between the UK and India under the previous labour regime was a "success" and the party would continue to work for further strengthening it, David Miliband, former Foreign Secretary and a contender for the Labour leaders…
India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday asserted he is not going to retire as he has got some unfinished tasks to complete but said he is ready to make way for younger leadership if the Congress party so desires.
"I have been …
India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said "trust deficit" between India and Pakistan was the "biggest problem" coming in the way of any improvement in bilateral relations.
Singh also said India is willing to discuss all out…
Into his seventh year in office, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday ruled out retirement since his tasks remain "unfinished" but offered to make way for a younger leader if the Congress party wanted that.
At a 75-minute p…
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr Kofi Opoku-Manu has commended the Afigya-Kwabre District Assembly for initiating measures to bring progress to the area.
The district created about two years ago and presently operating from rented p…
Members of West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) on Monday appealed to the Government to enact a law to monitor arms transaction by Government security agencies.
In addition, they said the Government should put in place measur…
In an attempt to control damage caused by stinging remarks by one of its diplomats against
Border Security Force (BSF), Canada on Saturday said it has "great respect" for India's armed forces and that it was "reviewing the situation" that…
Describing its ties with Islamabad as crucial, the US has said it has a significant stake in building a stable, democratic and economically
prosperous Pakistan.
"I think it's pretty clear from the level of engagement that we have w…
Pakistani authorities were on Saturday caught on the wrong foot as an anti-terror court hearing the 26/11 case was told that Interpol was yet to be approached for a Red Corner notice for Ajmal Kasab, weeks after they claimed the matter had…
The US has said there is tangible evidence
of Pakistan's commitment to clamping down on extremists operating within its borders, citing the arrest of top Taliban commander Mullah Baradar and the cooperation it extended after the botched …
In a shocking diplomatic gaffe, the Canadian High Commission here has dubbed BSF as a "notoriously violent force" engaged in "systematic torture",
prompting India to join issues with that country.
The High Commission, while denying…
A de-hyphenated and better American ties with both India and Pakistan could be helpful in improving relationship between the two South Asian neighbours, a top US official has said.
"We hope that if we build a good, positive relation…
US Ambassador Timothy J Roemer Friday assured India that it would get access to Mumbai terror
attack accused David Coleman Headley within the next three months.
"Sooner than the next three months," was Roemer's reply to a question …
The United States has said it is "satisfied" with
cooperation from Pakistan on investigation into the failed Times Square bombing over which several people have been detained in that country.
"We are satisfied with the cooperation that w…
Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo, Minister of State at the Presidency, at the weekend called on members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to remain steadfast, resolute and united.
He reminded them that it was only through unity that t…
India and Pakistan are likely to be inducted into the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) while Iran may miss the bus as the country is already under UN sanctions for its nuclear programmes.
"The country aspiring to join SCO shoul…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Central Region has assured government functionaries, especially Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives that the party would not use frivolous agitations to remove them from offic…
Suspicion and hostility towards China "runs rampant" in India, the state media has said,
citing the predicament faced by Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh for his recent pro-China comments.
Commenting on the outcome of a surv…
Egypt and Pakistan Sunday discussed the Iranian nuclear issue and the conflagration in Afghanistan and Iraq, besides the resumption of Indo-Pak talks as Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi met Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak here.
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India and Pakistan are likely to be inducted into the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)while Iran may miss the bus as the country is already under UN sanctions for its nuclear programmes.
"The country aspiring to join SCO should…
Seventy Yuvan motorbikes acquired at a total cost
of Ghc 83,265.00 by the Keta Municipal Assembly from its common fund, have been presented to the members of the Assembly at Keta.
The bikes acquired at a unit cost of Ghc 1,189.50, …
The Campaign Office of Mr. Isaac Osei, one of the five presidential aspirants of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has expressed optimism that Mr. Osei would be elected at the August 7 National Delegates' Conference, to lead the party to vict…
Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, NPP Presidential Aspirant has urged polling station executives, council of elders and constituency executives of the party, to vote for a candidate
with a science and technology background as flag bear…
Mr. Mark Woyongo, Upper East Regional Minister on Friday reiterated that Government was committed to the development of the three Northern Regions.
The Minister gave the assurance at separate meetings, when he addressed Regional, Con…
Mr. Alexis Ayamdor, Assemblyman for the Zorko Kanga Electoral area in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region, has underscored the need for the Constitutional Review Commission to review the remuneration package of assembly members.
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Lockerbie bomber Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi is still alive nine months after the Scottish government released him on compassionate grounds, it was revealed.
Scottish Justice Minister Kenny MacAskill on Aug. 20 released Megrahi, the lone s…
The United States has said that it is aware of the unofficial talks between Taliban and Afghan
representatives in Maldives, adding the Karzai Government has confirmed that there is no official participant from its side.
"The Afghan…
The Madagascan transitional Prime Minister General Camille Vital on Thursday night accused the country's politicians and religious leaders of being behind the latest confrontations between two security forces.
Vital, who is also serv…
Mr. Abdul-Shakur Saeed, an Assistant State Attorney in the Upper West region, has appealed to the government to empower the National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE) to carry out its constitutional mandate effectively by increasing its…
The Indian Government Thursday downplayed reports of ministers going on foreign tours when the first anniversary of the UPA II is being celebrated this
week.
"You cannot say they are holidaying. Some may have gone.
But the reason …
This time the publicity-mongering couple Michaele and Tareq Salahis, who became infamous when they gatecrashed into the State Dinner that President Barack Obama hosted for India's Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh at the White House, didn't m…
The Ahanta West District Assembly has embarked on an outreach programme to explain policies, programmes and projects of the assembly and the government to the people.
The programme is held on Tuesdays in coastal communities because f…
Nana Akomeah, Member of Parliament (MP) for Okai-koi South, has tasked the youth in the New Patriotic Party to "go down to the level of the grassroots" where their impact would be most crucial.
"We must not be seen to be involved in …
The margin of votes with which the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) won the 2008 Presidential election indicated a successful navigation of electoral results for good practice of democracy.
Commonwealth Secretary General Kam…
The list of authorized U.S. travel and remittance
services allowed to do business with Cuba has grown by 42 this year, U.S. Treasury Department records show.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control did not authorize any new services to do …
The suspected military leader of the Basque separatist group ETA has been arrested in France during a raid in Bayonne, police said Thursday.
Anti-terrorist police said Mikel Karrera Sarobe, on Spain's most-wanted list, and other suspected…
Britain's new coalition government Thursday committed itself to forge a 'new special relationship' with India, an objective Prime Minister David Cameron had articulated as early as 2006 during his visit to New Delhi as the Conservative lea…
The full details of the coalition deal struck between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats of Britain were published on Thursday.
Prime Minister David Cameron admitted during a news conference that it had not been an "effortless fu…
The deposed Hamas authorities in the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) in the West Bank released on Thursday hostages they held of their rivalries.
Hamas Interior Ministry said that Osama Al-Farra, a leading member o…
Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed on Thursday retracted his decision this week to sack Prime Minister Omar Abdelrashid Ali Sharmarke.
The Somali president announced to sack the prime minister and name a new one on Monday. But th…
Dr Joseph Annan, Deputy Minister of Education, has said the survival of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2012 elections will depend on party executives and faithfuls.
They should therefore eschew all petty squabbles, uni…