The Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has commended Members of Parliament (MPs) in the area for their role in the endorsement of the Municipal and District Chief Executives (MDCE'S).
He said the support of the MPs in …
Members of Bawku Municipal Assembly on Friday confirmed Mr Musah Abdulai as Bawku Municipal Chief Executive while members of Garu-Tempane Assembly confirmed Mr David Adakudugu as Garu-Tempane District Chief Executive.
Each had more …
Members of Ho Municipal Assembly on Thursday overwhelmingly approved Mr Isaac Kwasi Kodobisah 42, as Municipal Chief Executive.
Mr Kodobisah, a teacher and assembly member for Klave-Hoe polled 53 out of the 55 votes cast with a vote …
Indonesia has ordered the
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to exit from
Papua region which has been hit by separatist movement for years,
the country's Foreign Ministry said here on Thursday.
The order w…
The chairman of the
United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen, on
Thursday assured his Pakistani counterpart General Tariq Majeed
that the United States will address concerns of Pakistan in the new
U.S. r…
South Korean Foreign
Minister Yu Myung-hwan on Thursday urged Pyongyang to return
to the six-party talks on nuclear issues on the Korean Peninsula.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) should
stop raising re…
Meeting of the Golkar
Party on Thursday named Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla as
the presidential candidate of the party, according to Zainal Ma'arif,
co-chairman of the party.
Kalla, who is the chairman of the pa…
South Africa's
Congress of the People (COPE) leader was shot dead at his home in
Motherwell outside Nelson Mandela Bay on Wednesday night, a
party spokesman said on Thursday.
Gerlad Yona, 38, his wife and his children w…
A South African
election official in the Eastern Cape province has called on the
national Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to investigate a
shortage of ballot papers in the province, one day after the national
electio…
Lebanese Foreign Minister
Fawzi Salloukh affirmed on Thursday that relations between
Lebanon and Syria are back to "normal and brotherly excellent
relations."
In an interview to Kuwaiti Al-Anbaa daily, Salloukh praised…
More than 3
million votes had been counted in South Africa's national elections
by 8:30 a.m. on Thursday morning which showed that the ruling
party African National Congress (ANC) takes lead in the polls.
The results…
The National
Assembly of Tanzania has passed into law the Human DNA Bill
2009 to enable the country to collect, store, transport and test the
DNA specimen in the process of identification and other research
areas.
…
The finance ministers of
the Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus China, Japan and
the Republic of Korea (ASEAN+3) will discuss follow-up actions
on the Chiang Mai Initiative during the 42nd Asian Development
Bank (A…
The government on Thursday dismissed as "deliberate falsehood" claims by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) that the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) deleted some of its original promises from its manifesto.
It said the NDC manif…
The Government on Thursday handed over a one-storey residence to the Cuban Mission in fulfilment of a reciprocal agreement on accommodation between Ghana and the Cuban government.
Ghana and Cuba signed the agreement in 1982, with the…
Registration of candidates
for Afghanistan presidential elections would formally begin on
Saturday April 25, deputy to Independent Election Commission
(IEC) announced on Thursday.
"As planned, the candidate nomination p…
A senior Hamas leader on
Thursday hinted at extending the Islamic movement's term in the
Palestinian parliament if no agreement is reached with rival Fatah
movement.
If an agreement was reached before January 2010, the…
High-level talks between the
South Korean and U.S. forces were held on Thursday, ending
without reaching an agreement on a timeline and cost-sharing plans
for the relocation of American bases here, an official said.
Dur…
The Fanteakwa District Assembly on Wednesday confirmed the President's nominee, Mr Fuseini Abass Sbaabe, a 43 year- old bilingual secretary, as the District Chief Executive (DCE) for the area.
He polled 48 votes out of the 50 votes…
The chairman of the
United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen, on
Thursday assured his Pakistani counterpart General Tariq Majeed
that the United States will address concerns of Pakistan in the new
U.S. re…
The ruling-controlled lower
house on Thursday approved a government-sponsored antipiracy
bill despite objections from the main opposition Democratic Party
of Japan (DPJ) and other smaller parties.
The bill, which aims t…
Cuban Parliament
President Ricardo Alarcon met with President of the Foreign Affairs
Committee of Russian Federation Council (Higher Chamber)
Mikhail V. Marguelov here on Wednesday, official daily Granma
reported.
A…
U.S. President Barack
Obama "misinterpreted" Cuban leader Raul Castro's statement,
former Cuban Leader Fidel Castro was quoted as saying by local
media on Wednesday.
Fidel, in an article entitled Obama and the Blockade…
Many top Bush
administration officials had approved the Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA)'s use of harsh interrogation tactics as early as 2002,
according to a report from the U.S. Justice Department.
One of the tactics…
The United States
will soon establish a new military command for cyber operations,
the Washington Post's website reported on Wednesday.
The Obama administration is finalizing a plan for creating the
command, the report…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings on Friday commended the President Faure Gnassingbe of Togo for the successes chalked in democracy and governance.
He however appealed to the security apparatus of Togo to probe an alleged coup plo…
The Asunafo constituency leaders of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have denied that the Party's supporters brutalized some members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at Kukuom.
At a press conference at Kukuom, Mr Danso Fleance,…
Alhaji Abdulai Haruna Friday, Tamale Metropolitan Chief Executive has pledged to provide the needed attention to the growth of businesses in the metropolis.
He said people in the Northern Region were conscious to undertake economic v…
Mr Mahama Adama Walvis 52, a development worker and a youth activist who operates an NGO in Yendi was on Tuesday, unanimously confirmed as Yendi Municipal Chief Executive.
In an election supervised by the Electoral Commission, Mr Wal…
Future governments have been urged to ensure that District Chief Executives (DCEs) were elected to curtail confrontations and other problems that at times characterise appointments of persons to that office.
The call was made by Ms. …
The Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly on Wednesday elected Mr. Joseph Abongo as Presiding Member (PM), of the assembly to replace the former PM, Mr. Joseph A. Ameyure, whose tenure of office ended.
Mr. Abongo obtained 32 of the 37 votes c…
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Mutassim Gadhafi, a son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, here on Tuesday, saying that the U.S. authorities "deeply value the relationship between the United States and Libya."
"We …
Canada has asked the Czech government to take steps against mediators of the emigration of Czechs overseas, the Canadian embassy in Prague said on Tuesday in reaction to the press information that the departures of Czech Romanies for Canad…
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said on Tuesday that Sweden supports Turkey's bid to join the European Union (EU).
Reinfeldt made the remarks at a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan fo…
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Tuesday hailed the good cooperation with his neighboring Sudan, saying that such cooperation has been directed toward ensuring mutual benefits.
At a high-level meeting of the joint Ethiopian…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) on Wednesday tasked the Ghanaian media to devote daily space and airtime for civic education to ensure that citizens were alive to their rights and responsibilities.
"The steady demo…
The Minority in Parliament on Wednesday served notice that they would no longer tolerate the situation where permission has to be granted for another Minister of State to lay papers on the floor of the House on behalf of another Minister w…
Mrs. Justice Joyce Bamford-Addo, Speaker, on Wednesday directed the leadership of Parliament to deliberate on the personal security of members and advise on the way forward, following a 7.45 pm robbery attack at gun-point on a member.
…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) on Wednesday affirmed the relevance of the National Constitution Week cerebration, which is a process to contribute to the development of the spirit of constitutionalism in the country.
…
Dr. Nicholas Westcott, British Ambassador to Ghana, on Tuesday, said British investors in Ghana spent over one billion dollars last year alone, the largest by any country and even a record for the United Kingdom.
"We even look forwar…
Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin on Tuesday signed a decree to set up a special state commission aimed at investigating the causes, conditions and consequences of the violent actions in early April in the capital city of Chisinau.
…
UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday expressed his pleasure that the Durban Review Conference in Geneva was able to unanimously adopt a document that calls on states to fight intolerance and discrimination, according to a statement…
U.S. President Barack Obama vowed on Tuesday to continue pursuing Iran diplomacy while criticizing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his latest anti-Israel speech.
Speaking to reporters after holding talks with King Abdulla…
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday softened his tone on the possibility to prosecute officials who were behind harsh interrogation tactics.
Obama has been put under pressure lately since he vowed not to prosecute any Central In…
More than 10,000 supporters of Sri Lanka's Tamil people on Tuesday gathered on Canada's Parliament Hill, demanding Ottawa to take actions against the Sri Lankan government over its handling of the civil war, including economic sanctions.
…
U.S. President Barack Obama has invited Israeli, Palestinian and Egyptian leaders to the White House in the coming weeks for separate talks in a bid to promote the Middle East peace process, the White House said on Tuesday.
"Follow…
The Canadian government on Tuesday unveiled a legislation aimed at cracking down on auto theft.
The new legislation will create a separate crime of theft of a motor vehicle that would carry a mandatory six-month sentence after a th…
The Ugandan government has set up a new anti corruption watch body that will involve citizens in demanding accountability from their leaders and government institutions.
Ethics and Integrity Minister Dr. Nsaba Buturo was quoted b…
Indonesian General Election Commission (KPU) told political parties to register their presidential candidates and vice presidential candidates for the July 8 presidential election by May 17, a KPU official said here on Tuesday.
The…
South Korean spokesman said Tuesday that inter-Korean talks to be held in the day were delayed as South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) had disputes over how the meeting should proceed.
After crossing th…