The Upper West Regional Executives of the Peoples National Convention (PNC) have thrown their weight behind the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to win the December 28, Presidential run-off.
In a statement issued and si…
Mr Solomon Djaba-Mensah, Eastern Regional chairman of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), on Thursday appealed to teachers to ensure peace in the presidential runoff on December 28.
He asked them to consider the electi…
The East Ayawaso Constituency of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Thursday said the inability of the December 7 election to produce a president was a divine intervention to ensure that the country remained peaceful.
"It is therefore …
Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday evening that it was possible to negotiate a peace deal between Israel and Syria, days ahead of his visit to mediator Turkey to advance the indirect peace talks.
"A peace treat…
A New Patriotic Party (NPP) Youth campaign team to canvass for votes for the party at Akim Osino in the Fanteakwa District, has been inaugurated.
In an inaugural address, Mr Amankwah Asiamah, the newly elected Member of Parliament (M…
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has described 2008 as the most difficult year and urged Zimbabweans to remain united and focused in the face of difficulties as better times were beckoning, The Herald said on Friday.
Addressing the 7…
The U.S. military has drafted an initial plan to pull troops out of Iraq, which somehow differs from the promise of President-elect Barack Obama on the issue, the Pentagon said Thursday.
Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell told reporter…
Outgoing U.S. President George W. Bush on Thursday said his successor Barack Obama should try to maintain friendly relations with Russia after Bush leaves the White House in January.
"I would say that our relationship is still friend…
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday in Brasilia that there are no political, ethical and moral reasons for the U.S. embargo against Cuba to continue.
The statement was made during the first visit of Cuban Pr…
The League of Arab States (LAS) Secretary-General Amre Moussa has expressed hopes that the United States and Europe will show impartiality in dealing with the Arab-Israeli conflict.
The LAS supports dialogue between Syria and Israel…
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will meet and dine with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas here Thursday evening to demonstrate U.S. continued support for the Middle East peace process, the State Department said.
"The secretar…
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced the resignation of Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch on Thursday.
Welch, 55, who speaks fluent Arabic, has long been top U.S. Middle East diplomat in …
Mr Joseph Kwadwo Boateng, a Poet and Researcher has asked Ghanaians, especially those who did not vote on December 7, to vote for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) during the run-off.
He asked those who did not vote to be sympathetic wit…
Mr Joe Ghartey, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament-elect, for the Essikadu-Ketan Constituency has expressed his appreciation to the people in the constituency for retaining him.
He said the trust imposed in him by the…
Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament-elect for Manhyia, has commended the electorate in the constituency for the massive turn-out during the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections.
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Nationals of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) cannot vote in the forthcoming Presidential Election runoff scheduled for December 28, a statement from the National Security Council on Friday said.
Ghanaians, w…
Mr. Sylvester Kanyi, Northern Regional Director of the Electoral Commission (EC) has appealed for effective coordination between security officers and personnel of the EC to ensure proper conduct of the 28 December 28 Presidential run-off …
Mr Prince-Derek Adjei, National Youth Organiser of the Democratic Freedom Party (DFP), on Wednesday described his party's partnership with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the December run-off as unconstitutional.
Mr Adjei noted that th…
Professor John Evans Atta Mills, presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), on Tuesday in Winneba, urged Ghanaians to vote for him in the presidential run-off on December 28.
The presidential candidate who has …
President John Agyekum Kufuor has addressed separate rallies at Wamfie and Dormaa-Ahenkro in the Brong-Ahafo Region to thank Ghanaians in general and NPP faithful in particular for their corporation and support during his eight-year stewar…
The Convention People's Party (CPP) on Thursday reiterated its neutrality with respect to support of the two candidates in the December 28 presidential run-off, and asked members to ignore those who go against the Party's decision.
A…
The Somali legislative body on Wednesday unanimously endorsed the peace agreement between the transitional government and a major opposition group, and started the impeachment proceeding against President Abdulahi Yusuf Ahmed, accusing him…
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama named another two cabinet members -- interior and agriculture secretaries on Wednesday as his administrative team takes shape.
At a press conference in Chicago, Obama announced his nominations of for…
Caroline Kennedy, the only surviving child of U.S. former President John F. Kennedy, made public on Wednesday her interest to take over New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's seat in the Capitol Hill.
Kennedy made a statement to m…
The attorney for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich requested Wednesday some state lawmakers removed from an impeachment panel that will recommend whether the governor should be impeached.
According to reports from Springfield, the capita…
Kenyan leaders on Wednesday reached an agreement to pave way for the setting up of a special tribunal to prosecute those who funded the post-election crisis that left more than 1,000 people dead and hundreds of thousands others displaced.
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The Sudanese government on Wednesday reiterated its readiness for talks with Darfur rebels to be hosted by Qatar under the joint sponsorship of the Arab League and the African Union.
Samani al-Wasila, Sudanese minister of state for f…
Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua on Wednesday in Abuja, the capital, swore in 16 new ministers and re- assigned some old ones, bringing to 37 the number of cabinet members in the government.
Among the new ministers is Rilwanu Lukman…
The Chairman of the Effutu Electoral Taskforce, ASP Jordan Quaye has commended the people of the Effutu Constituency for comporting themselves, which resulted in a peaceful elections in the area.
He has therefore appealed to the peop…
The Eastern Regional Chairman of the Ghana National Association of Teachers, (GNAT), Mr Solomon Djaba-Mensah, has appealed to teachers to be agents of peace wherever they find themselves in the run-off to the December 28 Presidential elect…
Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament-elect for Manhyia, has commended the electorate in the constituency for the massive turn-out during the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections.
…
Rev. Dr. Jonathan Ayitey Mensah, District Minister of the Adabraka Presbyterian Church on Tuesday urged activists of National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New Patriotic Party (NPP) to avoid the use of inflammatory language during their ca…
Tempers flared between representatives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at the Brong-Ahafo Regional office of the Electoral Commission in Sunyani on Monday, over the re-collation and declaration o…
The presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress, (NDC), Professor John Evans Atta Mills on Tuesday addressed a large crowd of NDC supporters in Winneba to begin his four-day tour of the Central Region.
He is in the reg…
The UN Security Council Tuesday adopted a resolution to encourage the successful implementation of a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, which means a Palestinian state can enjoy peace alongside a secure Israel.
L…
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrived in Baghdad for an unannounced visit on Wednesday, Iraqi official television reported.
The Iraqia state-run television said that Brown has met with his Iraqi counterpart Nuri al-Maliki in hi…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Mfantseman West, Mr Stephen Asamoah-Boateng, has ordered people working on the projects he initiated in the constituency to continue work despite his defeat in the December 7 parliamentary elections.
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Mr Daniel Christian Dugan, New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for the Shai-Osudoku Constituency, has appealed to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to help reduce tension in the area to ensure absolute peace.
In a pe…
Mr Charles Biney, Co-ordinator of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) branch in Dallas, United States of America, has urged the youth to vote for Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the party's presidential candidate to safeguard their destiny.
M…
In an effort to end polarisation and acrimony that greeted transition in 2001, the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) and the Ghana Political Parties Programme (GPPP) on Wednesday launched the Presidential Transition Bill aimed at smoothe…
Members and supporters of political parties not taking part in the Presidential Election Run-off on the 28 of December 2008, have been urged to throw their weight behind the Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC),…
President John Agyekum Kufuor, on Monday expressed disappointment at the high number of rejected ballots in the December 7 elections.
He said the thousands of ballot papers rejected could had determined the winner in the first round of t…
Mr. Kwaku Boakye, Chairman of the Atwea branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), in the Nsuta-Kwamang-Beposo Constituency, has said the presidential run-off scheduled for December 28 is crucial in the political history of Ghana.
He u…
Professor John Evans Atta Mills, presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), will start campaigning for the 28 December Presidential Run-off, on Tuesday, December 16.
A release signed by Mr. Koku Anyidoho, hea…
The Independent Member of Parliament elect for the Nkawkaw constituency, Mr Seth Adjei-Baah, popularly known as Shaaba, has expressed his gratitude to his supporters who voted for him in the December 7 parliamentary election.
He said…
Several persons were arrested in a police- cum military operation at Akwatia in the early hours of Tuesday.
Those arrested were suspected to be involved in the disruption of the December general elections at six polling stations at A…
Iran's presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi has said that relations between the United States and Iran are "vital," Iran's satellite channel Press TV reported on Monday.
Karroubi, a former Majlis (parliament) speaker who has officia…
The former Secretary-General of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), now the African Union (AU), Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim, has paid tribute to Ghanaians for a peaceful and orderly election.
He was speaking at a luncheon organised in…
President John Agyekum Kufuor has appealed to Ghanaians to vote massively for Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo, New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate, in the presidential run-off on December 28, to enable the party to continue to bu…
China and the United States reached broad consensus on bilateral, regional and international issues in their sixth strategic dialogue held here Monday.
The meeting, co-chaired by visiting Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo and U.S. …