The Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security (CPAPS), for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Dr Abdel-Fatau Musa, has assured that the region bloc is going waging war against Niger. He said they are rather warring against the junta that organized the coup. Asked whether ECOWAS has thought about the possible implications of deploying troops to Niger ...

The Member of Parliament for Nsawam-Adoagyiri, Mr Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has said he has absolutely nothing to do with the removal of a billboard advert of New Patriotic Party flag bearer aspirant Kennedy Agyapong contrary to the avalanche of social media accusations levelled against him as the brain behind it. He told the parliamentary press corps that he first heard of ...

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is in a pole position to sweep the votes in Saturday’s super delegates conference of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the Centre for Sustainable African Development Initiatives, UK, has predicted. A report by the group, following a survey on the outcome of the conference and who is likely to make the Top 5, revealed that ...

Ghana forward Antoine Semenyo received praise from Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola after his impressive performance for the team against Liverpool on Saturday. The former Bristol City forward was on target for the Cherries as they fell to the Reds at Anfield in an exciting encounter in their second Premier League match of the season. Despite losing 3-1, Semenyo distinguished himself ...

Pressure group AriseGhana has said it holds the view that the illegal printing of money by the Bank of Ghana in the year 2021 and 2022 to the tune of GHS77 billion to finance the “recklessness of the corrupt Akufo-Addo/Bawumia/NPP government, in flagrant disregard of section 30 of the BoG Act (as amended), is the height of irresponsibility and must ...

Ghanaian television and radio presenter, Paa Kwesi Asare has won the 2023 BBC News Komla Dumor Award. Paa Kwesi is currently a TV and radio presenter with Ghanaian television station, TV3, where he has worked since 2016. Previous winners include Dingindaba Jonah Buyoya (Zambia), Victoria Rubadiri (Kenya), Solomon Serwanjja (Uganda), Waihiga Mwaura (Kenya), Amina Yuguda (Nigeria), Didi Akinyelure (Nigeria) and ...

The Somali government on Sunday ordered a ban on TikTok, Telegram and an online betting site, claiming that these platforms were being used by “terrorists” for propaganda purposes. The decision comes ahead of the second phase of the military offensive against the radical Islamist Shebab, who have been waging a bloody insurrection against the central government in Mogadishu for more ...

With half of its population below 19 years of age, Africa has a huge human resource potential. The continent however still grapples with high levels of youth unemployment. Could closer working relationships between education institutions and employers offer a lasting solution to this challenge that gives many government leaders sleepless nights? We talk to Veda Sunassee, the Chief Executive Officer ...

Russia and China will look to gain more political and economic ground in the developing world at a summit in South Africa this week, when an expected joint dose of anti-West grumbling from them may take on a sharper edge with a formal move to bring Saudi Arabia closer. Leaders from the BRICS economic bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China ...

The Chief of Staff of the deposed President of Niger, Djibo Takoubokoye Daouda has arrived in Ghana. According to TV3’s Portia Gabor who reported on the mid-day news on Friday, August 18, it is unclear why Daouda is in Ghana. However, it comes at a time the President of Niger, Mohammed Bazoum, has been taken hostage by the army in ...