UK Protesters Join Anti-Donald Trump March
Thousands of protesters have joined a Women's March in London as part of an international campaign on the first full day of Donald Trump's presidency. The rally is among events in the UK and...
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Turkey’s President Erdogan Wins Power-Boosting Vote
Turkey's parliament has approved a new draft constitution paving the way for a presidential system of government. The reforms - which would significantly increase the powers of President Recep Tayyip...
South Korea’s Culture Minister Arrested Over Arts Blacklist In Political Scandal
South Korean prosecutors arrested the culture minister on Saturday, on suspicion of abuse of power for drawing up a blacklist of artists, writers and entertainers critical of the country's impeached...
Why Do We Put ‘The’ In Front of Gambia?
Tiny West African nation The Gambia is currently in the news because of a dispute over last month's elections. The country is one of only two countries that officially have "The" attached to its...
Osafo-Marfo ‘baffled’ By Prime Minister Reference
Senior Minister-designate Yaw Osafo-Marfo has expressed befuddlement at reports that his position is more or less like a Prime Minister. “That baffles me,” he stressed at his vetting on Friday,...
Hammond Admits ‘Brexit Fog’ Impact On Investment
Chancellor Philip Hammond has acknowledged that Brexit uncertainty may cause firms to delay investment. Speaking at Davos, he said some firms were "quite understandably... waiting for the fog of...
Osafo-Maafo ‘baffled’ By Prime Minister Reference
Senior Minister-designate Yaw Osafo-Maafo has expressed befuddlement at reports that his position is more or less like a Prime Minister. “That baffles me,” he stressed at his vetting on Friday,...
Outgoing Ghanaian Ambassador To Mali Honored
H. E Mahmud Khalid (Right) and H.E Modibo Keita(left) Ghana’s outgoing Ambassador to Mali; H. E. Mahmud Khalid has been honored by the Prime Minister H.E Modibo Keita Mahmud Khalid was given a...
Osafo Marfo, Ofori-Atta, Kan Dapaah Face Vetting Committee Today
The first four of President Akufo Addo’s ministerial nominees would be facing parliaments vetting committee today Friday Jan.20, 2017 as the new government takes shape. The first four are, Yaw...
UN Appoints Mahama Co-Chair of Eminent Persons For SDGs
President John Dramani Mahama and the Prime Minister of Norway, Ms. Erna Solberg, have been appointed Co-Chairs of a group of sixteen (16) eminent Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Advocates to...
UN Gives Mahama Top Appointment
The United Nations (UN) has appointed former President john John Mahama and the Prime Minister of Norway, Ms. Erna Solberg, as co-chairs of a group of 16 eminent Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...
Kumasi Goes Silent As Asantehemaa Goes ‘home’ Today
Kumasi Metropolis is currently silent as the Manhyia Palace prepares to bury the Asantehemaa Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II today. The thirteenth queen mother who died on November 20, 2016 is being...
UK Will Stay ‘financial Lungs’ of Europe
London can breathe easy - it will continue to be the financial lungs of Europe, according to Barclays chief executive Jes Staley. While he admits the bank may have to move some activities to bases in...
Ayariga’s ‘senior Minister’ Argument Senseless – Atta Kyea
Minister-nominee for Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Kyea, has watered down Mahama Ayariga’s suggestion that Nana Akufo-Addo’s creation of the Senior Minister portfolio is unconstitutional. The...
Akufo-Addo Clandestinely Making Osafo-Marfo Prime Minister – Ayariga Fires
The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga has accused President Nana Akufo-Addo of surreptitiously promoting Mr. Yaw Osafo-Maafo into a Prime Minister position. The framers of...
Ayariga’s ‘senior Minister’ Argument Senseless
Minister-nominee for Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Kyea, has watered down Mahama Ayariga’s suggestion that Nana Akufo-Addo’s creation of the Senior Minister portfolio is unconstitutional. The...
Ayariga Wrong – Prof. Kweku Asare
Assertions by Bawku Central MP, Mahama Ayariga, that the nomination of Yaw Osafo Marfo as Senior Minister-designate is unconstitutional lacks merit, Kweku Asare, a United States-based Ghanaian...
Akufo-Addo Clandestinely Making Osafo-Maafo Prime Minister – Ayariga Fires
The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga has accused President Nana Akufo-Addo of surreptitiously promoting Mr. Yaw Osafo-Maafo into a Prime Minister position. The framers of...
Stocks, Dollar Steady After Trump-Led Dip
Stock markets steadied while the dollar recovered some ground on Tuesday after unease over how the U. S. policy slate will develop under Donald Trump's presidency drove the currency to its weakest...
V. North NPP Angry Over Ministerial Snub
The New Patriotic Party’s Volta North arm has said it is “unfair” and “discriminatory” for President Nana Akufo-Addo and the party to fail to appoint a native of the area as a minister. In...