Presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party has given his unalloyed commitment for peace in the 2016 election but has charged government and statutory institutions to move beyond rhetoric of peace.

KARUKWAT, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Charity Mandulu said the executions began soon after government soldiers - around 100 of them mostly from South Sudan President Salva Kiir's Dinka ethnic group - arrived in her home town of Tore Payam.

Dakar (AFP) - The Senegalese sculptor Ousmane Sow, one of the giants of African art, died Thursday in Dakar aged 81, his family told AFP. The artist was best known for his monumental sculptures of Nubian wrestlers inspired by the pictures taken in Sudan by the controversial German photographer Leni Riefenstahl. Sow's series of striking bronze ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) says it is working with various security agencies to resolve challenges with the special voters' list. Hundreds of special voters who queued at polling stations across the country today [Thursday] could not cast their ...

Download and listen to the Morning Starr on today's discussion on issues associated with the special voting exercise which disenfranchised some security officials.

Lerato Mbele a South African journalist and broadcaster working for the BBC says Shatta Wale’s Kakai song is the official soundtrack for Accra.

The Electoral Commission (EC) says it is working with various security agencies to resolve challenges with the special voters’ list.

The NPP was in court for eight months, challenging the results declared by the then Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Dr Kwadwo Afari Djan, associating it with a number of irregularities and violation of electoral rules. The NPP based its objections on over-voting, voting without biometric, absence of Presiding Officer’s signature, duplicate serial numbers on […]

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Controversial prophet Isaac Owusu Bempah is asking President John Mahama to start writing his handing over notes because he has lost the December 7 general elections.

The Electoral Commission (EC) says it is working with various security agencies to resolve the challenges with the special voters’ list. Hundreds of special voters who queued at polling stations across the country today [Thursday] could not cast their ballot during the Electoral Commission’s special voting exercise. Over 127,000 security and media personnel as well ... The Electoral Commission (EC) says it is working with various security agencies to resolve the challenges with the special

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Two Iranians and their Kenyan driver, who worked for the Iranian embassy in Nairobi, were charged on Thursday with collecting information for a terrorist act after filming the Israeli embassy, lawyers said.

Some security personnel in the Upper East Region who were denied the opportunity to vote are threatening to vacate their post on the main Election Day, December 7 if they are not allowed to vote Thursday.

The Acting Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Freddie Blay, says the party is prepared to galvanise the needed support and votes that could help bring it back to power

“I know the various constituencies in the region are working hard and all things being equal, we are very convinced that the NPP would be victorious in the upcoming general election,” he said. Mr Blay said this at a media engagement as part of a working visit to the region in the round-up to the […]

The 2016 independent presidential candidate, Jacob Osei Yeboah, says happenings within Ghana ahead of the December 7 elections do not give signals of peaceful polls.

A press release signed by its President, Mr. Henry NkosuoBoakye, said it was important to recognize that the election was about their own future and that of the unborn generation. “We must all remember that this election offers us the opportunity to carry our destinies in our own hands and the destiny of the generation […]

The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is holding talks with the government and other stakeholders to reduce domestic air transport fares in the country.

The Sasol-sponsored South African Women’s Senior National team (Banyana Banyana) who were knocked out of the 2016 Edition of the CAF African Women’s Cup of Nations, by current champions Nigeria on Tuesday night are confident they would atone that defeat with a third place finish...

The 2016 flag bearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has declared his commitment to a peaceful election, saying he wants to be president of a united country after the 7 December polls.