2010

The Electoral Commission (EC) on Thursday tasked the media especially the Frequency Modulation (FM) stations to intensify education on the on-going District and Unit Committee Elections. Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan EC Chairman, urged the press to…

Presiding Officers at polling stations in the Ga East District, on Thursday called for more education and publicity on the District and Unit Level Elections to improve voter turn-out in the ongoing nationwide polls. Mr Alex Laryea,…

The District Assembly elections in the Bolgatanga Municipality and the Talensi-Nabdam district, recorded a low turn-out, as voters trickled in to cast their ballot at almost all polling stations. A visit by the Ghana News Agency (GNA) to…

The 2010 Unit Committee and Assembly Elections took off smoothly in the Tema Metropolis with some polling stations recording low turn-outs. When The Ghana News Agency (GNA) visited seven polling stations at Communities Nine and Eight, in…

Eleven out of the 50 electoral areas, in the Tema Metropolis, would have their Elections on Friday, December 31, because the ballot papers are not ready. Despite the postponement of the elections twice by the Electoral Commission, the…

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned supporters of Ivory Coast incumbent Laurent Gbagbo not to attack his rival Alassane Ouattara's HQ. An attack - threatened for Saturday - could spark civil war, he said. Mr Ouattara,…

Most Asian stock markets looked set on Friday to end the year with solid gains and further advances are expected in 2011, but worries about the sluggish U.S. economy and Europe's festering debt crisis will likely keep investors on edge well…

Facebook surpassed Google for the first time as the most visited website in the United States for most of 2010. The social network site edged out Google.com with 8.9 percent of all U.S. visits between January and November 2010, while…

Protests against a sharp increase in fuel prices intensified and turned violent in Bolivia on Thursday, as thousands of demonstrators demanded President Evo Morales' government repeal the hike. Demonstrators filled the streets in La Paz…

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi would as from next year send some of its doctors and other para-medical staff to China for post-graduate training under a special exchange programme. A memorandum of understanding would…