How much worse will it get? That’s a climate change question that serves as a theme for a new report released Tuesday by Chatham House, the London-based policy institute focused on global affairs. It looks at impacts that may well be “locked in” by 2040 or 2050, assuming there is…
Presidential candidate John Dramani Mahama and his National Democratic Congress say they’re not yet accepting defeat following Ghana’s election on Sunday, which appeared to give President Nana Akufo Addo the win. The Electoral Commission of Ghana delivered an updated results summary on Thursday that shows Akufo Addo and the New…
At least two people have been injured in Ghana, following a shooting at a polling station in the country’s central region. Police confirmed to national broadcaster GBC that unidentified men opened fire on the polling station at Awutu Senya East Constituency and drove off in a black SUV. The injured,…
Voters in Ghana are headed to the polls on Monday for the country’s presidential and parliamentary elections, with President Nana Akufo Addo facing off against rival and former president John Dramani Mahama. The two leading candidates wrapped up their campaigns over the weekend, with Akufo Addo delivering a Sunday-evening televised…
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres says the African continent needs a “quantum leap” in climate change and development funding – especially so because we are not, Guterres said, winning the battle against climate change impacts. “The African continent practically does not contribute to climate change, but the African continent…
Ghanaians in Accra began on Monday to register for the country’s new Ghana Card, the biometric identification system long promised by President Nana Akufo Addo and supervised by the National Identification Authority. People reported to their designated registration centers, but some discovered they were unable to complete their registrations because…
No more beating around the bush. That’s the message from Namibia, and from African climate activists and negotiators more broadly, as they head to Katowice, Poland, for the COP24 meeting. Formally known as the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the annual…
Laureen is the editor of Africa Times
One person is dead and 14 others were injured in Ghana late Monday, as supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and incumbent President John Dramani Mahama clashed with the political opposition in the northern town of Chereponi. “There was a rally for both the NDC and the NPP. There…
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana and the New Patriotic Party opposition presidential candidate, Nana Akufo Addo, to continue their leadership roles in keeping the peace ahead of the country’s December 7 elections. Ban made separate calls to the two leaders to discuss next…
In Ghana, an explosive device planted Monday night at the home of a regional minister was discovered by security personnel, who quickly moved to neutralize the explosives and begin a search for suspects. The incident occurred at the home of Ashanti Deputy Minister Andy Osei Okrah, a National Democratic Congress…