Whoever wins the Ghanaian Presidential Elections of 7th December 2012 will be confronted when they wake up on 8th January with a country where virtually all the urgently needed major reforms appear stuck in a ditch.

President John Dramani Mahama on Sunday concluded his three-day campaign tour of the Eastern Region with a call on supporters of the National Democratic Congress to tolerate their political opponents.

A group affiliated to the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Zongo for Mahama has been launched in Wa, capital of the Upper West Region.

Whoever wins the Ghanaian Presidential Elections of 7th December 2012 will be confronted when they wake up on 8th January with a country where virtually all the urgently needed major reforms appear stuck in a ditch.

The Centre for African Elections Media Monitoring Index (CAEMMI) recent media research on the state print media showed the Daily Graphic and the Ghanaian Times did less critical political content reporting than higher critical content political reporting.

Suicide bombers have attacked a church inside a military barracks in Kaduna state in northern Nigeria, killing 11 people and injuring 30, officials say.

Presidential spokesman John Jinapor is confident that the reception being accorded President John Mahama in the Ashanti Region is a clear indication that the president will win a significant portion of the votes there.

The New Patriotic Party will revert senior high school duration to four years if it wins power in the December 2012 elections.

The Ghana Investment Promotion Council says it is investigating reports that it is providing some funding for one of the groups campaigning for NDC presidential candidate, John Mahama.

Hundreds of students in senior high schools, training colleges, polytechnic and universities in the Volta Region trooped to the Ho Polytechnic to receive better Ghana laptops.

This yearÂ’s programme to commemorate the World AIDS Day will take place in Cape Coast on Tuesday November 27, 2012.

Sunday November 25, 2012 was the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. It also marked the beginning of the 16-Day International Campaign against gender-based violence which ends on International Human Rights Day (December 10).

As GhanaÂ’s Election 2012 draws closer, religious groups in Kumasi are increasingly availing their pulpits as a platform for political parties to share their vision with the electorates.

Ghanaian manufacturers need to redefine their West African markets if they are to realise growth expectations in an increasingly difficult sub-regional trade environment, Trade and Industry Minister, Hanna Tetteh has said.

A "large number of gunmen" attack a Nigerian police base in the capital, Abuja, enabling 30 inmates to escape, of whom five suspected robbers remain at large.

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma holds a traditional ceremony to seek his ancestors' help ahead of next month's African National Congress (ANC) leadership contest.

Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi is to meet senior judges to try to end a crisis sparked by issuing a decree giving him sweeping new powers.

Police in Accra say they are likely to invite Presidential candidate of the PeopleÂ’s National Convention (PNC), Hassan Ayariga for questioning following a formal complaint by Lawyer Egbert Faibille Jnr over alleged threats on his life.

The presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has accused the NDC government of deliberately refusing to provide crude oil from the Jubilee field for the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) for processing.

Former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, has said no one should condemn the notion of free senior high school (SHS) education and adding that free SHS it is achievable.