Former Deputy Finance Minister, Professor Gyan Baffuor is demanding pragmatic steps to address the huge budget deficit which he says has the potential of crippling the economy.

Government says it is keenly monitoring the level of debt incurred over the past four years and has outlined measures to solve the gaping budget deficit which is threatening to collapse the countryÂ’s economy.

Government has announced tax increases as well as new taxes to raise money to fund its ambitious plans for the country in its 2013 fiscal policy statement.

Finance Minister Seth Terkper is presenting the government's fiscal policy statement for 2013 before the House of Parliament.

Venezuelan Vice-President Nicolas Maduro is heading a meeting of political and military leaders as concern mounts over President Hugo Chavez's health, state media says.

Kenyans are awaiting results in their country's presidential election, after millions cast their votes on Monday.

The security headquarters in the Egyptian city of Port Said is set on fire in a second day of clashes between police and protesters.

Kindly indulge me as I attempt to look at the lighter or romantic side of our Presidency from the First Republic to date. I intend to present the “Most Romantic President and Wife Award” by the end of this piece.

Folks, the NPP leaders and their followers have once again come face-to-face with their own ghosts on the political terrain—and are scared stiff by what they see.

Microsoft has been fined 561 million euros ($731m; £484m) for failing to promote a range of web browsers, rather than just Internet Explorer, to users in the European Union (EU).

1. Describe the kind of home Lebo comes from.

Government owes the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) close to US$500 million in bills, the Director of Customer Service, Dr. Nicholas Smart-Yeboah has said.

Counting of Kenyan election results has slowed down because of problems with the electronic systems.