India has reached a new record number of daily infections, with more than 20,000 cases reported for the first time since the pandemic reached the country.
The southern states of Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu are among the worst-affected area…
Tanzania is now officially a middle-income country after the World Bank published a reviewed classification of world economies.
The East African nation enters into that bracket of middle-income countries with a GNI per capita of between…
The Ga Dangme Global Support of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), a group of the party’s loyalists, has asked the public to desist from threatening the life of the Electoral Commissioner (EC), Jean Mensa and other government appointees.
It…
The South Africa Defence Force (SANDF) has confirmed that at least 40 of its officers have tested positive for coronavirus.
"Like all other front-line workers, SANDF soldiers are exposed to the scourge of Covid-19, more than the average…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel
(UNOWAS), Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has called on Ghanaians to collectively support the peaceful conduct of the voters r…
Speaker of Parliament Prof Aaron Michael Oquaye on Friday directed that officials of the Electoral Commission (EC) must be in Parliament, two weeks after the voter registration exercise is over, to appraise the House on its preparations to…
The Office of the President Saturday said the decision by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo directing Mr Daniel Domelevo, Auditor-General, to proceed on his accumulated leave was not borne out of bad faith.
Rather, the directive was…
Nigeria's health minister says Covid-Organics - a herbal tonic produced in Madagascar and touted as a cure for coronavirus - has ingredients used for malaria treatment, but the government is still probing its effectiveness for Covid-19.
…
A small homemade bomb exploded in Cameroon’s capital wounding two people, the third minor explosion of its kind in Yaoundé in recent weeks.
It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack.
“It’s a homemade bomb like the two that…
The leadership and members of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) has extended its heartfelt condolences to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the family of the late Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, a.k.a Sir John.
A statement signed by its National C…
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has tendered his resignation after heading President Emmanuel Macron's government for three years.
The president swiftly named centre-right mayor Jean Castex to lead a new team of ministers after a…
Mr Samuel Ofori Ampofo, an independent presidential aspirant, has launched his campaign document towards Ghana's Election 2020, titled "Moving Ghana Away from Economic Slavery 'A Gift for the People of Ghana'", in Accra.
The document pr…
Coronavirus - Africa: United Nations in West and Central Africa concerned over increased vulnerabilities of migrants amid COVID-19
Over 30,000 migrants are currently stranded at borders and more than 2,000 are waiting to be assisted in …
Reports emerged today that Dennis Christensen, a prisoner of conscience and Jehovah's Witness from Denmark, has been put into punitive confinement in a Russian penal colony for an alleged minor violation of prison rules. Responding to the …
South Sudanese women activists are urging President Salva Kiir to revoke the appointments of state governors in order to include women’s representatives in accordance with the provisions of the revitalised peace agreement.
Early this we…
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has confirmed that the US will be among the countries on England's coronavirus "red list", and travellers from there will continue to face 14 days' quarantine on arrival.
"I'm afraid it will be," he told…
Algeria says France is about to return the remains of 24 fighters who were killed resisting French colonial forces in the 19th Century.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune disclosed the move at a military ceremony on Thursday.
Th…
The country recorded 63 infections for the past day, including 52 local cases, raising the total to just under 13,000.
Confirmed infections outside the capital Seoul showed a sustained increase, raising concerns that the country's overa…
Passengers entering England from dozens of countries including France and Spain will soon no longer have to quarantine.
These countries now pose ''a reduced risk'' from coronavirus, the government says.
However, each UK nation sets i…
China has appointed a hard-line figure as head of its new security agency in Hong Kong.
Zheng Yanxiong is best known for his role in dealing with a protest over a land dispute in the southern Chinese village of Wukan.
The new agency,…
The Electoral Commission (EC) says it has corrected and re-issued a voter's ID card which was issued in error with 1702 as the date-of-birth of the applicant.
The EC in a statement said the card was traced to a polling station in Tamale…
Twenty Saudi nationals have gone on trial in absentia in Turkey over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
He was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018.
Those being tried include two former top aides…
Over 100 vulnerable people in society have queued to be registered for the new voter register under the Electoral Commission's special arrangement at the Ho District Offices of the Commission.
They include; the aged, People with Disabil…
The Member of Parliament for North Tongu in the Volta Region, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has appealed to the Electoral Commission (EC) to increase the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) equipment in registration centres with large voter p…
A Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Carlos Ahenkorah, has resigned from his position following his admission of breaching the COVID-19 protocols after testing positive for the virus.
A statement issued Friday, July 3, and signed…
France's armed forces ministry has provided local authorities with a guide to 100 Africans who fought for France in World War Two, so that streets and squares may be named after them.
France's reappraisal of its colonial past is fuelled…
China has introduced a new national security law for Hong Kong. The BBC's Michael Bristow takes a closer look at the detail, and what it will mean in practice.
Lawyers and legal experts have said China's national security law for Hong K…
A young South Korean triathlete has taken her own life after lodging a number of complaints over alleged abuse from her coaching staff.
Choi Suk-hyeon, 22, said she endured years of abuse, but that her complaints to sporting authorities…
Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi has quarantined himself after an official working closely with him tested positive for Covid-19, a government statement says.
Some other people in the president's inner circle are also self-isolating…
Ireland's former President Mary Robinson will lead a panel investigating the leader of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Akinwumi Adesina.
The panel will be reviewing the report of the AfDB Ethics Committee, which cleared Mr Adesina of …
Police are randomly stopping people in Rwanda's capital, Kigali, seeking their consent for coronavirus testing.
The exercise kicked off on Thursday morning on some roads and entry points.
Rwandan health authorities say this “will provi…
The party agents of the two major political parties- New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed satisfaction with the registration exercise after day one processes.
The agents, who spoke to the Gh…
The ongoing voter registration exercise, by the Electoral Commission (EC) across all 120 registration centres in the Upper West Region has so far been smooth.
Out of these 120 registration centres, Wa Municipality has 19, Wa East 12, Wa…
Nursing mothers who carry their babies to the voter registration centres without any form of protection, are exposing their children to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Odeneho Kwaku Appiah, chairman of the Afigya-Kwabre South constituency who ma…
Eligible voters have been urged to find out when the voters' registration exercise would be held within their respective registration centres to enable them to register without massing at one centre.
This would help ease congestion at …
US President Donald Trump, long opposed to wearing a face covering in public, says he is "all for masks" and they make him look like the Lone Ranger.
Mr Trump also maintained that face coverings do not need to become mandatory to curb C…
Nigeria has said that domestic flights will resume on 8 July, but has not yet set a date for international air travel to restart.
They had been stopped as part of efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus.
Passengers have been urged …
Nearly 78% of Russian voters backed constitutional reforms that could keep President Vladimir Putin in power until 2036, election officials say.
With all the ballots counted, 77.9% voted for the reform package and 21.3% against, the ele…
The US House of Representatives has approved new Hong Kong-related sanctions, after Beijing imposed a security law that was condemned by countries around the world.
The measure, which was passed unanimously, penalises banks that do busi…
Amid concerns about infection rates in parts of Yorkshire and north-west England, UK Local Government Minister Simon Clarke said "won't hesitate to act" where local lockdown restrictions are necessary.
He told BBC Breakfast that Bradfor…
Gabon has suspended issuing visas to European travellers after its citizens were included in the EU ban list.
Gabonese foreign affairs ministry said it had applied the "the principle of reciprocity".
The nationals of the 27 EU member s…
Israel has confirmed more than 26,000 coronavirus cases, according to Johns Hopkins UniversityImage caption: Israel has confirmed more than 26,000 coronavirus cases, according to Johns Hopkins University
The Israeli parliament voted to …
This beach in Miami has introduced a curfew as coronavirus-related deaths in Florida reach 3,550Image caption: This beach in Miami has introduced a curfew as coronavirus-related deaths in Florida reach 3,550
The surge in cases in some s…
A statue of former Ethiopian leader Haile Selassie has been destroyed in a park in Wimbledon, south-west London.
Police are investigating the incident, which took place in Cannizaro Park on Tuesday evening.
The damage to the bust was…
The Electoral Commission (EC) on Wednesday said the schedule and venue of the five phases for the registration have been advertised in the dailies, the Commission’s website, and all its social media handles.
A statement signed by Mrs Sy…
A former General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, popularly known in political circles as Sir John, has passed on.
He is reported to have died on Wednesday, evening at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospit…
Kenya has launched an electronic court filing system that will allow parties to file cases online.
Through the digital system, lawyers, prosecutors and litigants will be able to file cases and serve court papers to defendants from their…
The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana at the end of the 38-day registration exercise, expect to capture more than 90,000 prospective voters in the 42 registration centres for the Jomoro Voters' roll.
It intends to register eligible vot…
Fake or misleading news can have a real impact on those who find themselves the targets. This has been a particular problem in India during the coronavirus pandemic, where reliable sources of news are frequently drowned out by unverified i…
The authorities in Burundi have announced rare measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic, moving away from a relaxed attitude shown by the previous government.
In a speech before the parliament after the swearing in of ministers, new …
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