Prosecutors have filed an appeal against the sentence of Paul Rusesabagina, the man portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood movie about the Rwandan genocide.
Rusesabagina, 67, was sentenced to 25 years in jail last month after being found gu…
The Eswatini government has directed the country's main telecoms operator, MTN, to shut down social media giant Facebook, reports say.
The move is in a bid to curb pro-democracy protests that have been going on for months amid calls for…
Former US President Donald Trump has announced plans to launch a new social media network, called TRUTH Social.
He said the platform would "stand up to the tyranny of big tech", accusing them of silencing opposing voices in the US.
S…
South Korea has launched its first homegrown rocket, stepping up the country's ambitions in space.
The Korean Satellite Launch Vehicle II, known as Nuri, took off from Goheung, about 500km (310 miles) south of Seoul.
President Moon J…
The Covid pandemic will "go on for a year longer than it needs to" because poorer countries are not getting the vaccines they need, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
Dr Bruce Aylward, senior leader at the WHO, said it meant the …
The Head of the Department of Media Studies at the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), Dr Ebo Afful, has called for the active involvement of the media in the formulation of government policies to ensure the successful implementation of t…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has urged party executives and supporters to volunteer to man the polling stations and collation centres to ensure the right things are done to secure the victory for the party in the next elections.
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Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has accused the EU of blackmail in a heated debate with European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen over the rule of law.
The clash in the European Parliament follows a top Polish court ruling…
Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has met indigenous leaders two weeks after he took a seaside holiday on a day meant to honour residential schools survivors and victims.
His decision to skip formal events on the first National Day f…
The top US envoy to Afghanistan is stepping down from his role less than two months after American forces withdrew from the country.
Zalmay Khalilzad led the US dialogue with the Taliban, but months of diplomatic talks failed to prevent…
Liberia’s President George Weah has honoured an 18-year-old motorcycle taxi rider who found and returned $50,000 (£36,000) to a businesswoman who had lost the cash in the north-eastern Nimba region.
President Weah met Emmanuel Tolue at …
An organisation supporting Somalis living in the UK says its members have been receiving death threats since the killing of British MP Sir David Amess.
Sir David was stabbed multiple times during a regular Friday meeting with his Southe…
President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed Government's commitment to revamp the cash-strapped Ameen Sangari Industry under the One District One Factory (1D1F) to stimulate economic activities in Cape Coast.
The factory is the Regio…
South African and US law enforcement agencies have arrested at least six members of the Nigerian Black Axe mafia syndicate in Cape Town, TimesLive news website reports.
The group, believed to be behind hundreds of thousands of “romance …
The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says government is working tirelessly to get the defunct Komenda Sugar Factory operational by the first quarter of 2022.
He said despite the poor planning into the operationalization of the fact…
Dr. Kingsley Nyarko, Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwadaso, has stated that with effective support from the Tertiary Students Confederacy (TESCON) of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), nothing can stop the Party from breaking the eight.
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The Convention People's Party(CPP) Parliamentary Candidate for Jomoro in the December 2020 election Mr.Patrick Ekye-Keesie has extended his warmest felicitations to the first female MCE for Jomoro, Madam Louisa Iris Arde.
According to …
The National Dean of Presiding Members, Mr Joseph Korto, has revealed that the smooth approvals given to President Akufo-Addo's nominees for Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives in the Greater Accra Region was the result …
Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, Volta Regional Minister has tasked newly sworn-in Municipal and District Chief Executives (MDCEs) to be proactive in successfully implementing government's policies and programmes in their local assemblies to impact…
Mr John Dramani Mahama, the 2020 flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has hinted that the party will do everything possible to make the 2024 general elections transparent, fair, and clean.
He said, "the party would not …
Mr George Kwadwo Ayisi, Director of Communications, National Disaster Management Organiasation (NADMO) Ghana, has said the Organisation is taking steps to help minimize the effects of floods on citizens.
He said perennial flooding had b…
The United States government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and on behalf of the American people, launched on October 15 a new $3.4 million, three-year project to address the growing problems of ill…
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the families of victims killed in an attack on a village market in the north-western state of Sokoto.
The Sokoto state government said 43 people died in the Sunday evening attack aft…
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he is concerned about reports on the use of excessive force against student protesters in Eswatini.
Students have been staging demonstrations in schools in recent weeks across the small sou…
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has formed a "crisis cell" to resolve what he has called the country's "most dangerous" political crisis since the 2019 military coup, state news agency Suna reported.
Mr Hamdok announced the commi…
Tributes are being paid to former US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who has died of Covid-19 complications aged 84.
The former top military officer died on Monday morning, his family said. He was fully vaccinated.
Powell became the…
Iraq has detained the Islamic State militant who masterminded a suicide bombing in Baghdad in 2016 that killed 300 people, its prime minister says.
Ghazwan al-Zawbaee was captured in an "intelligence operation outside the country", Must…
North Korea has fired a suspected submarine-launched ballistic missile into waters off the coast of Japan, South Korea's military has said.
Pyongyang unveiled the missile in January, describing it as "the world's most powerful weapon".
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Former Minister of Energy, Mr Boakye Agyarko says he stands a better chance of leading the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to Election 2024 as a flagbearer.
He is of the conviction that NPP delegates will buy into his vision and give him the …
Former President John Dramani Mahama has re-stated his opposition to plans to re-introduce the Agyapa deal.
According to him, the Agyapa deal will be bad for the youth because it will invariably mean “mortgaging the future of the youth”…
The National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Sammy Gyamfi wants President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to immediately reduce fuel prices in the country.
He said the government can do this …
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the decision taken by his predecessor, John Dramani Mahama, to build the Komenda Sugar factory, without first establishing a sugarcane plantation, betrays every principle of construction.
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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is hopeful Ghana will build back much more strongly as the country seeks to overcome the shocks left in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I acknowledge that life is still not as easy as it should …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will from Monday, 18th October 2021, begin a two-day tour of the Central Region, as part of his annual working visits to the sixteen (16) Regions of the country.
President Akufo-Addo’s itinerary wi…
More than 30 people were killed and dozens more injured after blasts tore through a Shia mosque during Friday prayers in the Afghan city of Kandahar.
Pictures from inside the Bibi Fatima mosque show shattered windows and bodies lying on…
The Queen has appeared to suggest she is irritated by people who "talk" but "don't do", ahead of next month's climate change summit.
Her reported remarks were overheard during the opening of the Welsh parliament on Thursday.
The mona…
South Africa’s elite task force rescued two cabinet ministers and a deputy, after they were held hostage by war veterans demanding reparations for their role in the fight against white-minority rule.
The Liberation Struggle War Veterans…
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has asked the New Patriotic Party (NPP) faithful to be disciplined and united to break the 'Eight-year' change of governance and political administration.
In a speech delivered on his behalf by Mr Fred…
Mr Kwasi Adu-Gyan, the Bono East Regional Minister, has sworn into office nine Municipal and District Chief Executives (MDCEs) and charged them to be agents of change and progress in their respective jurisdictions.
They compr…
Madam Justina Owusu-Banahene, the Bono Regional Minister, on Thursday sworn into office 12 Municipal and District Chief Executives (MDCEs) and tasked them to prioritise development for the betterment of the people.
The Regional Minister…
"It's been ruined - the peace and innocence I felt before Wednesday. It's been corrupted by this evil force," said Oda Hjelle as she gazed at the candles and roses laid out in her once sleepy hometown 50 miles from Oslo.
"Now any big so…
The Liberian teenage motorcycle taxi driver who found and returned money to a prominent businesswoman now says he is being mocked and threatened by those opposed to his actions.
Emmanuel Tuloe, 18, returned $50,000 (£37,000) after heari…
Mr Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, former Minister of Transport, has renewed the commitment to develop the Tema East whether as a Member of Parliament or not.
"I cannot sit back, the total development of Tema East is my priority," he s…
Mr Martin Kofitse Nyahe, the new Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Akatsi South, Volta Region, has called on all in the Municipality to work for progress and growth of the area.
He appealed for peaceful coexistence among residents to …
The Garu District Assembly in the Upper East Region has confirmed the President's nominee, Mr Osman Musah, as the District Chief Executive (DCE) for the area, after the second round of voting.
Out of the 19 Assembly Members, includi…
The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has called on countries in the West Africa sub-region to be alert to frameworks for political elections to forestall violence and security challenges.
"The political legitimac…
Five women who were born in the Democratic Republic of Congo and separated from their mothers by the colonial authorities are suing Belgium for crimes against humanity.
The mixed-race women were taken away from their black mothers on th…
A former chief test pilot for Boeing has been charged in the state of Texas with deceiving US regulators about the safety of the company's 737 MAX plane.
Court documents say Mark Forkner provided the Federal Aviation Administration with…
Mr Hassan Ayariga, Leader of the All People's Congress (APC) says it was not for nothing that God created males and females for procreation, therefore, any practice that would halt procreation should not be tolerated.
He said he found …
After a slow-burning PR campaign, Adele's first new music in six years has arrived.
Easy On Me, a spare and emotional piano ballad, was released at midnight UK time, offering fans the first glimpse of her "divorce album", entitled 30.
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