Leaders of India's main political parties have been campaigning extensively in the southern state of Karnataka which goes to the polls on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has led an intense campaign, addressing 17 pub…
A former columnist's civil rape trial against Donald Trump has featured tense exchanges with lawyers and controversial remarks about women's bodies.
E Jean Carroll is suing the ex-US president, alleging he raped her in a Ma…
Air raid sirens have sounded across Ukraine after Russia launched a fresh wave of drone and missile strikes.
Explosions were heard overnight in the capital, Kyiv, where the mayor said five people had been injured in the "big…
Saudi Arabia says it expects talks which began in Jeddah on Saturday between Sudan's warring military factions will reach an effective ceasefire.
In the first confirmation that the meetings had started, the Saudi foreign ministry said b…
Uganda’s security forces say they have discovered explosives intended for use during planned anti-government protests in the capital Kampala.
An activist group, Uganda Freedom Activists, has called for nationwide protests on Monday agai…
Ms Joana Gyan Cudjoe, an aspirant in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Amenfi Central’s Parliamentary Primaries in the Central Region, says she is poised to win and lead the party to victory in the 2024 general elections.
Ms Cudjoe…
Ahead of the primaries of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), former President John Dramani Mahama has reiterated calls for unity among party supporters.
The opposition NDC is expected to hold its presidential and parliamentary elec…
The Prime Minister of a Caribbean nation has told the BBC his country is "not totally free" as long as King Charles III remains head of state.
Dr Terrance Drew said that a public consultation on whether St Kitts and Nevis sh…
Russia has sparked a "mad panic" as it evacuates a town near the contested Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, a Ukrainian official says.
Russia has told people to leave 18 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region, including Ene…
The campaign team of Dr Kwabena Duffuor, a presidential aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has called for an urgent round table discussion to address anomalies they have detected in the voter register for the May 13, presi…
Kweku Ampratwum-Sarpong, the Member of Parliament for Mampong and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has expressed his conviction that Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the Vice President of Ghana, is destined by God to becom…
A journalist has been shot dead in the troubled north-west of Cameroon.
It's the third killing of a journalist in the country this year.
Reports say Anye Nde Nsoh was in a bar in Bamenda when unidentified gunmen opened fire.
He wo…
Police in Nigeria say they have rescued 58 people who had been abducted and held hostage by criminal gangs in central Kogi state.
It was not clear how long they had been held.
A police spokeswoman said the rescue was a joint operatio…
Armed groups – both local and foreign – must lay down their arms in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and efforts must be redoubled to advance a lasting, sustainable peace in the region, the UN chief said on Friday during his fir…
Five members of the far-right Proud Boys, including former leader Enrique Tarrio, face decades in prison after being found guilty for their role in the January 6 US Capitol riot.
Four were convicted of seditious conspiracy, …
A new social media campaign has been launched in Morocco to highlight violations of women's rights.
The campaign, which comes as the country considers judicial reforms, features eight female Moroccan celebrities recounting the experienc…
Sudan's ambassador to Nigeria, Muhammad Yusuf, has pleaded with Nigerians returning from the conflict-hit country to consider returning when things cool off.
Speaking on Thursday after a batch of Nigerians returned from the country, Mr …
A flag bearer aspirantfor the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyei Agyepong has urged other presidential hopefuls of the party belonging to various camps to work together towards a common purpose after the presidential primary.
“We …
Burkina Faso's interim president, Capt Ibrahim Traore, has said he was satisfied with his country's military ties with Russia, which he described as "a strategic partner".
"I am satisfied with our military co-operation with Russia. Besi…
Mr Ras Mubarak, a former Member of Parliament for Kumbungu Constituency, has called on the National Democratic Congress (NDC) delegates to choose experience over experiment in the party’s May 13 Presidential and Parliamentary primaries.
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Former President John Dramani Mahama, has said completing abandoned projects scattered across the country will help protect the public purse.
He said a National Democratic Congress (NDC) government in 2025 would not rush to start new pr…
Vietnam has strongly protested against Australia's issuance of a coin with an image of the yellow flag of South Vietnam.
Vietnam said the coin defies positive trends in bilateral ties and urged Australia to halt its circulat…
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says his country is ready to assist Mozambique in the fight against terrorism.
The Japanese PM is visiting Mozambique as part of his six-day tour that took him to three other African countries - Gha…
The German chancellor is expected to visit Africa’s biggest geothermal plant in western KenyaImage caption: The German chancellor is expected to visit Africa’s biggest geothermal plant in western Kenya
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has …
Some four prominent members of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) have stated their intention to run for the party’s Flagbearership fixed tentatively for June 10, 2023.
They are; Mr. Bright Oblitei Akwetey, a legal practitioner, Nana A…
THE Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has called on churches to compel politicians to focus on finding solutions to the problems of the country and not to indulge in politics of insults and propaganda.
He said politicians must let …
By now, most of you will have seen the dramatic images that came out of Russia this week.
An object can be seen flying towards the dome of the Kremlin Senate building. There is an explosion. Black smoke billows from the scen…
Kenyans have been paying their tributes to Mukami Kimathi, the widow of Kenya's Mau Mau freedom struggle icon Dedan Kimathi.
Mrs Kimathi's family told local media that she developed breathing problems on Thursday night and was taken to …
An aspiring presidential candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, has stated that women in the party must be empowered economically to sustain the political gains of the NDC.
He observed that raising su…
THE Board Chairman of the Northern Development Authority (NDA), Dr Sulemana Abudulai, has urged the government to deepen collaboration with development partners to take stock of all ongoing donor-funded interventions and flagship programme…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bono Region, has commended formal sector employees for rallying solidly behind the government in tackling national economic challenges, including the implementation of the Domestic Debt Exchange (DDE)
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Ukraine's air force has shot down one of its own drones which it says had lost control above central Kyiv.
There were explosions for around 15 to 20 minutes on Thursday evening as air defence attempted to shoot it down in an…
A man has been arrested after eight died and 14 were injured in Serbia's second mass shooting in a week.
The attack occurred shortly after midnight near a village some 60km (37 miles) south of Belgrade when the shooter opene…
A 46-year-old senior lecturer at the Department of History Education of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Eric Sakyi Nketiah, has declared his intention to run for the presidential primary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Mr …
IN what appears to be a return to the presidential campaign for the third consecutive time, political experts and election watchers have touted John Dramani Mahama as being in a pole position for the National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) pr…
The International Criminal Court (ICC) "predominantly has only been targeting African leaders", a senior member of South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) has told the BBC’s Africa Daily podcast.
There is an "inconsiste…
Pope Francis has sacked a Rwandan-born man, who has been serving as a clergyman in northern France for almost three decades, from priesthood.
A communiqué circulating online signed by the bishop of Évreux says that Wenceslas Munyeshyaka…
A Laos political activist who was reported to have died after being shot point blank in the face and chest is alive, activists say.
The family of Anousa Luangsuphom, 25, has told Human Rights Watch (HRW) he is recovering in …
Donald Trump has said the political crisis that has left Northern Ireland without its power-sharing government will be a "tough one to resolve" but he insisted "we have to work it out".
The ex-president was speaking at his …
The World Food Programme and USAid have suspended food deliveries in Tigray in northern Ethiopia following the discovery that relief aid had been stolen.
The USAid Administrator Samantha Power said food shipments had been diverted and s…
The Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) has cleared presidential opposition candidate Samura Kamara to run in the June vote.
Mr Kamara, who was defeated by Julius Maada Bio in the 2018 ballot, has been on trial since February fo…
Nigerians evacuated from Sudan, due to clashes between the Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since April 15th, arrive at Abuja International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria on May 04, 2023.
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As some political pundits and economic experts have posited that the 2024 general election will be fought on the economy, one of the presidential aspirants of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and a former Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena…
King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort, were smiling and looked relaxed as they left a dry run of the big day.
Image source, James Whatling/Kelvin Bruce
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Danger comes in many forms.
For Turkey's long-time leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan, it comes in the shape of a former civil servant, given to making heart emojis with his hands.
Kemal Kilicdaroglu, backed by a six-par…
Explosions have been heard in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, a day after Russia accused Ukraine of carrying out a drone attack on the Kremlin.
Attacks were also reported in Zaporizhzhia and Odesa in the south.
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Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has told the Majority caucus of Parliament of his intention to contest the NPP Presidential Primaries in November this year.
The meeting which was held Tuesday evening saw the majority of the NPP MPs…
The Member of Parliament for the Yendi constituency, Umar Farouk Aliu Mahama has disclosed that a lot of the New Patriotic Party Members of Parliament are rooting for vice president Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to become the next flagbearer of the…
An envoy of Sudan's army commander Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has ruled out face-to-face talks with the paramilitary force trying to overthrow him, Reuters news agency reports.
Dafallah Alhaj said the army accepted an initiative being s…
Mozambique's military has regained control of a lake from militant Islamists in the northern Cabo Delgado region, President Filipe Nyusi has said.
He praised the young soldiers who have been fighting the insurgents
"Over the past wee…
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