They look like unlikely allies, but on Wednesday the besuited, secular Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warmly welcomed the bearded, turban-wearing Islamist cleric-cum-President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, to Damascus.
It was th…
Journalists across the globe are coming under unprecedented attacks from governments, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has warned.
In its annual report, the RSF said authorities were becoming more aggressive to…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has arrived in Kenya to follow up on the humanitarian and security situation in Sudan following weeks of clashes.
Mr Guterres was received on Wednesday morning by Kenya's Foreign Affairs Minister Al…
The UN's children's agency, Unicef, says recent global crises such as the Covid-19 pandemic have helped slow momentum in ending children marriages worldwide.
It, however, raises particular concern over the situation in sub-Saharan Afric…
Zambian police have surrounded the house of ex-President Edgar Lungu in the capital, Lusaka, and demanded access to search it.
Mr Lungu's lawyer, Jonas Zimba has told Diamond TV that police officers are conducting a search, allegedly li…
Former President John Mahama has stated that the government continues to fail the nation on several fronts.
“I celebrate all workers’ industry, innovation, agency, and commend you sincerely for holding the ship of state afloat however, …
A total of 1,233 National Democratic Congress (NDC) delegates from 28 electoral areas in the Anloga Constituency of the Volta Region would vote in the upcoming parliamentary and presidential primaries, slated for May 13.
A nine-member-e…
President Akufo Addo’s nominee for Krachi East Municipal Assembly, Mr Bernard Aboakogya Mensah has been confirmed as Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) by assembly members.
The Municipal Assembly has a total of 30 Assembly members made up …
The Institute of Democratic Development, Ghana (IDEG), has urged the Electoral Commission (EC) to set a time frame and limit for political parties to campaign for general election.
It noted that the electoral management body should regu…
A well-known critic of the Laos government has been shot dead in a late-night attack in the capital.
Anousa 'Jack' Luangsuphom, 25, was shot point blank in the face and chest while sitting at a coffee shop on Saturday.
…
Several Russian cities have announced they will scale back this year's Victory Day celebrations.
Russian authorities have cited security reasons and attacks from pro-Ukrainian forces for the changes.
Explosions an…
An Associate Professor at the Department of African Studies at Kent State University in the United States (US), Dr Felix Kumah-Abiwu, has called on Ghanaians to promote the culture of political accountability to consolidate the gains made …
The death toll from landslides and floods in Rwanda has now risen to more than 100 amid heavy rains in the country, the authorities have said.
The Rwandan public broadcaster, RBA, reports that 109 have so far died, 95 of those in the we…
Lawmakers in Nigeria have appealed to the UK justice authorities to “temper justice with mercy” over the sentencing of a Nigerian politician found guilty of organ trafficking.
Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife and a medical "middleman" w…
The Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamkepor, has taken legal action to challenge the appointment of two new members to the Electoral Commission's Board, Hajia Salima Ahmed Tijani and Dr. Peter Appiahene.
In his l…
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned that the US may run out of cash by 1 June if Congress fails to raise or suspend the debt ceiling.
Reaching the debt ceiling would mean that the government is unable to borrow an…
At least eight students and a security guard are dead after a shooting at a school in Serbia's capital, Belgrade.
Another six pupils and a teacher were injured in the attack and have been taken to hospital, the interior mini…
Lawmakers are introducing Japan's first laws against taking sexually exploitative photos or videos of others without consent.
The bill against "photo voyeurism" would prohibit acts such as upskirting and secret filming of se…
The United Nations is warning that more than 800,000 people could flee Sudan, due to the ongoing clashes between rival military factions.
Fighting is continuing in the capital of Khartoum, despite promises of a ceasefire between the two…
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki says the East African regional grouping, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad), should be given priority in resolving the ongoing crisis in Sudan.
He says that while that the current sit…
The leader of a Kenyan cult group and six others have been rearrested minutes after a court in Malindi released them.
Magistrate Ivy Wasike freed Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and his suspected accomplices after an application by the prosecuti…
National Democratic Congress (NDC) party delegates in the Essikado-Ketan Constituency, have declared their unflinching support for the 2020 Parliamentary Candidate, Professor Dr.Grace Ayensu-Danquah in the upcoming primaries slated for May…
Mr Kobena Mensah Woyome, the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Tongu says, the constituency has come a long way to go back to where we started from.
He said, his focus as MP is to continue building a better South Tongu in the best int…
On the occasion of the 2023 International Workers’ Day, former President John Dramani Mahama has sent warm salutations to all Ghanaian workers for their contribution towards the nation’s socioeconomic development.
In a statement copied …
The Member of Parliament (MP) of Assin Central Constituency in the Central Region, Kennedy Agyapong, has donated food items to some Muslim communities in support of the celebration of the end of Ramadan.
The items include 2,500 bags of …
One of the flag bearer hopefuls of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, has said he has the political experience to win the 2024 presidential election for the party and urged the delegates to give him the nod.
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WFP had paused its life-saving activities after three staff were killed in North Darfur on 15 April, the first day of clashes between the Sudanese army and the rival Rapid Security Forces (RSF).
Safety first
Ms. McCain said …
The Honourable Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar has called on Development Partners to practice “No Vaccination Policy” for the control of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) otherwise known…
A prominent Palestinian prisoner has died in an Israeli jail after 86 days on hunger strike.
Khader Adnan was a senior figure in the militant group Islamic Jihad who Israel had charged with terrorism offences.
The…
More than 20,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in fighting in Ukraine since December, the US estimates.
A further 80,000 have been wounded, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said, citing newly declassified i…
A United Kingdom-based Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has predicted the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is likely to win both the presidential and parliamentary elections at the 2024 polls.
A report released on Friday…
The Canada branch of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced its backing for Mr. Joe Ghartey, the current Member of Parliament for the Essikado-Ketan Constituency who is seeking to become the Presidential candidate of the NPP.
…
THE Convention People’s Party (CPP) has expressed concern over the tax burden on Ghanaian workers.
This, the party said, had eroded the incomes of workers, worsening their standard of living.
May Day
This was contained in a statem…
A Ugandan national army soldier has shot and killed a government minister whom he was guarding.
Retired Col Charles Okello Engola, the deputy minister for labour, was shot at his home in the capital, Kampala, on Tuesday morning.
It i…
Police officers have been deployed on the streets in Kenya's capital Nairobi ahead of planned protests by the opposition.
Opposition leader Raila Odinga has vowed to resume protests amid warning by the authorities that they will not all…
Israel is in the grip of one of the most serious domestic crises in its history, with uproar over the government's plans to change the way the judicial system works. Here is a brief guide to what is going on.
What is happening…
Nigeria imports petroleum products despite being one of Africa's top crude oil producersImage caption: Nigeria imports petroleum products despite being one of Africa's top crude oil producers
Nigeria has suspended the planned removal of…
The UK says Giles Lever, its ambassador to Sudan, has been relocated to neighbouring Ethiopia after it temporarily closed its embassy in the conflict-riven east African country.
"From Addis Ababa, he will lead the UK's diplomatic effort…
Legal Practitioner, Bright Oblitei Akwetey has picked nomination forms, and paid GHS 20,000 to contest for flagbearership of the Convention People’s Party (CPP).
The CPP has tentatively fixed June 10, 2023, to elect its flagbearer for G…
An aspiring presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kennedy Agyapong, has indicated that he will never withdraw from the party’s presidential contest.
He assured the delegates to disregard false claims that he woul…
A Chinese Coast Guard ship blocked a Philippine patrol vessel in the South China Sea, causing a near collision in waters where Beijing's vast claims have alarmed the US and its allies.
The BBC witnessed the tense encounter n…
Finland has returned two fragments of sacred historical stones that were carried away by Finnish missionaries during the colonial period.
The stones were taken from Ondonga, a traditional kingdom of the Ovambo people, in what is today n…
A flagbearer aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alan Kyerematen, has assured the citizenry of breaking the industrialisation and unemployment jinx bedeviling the socioeconomic growth and development of the nation.
“My years of…
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has commence assessing the complaint filed by Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dayi in the Volta Region, for an investigation into the illegal mining report authored by P…
Former US Vice-President Mike Pence has testified as part of a criminal investigation into alleged efforts by Donald Trump to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election.
Mr Pence, 63, sat for more than seven hours before a fed…
Suspected Islamist militants have killed 33 soldiers in north-east Burkina Faso during an attack on a military post, the army said in a statement.
It's the second such attack in just over a week in which dozens of soldiers have been rep…
With thousands in Sudan on the move but many millions more trapped by the fighting, shortages of food, water, medicine and fuel, have become critical.
The World Health Organization also notes that some 60% of health facilities in Kharto…
The Oti Regional First Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Yaw Ahenkorah Castro, has appealed to members, supporters and faithful of the party to work harder to win a third term to break the eight-year political cycle the count…
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has challenged Parliaments to strengthen parliamentary committees to be able to deliver on their mandate and assignments should be the primary focus of all legislatures.
That, he explained, was becau…
Pope Francis has landed in Hungary for a three-day pastoral visit - his first full trip to the country since he became Pope 10 years ago.
What kept him away was the tough anti-migrant stance of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, i…
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