US prosecutors have arrested two men in New York for allegedly operating a Chinese "secret police station" in Manhattan's Chinatown neighbourhood.
Lu Jianwang, 61, and Chen Jinping, 59, both New York City residents, face ch…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has set May 23, 2023, as the date to conduct the Kumawu By-Election in the Ashanti Region.
The by-election follows the death of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Philip B…
The Inspector General of Police, George Akuffo-Dampare, on Monday, met with the leadership of the New Patriotic Party and the opposition National Democratic Congress over recent happenings on the political front.
The meeting which was c…
Nigeria has approved a new malaria vaccine developed by scientists at Oxford University.
The move comes days after Ghana became the first country in the world to approve the (R21) vaccine.
The head of Nigeria's National Agency for Fo…
The leader of Sudan's RSF paramilitary force is urging the international community to interveneImage caption: The leader of Sudan's RSF paramilitary force is urging the international community to intervene
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Italy's far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has begun a two-day visit to Ethiopia, where she has announced plans for an African energy cooperation deal starting in October.
She says the "Mattei plan" will transform Italy into a majo…
Sudan's history goes back to the pharaonic period. It was the largest and one of the most geographically diverse states in Africa, until its split into two countries in 2011 after southern Sudan voted for independence.
This …
A regional African grouping, Igad, on Sunday said it planned to send three presidents to Sudan at the earliest possible time to reconcile the fighting rival military groups.
The group in a virtual meeting agreed to send the presidents o…
Opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza has been sentenced to 25 years in jail in Russia for charges linked to his criticism of the war in Ukraine.
He was found guilty of treason, spreading "false" information about the Russ…
The fighting that has erupted in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere in the country is a direct result of a vicious power struggle within the country's military leadership.
There are clashes at strategic places acr…
Mr William Kpormatsi, a Parliamentary primaries aspirant in the Akatsi South Constituency of the Volta Region is to facilitate the establishment of a welfare fund, business support programmes to members of the National Democratic Congress …
Deputy Ashanti Regional Women’s Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Yaa Boahemaa Agyeman, has stated that politics is another avenue for women to be assertive to take up leadership roles.
“The time has come for women t…
Mr Yohane Amarh Ashietey, the Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive, said the Assembly’s achievements in 2022 were exemplary, placing it first on the District League Table, with 90 per cent implementation of the Memo Tracker.
Speaking at th…
Kenya's first earth observation satellite has been launched into orbit by a SpaceX rocket.
Elon Musk's company confirmed the separation of the Taifa-1 satellite about an hour after take off from California.
It was developed by a team…
Fierce clashes have been reported across Sudan as fighting between rival armed factions continues to spread.
Violence between the army and a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continued overnight into i…
At least four people have been killed in a mass shooting at a 16th birthday party in the US state of Alabama.
Twenty-eight people were injured, some critically, after shots were fired at the Mahogany Masterpiece Dance Studio…
The European Commission has rejected bans introduced by Poland and Hungary on Ukrainian grain imports.
The two countries said the measures were necessary to protect their farming sectors from cheap imports.
The b…
Former President John Dramani Mahama says he will establish a Governance Advisory Council, as part of his vision to improve political governance, help curb corruption and ensure the respect for human rights in the country.
Addressing Na…
Fifty-three National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary aspirants have successfully gone through vetting to contest the party's primary in the Central Region.
Five parliamentary candidates, including the Minority Leader in Parlia…
Last Saturday, just hours after Xi Jinping sipped tea with Emmanuel Macron while calling for peace in Ukraine, fighter jets flew across the Taiwan Strait in a display of Chinese military might.
Aimed at intimidating Taiwan, …
West Africa's Guinea-Bissau was part of the Portuguese Empire for centuries.
Once hailed as a potential model for African development, the country is now one of the poorest in the world.
The vital cashew nut crop…
Activists of the Bring Back Our Girls movement (BBOG) on Thursday commemorated the ninth anniversary of the abduction of scores of Nigerian schoolgirls by Boko Haram militants.
Ninety-eight of the 276 students kidnapped by the militants…
The Ahafo Regional Vetting Committee of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has cleared nine aspirants to contest in the party’s parliamentary primaries in the region.
The NDC parliamentary primaries are scheduled for May 13, 2023.
…
Eight persons have so far picked nomination forms to contest the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primary in the Kumawu Constituency by-election in the Ashanti Region.
Nominations for the primary are expected to close today, Apri…
US President Joe Biden's aircraft has landed at Knock Airport as he returns to his roots in County Mayo.
Mr Biden has links to the county through his great grandfather Edward Blewitt.
The president is due to speak…
Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill banning most abortions after six weeks, paving the way for drastic changes in access to the procedure across the state.
Opponents argue six weeks is before many wo…
SpaceX has aborted the launch of Kenya’s first earth observation satellite due to bad weather.
The launch director stopped the Falcon 9 rocket just 29 seconds before it blasted into space from the Vandenberg Force base in California US.…
The Progressive Youth Alliance (PYA), a National Democratic Congress (NDC)-affiliated group in the Wa Central Constituency, is calling for the retention of Alhaji Dr. Rashid Alhassan Pelpuo as the party’s parliamentary candidate for the 20…
The Obuasi Municipal Assembly has pledged to support communities that initiate self-help projects to ameliorate the plight of people in the Municipality.
It noted that it had put in place measures to sustain such initiatives and also en…
An aide to former President John Mahama, Dr Callistus Mahama, has entreated political parties to adopt and implement exclusive systems to select representatives for parliamentary elections.
Such a system, he explained, must be one wh…
A 21-year-old US airman will appear in court on Friday in connection with a leak of highly classified military documents about the Ukraine war and other national security issues.
Jack Teixeira was arrested by the FBI at his …
Press freedom in Algeria has been further restricted following a law passed by the country’s parliament.
The measure tightens media ownership rules and empowers courts to force journalists to reveal their sources.
Domestic media outl…
Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Thursday denied allegations that he planned to replace his deputy Slumber Tsogwane.
This follows speculation that Mr Masisi would fire his deputy after the 2024 general elections.
Speaking af…
Former President John Dramani Mahama, flagbearer aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is to tour Oti Region from April 16 to interact with delegates, functionaries, activists, and supporters of the party.
During the visit,…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Shai-Osudoku Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Linda Akweley Ocloo, has implored delegates of the party to vote her back as their candidate to continue her good …
Former President John Mahama has touted himself as the best person to lead the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as its flagbearer into the 2024 presidential election.
He explained that his experience as a politician makes him the bes…
One month after the passage of Tropical Cyclone Freddy—which swept through 15 districts in southern Malawi, destroying lives, livelihoods and homes—communities ravaged by the storm still require urgent assistance and support as they strive…
A dire lack of humanitarian funding has left hundreds of thousands of refugees and internally displaced people in Chad facing hunger in the coming months, UN agencies said on Friday.
Speaking from Ndjamena, Pierre Honnorat, dire…
The Government will upscale investment in sustainable water-related infrastructure.
President William Ruto said this will ensure that the country is water secure.
“It will save lives and improve people’s health,” he said duri…
Nigerian authorities say they’re investigating the cause of the collapse of a seven storey building under construction in an upscale neighbourhood of Lagos.
Seven people have been rescued from the rubble and taken to hospital with minor…
The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has ruled out political negotiations with the M23 rebel group.
As part of an internationally brokered peace deal the group has been withdrawing from areas it had captured.
President F…
A top Tibetan leader has defended the Dalai Lama over a video that showed him asking a child to suck his tongue.
Penpa Tsering, head of Tibet's government-in-exile, has called the spiritual leader's actions "innocent" and sa…
North Korea says it tested a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile - its "most powerful" missile to date.
State media hailed Thursday's launch, which led to a brief evacuation order in Japan, a "miraculous succes…
AN aspiring flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has indicated that his "do-or-die" comment is not meant for violence or causing harm to people at the 2024 general election.
He said people within…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the Naional Democratic Congress (NDC) have petitioned the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service (GPS) over alleged inciteful comments made by leading members of both parties.…
Political parties in Ghana, in the most part of the Fourth Republic, have adopted a controlled inclusive (delegate system), where the power to select parliamentary candidates is decentralised and consolidated in the hands of a body of elec…
A Peruvian ex-interior minister was complicit in the 1988 killing of Hugo Bustíos, a journalist who investigated human rights abuses, a court has found.
The former minister, Daniel Urresti, has been sentenced to 12 years in …
Ex-US President Donald Trump is suing his former lawyer for $500m (£400m), alleging breach of contract.
He says Michael Cohen breached his duty as attorney to act in his client's best interests.
The lawsuit comes …
The Sudanese army has warned that the country's biggest paramilitary group is mobilising troops in cities across the country.
In a statement released in the early hours of Thursday, the military accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of…
Liberia's Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the opposition's request to halt the ongoing nationwide voter registration ahead of October's presidential and legislative elections.
The Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) claimed listi…