A French government minister has sparked outrage after she posed for the cover of Playboy magazine.
Marlene Schiappa, the minister for the social economy, was fully clothed for the shoot. It will appear on the cover of the A…
Malaysia's parliament has voted to remove the country's mandatory death penalty, potentially sparing more than 1,300 prisoners on death row.
The country has had a moratorium on executions since 2018.
But lawmakers…
The UN human rights office says it's still "extremely worried about the impact" of the UK's government plans to send some migrants to Rwanda if they arrive in the UK through illegal routes.
UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman has insiste…
Finland will become the 31st member of Nato on Tuesday, the Western military alliance's secretary general has announced.
The application was prompted by the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, with which Finland shares a long bo…
East African bloc, Igad, has praised Kenyan President William Ruto and opposition leader Raila Odinga for agreeing to hold talks aimed at ending two weeks of protests about the cost of living and electoral reforms.
On Sunday, Odinga sai…
Madam Emelia Agyefraa, Treasurer of the Greater Accra Presiding Members Association has called for mutual respect between Presiding Members and other Assembly members and theelectorate they work with.
“So respect for each other is very …
Uganda's Anglican archbishop is stuck with prizes meant for women who wed when still virgins, state-owned New Vision website quotes him as saying.
Archbishop Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu said the initiative focused on women as men's virginit…
Greater Accra Association of Presiding Members have called for a constitutional amendment that will help to bridge the gap between times that Assemblies are dissolved and when new Members are re-elected.
This, the members believe would …
Concerned Madina NDC Members seeking Justice and Democratic Culture for NDC’s Victory in Madina against Selfish Interest, has expressed their displeasure and strongest reservations on the abnormal and very dangerous undemocratic behavior o…
Parliament has directed the Electoral Commission (EC) to hold on with its plans to use the Ghana Card as the sole document for registration onto the voters register for the upcoming polls.
This comes after officials of the EC, the NIA, …
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has declared the Kumawu Parliamentary seat vacant following the passing of the late Philip Basoah on March 28, 2023.
The 54-year-old late Kumawu MP died at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital after he …
Local officials in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo say a landslide killed at least 19 people on Sunday morning.
An official in the village of Bulwa in North Kivu province said the death toll was likely to rise.
He said s…
South Africa's main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, re-elected John Steenhuisen as its leader on Sunday, as it campaigns to unseat the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in next year's national elections.
Mr Steenhuisen g…
Rwanda's ruling party, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF-Inkotanyi), on Sunday elected its first woman vice-chairperson as President Paul Kagame retained the chairmanship position.
Consolee Uwimana was elected by 1,945 votes - about 93% …
Finnish conservative leader Petteri Orpo has won a nail-biting three-way election race, defeating Prime Minister Sanna Marin's centre left.
"We got the biggest mandate," said the leader of the National Coalition Party, after…
The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group says he has raised a Russian flag over Bakhmut's city hall in Ukraine.
In a night-time video, Yevgeny Prigozhin said Bakhmut was now Russian "in a legal sense".
However…
Former US president Donald Trump is "gearing up for a battle" ahead of his scheduled court hearing on Tuesday, his lawyer has said.
Mr Trump is expected to fly to New York City from his Mar-a-Lago home on Monday to face char…
Parliament has rejected the Electoral Commission’s (EC’s) use of the Ghana Card as the sole source of identification to register people onto the voters register.
The House unanimously recommended to the EC to include the guarantor syste…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has submitted to Parliament the Annual Report on the staffing position of the Office of the President for the period January 1 to December 31, last year.
It said during the reporting period, there w…
Parliament has approved three major tax bills targeted at bolstering the sustainable generation of domestic revenue for the country.
The bills are the Excise Duty and Excise Tax Stamp (Amendment) Bill, 2022, the Income Tax (Amendment) (…
The Chairman of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Professor Ato Essuman, has called for reforms in the country’s secondary education policy to give young people the opportunity to acquire skills to become national assets for de…
The owners of a Danish ship that was seized by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea last Saturday say the hijackers have now abandoned the vessel, taking some of the 16 crew members with them.
Others have been rescued from the Monjasa Reformer…
Former US President Donald Trump is being charged with a crime in relation to a payment he made to a porn star.
The man who spent four years in the White House is now days away from being fingerprinted, given a mugshot photo…
The Women’s wing of the NDC in the Ashanti region, is working to undertake an intensive capacity building exercise to help women in the party participate actively and take up leadership positions in the party.
Madam Yaa Boahemaa Agyeman…
The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has criticised his colleague Members of Parliament for justifying the number of government appointees through the approval of six Ministerial nominees.
The s…
The Catholic Church has formally rejected a 15th Century “doctrine of discovery” used to justify European colonisation of Africa and the Americas.
The doctrine, which was based on decrees set out on the so-called “papal bulls”, was lega…
The Namibian defence minister, Frans Kapofi, has expressed concerns over the high number of recruits who were found unhealthy to serve in the army.
Mr Kapofi said some 1,300 recruits of the October 2022 intake have quit training for unf…
As the first former US president to face criminal charges, Donald Trump will also be the first to be fingerprinted, taken for a mugshot and brought before a judge.
If the case proceeds as expected, he will be the first US pr…
The Minority in Parliament has vowed to reject the three new revenue Bills expected to be presented to the House today, March 31.
Government is seeking to raise some GH¢4 billion from the Income Tax Amendment Bill, Excise D…
The former President, John Dramani Mahama, has expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the Central Regional NDC members and delegates for the profound love they showed him during his just-ended campaign tour of the Region. He noted in particu…
Parliament On Friday, March 31, 2023, rejected the proposed Public Elections (Registration of Voters) Regulations, 2023 Constitutional Instrument (CI) put forward by the Electoral Commission (EC).
The House called for a new CI to be p…
The mother of Reeva Steenkamp, the woman who was murdered by Oscar Pistorius, says she does not feel the former Paralympics star is remorseful.
June Steenkamp spoke as she arrived for a parole board hearing that is consideri…
Russia is sending a delegation to North Korea to offer food in exchange for weapons, US national security spokesperson John Kirby has said.
Mr Kirby said any arms deal between North Korea and Russia would violate UN Security…
Uganda and Saudi Arabia have renewed a bilateral agreement that allows resumption of labour export to the to the gulf country.
The agreement was suspended in December last year following an uproar over alleged mistreatment and torture o…
The US has expressed concern over the safety of Kenyan journalists following reports of attacks as they covered opposition demonstrations.
Press freedom and the protection of journalist are key to democracy, says US Ambassador to Kenya …
The United Front Party (UFP) says it is “deeply disappointed” in the Minority group in Parliament over their decision to approve some ministerial appointees of the government despite calls against their approval.
According to the Party,…
Presiding Members from all the 29 Assemblies in the Greater Accra Region on Thursday celebrated Mr Henry Quartey, Greater Accra Regional Minister for his initiatives and general performance.
“The Regional Minister has done very well and…
Four political parties have kicked against the complete overhaul of the 1992 Constitution which has served the country for over three decades.
While the Convention People’s Party (CPP) is of the view that the Constitution has outli…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has said the country needs someone who is experienced, such as him, a former President, to rescue the it from the current economic doldrums it has fallen into to lessen the plight of the ordinary Ghana…
Finland will become the 31st member of Nato after Turkey's parliament voted to approve its application.
Turkey had delayed Finland's bid to join the West's defensive alliance for months - complaining the Nordic nation was su…
Former US President Donald Trump will be charged over hush money payments made to a porn star just before the 2016 presidential election.
The details of the case against him have not yet been released.
A grand jur…
The Member of Parliament for the Bawku Central constituency, Mahama Ayariga says the Minority opposes the new revenue bills currently before Parliament.
He said the Minority will vote against the bill when the time comes.
Mr. Ayariga…
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has reaffirmed his commitment to impartiality in the exercise of his duty as the head of the Legislature.
Mr Bagbin made the commitment when the chiefs and people of the Awudome Traditional Counc…
At least two journalists have been reportedly injured during the latest round of anti-government protests in Nairobi and other parts of Kenya.
In the capital, a cameraman was reportedly bloodied by a teargas canister which hit his face …
A leading Senegalese opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, has been found guilty of libel and handed a two month suspended jail sentence.
Sonko was charged with libel after accusing the country's Tourism Minister Mame Mbaye Niang of embezzl…
By Virusha Subban, Partner specialising in Customs and Trade, and Head of Tax, Baker McKenzie Johannesburg
This week, the United States (US) Vice President Kamala Harris is visiting Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia to discuss, among other th…
As United States Vice President Kamala Harris visits Tanzania this week, the Tanzanian government is cutting off vital health services in Ngorongoro district as part of a “voluntary” resettlement plan for area residents. These actions, in …
Four bankers who allowed a friend of Vladimir Putin to deposit huge sums in Swiss banks have been found guilty of lacking due diligence.
The former executives at the Zurich branch of Russia's Gazprombank were given hefty fin…
Pope Francis' health is improving after he was taken to hospital with a respiratory condition, the Vatican has confirmed.
He was admitted to Gemelli Hospital on Wednesday, for what was initially said to be a scheduled check…
US ambassador to Sudan, John Godfrey, has been discharged from hospital after sustaining minor injuries in a car crash in the capital, Khartoum.
The embassy said two other employees were also involved in the Wednesday accident.
It di…
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