Clashes between armed men and security forces have been reported in the southern Ethiopian town of Moyale close to the border with Kenya.
A local official told the BBC that the clashes occurred between Saturday evening and Sunday mornin…
Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban has won a fourth term by a landslide in the country's general election, near-complete results show.
His right-wing Fidesz party won 135 of 199 seats with almost 99% of the vo…
Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has pardoned more than 1,000 prisoners to coincide with the holy month of Ramadan.
In a statement his office said an additional 70 protesters from the pro-democracy Hirak movement – who are await…
Reports of atrocities near Kyiv prompted France and Germany to expel Russian diplomats on Monday and Reuters news agency reports that Italy, Denmark and Sweden have now done the same.
Italy has expelled 30 Russian diplomats because of s…
One of Kenya's most prominent women fighters during the struggle for independence has had her locks cut by the former first lady after more than 60 years.
Kenyans online are questioning the significance of such symbolic act and asking w…
The United States has expressed concern over an "extremely disturbing report" that many people had been killed in central Mali last week.
It said in a statement that there were some conflicting accounts on the reported massacre blaming …
Former Chief Executive Officer of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Mr Kojo Bonsu has paid a courtesy call on Ya-Na Abukari II, the Overlord of the Dagbon Kingdom as part of his ongoing national tour.
Mr Bonsu used the opportunity to in…
The Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Mr Dan Botwe, (MLGDRD) has tasked Metropolitan and District Assemblies to enact by-laws that are easy to obey by the citizenry.
He noted that though it was appr…
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban S.K. Bagbin, has stressed the need for more inclusivity and participation of the political divide in the development process of the country.
“Basic important national policies must get the buy-in of the …
The head of the UN refugee agency has asked Europe to be generous and welcoming to other migrants, just as it has with Ukrainian refugees, following the death of dozens of African migrants at sea.
It comes after 90 people died in intern…
South Sudan rivals have signed an agreement on the formation of a unified armed forces command, a key pillar of a peace agreement signed in 2018.
The deal was signed on Sunday in the capital, Juba, following mediation by neighbouring Su…
The Speaker of Parliament, Right Honourable Alban S.K Bagbin has cautioned against the practice of the leakage of sensitive parliamentary documents to the press.
Speaking during a staff durbar held on April 2, 2022, at the Chamber of Pa…
Efforts to deliver vital medical aid into the war-torn Ethiopian region of Tigray remain limited, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says.
This is despite a humanitarian truce agreed between the government and rebel for…
Obrempong Hema Dekyi, the Paramount Chief of Upper Dixcove Traditional Area, has admonished the youth to hold their leaders accountable for the use and sale of stool lands for the progress, growth and development of their communities.
H…
Five Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) aid workers held hostage for over a month after being kidnapped in northern Cameroon have been released.
The group was released in neighbouring Nigeria.
They include a Franco-Ivorian, a Senegalese,…
Ras Mubarak, a former Member of Parliament for Kumbungu Constituency, has postulated that the Minority in Parliament has no excuse not exhausting legitimate parliamentary procedure to get its member into the chamber to vote.
He blamed…
Hundreds of refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo are crossing back to their villages from a Ugandan border town.
Thousands had fled their homes earlier in the week after fighting that broke out between Congolese government for…
Russian forces in Ukraine are regrouping to double down on their attacks in the east of the country, according to Nato's secretary general.
"Russia is trying to regroup, resupply and reinforce," Jens Stoltenberg said.
…
Religious leaders have been tasked to tackle corruption since the citizenry look up to them as moral compass of society.
The menace has become endemic and there is the need for religious leaders to curb it so that the expected socioecon…
Members of the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly (TaMA) and the Chereponi District Assembly on Wednesday failed to elect new Presiding Members (PMs) following the candidates’ inability to garner two-thirds of the total votes cast as required by…
Malawians no longer have to pay tax on sanitary pads – as a 16.5% levy has been axed.
“In the spirit of promoting girl child education, government has listened to the contributions that came from various stakeholders and has consequentl…
An oil storage depot was set on fire in a Russian city just north of Ukraine after what Russia described as an attack by two Ukrainian helicopters.
A video shared on Twitter showed a blaze near apartment blocks in Belgorod, 40km…
Russian troops occupying the former nuclear power plant at Chernobyl have left, the plant's staff say.
According to Ukraine's state nuclear company Energoatom, staff at the plant said there are currently no "outsiders" at th…
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, yesterday apologised to eight National Democratic Members (NDC) Members of Parliament (MPs) who were wrongly marked absent in the Votes and Proceedings during the approval of the El…
Four political parties have shared their perspectives on the message of the State of the Nation (SONA) delivered by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo last Wednesday.
While the Convention People’s Party (CPP) and the Progressive Peop…
As the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins, the soaring cost of food staples in import-dependent Middle Eastern and North African countries is creating ever greater challenges for millions of families already struggling to keep hunger at b…
Today, the humanitarian community officially launched the South Sudan Humanitarian Response Plan for 2022/2023. To reach the targeted 6.8 million of the most vulnerable people including refugees in need with urgent life-saving assistance a…
A Beijing court is holding a closed-door trial for Australian journalist and former TV anchor Cheng Lei, in a high-profile diplomatic case.
Ms Cheng is accused of illegally supplying state secrets overseas. Her family mainta…
Russia is allowing imports without a trademark owner's permission, in reaction to sanctions that have halted an array of Western products.
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin approved "parallel imports" as part of a fourth pack…
The head of French military intelligence, Gen Eric Vidaud, is losing his job after failing to predict Russia's war in Ukraine, reports say.
Seven months after he took on the role, one report said he was blamed for "inadequat…
The Deputy National Youth Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Edem Agbana, has admonished the youth wing of the party to work hard towards securing victory in the 2024 election.
That, he said, would also require that…
A co-founder of the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Professor Baffour Agyemang-Duah has called for an immediate reduction in the size of the government as a measure to reduce the strain on the public purse.
Prof Agy…
The Supreme Court in Kenya is due to rule on a controversial government-backed proposal aimed at amending the country's constitution and potentially expanding the executive and legislature.
Known as the Building Bridges Initiative, it h…
Two states in Somalia are yet to conclude voting for their parliamentary seats as a 31 March deadline lapses.
The country uses a complex and indirect system - a one-person-one-vote election has not be held for more than 50 years.
MPs…
Zambia's energy minister says the country will go ahead with plans to import electrical poles despite a call for them to be sourced locally.
Many had felt the government should fulfil its pre-election promise to help local entrepreneurs…
Some answers already exist for a couple who were killed by the Russians and left to decompose on 7 March. Their rusty, shrapnel riddled car lies in the road next to one of the petrol stations, reduced to a shell by fire. Next to it are…
Fresh efforts are under way to evacuate civilians trapped by Russian forces in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said a convoy of 45 Ukrainian buses was on its way to the besieg…
The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban S.K. Bagbin on Thursday apologised to eight Minority members of Parliament who were wrongly marked absent from Parliament during the approval of the Electronic Transaction Levy Bill, 2021 last Tuesday.
…
Mali’s military has received two combat helicopters and two sophisticated radar systems from Russia to help in its fight against Islamist militants.
The junta, which seized power in 2020, has developed closer ties with Russia after a se…
Military aircraft are to escort passenger trains along the vital rail link between Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, and the northern city of Kaduna.
The announcement by Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi comes after a packed train with commuter…
More than ten million people have now fled their homes in Ukraine because of the Russian invasion, according to the the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
As well as the four million who have left for neighbourin…
Official White House logs from 6 January, 2021 - the day the US Capitol was breached by a mob of Donald Trump's supporters - show a seven hour and 37-minute gap in presidential phone activity while the assault was at its height.
…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that shelling of the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol will only end when Ukrainian troops surrender.
Mr Putin made the comments during an hour long phone call with French Preside…
Ethiopia has started a new drive to repatriate tens of thousands of migrant workers in Saudi Arabia.
The first batch of 498 women and children returnees were received on Wednesday by senior government officials at Addis Ababa's main air…
Sudan's military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has appointed new heads of 30 public universities.
It followed his decree dissolving the boards of trustees of the government-run universities.
He has been ruling by decree since he oust…
Kennedy Agyapong, Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central Constituency in the Central Region, has cautioned that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) risks having another independent candidate in Fomena if incumbent Andrews Asiamah Amoako is…
The M23 rebel group has denied shooting down a UN helicopter that crashed on Sunday while carrying peacekeepers on a reconnaissance mission in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The group accused the Congolese army of downing t…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu Constituency in the Volta Region, Okudzeto Ablakwa, has defended the Election 2020 Running mate of candidate John Mahama, over two stalwarts of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) alleged ‘f…
The newly elected coordinator of Gomoa Ekroful Electoral Area, Abban Otoo, has appealed to members and supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) elected polling station executives and electoral area coordinators to bury their political d…
The Minority Caucus in Parliament is set to challenge the passage of the controversial Electronic Transfer Levy (E-levy) at the Supreme Court.
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, the Minority Leader, …