At least one person has been shot dead as police crack down on demonstrators in Kenya's capital, Nairobi.
Thousands have heeded the call for nationwide protests by opposition leader Raila Odinga, who claims that Kenya's last…
China's President Xi Jinping says the killers of nine Chinese goldmine workers in the Central African Republic (CAR) must be "severely" punished.
Two Chinese workers were also wounded when gunmen stormed a mining site near t…
Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Majority Leader and Leader of Government Business in Parliament, has assured Ghanaians that the country would soon overcome the economic challenges facing it.
“There’s light at the end of the tunnel,” he s…
Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Majority Leader and Leader of Government Business in Parliament, has commended former President John Dramani Mahama for gracing President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s presentation of the 2023 State of the Na…
The National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia has accused the government of wasting the Covid funds on election-related spending.
According to him, Covid-19 brought the government a…
President William Ruto has said he will not condone impunity in the country.
He said Kenya will be governed by the rule of law and everyone must operate within the Constitution.“Nothing extra-legal will be part of what we do as …
Nigeria's ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) party retained control of the country's commercial hub, Lagos, in state elections marked by low turnout.
Lagos is Africa’s largest city with a population of more than 20 million people.
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South African police say 87 people have been arrested across the country in connection with opposition protests.
Police Minister Bheki Cele said on Monday that most of the arrests were made in Gauteng province.
“Most were found makin…
The leader of the Taliban has ordered Afghan officials to sack relatives they have hired to government positions.
Hibatullah Akhundzada's decree says officials should replace appointed sons or other family members - and refr…
Chinese President Xi Jinping is embarking on his first trip to Russia since the country invaded Ukraine last year, and is set to sit down for talks with President Vladimir Putin.
Our Russia editor Steve Rosenberg and China c…
Barely two weeks after President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo delivered the State of Address, the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) said it will also deliver what it describes as the “True State of the Nation Address” today, Mon…
The former Minority Leader and the Member of Parliament for the Tamale South constituency, Haruna Iddrisu has assured members of the NDC that internal wrangling will not affect his personality and contribution towards the growth of the par…
Africans consistently show a strong desire for democratic and accountable governance, but they are not satisfied with the quality of democracy in their countries.
Afrobarometer Director of Surveys, Boniface Dulani, made the stat…
Some areas were cut off after floods destroyed roadsImage caption: Some areas were cut off after floods destroyed roads
The Zambian government has provided two aircraft to help in rescue and distribution of relief aid to victims of Trop…
Political parties with no representation in Parliament have insisted that the new Constitutional Instrument (CI) will guarantee the integrity and credibility of the voters’ register and reduce chaos at registration centres.
They expla…
The Minority in Parliament has called on the government to abrogate the National Cathedral project.
The caucus said one year since the contractors left site, the government must come to the realisation that the project had become morib…
President Ramaphosa says the only way to get him out of office is through a voteImage caption: President Ramaphosa says the only way to get him out of office is through a vote
South African police have said that the planned opposition p…
Several cities in north east Brazil are suffering from serious unrest caused by marauding criminal gangs.
For the third night, gang members set buses ablaze and carried out gun attacks on buildings in urban areas in Rio Gra…
Concerned residents of Teshie in the Ledzokuku municipality of the Greater Accra Region have pledged their support for the current Member of Parliament (MP), Benjamin Ayiku, if he shows interest in contesting for the Parliamentary seat in …
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bunkpurugu Constituency in the North East Region, Dr Abed Bandim has urged women to overcome obstacles in their political career.
He conceded that venturing into political career was a difficult terrai…
Malawi, Madagascar and Mozambique are reeling from the effects of Tropical Cyclone Freddy.
More than 400 people have been killed and thousands of homes destroyed.
Freddy has been one of the longest-lived storms e…
Russia has threatened to destroy any fighter jets given to Ukraine by its allies, after two countries promised planes.
Slovakia became the second Nato country to pledge Kyiv some MiG-29 aircraft on Friday, a day after Poland…
The flagbearer hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama, has asked party delegates to elect competent and winnable candidates in the party’s upcoming presidential and parliamentary primaries on May 13, 2023.
Acco…
Former Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Afriyie Akoto, is confident that he will win the flag bearer’s slot of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and expressed optimism that the delegates of the partywill vote massively for him to lead the …
Ten million children in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are in dire need of humanitarian assistance – twice as many as in 2020 – largely due to spiralling conflict, while nearly 4 million children are at risk in neighbouring countries as host…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun a visit to Niger by meeting former jihadists who have been rehabilitated through a vocational training programme backed by US funding.
Mr Blinken called it a model for the region, which has…
The death toll from Tropical Storm Freddy in Malawi has jumped from 225 to 326, Reuters news agency quotes the country's disaster management agency as saying.
Most people have died in mudslides and floods caused by the storm that first …
Police in Paris have clashed with protesters after the French government decided to force through pension reforms without a vote in parliament.
Crowds converged on Place de la Concorde in response to raising the retirement a…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is putting measures in place to collate the results of the December 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections by midnight of the election day.
He, …
China's President Xi Jinping will travel to Moscow next week to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, officials say.
The Kremlin said they would discuss a "comprehensive partnership and strategic co-operation".
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Countries that "mistreated Ukraine" will be held to account after the war ends, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has warned.
In a BBC interview he said the choice every nation made following Russia's full-scale invas…
The Akrofuom District in the Ashanti Region has celebrated its 5th anniversary with a call on the district to remain focused on promoting sustainable agriculture, enhancing inclusive and equitable quality education, promoting gender equali…
The Member of Parliament for the Ashaiman constituency, Eric Henry Norgbey has expressed satisfaction over the visit by the Defence and Interior Committee to the Ashaiman community to ascertain events that led to the killi…
THE Parliamentary Select Committee on Defence and Interior yesterday paid a working visit to Ashaiman.
The visit follows the death of a 21-year-old soldier, Sherif Imoro, who was allegedly killed on Saturday, March 4.
The Chairman of…
Aid workers in Ituri province in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo say thousands of displaced people have been arriving in the town of Beni.
They are fleeing a series of attacks by Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) Islamist rebe…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is visiting Niger on Wednesday on the second leg of his brief tour of African nations.
He is expected to announce more US support for Niger's fight against a jihadist insurgency that has forced milli…
Nigeria will hold its first census in 17 years in May instead of the end of March, the information minister announced on Wednesday, citing delayed gubernatorial elections.
The elections for new governors was pushed by a week to 18 March…
US authorities have charged a Chinese property tycoon based in New York with orchestrating a billion-dollar fraud.
Guo Wengui and one of his business partners, Kin Ming Je, are accused of wire fraud, securities fraud, bank f…
The use of Chinese-owned social media app TikTok on phones and other devices issued to government ministers and civil servants has been banned.
Cabinet Office Minister Oliver Dowden told MPs the app would be banned on secur…
Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, a contender for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flag bearer, says he is an affable and open-hearted person despite being known to be confident, passionate, and having strong views on many subjects.
“Watching my fat…
Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang and General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Fifi Kwetey over the weekend joined members of the Tema Central branch of the NDC to inaugurate an office building for the constitue…
Mr. Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, Member of Parliament for Tema West Constituency has endorsed Mr. Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen former Minister of Trade for the contest of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Flagbearer slot.
“Mr. Alan John Kwadwo…
Ghana is committed to collaborating with the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) to fight intolerance and promote peaceful co-existence in societies, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has assured.
In the view of th…
THE National Commission for Civil Education (NCCE) has collated 17 proposals for reforms in the 1992 Constitution.
The proposals, which are from members of the public, include constitutional provisions on decentralisation and local g…
The US Secretary of State has highlighted the importance of implementing in full the peace agreement between the federal government and Tigrayan forces during lengthy talks with the Ethiopian prime minister.
Antony Blinken said there ha…
North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) just hours before the leaders of South Korea and Japan were due to meet for landmark talks.
Both Japanese and South Korean officials confirmed the long-range mis…
The devastation caused by a tropical storm that ripped through Malawi, killing 225 people is a "national tragedy", the president has said.
Lazarus Chakwera promised to intensify search and rescue operations, as he attended …
Two and a half tonnes of uranium have gone missing from a site in Libya, the UN's nuclear watchdog has said.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) sounded the alarm after a visit by its inspectors to the undisclosed …
Ukraine has drawn a line in the dirt, and that line is Bakhmut. It is a city that few say matters strategically, but that tens of thousands have died fighting over. It began more than seven months ago, and is the longest battle of the …
Branch and Constituency Executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) across the country are making bold declarations of their endorsement of John Dramani Mahama as the 2024 Presidential Candidate of the party.
Mr. Mahama, wh…
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