US President Joe Biden joins fellow Western leaders in Brussels on Thursday for three summits on Russia's war in Ukraine, a month after the invasion began.
Nato, the G7 and the EU are all holding meetings, in a display of un…
A Russian landing ship has been destroyed and two other vessels have been damaged in the occupied Ukrainian port city of Berdyansk, say Ukrainian officials.
The Ukrainian military posted footage early on Thursday and said th…
At least 15 people, including a female member of the Somali federal parliament, were killed in two suicide bombings in Beledweyne town in central Somalia.
Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has termed the killing of Amina Mohamed Abdi…
The governor of Ethiopia’s north-western Amhara region has asked Russia to support his administration in rebuilding public infrastructure that was destroyed in recent fighting in the area.
The state-run Amhara Media Corporation reported…
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has sacked the country’s health minister, according to a decree announced by state media on Wednesday night.
No reasons were given for the firing of Elizabeth Acuei Yol.
She is the first cabinet min…
A Nigerian soldier said to have been under the influence of drugs killed at least three civilians and injured 13 others during a mass shooting.
The incident happened on Wednesday in the main square of Mafa town in the north-eastern Born…
Mr. Kobina Tahir Hammond, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Adansi Asokwa in the Ashanti Region, has berated the Minority for stifling business in the House.
He wondered why the National Democratic Congress (NDC) legislators were misint…
The Ada East District Coordinating Director, Fred Kpodo, has entreated citizens to take advantage of town hall meetings to discuss issues of local and national concerns for redress.
“Such platforms offer Metropolitan, Municipal, and Dis…
The Ga South Municipality has re-elected Mr Mohammed Abdul-Wahab, as the Presiding Member for the Ga South Municipal Assembly for the third time.
He was unanimously endorsed by all the 28 Assembly members after a poll conducted by the…
Six Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Bawku Traditional Area in the Upper East Region last Tuesday put aside their political differences to help de-escalate the tension and clashes in the area.
It was also to address the deterioratio…
The Minority in Parliament Thursday urged the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr Joseph Osei-Owusu, to issue a directive to the Minister of Finance to appear before the House to respond to some urgent outstanding questions on the floor…
The government is relying on some seven revenue measures after it announced more than 10 expenditure cuts as part of measures to address the current economic challenges.
Addressing a press briefing in Accra Thursday [March 24, 2022], th…
Nearly 840,000 coronavirus vaccines have expired in Kenya before they could be administered, the country’s Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe has said.
The AstraZeneca jabs were part of 2.2 million doses donated to the country through the glo…
A gunfight at the entrance to the international airport complex outside the Somali capital, Mogadishu, has left at least eight people dead.
Aden Adde International Airport hosts peacekeepers, the offices of UN organisations and diplomat…
The Duke of Cambridge has spoken of his "profound sorrow" over slavery during a speech at a dinner in Jamaica.
Prince William said slavery was abhorrent, "should never have happened" and "forever stains our history".
…
Recovery teams have found human remains at the crash site of the China Eastern jet which plunged into mountains this week, say state media.
Authorities have yet to declare the number of victims, but there has been no sign so…
A Russian journalist has been killed during shelling by Russian forces in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.
Oksana Baulina had been reporting from Kyiv and the western city of Lviv for investigative website The Insider, the outlet said in a …
A former National First Vice Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Stephen Ntim, has called on Ghanaians to rally behind the government as it intends to implement new measures to stabilize the economy.
Acc…
Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga says the fallout of the fact-finding mission into recent disturbances in the troubled town of Bawku in the Upper East Region will be presented to the appropriate stakeholders for furth…
Measures designed to cripple Russia's financial system and hurt its wealthiest citizens have been introduced by nations opposed to its invasion of Ukraine.
Russia has retaliated by banning the export of some products.
What are sanction…
Four Israelis have been killed and several others wounded in an attack in the south of the country, police say.
Three were stabbed to death outside the BIG shopping centre in Beersheba, while a fourth was rammed by a vehicle…
The US has agreed to ease Trump-era tariffs on UK steel and aluminium shipments, resolving an issue that had strained relations between the allies.
The move follows earlier deals with the European Union and Japan over the co…
Sudan has denied the presence of a Russian private military contractor in the country.
The denial follows a joint statement by British, American and Norwegian envoys that Wagner Group personnel had been engaged in social media disinform…
Somali state media says the security forces have thwarted an attack on a military base at the sprawling international airport complex outside the capital, Mogadishu.
It says two jihadists were killed as they tried to force their way in.…
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced an end to more Covid-19 lockdown restrictions from Wednesday.
Most of the country has been back in business for months, and the latest changes will see the return of popular social …
The Founder and Leader of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has urged Members of Parliament (MPs) to consider the larger interest of Ghanaians in their deliberations.
He said the MPs must put aside their partisan and self…
Members of Parliament within the Eastern part of the Upper East Region are on a fact-finding mission in Bawku following recent disturbances in the area that have led to the loss of lives and property.
At least over 14 pe…
A former Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor has met with some members of the opposition National Democratic Congress in the Ashanti Region as part of efforts in reorganising the party.
According to him, without addressin…
The Nigerian government says fully vaccinated travellers coming into the country will no longer be required to take a pre-departure PCR Covid-19 test.
This is the first major reversal to the public health safety protocols since Nigeria …
Members of the Council of State have agreed to a 20 percent cut in their monthly allowances for the next one year in support of efforts aimed at stabilising the economy.
This, the council said was in support of the 30 percent monthly sa…
Up to 28 million people in East Africa are at risk of extreme hunger because of price spikes caused by the Ukraine war and potential lack of rain this March, Oxfam has warned.
Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia are experiencing the driest weat…
New Zealand is set to significantly relax its Covid-19 restrictions with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern calling it a "new beginning for the country".
Key changes include scrapping masking outdoors and easing vaccine mandates …
Former Ketu South Member of Parliament, Fifi Kwetey, has opened up on his intention to vie for the position of General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
His only caveat however is to contest after the exit of the curr…
A former Deputy Finance Minister under the erstwhile J.E.A Mills administration, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, has faulted the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the worsening economic situation in the country.
He says the Aku…
An appeal filed by the embattled Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson at the Court of Appeal in Cape Coast to overturn the annulment of his election, has been struck out.
This is because the appellant, James Gyakye…
Dr Obed Asamoah, a former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, has expressed his dissatisfaction regarding the level of development witnessed in some part of the Oti Region which were carved out of the Volta Region.
“Take for ex…
A General Secretary hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Frimpong Kodua, has promised to introduce sweeping reforms anchored on the use of technology in the party's internal electoral process during his first 100 days in power …
About 100 African students are pleading for help to leave the Ukrainian port city of Kherson, more than two weeks after it was captured by Russian forces.
They have been sheltering for days in underground bunkers on campus …
Nicaraguan opposition leader Cristiana Chamorro has been given an eight-year sentence after being found guilty of money-laundering.
Ms Chamorro says the charges were politically motivated and designed to stop her from runnin…
Niger President Mohamed Bazoum has termed the death of former Mali Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga an "assassination".
Mr Maïga died on Monday in custody at a hospital in the Malian capital, Bamako, where he was undergoing treatm…
E-hailing platforms in South Africa, including Uber, UberEats and Bolt, could experience major disruptions to services from Tuesday.
Several roads across Gauteng province are expected to close as drivers call for an end to the unregulat…
A former Deputy Communication Minister under the John Mahama government, Felix Ofosu Kwakye, says the Akufo-Addo government does not have any credible or feasible solutions to alleviate the suffering of Ghanaians as a result of the country…
The Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo Markin, is accusing the Minority in Parliament of yielding to influences from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) not to cooperate with them in Parliament.
According to him, the Minority g…
The National Women Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr Louisa Hannah Bissiw, has called on the women leadership of political parties to mentor young ladies in and out of tertiary education to partake in active politics.…
Former President John Dramani Mahama says Ghanaians are suffering economic hardships because of what he describes as "general incompetence and corruption" in the Akufo-Addo-led government.
For him, the incumbent President Akufo-Addo and…
The Ranking Member on Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has appealed to Ghanaian universities to create a special academic transfer dispensation for Ghanaian students evacuated from Ukraine.
He said the road to recovery would be…
A former minister in Australia's New South Wales (NSW) state government has been charged with sexually abusing a man and a teenage boy.
Gareth Ward - now an independent MP - is alleged by police to have committed the crimes …
Rescuers continue to search for survivors from a plane crash in southern China, as families of those onboard gather at a nearby airport waiting anxiously for updates.
China Eastern Flight MU5735 was carrying 132 people when …
The number of people injured when two trains collided in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, has risen to 95, emergency services say.
One of the trains was not carrying any passengers at the time.
"The injured were taken to hospitals and th…
The Egyptian prime minister has set a fixed price for unsubsidised bread with the aim of controlling rising food prices due to disruption to the wheat supply caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Moustafa Madbouly set the cost of comm…