The contest for the flag bearer position of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2020 election will be keen as Mr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah is billed to contest according to the Spio-Gabrah Fan Club (SGFC).
In a statement, the club s…
China has entered a "new era" where it should "take centre stage in the world", President Xi Jinping says.
The country's rapid progress under "socialism with Chinese characteristics" shows there is "a new choice for other countries", he…
Somalia is appealing for blood to treat those wounded in Saturday's huge truck bombing in the capital, Mogadishu, which killed at least 281 people.
Information Minister Abdirahman Osman told the BBC the death toll was likely to rise, an…
US President Donald Trump has suggested that President Barack Obama did not call his chief of staff's family when their son was killed in Afghanistan.
Mr Trump alluded to General John Kelly's son while defending his claim that his prede…
In our series of letters from African journalists, the editor-in-chief of Nigeria's Daily Trust newspaper, Mannir Dan Ali, considers why Africa's most populous country is struggling to educate its children.
Nasir El-Rufai, the governor …
A senior member of Kenya's electoral commission (IEBC) has resigned, saying the country is unable to hold credible elections next week.
Roselyn Akombe said the IEBC was under political "siege", unable to reach consensus or take any deci…
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has declared the city of Marawi "liberated" from militants, even as fighting continues.
The army said it was battling up to 30 militants left in the city, who were holding about 20 hostages.
Maraw…
The new UN envoy for the disputed territory of Western Sahara is visiting the region to assess the possibility of restarting peace talks between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front.
Reports say Horst Koehler - a former Germ…
South African lobby group Afriforum has announced plans to privately prosecute President Jacob Zuma’s son. The group says it wants to prosecute Duduzane Zuma on manslaughter, or culpable homicide, charges emanating from a car crash in whic…
The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) has begun sensitising Municipal and District Assemblies (MDAs) in the Volta Region on the National Development Planning (System) Regulations, 2016, Legislative Instrument (L.I 2232).
T…
A US-backed alliance of Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters says it has taken full control of so-called Islamic State's one-time "capital" of Raqqa.
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) spokesman Talal Sello said the fighting was over after a fi…
A Spanish judge has jailed two key members of the Catalan independence movement.
Jordi Sánchez and Jordi Cuixart, who lead prominent separatist groups, are being held without bail while they are under investigation for sedition.
The …
The Right to Information Coalition (RTI Coalition) Ghana, on Monday urged Diplomats at the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UN-UPR) to make recommendations for Ghana to pass the RTI Bill into law.
A statement issued by the Coa…
What usually happens on social media after a terrorist attack us that a hashtag circulates beginning with "Pray for..." or "I am...".Users share images of the carnage, and people express an equal measure of sadness and defiance.
But aft…
Catalonia refused on Tuesday to bow to the Spanish government’s demand that it renounce a symbolic declaration of independence, setting it on a political collision course with Madrid later this week.
The Spanish government has threatene…
A controversial Russian artist who was granted political asylum in France has been arrested after setting fire to a bank in central Paris, police say.
Petr Pavlensky was held early on Monday as firefighters tackled two blazes on the fac…
Protests broke out in Togo last night after an imam was arrested in the second-biggest city, Sokodé, reports BBC Afrique. The imam, Alpha Al Hassan, is close to opposition leader Tikpi Atchadam.
It is not clear why he has been arrested.…
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A failure to give the world’s poorest women control over their bodies could widen inequality in developing countries and thwart progress towards global goals aimed at ending poverty by 2030, the United…
Portugal has declared three days of national mourning, beginning on Tuesday, for the victims of wildfires that raged across the country.
At least 36 people died after hundreds of fires spread across central and northern areas on Sunday …
The leadership of the People’s National Convention (PNC) has dismissed assertions that the party is dormant.
The party has, therefore, assured its rank and file and all well-wishers that under the leadership of Dr Edward Nasigre Mahama,…
Traditional leaders in the Central Region have suggested to government and Parliament to consider allocating one per cent of Assemblies Common Fund (ACF) to recognised traditional authorities under their jurisdictions.
This they believe…
Not enough fruit and vegetables are grown in Zimbabwe. In June, the Zimbabwean government banned maize imports, saying it produced enough to fulfill domestic demand.
Now, it has announced a ban on fruit and vegetable imports.
Last ye…
The New Juaben Municipal Assembly on Thursday retained the Presiding Member, Mr Michael Boadi Sarpong with 54 out of the 78 votes cast representing 67.36 per cent.
His other contender, Mr Patrick Kosuerh, a lecturer at the Koforidua Te…
We will eliminate all situations that could lead to gas explosions in Tema, says the Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) of Tema, Mr. Felix Mensah Nii Annan-La.
In view of what has happened at Atomic Junction, the Tema Metropolitan Assem…
Young girls must study hard and strive to change the misconception about sending the girl-child to school, says Mr Nicholas Fiifi Baako, Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Assin North.
He also urged young girls to be well determined, b…
Former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Reverend Professor Emmanuel Martey, believes that some officials of the 10-month old New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration, are already showing signs of corruption.
The man, who b…
The Progressive People's Party (PPP) has assured Ghanaians that it will remain resolute in its quest to deepen the democratic credentials of the country.
In so doing, the party has given an assurance that it will not shy away from any a…
Ghana’s Parliament has not yet blossomed into a prestigious institution possessing the promise of presenting its members with appealing career options.
The result is that Members of Parliament (MPs) strive to catch the eye of the Presid…
A massive bomb attack in a busy area of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday is now known to have killed at least 230 people, police say.
Hundreds more were wounded when a lorry packed with explosives detonated near the entrance of …
Former football star George Weah and Vice-President Joseph Boakai are headed for a run-off in Liberia's presidential election.
Nearly all the results from Tuesday's poll have been counted, the election commission says.
Mr Weah, the f…
A local government expert has observed that the lack of citizens' participation in decision making remains inimical to the growth of Ghana's democracy.
Mr Edem Senanu, a Consultant at the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee (IMCC) …
A former National Chairman of the Peoples National Convention (PNC), Alhaji Ahmed Rahmadan has been appointed as Ghana's Ambassador to the United Arab Emirate (UAE).
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday night swore him in …
United Nations peacekeepers bring hope to vulnerable populations when they arrive in war-torn countries and post-conflict areas. But allegations are mounting that they may bring something else: sexual assaults against the very people they …
A total of 11 people have pleaded guilty to possessing banned plastic bags in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa, the privately owned Business Daily newspaper has reported.
The group - which included street vendors selling apples and sugar…
The practical impact of the moves is likely to be mostly symbolic: Brussels will impose an oil embargo and a ban on EU investment, but it sells no crude to North Korea and European companies have no substantial investments there.
North …
The people of Ningo in the Greater Accra Region have now decided to be an integral part of the Ningo Prampram District Assembly.“Actually we don’t have any problem with the people of Prampram. It is a decision of previous governments which…
Germany, France, Austria, Sweden, Denmark and Norway told their Schengen zone peers they will extend until mid-May internal frontier checks first put in place in 2015 to counter unprecedented levels of migration and Islamist attacks.
At…
A rescue ship has docked in Sicily with 606 migrants picked up in less than two days off the Libyan coast.
They are from about 20 countries in Africa and the Middle East. Aid group SOS Méditerranée says they include 241 children and 11 …
US President Donald Trump will end subsidies to health insurance providers designed to help low income households, as he continues his attempts to dismantle Obamacare.
The White House announced the move hours after Mr Trump signed an ex…
Ms Elizabeth Ohene, a writer, a distinguished journalist and a communicator, has rekindled the national debate on who founded Ghana.
“Recently there has been talk and accusations in Ghana about rewriting history; those of us who write o…
At least five schoolgirls in Uganda's western town of Ntungamo have been admitted to hospital after a fire in their dormitory last night, privately-owned Daily Monitor reports.
The Monitor reports that students say they were protesting …
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have been asked to do more to hold governments accountable for international and national commitments they make.
Ms. Aba Oppong, Chairperson of the NGO, “Girls Not Brides”, said it was important to en…
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma must face charges of corruption, fraud, racketeering and money laundering, the Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled.
It agreed with a lower court ruling last year that prosecutors could bring back 783 co…
Thousands of Kurdish fighters have been deployed to Iraq's disputed Kirkuk region, officials say, amid fears that government forces want to retake it.
The autonomous Kurdistan Region's Vice-President, Kosrat Rasul, said it was respondin…
The reed dance is an annual cultural event held in Swaziland which features bare-breasted women Tech giant Google has lifted restrictions on YouTube from showing Swaziland's famous reed dance which features bare-breasted women, South Afric…
US President Donald Trump is expected to set out a more confrontational strategy towards Iran, accusing it of pursuing "death and destruction".
It is thought he will focus on its non-nuclear activities, particularly those of the Revolut…
The Sunyani Municipal Security Council has ordered the Sissala community in the Municipality to suspend the installation of a Sissala Chief until further notice.
The suspension, according to a press statement, followed a protracted chie…
The Director of the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana (UG),Professor Dzodzi Tsikata, has hailed Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah’s pioneering role in laying out a revolutionary vision for African Studies in African Universities.
…
There was no show in Parliament yesterday concerning the presentation of a select committee’s report on the Office of the Special Prosecutor Bill.
Although the House listed it on the Order Paper for presentation, the Majority Leader, Mr…
The Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG), a politically inclined non-governmental organisation says the function of its proposed Multi-party Democracy Commission (MDC) is to complement and help the Electoral Commission to perform its …
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