Former Tuareg rebel groups in northern Mali launched joint military operations against Islamic State (IS) militants on Monday, killing hundreds of local residents and forcing thousands of others from their homes, French public broadcaster …
The government says work on the Yendi water project is set to commence in the second quarter of this year to address the water crisis confronting residents of the area.
This follows a question asked by the Member of Parliament for Yendi…
Parliament will formally launch the celebration of its 30th Anniversary of Parliamentary Democracy under the Fourth Republic on Wednesday, February 22, 2023, at Parliament House in Accra.
The launch, which will herald a year-long celebr…
A maxim says it is not enough to know that people have made mistakes; we need to understand why they made the mistakes if we hope to prevent them or others from making the same mistakes.
While South Africans are still trying to make sen…
Rescuers are once again searching for people trapped under rubble in Turkey after another earthquake hit the country, killing at least six people.
A 6.4 magnitude tremor struck near the city of Antakya near the border with S…
The Minority Caucus in Parliament said it was not boycotting the two-day vetting of six new ministerial nominees but was participating to ensure greater scrutiny and to protect the public purse.
However, it would not subscribe to a co…
The US will back Ukraine in its fight against Russia for "as long as it takes", US President Joe Biden has said on an unannounced visit to Kyiv.
"We have every confidence you're going to continue to prevail," he said.
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An aspiring independent presidential candidate, Wilberforce Andrews, has promised to add value to technical vocational education and training (TVET) when given the nod in the 2024 general election.
That, he said, was to provide the yo…
An independent UN human rights expert has accused the Central African Republic's armed forces and their Russian allies from the Wagner Group of multiple rights abuses.
After a 10-day visit to the CAR, Yao Agbetse, who's Togolese, called…
M23 rebels appear to have launched an offensive in North Kivu province in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
They're attacking five villages outside the town of Mweso, which lies on the province's main highway.
Local media…
An aspiring Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, has asked the Eastern Regional delegates of the party to throw their weight behind him at the forthcoming presidential primary.
That, he s…
The Trade and Industry Minister designate, K. T. Hammond, has thrown his weight behind Cabinet’s decision to curtail the importation of a number of foreign goods as a measure to promote the manufacture and consumption of locally made one…
Joe Biden's surprise visit to Ukraine on Monday is a striking show of solidarity - an intentionally powerful message to Moscow - as Kyiv prepares to mark the grim and bloody one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion.
Ukraine…
A son of Zimbabwe's former President, Robert Mugabe, has been arrested over allegations he damaged property at a party in Harare.
Robert Mugabe junior, who is thought to be 31, is accused of destroying cars and other propert…
Burkina Faso has announced the official ending of the French military operation in the country aimed at defeating an intensifying Islamist insurgency.
The Burkinabe chief of general staff and the head of the French Sabre force attended …
Kenya’s Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has been criticised by locals for describing the country as a shareholding company that will first benefit those who voted in the government.
Mr Gachagua defended recent government appointments …
A pro-National Democratic Congress (NDC) youth group in the Wa East constituency of the Upper West region is demanding that their incumbent Member of Parliament, Dr. Godfred Seidu Jasaw should be allowed to contest the upcoming parliamenta…
Energy Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has assured that his ministry will keenly monitor every step in the Gold for Oil programme value chain from the ship that brings the oil, through delivery to the BDCs, to the OMCs and to the pumps.…
The Minority caucus in Parliament is demanding a merger of some ministries ahead of the vetting of six new ministerial nominees to fill vacancies as a result of resignations and removal from office.
Three ministers, Alan Kwadwo Kyeremat…
Sexual exploitation has been uncovered on tea farms that supply some of the UK's most popular brands, including PG Tips, Lipton and Sainsbury's Red Label.
More than 70 women on Kenyan tea farms, owned for years by two Briti…
Authorities in the Brazilian state of São Paulo say at least 36 people have been killed in heavy flooding and landslides, forcing some cities to cancel annual Carnival celebrations.
Video showed neighbourhoods under water, f…
The US says China is considering supplying weapons and ammunition to Russia for the Ukraine war - a claim strongly denied by Beijing.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Chinese firms were already providing "non-lethal…
The Former Municipal Chief Executive for Akuapem North, Dennis Miracles Aboagye has said it is unfair to infer that Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta erred with the processes leading to the implementation of the government’s Domestic Debt Ex…
The leadership The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has directed the Minority caucus in Parliament not to approve any of the new ministerial nominees and further push for a reduction in the size of government.
A statement signed and…
The African Union is organising a national reconciliation conference for Libya in the latest effort to restore stability in the country.
The chair of the AU commission Moussa Faki Mahamat made the announcement at the end of a two-day su…
Former President John Dramani Mahama says he made a mistake buying tractors for farmers during his tenure as President.
Given the chance again, he says he will rather buy the tractors, put them in the hands of someone who knows how to m…
The US says it has killed five al-Shabab fighters in Somalia during a joint operation with the Somali army.
The US command in Africa (Africom) said the air strike was conducted in Bacadweyne in central Somalia, about 460km (285 miles) f…
Tunisian President Kais Saied has rejected “foreign interference” following criticism over a recent string of arrests targeting his critics.
"Tunisia is an independent and sovereign state, not under colonialism or protection and its sov…
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Justin Portal Welby, has described Ghana’s democratic process as exemplary in Africa, explaining, it is not based on tyranny but on clear policy and freedom of choice.
Citing double voting in Northern I…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Afram Plains North constituency in the Eastern Region, Madam Betty Nana Efua Krosbi Mensah, has been presented with the 2022 Best Female Lawmaker award, which she won ahead of her colleagues following a su…
The US will repatriate nearly $1m (£840,000) to Nigeria which were embezzled by the former governor of an oil-producing state, the US Justice Department has said.
This is in accordance with an agreement between the two countries to repa…
One of China's most high-profile billionaire bankers has gone missing, his company has reported.
Bao Fan, the chief executive of China Renaissance Holdings, had not been able to be reached in recent days, the firm said in a …
The World Education International Strategic Approaches to Girls’ Education (STAGE) Project has ended after five years of its implementation in Ghana.
The STAGE, rolled out under the Girls’ Education Challenge Fund, a United Kingdom (UKA…
South Africa is holding a joint military exercise with Russia and China that opposition figures say amounts to an endorsement of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The US has also criticised the 10-day naval drills, which will co…
A Presidential Aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) ,Mr Joe Ghartey has begun his Nationwide “Agenda for Hope and Unity Tour” at the University of Mines and Technology (UMAT) branch at Essikado in the Western Region
.
The tour affor…
The 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan for north-east Nigeria launched today requests US$1.3 billion to provide critical lifesaving assistance to 6 million people suffering from the devastating impact of the continuing 13 year long non-intern…
Taiwan says it has found the remnants of what appears to be a crashed Chinese weather balloon.
Taiwan's military said it had spotted an unidentified object drifting above Dongyin - a Taiwanese-controlled island off China's c…
The foreign ministers of Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso are in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, ahead of an African Union summit to lobby to be let back into the organisation.
All three countries were suspended from the African Union and…
A new report from Amnesty International claims that M23 rebels raped more than 66 women and girls mainly in the Kishishe village in the Democratic Republic of Congo in November last year, in a wave of violence where they are accused of hun…
FAKS Investigative Services, a research institution, has adjudged Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame, Attorney- General and Minister of Justice, as one of the Best Ministers for the year 2022.
He received a plaque for his outstanding performance.
…
Former National Organiser of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and current Director General of the National Lotteries Authority, Mr. Sammi Awuku, has supported NPP Akuapem North Constituency Executives to fix 400 meters for residents…
Parliament on Wednesday adopted the report of its Committee of Selection on the re-composition of its committees.
At the beginning of the first Meeting of the Third Session of the Eighth Parliament, the National Democratic Congress (ND…
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has ruled out giving up any of his country's territory in a potential peace deal with Russia.
In a BBC interview to mark a year since Russia's full-scale invasion, he warned conceding l…
The New Juaben South Constituency Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Eastern Region, Selassie Amuzu, has called on constituency executives as well as members of the party to bury their differences and forge ahead in …
The leadership of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Upper East Region has vowed to work extra hard to reclaim the Navrongo Central parliamentary seat the party lost to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 20…
One of the flag bearer hopefuls of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kojo Bonsu, has said his campaign messages ahead of the contest as to who leads the party into the 2024 general election will hinge on the "unblemished…
Some 93.5 million people are registered to voteImage caption: Some 93.5 million people are registered to vote
Police officers trained in election security will be present at every voting centre in Nigeria, says the head of the force, wh…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the resignation of his deputy, David Mabuza, thanking him for his "unwavering support" over the last five years.
Local reports say it comes as no surprise because Mr Mabuza had alrea…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has explained that he maintains calm composure and stability during crisis as President.
That is to motivate the citizenry not to wobble but be assured that whatever the situation, it is surmounta…
A shooting ambush in a remote Australian town that left six people dead has been declared a religiously-motivated terrorist attack.
Authorities say it is the first time Christian extremist ideology has been linked to a terro…
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