Former Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Otiko Afisah Djaba is appealing to Ghanaians to elect more women into office in the upcoming District Assembly and general elections.
The Executive Director of the Henry Dja…
The youth of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Volta Region want former President John Dramani Maham to run unopposed for the flagbearership race of the party ahead of the 2024 polls.
In a statement signed by…
Russia's war in Ukraine, the threat of a global recession, and a growing imperative to switch over to renewables. These are all serious challenges that businesses across the African continent currently face, or will face in the near future…
For the first time ever, Nigeria is the world’s largest source of Daesh/ISIS attacks. As local and international partners address the evolving focus of violent extremism, a new podcast series asks: what do we know about terrorism in West A…
Today, the United Nations and humanitarian partners in Somalia together with Federal and State Governments released the 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for Somalia, which seeks US$2.6 billion to assist about 7.6 million people. An es…
The ECOWAS Commission and the heads of national commissions (COMNAT) for the fight against small arms and light weapons (SALW) of ECOWAS member states met from January 30 to February 2, during a regional workshop for the establishment of a…
Nigeria's Supreme Court has temporarily suspended Friday's deadline to stop using old banknotes, which had caused a cash crisis in the country.
Banks have not been releasing enough of the new naira notes, leading to desperat…
Australia will remove Chinese-made surveillance cameras from defence sites over national security fears.
It comes after an audit found 900 pieces of surveillance equipment built by companies Hikvision and Dahua on government…
The Electoral Commission (EC) is to lay before Parliament the new Constitutional Instrument (C.I), which is expected to regulate continuous voter registration in the country.
The new CI titled: Public Elections (Registration of Voters…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has targeted to win 20 out of the 23 parliamentary seats in the Central Region.
The Central Regional Chairman of the NDC, Professor Richard Asiedu, who made this known said the party has also targe…
Algeria, Egypt and Tunisia are among African Union countries that have sent aid and technical assistance to the Turkish-Syrian border.
Kenya has committed to sending aid and called on trained medical workers to volunteer their services.…
From humble beginnings, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has grown into a political giant, leading Turkey for 20 years and reshaping his country more than any leader since Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the revered father of the modern republic.
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New Zealand's navy has intercepted a floating haul of cocaine in the Pacific Ocean in what the country says is its largest drug bust ever.
The stash - weighing total 3.2 tonnes (3,200kg) and worth NZ$500m (£263m; $316m) - wa…
Tunisian President Kais Saied has fired his Foreign Minister Othman Jerandi.
The president appointed Nabil Ammar, Tunisia’s ambassador to the European Union, to replace Mr Jerandi. He did not give a reason for Mr Jerandi’s dismissal.
…
Namibian President Hage Geingob has expressed his dismay that children around the country are learning under trees.
In the first cabinet session of the year on Tuesday, he was speaking about education and told his ministers that he had …
The Oti Regional Minister, Dr Joshua Makubu, last Friday inaugurated a six-unit classroom block for Dorbiso-Junction Primary School in the Krachi-East Municipality, to replace the dilapidated classrooms that made the school environment un…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has urged the new Minority Caucus leadership to provide the guidance that will guarantee a resounding victory for the party in the 2024 general elections.
The party’s Council of Elders also called …
FEUDING parties in the protracted Bawku conflict have been entreated to soften their stance and allow peace to prevail in the once bustling commercial town.
According to the Upper East Regional Minister, Stephen Yakubu, the conflict had…
Joe Biden delivered an animated and at times combative State of the Union speech at a pivotal moment for his presidency. It came as he is poised to launch a re-election campaign and is dealing with Republicans controlling one chamber o…
The Member of Parliament for Central Tongu, Alexander Roosevelt says the ministerial reshuffle by President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo is an act of insensitivity that would only overburden the public purse.
The lawmaker says the elevation…
Flagbearer hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Francis Addai-Nimoh has declared that he is the new face that the party’s delegates and Ghanaian voters will want to lead the country on January 7, 2025.
Addai-Nimoh is on his second …
The Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has dispelled allegations that the former Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, was doing the bidding of the Majority caucus in Parliament.
Some rumours that made the rounds following…
Gambian President Adama Barrow has said that a special court will have to be formed to try people named in an inquiry report that looked into crimes committed under former ruler Yayha Jammeh.
Gambia's 1997 constitution does not have pro…
Police in Zambia have charged a former minister with holding an unlawful assembly at his house.
Chishimba Kambwili, who served as information minister in the previous government, was arrested on Monday after a group of youths protesting…
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has directed the Business Committee of Parliament to schedule the Finance Minister to appear before the House on Tuesday, February 14, 2023 to brief members on affairs of the Dome…
Two people, including the founder of a neo-Nazi group, have been arrested after allegedly plotting to shut down power to the Baltimore area.
Brandon Russell, 27, and Sarah Clendaniel, 34, were charged with conspiracy to dama…
A new UN report has suggested the most common factor driving people to join extremist groups in sub-Saharan Africa is not religion, but the need for work.
The report by the UN Development Programme surveyed thousands of people in eight …
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has arrived in Mali for talks with the military leadership of the country.
Mr Lavrov, who was in Iraq on Monday, was welcomed on arrival by his counterpart Abdoulaye Diop and did not make any state…
Leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the party will channel its energy into ensuring that the country is governed well by the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
According to the National Chairman of the party, Johnson Asied…
Syria's war-torn city of Aleppo is one of the places to have borne the brunt of the deadly earthquake, which also devastated parts of southern Turkey.
More than 1,600 people have been reported dead so far in northern Syria …
The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has allayed fears that terrorists could infiltrate Ghana due to the ongoing conflict in Bawku in the Upper East Region.
The legislator for the area doubted if Bawku will be…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Gomoa West in the Central Region of Ghana, Mr Richard Gyan-Mensah on Friday donated 50,000 copies of branded exercise books to students in the constituency.
He also made a cash donation of GHC10,000.00 …
Former President of South Africa, H.E. Thabo Mbeki, will lead a team of Commonwealth election observers to Nigeria, which will be holding Africa’s largest democratic exercise later this month when it holds general elections on 25 Februar…
Four months before her wedding and on the eve of starting a new job, Dada Titilope went in for a routine medical check. It was then that the 36-year-old resident of Ile-Ife Osun State in Southwestern Nigeria discovered that she had hepatit…
A suspected Chinese surveillance balloon shot down off the US coast was about 200 ft (60m) tall and carrying an airliner-sized load, officials say.
At a briefing on Monday, a US defence official said the size and make-up of …
Rescuers are battling heavy rain and snow as they race against the clock to find survivors of a devastating earthquake in south-east Turkey.
More than 5,000 people were killed and 15,000 injured in Turkey and over the border…
The differences between the national leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the Minority Caucus in Parliament over the reshuffle have been resolved.
The misunderstanding was triggered by the reshuffle which the Minorit…
The national executive, the Council of Elders and the Minority Caucus of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have resolved to put behind all differences that arose following the change in the party’s leadership in Parliament.
By a …
Doctors in the self-declared republic of Somaliland say heavy fighting has killed at least 30 people.
Residents of Las Anod say they heard gunfire for more than six hours.
Somaliland broke away from Somalia in 1991 but has not been i…
The remains of late Burkina Faso President Thomas Sankara are to be buried where a memorial to him already stands, but his family is boycotting the ceremony and says the site is "inadequate for all the burden it contains".
"We believed …
The Attorney-General (A-G) will soon lay a bill before Parliament for passage into law to help reduce the menace of unjustified delays in criminal trials in the country.
Among other things, the bill will seek an amendment of the rules o…
The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Monday led a government delegation to attend the funeral (Adua) of Lepowura, Alhaji Mohammed Nuru Deen Jawula, at Kpembe in the East Gonja District of the Savanah Region.
The Jawula Family of…
The failure of the Nigerian authorities to address accountability for past elections-related abuses and widespread insecurity across the country threaten the safe conduct of the upcoming 2023 general elections, Human Rights Watch said toda…
Pakistan's former president General Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a coup in 1999, has died aged 79.
The former leader - who was president between 2001 and 2008 - died in Dubai after a long illness, a statement from t…
The Chinese government has admitted a balloon spotted over Latin America on Friday is from China - but claimed it is intended for civilian use.
Foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said the aircraft had deviated from its r…
Millions of voters in southern Ethiopia are casting their ballots on Monday in a referendum to establish a new regional state.
This is the third such referendum - all in the country’s south - held in the past four years.
Previous vot…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is expected to arrive in Mali’s capital, Bamako, on Monday for his second trip to Africa in two weeks.
Mali’s foreign ministry said Mr Lavrov will hold a meeting with junta leader, Col Assimi Goïta…
South Sudan's leaders have been urged to act on Pope Francis' plea for peace in the war-torn country.
The Pope made a "peace pilgrimage" to the country over the weekend with the heads of the churches in England and Scotland.
In his s…
The Reverend Kofi Antwi Boasiako, Santasi District Pastor, Church of Pentecost, has reminded Ghanaians to thread cautiously as the elections drew closer.
He said the nation needed peace and unity to bring progress, development and total…
Some 1,000 voters are expected to vote to elect 40 Ward Coordinators for the Akan Constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) kickstarting Saturday.
The election is expected to end on Tuesday, February 7.
Mr Emmanuel Klu, …
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