Nigerian authorities say they have seized 120 tonnes of imported animal hides and skins in Lagos city.
They were intercepted on suspicion that were already processed with chemicals for use in leather industries yet they were being sold …
At least 80 supporters of an opposition party in Zimbabwe remain in detention after they were arrested in the city of Masvingo over the weekend.
They were rounded up ahead of a rally in the capital Harare on Sunday, which launched the C…
Former President John Dramani Mahama says despite the National Democratic Congress (NDC) losing an asset in Dzifa Attivor, the party will taste victory in the 2024 general elections.
According to him, this is because the late Dzifa Atti…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the French-led troop withdrawal from Mali, required “new arrangements” in the regional fight against terrorism.
Speaking to France 24 at the EU/AU summit in Brussels, President Akufo-Addo, who…
The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has charged West African states to implement robust systems that will help cut the flow of financial resources to criminals who cause terrorism and political insurgence in the sub-region.
He note…
Protests broke out in cities across Morocco on Sunday against rising prices and to commemorate the 11th anniversary of the launch of a major reform movement.
February 20th was a pro-reform and anti-corruption group born out of the Arab …
Australia has reopened its international border for the first time in nearly two years, bringing joyful family reunions and a boost to tourism.
The country imposed some of the world's strictest travel bans after shutting its…
Seven children have been killed in Niger in an air strike by the Nigerian army targeting "bandits", a local governor and state media have said.
Five more were hurt in the apparently accidental strike, the governor of Niger's…
One of the passengers missing aboard a ferry that caught fire near Greece on Friday has been found alive, authorities say.
The Belarusian truck driver, 21, used a ladder to climb down from the ferry on to a tugboat. His firs…
The Chairman of the Election Committee of the New Patriotic Party in the Manhyia North Constituency, Yaw Geraldo, says the party will investigate issues that led to the chaos during the distribution of forms for the upcoming polling statio…
The Deputy Majority Leader, Mr Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has said the Majority in Parliament will not ambush the Minority in the consideration and passage of the Electronic Transfer Bill, 2021 (E-Levy).
In his view, the Business Committe…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has urged all election committees handling the polling station and electoral area coordinators elections to ensure that no aspirant is denied nomination forms.
It said the party would not renege on its resp…
Are Russian forces getting ready for war in Ukraine? At least 130,000 Russian troops are positioned within reach of Ukraine's borders as Russia demands security guarantees from the West.
While the US says Russian forces are …
Belgium's prime minister has handed over an inventory of tens of thousands of artefacts looted from the former Belgian Congo to his Congolese counterpart.
Alexander De Croo gave the catalogue to Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde in a ceremony at…
Sudanese and Ethiopian families who won a lottery allowing them to move to the US have sued the government over delays in processing their entry visas.
The 12 families in the lawsuit - referred to as Tesfaye vs Blinken - say the US gove…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has embarked on a major reorganisation exercise to position the party well for the general election in 2024.
As part of the exercise, the party has embarked on reregistration of its members, solic…
Alarms rang out across the Brazilian city of Petrópolis on Thursday, warning of more heavy rain to come after floods and landslides killed at least 117 people with more than 100 missing.
The rescue mission has been temporari…
The World Health Organization has announced that six African countries will be given the revolutionary mRNA technology to set up their own vaccine production centres - helping the continent acquire self-reliance against the Covid pandemic.…
An acting Research and Elections Officer in the Ejisu Constituency of the Ashanti Region, Dominic Danquah has vehemently denied media reports that Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, John Ampontuah Kumah, is scheming to…
The Deputy Majority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has cautioned against tendencies where persons seeking leadership positions in the New Patriotic Party work to undermine each other.
Describing the tende…
Barely 24 hours after a private member’s motion was filed in Parliament calling for a bi-partisan probe into the death of former President John Evans Atta Mills, two of the Members of Parliament (MPs), whose names appeared on the motion pa…
An aspiring national chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Stephen Asamoah Boateng, has said the current hung Parliament is affecting the government's ability to undertake developmental projects.
"Ghanaians have seen what a hung…
A court in India has sentenced 38 people to death for their role in a series of bomb blasts in 2008 in the western state of Gujarat.
Fifty-seven people were killed and hundreds injured in the bombings, which took place in Ah…
President Emmanuel Macron has announced he will be pulling French forces out of the West African nation of Mali, where they have been fighting Islamist militants since 2013.
There are 5,000 French troops in Mali and surroun…
Rwanda's ambassador to China, James Kimonyo, has embraced social media to market coffee and chilli from the east African country.
Mr Kimonyo told BBC Focus on Africa radio that he had to move away from the traditional way of advertising…
Liberia's main opposition Unity Party is now the second to withdraw from the four-party coalition that's planning to challenge President George Weah in next year's elections.
This latest move leaves the coalition in disarray.
The fir…
Young women have been implored to persevere in their struggle for leadership roles in both political and governance space.
They have also been admonished not to give up because when they take up such roles society is transformed.
Joy…
Yaw Dabie Mensah, a leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bono Region, has asked members and supporters of the party to be cautious not to divide the NPP and send it into opposition in 2025.
He explained that the govern…
The Director of Communications of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Yaw Buaben Asamoa believes the party’s communicators are not projecting government policies and the E-levy enough to get a public endorsement.
Ac…
A US Federal Court has dismissed an appeal filed by Birim Group against Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom and 18 others.
The Birim Group, an equity fund and securities investment company based in the United States, filed the appeal after a legal acti…
A case of wild polio has emerged in Africa for the first time in five years, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.
Malawian health authorities have declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 after a case was detected in the …
An attempt to persuade a rebel militia in eastern Democratic Republic Congo to lay down its arms has ended with three peace envoys - all former warlords - being taken hostage.
President Félix Tshisekedi sent Thomas Lubanga, Germain Kata…
An aide to former President John Dramani Mahama, Joyce Bawa Mogtari, has urged women to strive for leadership roles in the political and governance space.
She said politics was a tool for leadership upbringing and if women were given th…
Fears are growing that some Afghan refugees evacuated to the UK last summer are on the verge of being treated like illegal immigrants because they have not received updated papers.
Solicitors say it's unclear how many Afghan…
Millions of people have been told to stay at home as one of the worst storms in decades, Storm Eunice, hits the UK.
Rare red weather warnings - meaning there is a danger to life from flying debris - have been issued by the M…
The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, has called for increased political commitment from the governments of West African states to combat illicit financial flows.
He said such commitment and political will would help eliminate the…
Four members of the Majority group in Parliament have filed a private member’s motion seeking the constitution of a bi-partisan group to probe the death of the late President John Evans Atta-Mills.
The group behind this motion is led by…
The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban S.K Bagbin, has called on stakeholders in Africa to confront the challenges that have afflicted the Pan-African Parliament to enable the continental legislative body to resume meetings.
He said the co…
The Association of Magistrates and Judges of Ghana (AMJG) has condemned the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for the Madina Constituency, Mr Francis Xavier Sosu, over his utterances on judges.
The association…
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) is yet to call off its five weeks old strike despite a ruling by the Accra High Court last Monday that said the strike should be called off.
Parliament's Select Committee on Education …
Malawians are criticising their MPs after a legislator asked parliament to buy raincoats for them.
Lilongwe South MP Steven Kamsiyamo made the request on Wednesday saying they needed to shield themselves from the rain while walking to t…
Liberia's former interim President Amos Sawyer has died at the age of 76.
He was one of the country's most acclaimed politicians who became interim president in the 1990s as part of efforts to stop the bloody war launched by now-jailed …
Tanzania's exiled opposition leader Tundu Lissu has urged his supporters to work with President Samia Suluhu after their historic meeting in Belgium.
Mr Lissu said the meeting with President Samia was fruitful and that he was grateful f…
More than 100 people have died in landslides and flash flooding in the Brazilian city of Petrópolis, officials say.
The city, which is located in the mountains north of Rio de Janeiro, was hit by torrential rainfall.
…
The Somali government has said that police officers accused of torturing journalists covering al-Shabab attacks in the capital, Mogadishu, have been arrested.
Interior Security Minister Abdullahi Nur said “the armed forces will be accou…
Hong Kong's healthcare system has been overwhelmed by a huge surge in Covid-19 cases, with infected patients being treated outside crowded hospitals.
The government has admitted it is struggling to contain the fifth wave of …
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has postulated that the experiences of military takeovers cannot be recommended for any generation to embrace.
“I will advise against any attempt to stage a coup d’état in the country or the sub-regi…
Haruna Iddrisu, the Minority Leader, has debunked an assertion that the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Assin North Constituency in the Central Region, had been avoiding prosecution.
James Gyakye Quayson, the MP for Assin North, is st…
The coalition of concerned New Patriotic Party (NPP) members in the Sunyani East Constituency has suggested to the national executives to reconstitute Polling Station and Electoral Area Committees to enable them organise polling station ex…
Visas offering foreign investors fast-track residency in the UK are expected to be scrapped by the government, amid pressure over UK links to Russia.
A government source confirmed reports of an announcement next week on Tier…