Iraq's prime minister has demanded the Kurdistan Regional Government "cancel" the outcome of the referendum on independence that it held on Monday.
Haider al-Abadi said he would "never discuss" the result and called on the Kurds to init…
A member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has described the arrest of a serial caller of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Appiah Stadium, as unnecessary.
Appiah Stadium, also known as Fran…
A Professor of Economic History, University of Cambridge, Gareth Austin, has identified the country’s oil find as a vital and valuable resource that needs careful management to aid accelerated national development.
In his opinion, oil r…
The Ledzokuku Krowor Municipal Assembly (LEKMA) will prosecute children who dump rubbish by the side of the road and into gutters.
According to the assembly, most of the children sent by their parents to dump refuse at a designated site…
The Minority in Parliament has called for full disclosure of a decision by government to fly the country’s highly-enriched uranium to China.
According to them, government breached Article 75 of the 1992 Constitution by executing the pac…
Three Israelis have been shot dead by a Palestinian at the entrance to the Jewish settlement of Har Adar in the occupied West Bank, Israeli police say.
The gunman, a 37-year-old from a nearby village, was also shot and died later.
Is…
The world's second-largest gem-quality diamond has been sold to a London jeweller for $53m (£39.5m).
Laurence Graff, chairman of Graff Diamonds, bought the diamond privately after it failed to meet its reserve price at an auction last y…
The Domestic Services Workers Union (DSWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called on the government to pass the Labour (Domestic Workers) Regulation Bill 2016 and ratify the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention 189 whi…
The National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Kofi Adams, has said the party is placing emphasis on reconciliation to enhance unity among its ranks to heal any hurt feelings.
“It is important to work hard to ensur…
The US has said a statement from North Korea accusing Washington of declaring war on it was "absurd".
The White House also warned Pyongyang to stop provocations after it said it had the right to shoot down US bombers.
A UN spokesman …
Turkey's president has said Iraqi Kurds could go hungry as a result of the punitive measures it is considering after Monday's independence referendum.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the head of the Kurdistan Regional Government of "treach…
Ghana’s former President Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings is counselling a peaceful patch-up between US President Donald Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong-un.
In a tweet reaction to claims by North Korea’s Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho th…
The African Peer Review Mechanism ( APRM) has identified good political governance as a prerequisite to stability and rapid development.
It said even though there was freedom in the country, state institutions needed to do more to enfor…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and President Alhassan Ouattara of Cote d’Ivoire have agreed to abide by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea’s (ITLOS’s) ruling on the maritime boundary dispute and work together to ensur…
Myanmar’s army unearthed the bodies of 17 Hindu villagers on Monday, taking to 45 the number authorities suspect were killed by Muslim insurgents last month at the onset of a wave of violence that has sent 436,000 refugees fleeing to Bangl…
Angela Merkel looked exhausted, strained, as she arrived at her party headquarters in the evening after the election ended.
Emerging from her car she arranged her face into a smile first for the cameras and then for the party faithful w…
South Africa's public broadcaster has apologised to Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, a leading politician, for referring to her as President Jacob Zuma's ex-wife rather than using her name.
SABC CEO Nomsa Philiso said the corporation had made "d…
North Korea's foreign minister has accused US President Donald Trump of declaring war on his country and said Pyongyang had the right to shoot down US bombers.
Ri Yong-ho said this could apply even if the warplanes were not in North Kor…
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has fixed Thursday, 28 September to rule in ten cases filed before it at Arusha, the United Republic of Tanzania.
The cases are: Application for Interpretation of Judgment - 001/2017 in Ale…
The Myanmar authorities have accused Muslim Rohingya militants of killing 28 Hindu villagers whose bodies were allegedly found in a mass grave.
The army says the bodies of 20 women and eight men and boys were found in two pits in northe…
A masked gunman was stopped mid-attack by an "extraordinarily brave" church usher after killing one person near Nashville, Tennessee.
The suspect shot and injured himself during a struggle with 22-year-old Robert Caleb Engle, who was st…
Dr Onsy Kwame Nkrumah, a Pan Africanist has expressed disappointment with the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP’s) decision to relegate to the background the significant contributions of his father to Ghana’s independence.
He said for instance…
Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, a former Chairperson of the African Union (AU), has reiterated the need for Africa to be self-reliant instead of depending on aid. She said African governments must improve revenue collection, manage expenditure,…
Renowned Rwandan human rights activist Diane Rwigara is facing treason charges, the newspaper The East African reports. It also reports that she is facing charges for inciting revolt and revealing “sensitive information”.
Ms Rwigara, w…
The Audit Committee of the Birim Central Municipal Assembly has been inaugurated at Akyem Oda with a call on the members to be vigilant on the prudent utilisation of the assembly’s financial resources.
A Senior Manager of the Internal A…
Russia is committing "grave human rights violations" in Crimea, according to a report by the United Nations.
The UN human rights agency says it has documented arbitrary arrests, torture and at least one extra-judicial execution in the r…
People are voting in a landmark referendum on independence for the Kurdistan Region of Iraq - a move which has been criticised by foreign powers.
Polls are open in the three northern provinces that make up the region, as well as dispute…
France has opened a full scale inquiry over the alleged role of banking giant BNP Paribas in the Rwandan 1994 genocide in which more than 800,000 people died, France24 is reporting. Three civil society groups had filed a legal case against…
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she wants to win back the voters who deserted her party for right-wing nationalist AfD.
Mrs Merkel is set for a fourth term in office, despite heavy losses for her party.
She now faces mon…
A Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development (MLRD), Mr Kwasi Boateng Adjei, has charged metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) in the Volta Region to ensure that they are socially accountable at all times i…
Naturally, nobody likes war. Wars have had devastating effects on society from the dawn of human history.
Hundreds of millions of people have lost their lives due to it and generations after generations have suffered the psychological e…
The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have congratulated the country’s legal team for securing a historic victory for Ghana on the maritime boundary dispute with Côte d'Ivoire.
Last Saturday, Gh…
Cambridge and Edexcel exams in particular have given opportunities to thousands of Zambians to continue their secondary education and prepare them for university
Deputy British High Commissioner Andrew Hamilton today spoke at a certific…
African Union member states endorse the draft statute of the African Audiovisual and Cinema Commission (AACC) to boost African cinema industry The Ministers also approved establishment of the AACC Temporary Secretariat in Nairobi, Kenya Th…
The President said one of the challenges Uganda needed to tackle was electricity but the country did not get cooperation from the western countries in the 1960s, 70s and 80s
President Yoweri Museveni has told American investors that…
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MONUSCO evacuated 32 of the seriously injured Burundian refugees from Kamanyola by helicopter and road to Goma and Bukavu hospitals
The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUS…
As part of the health cluster response, WHO delivered lifesaving medical supplies to the communities affected by the heavy rainfall and subsequent flooding
The World Health Organization (WHO) in partnership with the Ministry of Heal…
A member of the Council of State, Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, has described Christian professionals as key stakeholders for the success of the national fight against corruption.
Christian professionals, she said, could lead the …
Ghana’s partnership with Hungary is expected to see about six million quality chicken layers from top Hungarian poultry hatcheries a year, Mr. András Szabó, the Ambassador of Hungary to Ghana, has said.
The Ambassador said this when th…
A Senior Lecturer at the Centre for African and International Studies of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Mr Douglas Frimpong-Nnuroh has called on Ghanaians to re-negotiate the unique societal values and the things that identified them …
United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The United States said Thursday it will spend another $575 million dollars to help the millions facing starvation and violence amid wars and unrest in Yemen, South Sudan, Nigeria, and Somalia.
"Thi…
The United States wants Myanmar to take urgent action to end violence in Rakhine state, where a military offensive has created a crisis that could jeopardize its economic and political transition, a U.S. official said on Friday.
Banglad…
Kenya will not face a constitutional or political crisis even if a planned re-run of its presidential election, now set for Oct. 26, is delayed beyond the end of October, the attorney general said on Friday.
The Supreme Court this month…
Iran will strengthen its missile capabilities and will not seek any country’s permission, President Hassan Rouhani said on Friday in a snub to demands from U.S. President Donald Trump.
Rouhani was speaking at a military parade where an …
Professor Akilakpa Sawyer, Former Vice Chancellor of the University Of Ghana, has described the proposed Founder’s day debate by government as “not worth debating and a waste of time”.
President Akufo-Addo has proposed legislation to P…
The Gambia has pledged to abolish the death penalty in a clean break with the former regime of Yahya Jammeh, giving activists hope that more African states will follow its example.
President Adama Barrow, elected in December 2016, signe…
Hurricane Maria is nearing the Turks and Caicos Islands as it continues its destructive path across the Caribbean.
The storm, now a category 3, is east of the island of Grand Turk with winds of 205km/h (125mph), the US National Hurrican…
President Trump made a major blunder during his United Nations speech on Wednesday.
When addressing African leaders at a luncheon in New York, Trump covered a list of achievements made by various nations.
"In Guinea and Nigeria, you …
The Deputy Chair of the African Union (AU), Kwesi Quartey, says Dr. Kwame Nkrumah still lives through his ideas and teachings. "Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's name would live forever because his ideas and teachings remain very much alive and releva…
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