The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Assin Central Constituency in the Central Region, Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has assured that he is poised to spring a surprise in the upcoming presidential primaries of the ruling New Patriotic Party…
An outspoken Cameroonian radio journalist has been found dead, after he disappeared on Tuesday in a suspected abduction.
Martinez Zogo was director of the privately-owned Amplitude FM and hosted a popular radio show called "Embouteillag…
Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, is visiting South Africa for the first time since the invasion of Ukraine 11 months ago, which Pretoria has refused to condemn.
While Russia is being shunned by the West, it has historic ties wi…
Pakistan suffered a huge power cut early on Monday following a breakdown in its national grid, leaving millions of people without electricity.
Power was out in all the country's major centres, including the biggest city Kara…
Police in Spain have broken up a gang they say ran three illegal tobacco factories where Ukrainian refugees worked in poor conditions.
The operations were found in three regions of Spain and 27 people have been arrested.
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The New Patriotic Party has expressed sadness at the passing of one of its staunch members, Alhaji MND Jawula.
Alhaji MND Jawula died at the age of 74 in Nashville, United States.
In a statement signed by the General Secretary of the…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Eastern Region says it will work very hard and in unity to recapture the Akwatia parliamentary seat from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2024 general elections.
This declaration comes a…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor wants the Secretary to the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral, Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng to step aside pending investigations into allegations made against hi…
Ghana and Malta have renewed their commitment to enhance cooperation for the mutual benefit of peoples of the two countries.
The two countries made the commitment when the Minister for Foreign, European Affairs and Trade of Malt…
An ancient Egyptian statue once owned by King George III is at risk of leaving the country unless a UK buyer can be found.
The limestone statue of the pair of priests is thought to have been created circa 2400 to 2300 BC, during…
China's population has fallen for the first time in six decades, official statistics revealed earlier this week - but this trend may not spell doom for the country in the short term, experts say.
Beyond 2030, however, demogr…
Sierra Leone has passed an historic law to improve women's rights, including better employment rights.
Under the new Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Act (GEWE) 30% of government and private sector jobs in the country are reserve…
The head of Ethiopia’s central bank has been replaced as the country continues to grapple with high inflation rates.
Yinager Dessie was appointed as governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) in 2018 shortly after Prime Minister Ab…
Justin Kodua Frimpong, the General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said that there will be no special dispensation for incumbent Members of Parliament (MPs) who intend to contest the party’s upcoming primaries.
Mr Frimp…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bortianor-Ngleshie-Amanfro, Sylvester Tetteh is the latest politician to publicly declare his support for the former Minister for Trade and Industry, Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen in the latter’s quest to s…
Jacinda Ardern says she has "no regrets" about her plans to quit as New Zealand leader, after a decision that shocked both supporters and critics.
A day after revealing she had "no more in the tank", Ms Ardern said she was …
Mali has taken a delivery of warplanes and helicopters from Russia as Moscow deepens its involvement in the country.
Since breaking ties with France, the military regime in Mali has become reliant on its new ally, which has deployed mer…
Chadian activist Delphine Djiraibé has won the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders.
She won the award along with jailed Kashmiri rights activist Khurram Parvez and Feliciano Reyna, a rights activist from Venezuela.
"The co…
The Founder and Leader of the Ghana Union Movement (GUM), Reverend Christian Kwabena Andrews, has called on Ghanaians to give the party a chance to change the economic fortunes of the country for the better in the 2024 general election.
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Mr Emmanuel Nii Ashie Moore, the Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has donated GHC 50,000 towards the payment of rent arrears of the party’s Regional Office at South La, in Accra.?
The donation, …
The Leader and founder of the Ghana Union Movement (GUM) Rev. Christian Kwabena Andrews has urged Ghanaians to reject the current NPP government and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and opt for GUM heading into the 2024 elections sin…
Hundreds of people have had to be evacuated after a fire broke out in a shanty town in South Korea's capital, Seoul.
Roughly 60 homes are reported to have been destroyed in Friday morning's blaze in Guryong Village.
…
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrives in Senegal on Friday at the start of an African tour.
She's expected to outline President Joe Biden's commitment to the continent and offer African governments and businesses an alternative str…
South Sudanese civilians who fled conflict between 2013 and 2016 are being discouraged from returning home because soldiers are still occupying their houses, peace monitors say.
Lt-Gen Asrat Denero Amad, an Ethiopian army general who he…
New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful, Kennedy Agyapong says agriculture will play a major role in his transformational agenda for the country if elected President of Ghana.
Kennedy Agyapong envisions using the Northern part of …
Member of Parliament Dome Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo has said her stay from Parliament in 2022 was not deliberate.
She thus pledged her renewed commitment to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the government of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Add…
Actor Alec Baldwin will be charged with involuntary manslaughter over the shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was killed on a film set when he fired a prop gun.
Mr Baldwin had been rehearsing a scene for the Wes…
A Russian news video claiming to show Serbian volunteers training to fight alongside Russian troops in Ukraine has prompted outrage in Serbia, exposing its complex relationship with Moscow.
Russia's Wagner mercenary group ma…
A Spanish charity says almost 2,500 migrants died or disappeared trying to cross from Africa to Spain in 2022. However, this is around half the number who died the previous year.
Most lives were lost attempting to reach the Canary Islan…
The authorities in Edo state in southern Nigeria says the last two hostages from a group of people who were kidnapped from a train station in the state almost two weeks ago have now been released.
Seven suspects, including two village c…
The Convention People's Party (CPP) has outdoored radio presenter Captain Smart as a member of the party in line with plans to reactivate the energies of some prominent Ghanaians towards the "Grand Mobilisation Drive" of the party.
He w…
THE National Democratic Congress (NDC) has fixed the filing fee for its presidential primary at GH¢500,000.
The parliamentary primary fee has also been pegged at GH¢40,000.
Furthermore, nomination forms for the presidential and parli…
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has said there are "no accidents at war time" after 14 people died in a helicopter crash in the capital, Kyiv.
Ukraine has not claimed Russian involvement, but Mr Zelensky told the Worl…
At least three more people are reported to have died amid protests against Peru's President Dina Boluarte.
Dozens of lives have been lost during weeks of demonstrations after former leader Pedro Castillo was ousted.
…
A UN spokesperson, Farhan Haq, has told the BBC’s Newsday programme that the body wants “the perpetrators” of killings in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) to be “brought to justice” after it confirmed the discovery of two mass g…
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has warned against campaigns supporting rights of homosexuals in the country.
Homosexual acts are already illegal in Uganda.
The president termed gay rights as "nonsense" during remarks made on Wedn…
South Africa's military has announced it will next month hold joint military drills with Russia and China off its coast.
The drills will run for 10 days from 17 February to 27 February in the port city of Durban and Richards Bay.
The…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is working diligently to regain its electoral authority in the Central Region in the 2024 election, Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Ekumfi, a leading member of the party has said.
According to him, though, the…
A staunch member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the UK, Ernest Kwaku Kobeah, is set to pick forms to contest in the upcoming presidential primaries of the party.
The presidential candidate hopeful who is a modern sewage sy…
The Oti Regional Minister, Mr Joshua Makubu, has begun an official tour of some communities beginning from the Nkwanta South Municipality.
Mr Makubu, the Oti Minister, in an interview on the sidelines, said the tour’s objective was to …
Lawyers of the Member of Parliament for Assin North Constituency, James Gyakye Quayson have filed a motion seeking the Supreme to review its November 22, 2022 ruling that dismissed a certiorari application filed by the MP.
Mr Tsatsu Ts…
President Macron's reform programme faces a make-or-break moment, as French unions stage a day of mass strikes and protests against his plans to push back the age of retirement.
A new bill due to go through parliament will …
Jacinda Ardern is quitting as New Zealand prime minister ahead of this year's election saying she no longer has "enough in the tank" to lead.
The shock announcement comes as polling indicates her Labour Party party faces a d…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Mpraeso Constituency in the Eastern Region, Davis Ansah Opoku, has appealed to the government to increase the allowances paid to sanitation workers of Zoomlion.
He also appeale…
AN ASPIRING flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, has said the party currently needs a new generational leader to chart a path for the growth of the NPP.
Such a visionary leader is needed to create a new…
Concerns about the health of Pope Francis have led to a change in his itinerary for his forthcoming trip to South Sudan.
The Catholic Archbishop of Juba, Stephen Ameyu Martin, said that plans for the pontiff to visit a camp for people d…
The Gambia's President Adama Barrow has declared seven days of mourning following the death of Vice-President Badara Alieu Joof at the age of 66.
Mr Joof died in India after a short illness.
He was thought to have been receiving trea…
Former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice and New Patriotic Party flagbearer aspirant, Joe Ghartey, has stated that he will appoint 60 Ministers if he is elected as President of Ghana.
According to him, his government will have a …
Maria Ressa looks and sounds like she is on top of the world, and understandably so - this has been a huge victory for her.
A court in the Philippines has acquitted the journalist and her news outlet Rappler of tax evasion,…
The world's oldest person, French nun Lucile Randon, has died aged 118.
Ms Randon - who assumed the name Sister André when she became a nun in 1944 - died in her sleep at her nursing home in Toulon, France.
Born i…