A Ugandan national army soldier has shot and killed a government minister whom he was guarding.
Retired Col Charles Okello Engola, the deputy minister for labour, was shot at his home in the capital, Kampala, on Tuesday morning.
It i…
Police officers have been deployed on the streets in Kenya's capital Nairobi ahead of planned protests by the opposition.
Opposition leader Raila Odinga has vowed to resume protests amid warning by the authorities that they will not all…
Israel is in the grip of one of the most serious domestic crises in its history, with uproar over the government's plans to change the way the judicial system works. Here is a brief guide to what is going on.
What is happening…
Nigeria imports petroleum products despite being one of Africa's top crude oil producersImage caption: Nigeria imports petroleum products despite being one of Africa's top crude oil producers
Nigeria has suspended the planned removal of…
The UK says Giles Lever, its ambassador to Sudan, has been relocated to neighbouring Ethiopia after it temporarily closed its embassy in the conflict-riven east African country.
"From Addis Ababa, he will lead the UK's diplomatic effort…
Legal Practitioner, Bright Oblitei Akwetey has picked nomination forms, and paid GHS 20,000 to contest for flagbearership of the Convention People’s Party (CPP).
The CPP has tentatively fixed June 10, 2023, to elect its flagbearer for G…
An aspiring presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kennedy Agyapong, has indicated that he will never withdraw from the party’s presidential contest.
He assured the delegates to disregard false claims that he woul…
A Chinese Coast Guard ship blocked a Philippine patrol vessel in the South China Sea, causing a near collision in waters where Beijing's vast claims have alarmed the US and its allies.
The BBC witnessed the tense encounter n…
Finland has returned two fragments of sacred historical stones that were carried away by Finnish missionaries during the colonial period.
The stones were taken from Ondonga, a traditional kingdom of the Ovambo people, in what is today n…
A flagbearer aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alan Kyerematen, has assured the citizenry of breaking the industrialisation and unemployment jinx bedeviling the socioeconomic growth and development of the nation.
“My years of…
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has commence assessing the complaint filed by Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dayi in the Volta Region, for an investigation into the illegal mining report authored by P…
Former US Vice-President Mike Pence has testified as part of a criminal investigation into alleged efforts by Donald Trump to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election.
Mr Pence, 63, sat for more than seven hours before a fed…
Suspected Islamist militants have killed 33 soldiers in north-east Burkina Faso during an attack on a military post, the army said in a statement.
It's the second such attack in just over a week in which dozens of soldiers have been rep…
With thousands in Sudan on the move but many millions more trapped by the fighting, shortages of food, water, medicine and fuel, have become critical.
The World Health Organization also notes that some 60% of health facilities in Kharto…
The Oti Regional First Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Yaw Ahenkorah Castro, has appealed to members, supporters and faithful of the party to work harder to win a third term to break the eight-year political cycle the count…
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has challenged Parliaments to strengthen parliamentary committees to be able to deliver on their mandate and assignments should be the primary focus of all legislatures.
That, he explained, was becau…
Pope Francis has landed in Hungary for a three-day pastoral visit - his first full trip to the country since he became Pope 10 years ago.
What kept him away was the tough anti-migrant stance of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, i…
A Turkish evacuation plane coming into land at an airbase outside Sudan's capital, Khartoum, has been fired at, Turkey's defence ministry confirms.
No-one was injured and it landed safely at Wadi Seidna, where it was being c…
Rival factions of Sudan's military agreed to renew a three-day ceasefire, shortly before it was due to expire.
The extension - for another 72 hours - follows intensive diplomatic efforts by neighbouring countries, as well as…
Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Samuel Abu Jinapor has defended Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah against allegations that he attempted to sabotage Professor Frimpong-Boateng while serving as Chairman of the now-defunct Inter…
The Director of Advocacy and Policy Engagement of the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Dr Kojo Pumpuni Asante, has said individuals wielding political power in the country must be willing to enforce anti-corruption laws…
US officials have postponed a meeting in Uganda on an HIV/Aids programme in order to assess the impact of an anti-gay bill soon expected to become law in the East African country.
The US President’s Emergency Plan For Aids Relief (Pepfa…
Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu has arrived in India to attend a key security summit meeting amid strained ties between the countries.
Mr Li will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) defence ministers' meet…
US consultancy giant Bain & Company has confirmed that Chinese police have visited its office in Shanghai and questioned some staff.
"We are cooperating as appropriate with the Chinese authorities," a spokesperson for the fi…
The US and South Korea have secured a landmark deal to counter the North Korean nuclear threat.
Washington has agreed to periodically deploy US nuclear-armed submarines to South Korea and involve Seoul in its nuclear plannin…
British nationals who want to leave Sudan have been told "now is the time to move" by the foreign secretary.
James Cleverly said the UK government cannot know what will happen when the ceasefire ends on Thursday at midnight …
At least 55 migrants have been killed when their Europe-bound dinghy sank off the coast of Libya, the UN's migration agency says.
The boat - carrying 60 people - had set sail from a town to the east of the capital, Tripoli, before it ca…
Unprecedented numbers of malnourished children in need of lifesaving treatment are being brought into feeding centres in the city of Maiduguri in north-eastern Nigeria, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says.
Since the start of the year, n…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has called for the resignation of the Minister for Health after he openly admitted that the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has failed.
Kwaku Agyemang Manu has said the Scheme is no longer wo…
Aspiring National Democratic Congress (NDC) Presidential Candidate, John Dramani Mahama says the country’s cocoa sector is on the verge of collapse because of the mismanagement of the sector by the Akufo-Addo government.
Addressing part…
An aspiring presidential candidate of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has slammed persons claiming he is not worthy to be the presidential candidate of the party for the 2024 polls.
The vociferous Assin …
Former President John Dramani Mahama, has urged the regular members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) members within Sefwi-Wiawso to unite to win the Wiawso parliamentary seat back for the Party.
According to the former Presiden…
Following the arrest of the former Burundian prime minister, Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, on 21 April 2023, and his right-hand man Désiré Uwamahoro on 18 April 2023, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director Flavia Mwangovya said:
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, is very concerned that the ongoing, brutal conflict in Sudan is now forcing tens of thousands of people to leave their homes in search of safety both within the country and…
The Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has confirmed to the BBC that evacuations of stranded Nigerian students in Sudan have started.
Abike Dabiri-Erewa posted a video on Twitter which shows students waiting outside to boa…
A year ago Volodymyr and his men were firing all 40 barrels of their BM-21 Grad rocket launcher in one go. Now they can only afford to fire a few at a time at Russian targets.
"We haven't got enough ammunition for our weapo…
After days of dread, fear and desperation, British families are now on rescue flights out of Sudan, making the 3,000-mile journey to safety.
At Stansted Airport, emotions ran high as relatives clutched flowers and waited to …
A former columnist suing Donald Trump over an alleged rape nearly 30 years ago has testified she launched the case "to try and get my life back".
E Jean Carroll told the New York civil rape and defamation trial she had been …
The Pope will for the first time allow women to vote at an influential global meeting of bishops in October - a move that has been welcomed as a historic first.
The new rules announced on Wednesday will give five religious …
The Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia, has published data to support his assertion that the President Akufo-Addo administration has generated more than two million jobs in the past six years.
During a health walk at Mpraeso, Dr. Bawum…
A constitutional lawyer and former Member of Parliament (MP) for Kumawu, Yaw Baah, has criticised the procedure used by Parliament to ensure that the guarantor system becomes one of the means through which a Ghanaian can register to vote.
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"Everyone finds selling on the streets the easiest way to survive, but you have to be creative."
Noel Ngwenya, 44, from Chivi District of Masvingo Province spends his working days in downtown Bulawayo, the country's second l…
Sweden has got into hot water with Norway after one of its research rockets malfunctioned and landed in its neighbour's territory.
The rocket was launched at 07:20 local time (05:20 GMT) on Monday from the Esrange Space Cent…
The Islamic State group mastermind thought to have planned the devastating 2021 bombing at Kabul airport has been killed by Afghanistan's ruling Taliban, US officials say.
The bombing that August killed 170 civilians and 13 …
Peace talks between the Ethiopian government and Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) have begun on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar, a rebel commander has confirmed to the BBC.
This is the first time the Ethiopian government is formally negotia…
A controversial plan in the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte to demolish slum dwellings and deport illegal migrants mainly to nearby Comoros has been halted by a court ruling.
Set to start at 06:00 local time (03:00 GMT) on Tuesday…
The South African presidency has clarified statements from President Cyril Ramaphosa that the country would be exiting the International Criminal Court (ICC).
During a state visit by the Finnish President on Tuesday, Mr Ramaphosa said t…
The Bono East regional organizer of the National Democratic Congress(NDC) Prince Opoku Mensah has launched massive support for former president John Mahama during Operation 99.9% within the ranks of delegates in the Bono East Region.
Ac…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary aspirant for Kpando Constituency, Sebastian Deh has launched his campaign with an appeal to delegates to support him make the constituency better.
According to a statement issued and…
Dr Senanu Kwasi Djokoto, a Parliamentary aspirant in the Keta Constituency of the Volta Region has assured the constituents of improving youth development through sports.
Dr Djokoto, who is also the acting Volta Regional Director of Hea…
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