The US is considering imposing new Covid restrictions on Chinese arrivals, after Beijing announced it would reopen its borders next month.
American officials say this is due to a lack of transparency surrounding the virus i…
Ethiopian Airlines has resumed commercial flights to the capital of the war-hit Tigray region for the first time in nearly 18 months.
Its chief executive Mesfin Tasew said the flights to Mekelle would bring families back together, and h…
The Eastern Regional Coordinating Council (ERCC) has held its second regional council meeting and appealed to Municipal and District Chief Executives (MDCEs) to participate in scheduled regional programmes.
The meeting was organised in …
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bibiani-Anhwiaso- Bekwai Constituency, Mr. Alfred Obeng-Boateng has distributed food items to over 1,500 people in the constituency.
The recipients included opinion leaders, constituency executives, ele…
The UN Security Council has denounced Taliban government policies targeting women and girls in Afghanistan.
The Taliban have banned women from attending university and working for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) within…
Thirteen-year-old Nika Selivanova made a heart shape with both her hands, waving goodbye to her best friend Inna who was pressed up against the glass partition that divided the entrance hall of Kherson's train station from the waiting …
A sister of the alleged ringleader of a failed coup attempt in The Gambia has called for his release, saying he was not involved in any plot to topple President Adama Barrow's government.
Lance Corporal Sanna Fadera was arrested…
One political party does not have the solution to all of Ghana’s problems, bring everybody, no matter their backgrounds on board, the General Superintendent of Assemblies of God, Ghana, Rev Stephen Wengam has urged the government.
Com…
The much-anticipated changes to St Kitts and Nevis' Citizenship by Investment Programme have been announced today by the country's recently appointed Citizenship by Investment Unit Head, Michael Martin. Setting a bold and new tone for the …
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged people to start wearing masks again as the country steps up surveillance of Covid cases.
Mr Modi held a review meeting on Thursday amid a surge in cases in China which has put In…
The United States has accused North Korea of supplying battlefield missiles and rockets to the Russian mercenary group Wagner for use in Ukraine.
The White House said the shipment violated UN Security Council resolutions and…
Mr Governs Kwame Agbodza, Member of Parliament (MP) for Adaklu, has launched skills development training programme for the youth in the Adaklu district.
The first batch of 50 beneficiaries, all girls, were enrolled as seamstress apprent…
Togo's President Faure Gnassingbé will oversee the armed forces as part of a reshuffle amid growing security concerns in the northern regions, according to a decree announced on Friday.
Until this year, Togo had been spared the frequent…
President Akufo-Addo has appealed to Journalists not to fall prey to misinformation on IMF negotiations in a bid to create disaffection for the government.
Speaking in Accra at a Ghana Journalists Association, GJA Dinner with Journalist…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) says it is ready to engage the new leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on issues to help voters make informed decisions in the 2024 general elections.
While congratulating the new leaders t…
Russian authorities have started destroying the ruined theatre in Mariupol, according to an aide to the city's exiled Ukrainian mayor.
Petro Andryushchenko accused the occupying authorities of seeking to cover up the murder …
Shell has agreed to pay $16m (£13m) to four Nigerian farmers and their communities to compensate for damage allegedly caused by pollution coming from leaks in its oil pipelines.
The sum was agreed in negotiations between the…
The Bassare Youth Association (BAYA) has admonished Bassares in various political parties to aspire to leadership roles to make their presence felt in the progress, growth and development of politics in the country.
“It has always been…
Parliament on Thursday passed the Appropriation Bill, 2022, under a certificate of urgency giving Government the go ahead to spend GHS227.80 billion from the Consolidated Fund and other public funds for the 2023 fiscal year.
The Appropr…
The commander of the East African regional force based in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has urged the local population in the area of Kibumba to return home as it is now secure and safe.
General Major Jeff Nyagah, who is part of …
Health experts say it has not been possible to begin a trial in Uganda of three experimental Ebola vaccines due to a lack of cases of the virus.
An outbreak of the Sudan strain of Ebola has caused at least 55 deaths since September.
…
A gunman has opened fire in central Paris, killing three people and wounding three others.
The attacker targeted a Kurdish cultural centre and shot members of the local community. A possible racist motive is being investigat…
Parliament on Thursday, approved the nominations of Lariba Zuweira Abudu and Francisca Oteng Mensah as Minister and Deputy Minister respectively of the Gender Ministry of Children and Social Protection Ministry.
The approval of the tw…
The stiff opposition by the Minority in Parliament against the allocation of funds towards the construction of the National Cathedral project forced the withdrawal of GH¢80 million earmarked for the project from the budget estimates of the…
The December 2021 update on the Dnipro Kids charity website feels like another world.
It describes plans for the annual Christmas party "in a nice restaurant" with games and personalised gifts for every child.
A r…
German authorities have arrested an employee of its BND foreign intelligence agency on suspicion of passing state secrets to Russia.
The accused, named as Carsten L because of privacy rules, was arrested in Berlin in a case …
A navy officer has been named by The Gambia's government as the alleged ringleader of a failed coup plot.
Lance Corporal Sanna Fadera had been detained, along with four other officers, in an operation under way since Tuesda…
A group calling itself Lawyers In Search Of Democracy (LINSOD) has congratulated the newly elected executive of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The group in a statement signed and issued by its Secretary, Theophilus Dzimega, exp…
The members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Boston, Massachusetts have extended their congratulations to the newly elected National Executives of the National Democratic Congress.
The members noted that they are confident…
Plunging temperatures wreaking havoc across the US and Canada can lead to frostbite on bare skin in only five to 10 minutes, experts are warning.
A powerful Arctic winter storm has placed more than 135 million people under w…
Hospitals in China appear to be filling up amid concerns about a fresh Covid-19 wave hitting the country, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
Dr Michael Ryan says intensive care units (ICU) are busy despite officials s…
The Gambia's government says it has thwarted an attempt to stage a coup.
Four soldiers had been arrested and three alleged accomplices were on the run, a statement said.
It is unclear who exactly was behind Tuesda…
After being in detention for more than six years and his trial inexplicably adjourned more than 100 times, the former head of Cameroon's public broadcaster has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Amadou Vamoulké was convicted by a cou…
Leadership of pressure group, Justice for Ghana has stressed that the group will embark on a series of actions in its quest to compel government to ease the burden on Ghanaians and the country’s purse.
The group on Wednesday, presented …
The chiefs and people of the Builsa Traditional Area have celebrated this year’s Feok Festival.
Feok in the Buli language means abundance of food, and the festival is held annually in December in memory of the forebears who led the peop…
The Deputy National Women’s Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mimi Duah, has asserted that the party can only fulfil the expectations, hopes and aspirations of the citizenry if only it stays in power for a long period.
“Let’s…
The humanitarian community in South Sudan launched today its 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan. The plan seeks US$1.7 billion to provide life-saving assistance and livelihood support to 6.8 million of the most vulnerable people affected by c…
The Taliban have banned women from universities in Afghanistan, sparking international condemnation and despair among young people in the country.
The higher education minister announced the regression on Tuesday, saying it …
The family of a Lockerbie bombing suspect has told the BBC he had nothing to do with the 1988 atrocity.
The US alleges Abu Agila Masud, from Libya, made the bomb that downed Pan Am flight 103 over the Scottish town.
…
A new government seen as the most right-wing in Israel's history has been agreed, sealing Benjamin Netanyahu's return to power.
Mr Netanyahu, who won elections in November, is set to serve an historic sixth term as prime min…
Ukraine is "alive and kicking" and will never surrender, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, in a defiant address to US lawmakers on his first foreign trip since Russia's invasion.
US military aid to Ukraine was not chari…
The New Patriotic Party has called on Ghanaians to commend President Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his government for taking steps to address the challenges that confronted the economy.
The country over the past six mo…
Parliament has put on hold the approval of over GHS 2 billion budget estimate for the services of the Finance Ministry for the year 2023.
This came after the Minority raised concerns about the allocation of GHS 1 billion for resour…
The UN Security Council has eased a weapons embargo on the Democratic Republic of Congo in a move which could help the army to fight rebel groups.
Countries are no longer required to notify the Security Council of arms sales to the gove…
In Kenya the governor of Nairobi has directed all state-run hospitals to release any patients who are being held because of unpaid bills.
It is common practice for hospitals there to refuse to discharge patients until all medical fees h…
India's health ministry is on alert following a surge of Covid cases in neighbouring China.
The government has instructed states to ensure genome sequencing of all positive cases in the country.
It has also asked …
The family of Peru's ousted President Pedro Castillo has left Peru for Mexico after the latter offered them asylum.
Mr Castillo remains in detention in Peru.
Peru's foreign minister had earlier granted Mr Castillo…
Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has handed 22 artefacts looted in the 19th Century back to Nigeria at a ceremony in the capital, Abuja.
The return of this set of Benin Bronzes follows a deal made earlier this ye…
In our series of letters from African journalists, Magdi Abdelhadi looks at how football ignited a row about Moroccan identity.
It is fair to say that the World Cup in Qatar this year has been defined by controversy like no …
The newly elected General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, has vowed to rally the rank and file of the party to deliver a one-touch victory in the 2024 general election.
The NDC, he said, would r…
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