Burkina Faso has recalled its ambassador in Ghana for consultations after President Nana Akufo-Addo accused the neighbouring country of inviting mercenaries from the Russian firm Wagner.
Ghana's ambassador to Burkina Faso has also been …
We've got a further update for you now on the state of the fighting in Ukraine - this time from the UK's Ministry of Defence.
It says Russia appears to be following "traditional military plans for entrenchment, largely unchanged since t…
The National Communications Officer of the Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, yesterday said that the party has taken steps to prevent any altercation at the upcoming 10th National Congress in Accra on Saturday.
He said the NDC h…
The five regions in the north have only four female Members of Parliament (MPs).
They include Zewura Ibrahimah in the Salaga South Constituency in Savannah Region, Hajia Lariba Abudu in the Walewale Constituency of the North East Region…
The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has responded to speculation that he owns six Toyota Land Cruiser vehicles and a mansion at Airport Hills in Accra.
According to him, such comm…
Ten people, including five children, have been killed in a fire in an apartment building near Lyon, France, the local government says.
Officials released a statement saying a "sizeable fire" broke out in a seven-storey block…
Russian forces fired 60 missiles and carried out drone attacks across Ukraine on Friday, officials said, striking the capital Kyiv and cities in the north, south and west.
Two people were killed and five wounded when a resid…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and its 2020 presidential candidate, former President John Mahama, to render an unqualified apology to the judiciary and the citizenry for what it said was …
India says tests carried out on Indian-made cough syrups linked to the deaths of nearly 70 children in The Gambia have shown no contamination.
The World Health Organization had earlier said initial tests of four products found unaccepta…
Mozambique’s parliament has approved a bill legalising the involvement of local forces in the fight against jihadists in the northern Cabo Delgado province.
Local militias have been assisting the army and its allies from Rwanda and the …
At a glance
An Irish soldier on UN duty in Lebanon has been killed in a gun attack
Pte Seán Rooney was in one of two armoured vehicles that came under fire while travelling to Beirut
Three other soldiers we…
US President Joe Biden has announced billions of dollars in support and investment for Africa at a summit with the continent's heads of state.
"The United States is all in on Africa's future," President Biden told the 49 Afr…
The National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Stephen Ayensu Ntim, has urged party faithful to remain focused notwithstanding the socio-economic difficulties by working hard for victory in the 2024 elections.
He said with trus…
The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has called on the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, to lay before Parliament the particulars on debt exchange for Ghanaians to appreciate the efforts being made to handle the debt crisis facing the…
The Minister of Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, has assured Parliament that the Boankra Integrated Logistics Terminal project will be ready by the middle of 2024.
He told the House yesterday that 80 per cent of the construction period…
Nigeria will on Thursday introduce into circulation its new currency in the first such redesign in 20 years.
The authorities say the measure is meant to address insecurity, tackle counterfeiting and force excess cash back into the banki…
Liberia's largest prison, the Monrovia Central Prison, has begun turning away new inmates due to overcrowding and fears of disease outbreak, the justice ministry and prison officials have said.
Justice Minister Frank Musa Dean told the …
At least three people have died as a powerful winter storm moves east across the US, spawning tornadoes in southern states and coating others in snow.
A young boy and his mother were killed in Louisiana when their home was d…
It was irresponsible for the National Democratic Congress and its presidential candidate in the 2020 election, John Dramani Mahama to have gone to the Supreme Court to challenge the election results knowing that they had no evidence, the L…
The 1992 Constitution should be reviewed to grant quotas to women to considerably increase their political representation in the legislature and in all decision-making bodies, a former Head of the Department of Political Science, Universit…
The Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi has asked US President Joe Biden to “put pressure on Rwanda in order to stop its support to the M23 rebels".
The two presidents spoke at a bilateral meeting during the ongoin…
Norway has complained after Twitter mislablled its foreign ministry as an organisation representing Nigeria, after the social media site seemed to mix-up the two countries' names.
To be fair, they both begin with the letter 'N'. And the…
The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo Félix Tshisekedi says he will cut short his trip to the US, where he is attending the US-Africa leaders summit, after floods killed more than 120 people in Kinshasa.
In a tweet, Mr Tshis…
At least four people have died after a boat carrying more than 40 migrants started sinking in the English Channel.
Record numbers have crossed the Channel in small vessels in 2022.
The government has announced a …
Jailed Georgian ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili has vowed to go on hunger strike again after a court hearing into his jail term was postponed.
Saakashvili, 54, has been in a Georgian jail for more than a year, convicted of …
Former President John Dramani Mahama has once again cautioned the various aspirants vying for national executive positions in the Saturday’s National Delegates Congress of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to desist from us…
Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu has called on the Government to submit the nation’s Debt Restructuring Document to the House for scrutiny.
“Even the Debt Exchange, they must bring something and lay it here for the people of Ghana, the Mi…
The National Delegates Congress Planning Committee of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has made adequate security arrangements to ensure an incident-free congress on Saturday.
The committee said with the measures being put in pl…
More than 120 people have been killed following the worst floods in years in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa, the authorities say.
Major roads in the city centre were submerged as heavy rains contin…
Ukrainian officials say they shot down over a dozen drones during a Russian attack on the capital city of Kyiv early on Wednesday morning.
BBC reporters heard loud blasts shortly after the air raid siren sounded.
…
Economist and Professor of Finance, Professor Godfred Bokpin says more is expected from government despite reaching a Staff Level Agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
He argues, it is now time for government to demonstr…
Six chiefs in the Ga State have been elevated to paramount status at a colourful ceremony where they swore allegiance to the Ga Mantse, King Nii Tackie Teiko Tsuru II.
The six chiefs of the elevated paramountcies comprise the Akanmadj…
Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo has said that African countries must wean themselves off "begging" the West to earn global respect and change poor perceptions about the continent.
"If we stop being beggars and spend African money insi…
South Africa’s parliament is expected to hold a special sitting on Tuesday to debate a report by a panel of legal experts which found that President Cyril Ramaphosa may have broken his oath of office.
This is in connection with the Phal…
The US has imposed financial sanctions on four Zimbabweans, including the son of President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
It accuses Emmerson Mnangagwa Junior of being linked to the businessman, Kudakwashe Tagwirei, who is already under US sanctio…
The health authorities in Ethiopia's Tigray region have commended the flow of medical supplies into the war-hit region following the peace agreement signed between the federal government and the rebel forces, the TPLF-run Tigray TV has rep…
Anti-government protesters blocked roads and stormed the international airport in Peru's second city Arequipa as deadly unrest intensified on Monday.
Supporters of leftist former President Pedro Castillo took to the streets …
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has apologised for insulting a political rival in parliament.
The offensive comment was picked up by microphones following a question by David Seymour, leader of the opposition ACT …
The Presidential fortunes of Trade and Industry Minister, Mr Alan Kyerematen, received massive boost over the weekend with scores of Ghanaian youth calling on the New Patriotic Party to elect him as the presidential candidate.
The gr…
Former Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, has praised Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia for his keynote address at the International Democratic Union Conference held in Washington DC, describing it as “excellent”.
He also praised…
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen popularly called ‘Alan Cash’ has promised to fund the entire cost involved in the printing of the albums for the upcoming New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Congress.
The NPP’s Nationa…
Outspoken traditional ruler, the Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State Togbe Afede XIV is of the view that Ghana’s current 1992 constitution is no longer fit for purpose.
He simply puts it as “our constitution has outlived its usefulness”, a…
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not hold his traditional big year-end news conference, the Kremlin has said, for the first time in 10 years.
But spokesman Dmitry Peskov said "we hope the president will after all find a…
Belgian investigators searched offices at the European Parliament in Brussels on Monday, in a probe into alleged bribes from World Cup host Qatar.
It was the 20th search carried out since Friday and the parliament president,…
A former Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister, Samuel Yaw Adusei, has said he is confident that after the ballots are counted at the end of voting on Saturday, December 17, 2022, he would emerge the new National Chairman of the National Democr…
The Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State, Togbe Afede XIV, has called for a review of some aspects of the 1992 Constitution to meet the country’s development aspirations.
He said the amendments should, among others, reduce the powers of the…
Benin, Seychelles and The Gambia are the only African countries that allow visitors from any other African nation to enter without needing a visa, the just-released 2022 edition of the Africa Visa Openness Index says.
In contrast Sudan,…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is in the United States (US) to attend the US-Africa Leaders’ Summit scheduled to take place from today, December 13, to Thursday, December 15, 2022.
The summit, being hosted by US President, Joe Bi…
South Korea's parliament has passed a motion calling for the dismissal of the interior minister over the government's response to the Itaewon crush.
Lee Sang-min has been facing mounting pressure to step down following the …
Three women including a friend of Italy's new prime minister were killed when a man opened fire at a cafe in Rome, injuring four other people.
Those inside were meeting as part of a local block's residents' committee.
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