Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the country will work to promote a "universal sense of oneness" while it leads the G20.
India formally took over the presidency - which rotates annually between members - of …
The Chairperson of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Nana Akosua Frimpomaa Sarpong Kumankumah, has called on the youth to align themselves with the CPP to enable the party win the 2024 general election.
According to her, the CPP is…
Trust in women leaders is falling even as their numbers in high-ranking positions are rising. Why?
More women than ever before are running the world’s biggest companies, but research shows that the rise in representation ha…
More than a million Kenyans have registered to a government loan scheme targeting the youth and informal traders just a day after its launch
The scheme, known as the Hustler Fund, was launched by President William Ruto on Wednesday and …
Russia's frequent and widespread attacks on Ukraine's power infrastructure have plunged millions of people into darkness, depriving them of heat, power and water just as winter arrives and temperatures drop below zero.
Many …
The immediate past Superintendent of the Assemblies of God Church, Reverend Professor Paul Frimpong-Manso, has called for proactive peace building activities to safeguard the peace of the country.
He said activities that promoted peacef…
The newly installed Divisional Mankrado of the Gomoa-Akyempim Traditional Council, Nifa Division, Nana Kumasah Krampah I, has underscored the need for chiefs to spearhead development in their communities.
He said contrary to the notion …
Toads, spectacles and the word "grandpa" figure in posts by people in China as they remember the late Chinese leader Jiang Zemin and try to avoid the censors.
Members of China's top leadership have never had individual acco…
A campaign group in Malawi has launched a series of events to encourage men to be involved in ending violence against women and children.
Men for Gender Equality Now (Megen), which has 50,000 members, has been holding marches in eight d…
The Military Mission of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), best known as Samim, deployed as part of the fight against terrorism in Cabo Delgado in northern Mozambique, says it has killed 30 suspected jihadists in an operati…
The jihadist group Islamic State (IS) has announced the death of its leader, Abu al-Hassan al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi.
An audio message from the group's spokesman said he was killed while fighting what he called "the enemies of …
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has rejected the ruling of the Wenchi High Court on the Techiman South Parliamentary election petition.
The opposition party described the ruling as untenable and indicated that it will appeal the …
The spokesperson for the group and Member of Parliament for Asante Akim North, Andy Appiah-Kubi, told journalists in Parliament, Accra, yesterday.
“We made a request to him and he said we should wait till the presentation of the budget …
President Cyril Ramaphosa's postponement of a prescheduled session with parliamentarians, following a report released late on Wednesday about his conduct regarding a burglary at his farm nearly three years ago, is perhaps the first indicat…
Pope Francis' trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan has been rescheduled for early next year, the Vatican has announced.
The pope will be visiting the two countries between 31 January and 5 February, according to a st…
Canada's ambassador to the European Union has voiced concern with proposed EU rules to curb deforestation.
A November letter from Ailish Campbell said the rules add "burdensome" requirements and will hurt trade between Canad…
Attendance of Members of Parliament (MPs), particularly the Majority Caucus, at the ongoing debate on the 2023 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the government has been low.
For two straight days since the debate commenced, the …
Constitutional review should not tackle only one arm of government but also the others as well as all the flaws in society, says a retired Supreme Court Judge, Mr Justice Stephen Alan Brobbey.
According to Justice Brobbey, there is the …
African leaders reviewed the continent’s progress in industrialization, economic diversification, and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in the context of global shocks, debt vulnerabilities, climate change, and security conc…
China has signalled a shift in its Covid stance as it moves to ease some virus restrictions despite high daily case numbers.
Dozens of districts in Shanghai and Guangzhou, cities that have seen rising cases, were released f…
This began as an awkward private conversation but soon became a big public embarrassment for the Royal Family.
It is a sign of how seriously it has been taken that Buckingham Palace reacted so rapidly.
Within hour…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing a possible impeachment threat over the "Farmgate" scandal.
The president has been accused of covering up a $4m (£3.3m) theft from his farm in 2020, including kidnapping and …
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has described the 2023 budget statement and economic policy presented by the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, to Parliament last Thursday as bankrupt, unrealistic and lacking focus.
According to …
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Adentan Constituency, Mr Mohammed Adamu Ramadan, has donated items worth thousands of Ghana Cedis to some individuals, schools and lorry parks within his constituency at …
The Ethiopian ambassador to Kenya has said that the rebel Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) will surrender its heavy weapons on Saturday following talks between senior army and TPLF commanders.
Ambassador Bacha Debele made the ann…
Nato has pledged to give more weapons to Ukraine and help fix critical energy infrastructure badly damaged by massive Russian missile and drone strikes.
At a summit in Bucharest, the secretary general of the military allianc…
A court in Nigeria has sentenced the police chief to three months in prison for disobeying an earlier order to reinstate an officer who has waged a lengthy battle to get back his job.
Patrick Okoli has been fighting his forc…
The US says it has "serious doubts" about the credibility of Equatorial Guinea's election results that saw the world's longest-serving president continue his 43-year-rule.
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, 80, secured almost 95% of votes, …
A Zambian student who died in Ukraine early this month had been fighting for the shadowy Russian mercenary group Wagner, the Reuters news agency quotes Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin as saying.
"Yes, I remember this guy well," Mr…
The speaker of South Africa's parliament has received a report from a panel tasked to establish whether President Cyril Ramaphosa should face impeachment for allegedly covering up a crime.
The panel investigated the circumstances around…
Madam Millicent Kabuki Carboo, Biakoye District Chief Executive (DCE), says the district has made remarkable progress in all sectors through the goodwill and support from traditional leaders and other stakeholders.
She said although the…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has assured the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of his unflinching support towards the 2024 elections whether he is the flagbearer or not.
Addressing party executives in Wa in the Upper West Reg…
The District Chief Executive for Shama, Mr Ebenezer Dadzie, has cut sod for the construction of school facilities at Aboso and Assorko in the Shama Municipality of the Western Region.
The Aboso facility, estimated at GH¢473, 000.00 incl…
African countries are not on track to achieve a global target of ending HIV-related deaths by 2030, a new report says.
The UN report to mark World Aids Day on Thursday highlights the differences in the way that men and women are treated…
Namibia's Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is edging closer to becoming the country's first female president.
The 70-year-old has just been elected as vice-president of the governing party Swapo, which has been in power sinc…
People in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou have clashed with police overnight in the latest protest against the country's strict Covid rules.
Footage online showed police in white hazmat suits clutching riot shields to…
The leaders of New Zealand and Finland have dismissed a journalist's suggestion that they arranged a meeting because they are "similar in age".
At a press conference in Auckland, Finland's Sanna Marin and New Zealand's Jacin…
The National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, says he will win by a massive margin in the upcoming national chairmanship race to retain his position.
Mr. Ofosu Ampofo sa…
The Majority and Minority are sharply divided over the 2023 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the government.
When the debate on the budget started yesterday, the Minority said the document offered no hope to the ordinary Ghanai…
Four Palestinian men have been killed by Israeli forces in three separate incidents in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian and Israeli officials say.
Two were brothers who were shot dead as clashes broke out with Israeli tro…
A Kenyan court has temporarily suspended the government's decision to lift a ban on the importation and distribution of genetically modified (GM) crops and animal feeds, according to local media reports.
It follows a lawsuit lodged by a…
The US Justice Department has announced charges against three men who allegedly funded separatist fighters in Cameroon.
The three US citizens of Cameroonian origin were arrested on Monday and appeared in court on charges of conspiracy t…
A UN panel of experts on human rights in South Sudan has called on the government to investigate and prosecute top officials for their alleged role in sexual violence.
It said the government should immediately remove from office and inv…
The immediate past Superintendent of the Assemblies of God Church, Reverend Professor Paul Frimpong-Manso, has called for proactive peace building activities to safeguard the peace of the country.
He said activities that promoted peacef…
The chiefs and people of Asante Mampong Traditional Area in the Ashanti Region have decided not to allow any mining activity on their lands.
This is to prevent the destruction of farm lands and water bodies in the area.
It follows t…
The government of the Central African Republic says a plane from an unidentified country has bombed a military camp in the town of Bossangoa.
There have been separate reports of fighting in the same area involving the rebel group, the C…
"I think there is no Ebola in Uganda." Those are words of Battle Kay, as he is known online - a 28-year-old who lives in the capital, Kampala, and makes social media videos criticising the actions of the government.
But he'…
A UK museum's signing over of its collection of objects looted from the Kingdom of Benin is "a really great day", the head of Nigeria's National Commission for Museums and Monuments has told the BBC.
The Horniman Museum in s…
Russia has hit out at comments from the Pope that some minority groups of soldiers have behaved worse than others in the invasion of Ukraine.
The "cruellest" troops are generally Chechens and Buryats, Pope Francis told a US…
China's protests against Covid restrictions which erupted over the weekend appear to have died down, as authorities begin clamping down.
A heavy police presence has been reported in several cities, and some gatherings were q…
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