The Ranking Member on the Roads and Transport Committee of Parliament, Kwame Governs Agbodza has called on the government to address the concerns of the driver unions to reduce fuel prices.
According to him, the numerous…
The Leader of the Opposition (“Minority Leader”) in Ghana’s “hung” Parliament, who has been a perfect picture of parliamentary due diligence so far in the matter of the stranded 2022 government budget, startled the public by announcing pre…
A court of appeal in Algeria has sentenced Christian convert Foudhil Bahloul to a six-month suspended prison term and a fine of 100,000 Algerian dinars (around 720 dollars) over a 200 Euro transfer deemed an “unauthorized donation” under a…
The KnowBe4 (KnowBe4.com) and ITWeb Ransomware Survey took a deep look into the South African organisation, finding that ransomware and cybercrime are increasingly impacting organisations on the continent. While many companies (32%) were a…
“My mind is in school. I do not want to be married before I finish my education,” said Ayat Garang Kenyang, a school student in Aweil, Northern Bahr El Ghazal.
Ayat was speaking at an event hosted by the United Nations Mission i…
An armed group linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) has since 2018 kidnapped and enslaved more than 600 women and girls in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province, Human Rights Watch said today. Mozambican and regional forces have rescue…
Western powers have called on Russia to lower tensions with Ukraine, ahead of a video call between US Joe President Biden and Russia's Vladimir Putin.
Responding to fears of a Russian invasion, Mr Biden agreed with leaders o…
Dozens of Rohingya refugees in the UK and US have sued Facebook, accusing the social media giant of allowing hate speech against them to spread.
They are demanding more than $150bn (£113bn) in compensation, claiming Facebook…
The runner-up in The Gambia's presidential election, Ousainou Darboe, has said he plans to challenge the result in which the incumbent, Adama Barrow, won with 53% of the vote.
Mr Darboe said his team was collecting evidence and would pu…
The United States has imposed sanctions on a Democratic Republic of Congo national and 12 companies linked to him for allegedly providing support to blacklisted Israeli businessman Dan Gertler.
The US Treasury in a statement said Alain …
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has stressed government’s determination to enhance domestic revenue mobilization, and says consultations are still ongoing to build consensus with the Minority Caucus over the e-Levy.
He says the essence …
The agenda on proceedings in Parliament this week is expected to be dominated by more debates, even though in a milder form, on the key contentious issues contained in the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the government.
Wit…
“Our fight against corruption has not resulted in the desired eradication of it; however, there is hope of getting there,” an Appeal Court Judge, Justice Angelina Dormakyaareh, has said.
She said the work of the Commission on Human Righ…
The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has called on stakeholders to help safeguard the country’s democracy.
He said the events in Parliament in the past two weeks did not augur well …
A US congressman has faced a barrage of criticism after he posted a Christmas photograph of his family posing with military-style rifles, just days after a deadly school shooting.
Kentucky's Republican representative, Thoma…
The Gambia's President Adama Barrow has easily won re-election, authorities there said, in the first vote for decades held without long-term leader Yahya Jammeh.
President Barrow received around 53% of Saturday's vote, with …
Far-right French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour has been attacked at his first campaign rally.
As the 63-year-old moved through the crowd to the stage, a man briefly grabbed him by the neck before security officers inte…
A dissident former leader of Colombia's Farc rebels has been killed in an ambush in Venezuela, local media reported on Sunday.
Hernán Darío Velásquez, nicknamed El Paisa, was reportedly shot dead in Venezuela's Apure state.…
A Rwandan court has sentenced to five years in prison a former director of Kigali's main prison for stealing money from a British inmate.
Innocent Kayumba, who was sentenced on Friday evening alongside his former deputy Eric Ntakirutima…
A presidential aspirant in Kenya has promised loans of between $4,400 (£3,300) and $8,800 to all newlyweds should he be elected to the top seat in next year's general elections.
Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua, who was launching his pres…
Africa's largest mobile phone company MTN has announced mandatory Covid-19 vaccines for its staff from January but it will give exemptions on "certain clearly defined grounds".
"For those staff who are not exempt from vaccinations eithe…
Minority Chief Whip in Parliament, Muntaka Mubarak, is worried over recent happenings between his side and the Majority following the controversial approval of the 2022 Budget and matters arising thereof.
He believes, the failure of the…
Weeks after hundreds of residents in the Anlo district, Keta, and Ketu South Municipalities were displaced by flooding caused by severe tidal waves, the Minority caucus in Parliament has called for government to make provision for adequate…
Future pandemics could be more lethal than the current Covid crisis, one of the creators of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has warned.
Prof Dame Sarah Gilbert, delivering the 44th Richard Dimbleby Lecture, said there needed…
US President Joe Biden has led tributes from both sides of America's political divide to veteran Republican Bob Dole, who has died aged 98.
President Biden said Dole was a "dear friend" and "an American statesman like few i…
Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to four years in prison, the first in a series of verdicts that could jail her for life.
She was found guilty on charges of inciting dissent and breaking Covid rules…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has applauded President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his recognition as the "African of the Year" by the Forbes Africa Magazine.
Forbes Africa, one of the continent’s most influential bu…
The 2021 Anti-Corruption and Transparency (ACT) Week and the International Anti–Corruption Day (IACD) would be commemorated from December 6th to 10th December.
The five-day programme would be on the theme: “Building a Culture of …
The Bolgatanga East MP, Dr. Dominc Ayine, has downplayed the suggestion that attempts at consensus building by the Minority in Parliament on the controversial 2022 budget, are signs that they’re being corrupted or compromised.
Speaking …
The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, and MP for Bekwai, Joseph Osei-Owusu, says he is always fair and firm when he is presiding over proceedings.
He thus rejected the allegation of bias against him over his recent ruling throwing out…
The Middle Belt Development Authority (MDA) has spent GH¢744 million on infrastructural projects in 109 constituencies across the five regions making up the middle belt.
The over 1,802 projects comprise both completed and uncompleted on…
The National Peace Council (NPC) has urged Parliament to resort to dialogue and consensus building in resolving differences in the House.
It appealed to both the Majority and Minority sides to use dialogue to resolve their differences w…
Nigeria has become the latest country to be added to Britain's travel red list - which imposes stringent coronavirus testing and quarantine restrictions on people who wish to enter.
They will have to pay for and self-isolate in a pre-bo…
A rights group in Nigeria has asked the court for "an order of perpetual injunction" to restrain the government from unlawfully shutting down telecommunication networks in any part of the country.
The injunction wants President Muhammad…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has, with immediate effect, banned all ministers and their deputies from travelling outside the country for the next one month.
The Director of Communications at the Presidency, Mr Eugene Bentum Arh…
Zimbabwe has confirmed the presence of the Omicron coronavirus variant in the country.
Speaking on state TV, Vice-President and Health Minister Constantino Chiwenga said that it followed genome sequencing but gave no further details.
…
The UN high commissioner for human rights Michelle Bachelet has called for an investigations into human rights violations in Burkina Faso.
Ms Bachelet who is visiting the Sahel region left Burkina Faso for Niger on Wednesday.
During …
Germany's national and regional leaders have agreed to bar unvaccinated people from much of public life in a bid to fend off a fourth wave of Covid-19.
Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel described the far-reaching measures as…
Two men in the southern Indian state of Karnataka have tested positive for the Omicron coronavirus variant.
One of them, a 66-year-old South African national, had travelled from there and has already left India, officials sa…
The National Black Caucus of State Legislators of the United States Congress have presented President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, with the first-ever International Nation Builders Award of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators.
…
Sudan’s military leader Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has called for the United Nations to support the transitional government.
Gen Burhan on Thursday met the UN special representative to the country, Volker Perthes, who said on Twitter th…
US human rights groups have criticised the reinstatement of a Trump-era policy requiring asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while claims are processed.
The American Immigration Council said it was a dark day for the US and th…
President Joe Biden has unveiled stricter Covid-19 travel rules as the US confirmed a handful of cases of the Omicron variant from coast to coast.
From next week, international travellers to the US, including Americans, must…
A senior citizen, Mr Kwame Pianim, has urged Members of Parliament (MPs) to exhibit a high level of statesmanship to enable them to focus on championing critical issues that affect the progress of the nation.
He said MPs were role model…
The leadership of Parliament has constituted a bi-partisan Committee to resolve the disagreements over the approval or otherwise of the government’s 2022 budget statement and economic policy.
The Committee is composed of te…
Dr Hassan Ayariga, founder and leader of All People's Congress (APC), has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to investigate allegations of impersonation in Parliament.
He also asked Madam Sarah Adjoa Sarfo, Member of Par…
Parliament will not sit on Friday, December 3, to enable members to travel to their constituencies on time to take part in the National Farmers Day celebration.
The Second Deputy Speaker, Andrew Asiamah Amoako, who chaired procee…
Economist and New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, Mr. Kwame Pianim has asked the Ministry of Finance take advantage of the ongoing Budget process crisis for more reflection and consultations.
“This is not the time for jerky manoeuvres”,…
Economist and political stalwart, Mr. Kwame Pianim has reminded all Ghanaians that the Covid-19 pandemic is far from over and there is therefore the need to stay calm and present a united front to protect each other.
He says it may even…
Ethiopia's education ministry has announced a temporary closure of all secondary schools to allow students to help in harvesting crops for Ethiopians on the war front, state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) has reported.
E…