New Zealand's prime minister says Cyclone Gabrielle, which has pummelled much of the North Island, is a weather event not seen "in a generation".
Chris Hipkins' government has declared a state of emergency - only the third …
Switzerland has called for dialogue between the Cameroonian government and separatist groups after armed men killed five aid workers.
Armed men on last week attacked a Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC) facility in the restive South…
Militants have attacked an army outpost and a gold mine run by precious stones miner Gemfields Group in the northern Mozambican district of Montepuez in Cabo Delgado province, privately-owned radio station Zumbo FM has reported.
The ear…
The authorities in Equatorial Guinea on Monday said the country had reported its first outbreak of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease in the same family of viruses that cause Ebola.
Nine people are suspected to have died fro…
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Justin Portal Welby,has described the country’s democratic process as exemplary in Africa, saying it is not based on tyranny but on clear policy and freedom of choice.
He cited double voting in Northern …
The Eastern Regional Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Tony Osei-Adjei, has urged the newly elected Akwatia Constituency executives of the party to work assiduously to win back the Akwatia parliamentary seat from the opposition…
The National Chairman of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Nana Ofori Owusu, has described the current action of the President to replace ministers and fill vacant positions as unproductive and a bane to the development of the nation.
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People like Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko are a "disturbance", the immediate past Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo has said.
Reacting to Gabby's comment on her participation in a pensioner bondholders picketing as part of a protest asking the g…
South African officials have seized a superyacht and two palatial homes owned by Equatorial Guinea's Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang.
A court ordered the seizures after local businessman Daniel Janse van Rensburg won a …
Syria's government has agreed to open two more border crossings to allow aid to be delivered to opposition-held north-western areas devastated by last week's earthquakes, the UN says.
"It's going to make a big difference. We…
The sensors from the first suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down over the US have been recovered from the Atlantic Ocean, the US military says.
Search crews found "significant debris from the site, including all of the pr…
Some political parties in the country are calling on the government to suspend the ongoing Domestic Debt Exchange Programme and find alternative measures of resolving the current economic crisis.
According to them, it is insensitive fo…
The National Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party, Mr Stephen Ntim has assured the Greater Accra Regional Council of Elders of the NPP and the entire party that the leadership of the NPP will ensure a free and fair election toward…
In Chad, more then 450 rebels have gone on trial in connection with the death of President Idriss Déby.
He was killed in April 2021 whilst fighting a rebel offensive launched from Libya.
The hearing is taking place inside a prison wh…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) delegates in Jomoro have elected new constituency executives to steer affairs of the party.
More than 1,025 delegates from 215 polling stations in Jomoro took part in the election.
Jomoro Constituency ex…
If the latest forecasts from the World Bank prove true, Senegal's economy will grow more than any other African nation this year.
"After slowing to 4.8% in 2022, growth in Senegal is projected to jump to 8.0% in 2023 and firm to 10.5% i…
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki has accused the US of supporting Tigrayan rebels during the recently concluded civil war in northern Ethiopia.
In a Sunday interview with local media, the president claimed that the peace deal signed be…
Professor Baffour Agyeman-Duah, a former United Nations Senior Governance Advisor, has reiterated calls for the amendment of the 1992 Constitution, especially portions, which gives the President power to appoint as many ministers he or she…
A Former Vice President of the Ghana Association of Writers (GAW), Mr Ben Imoro, has stressed the need for amendment of the 1992 Constitution to meet the current political and economic development needs of the country.
According to him,…
The tents are so close to the border wall between Syria and Turkey, they are almost touching it.
Those living here on the Syrian side may have been displaced by the country's more than decade-old civil war. But they could a…
The US military is unsure what three flying objects it shot out of the skies over North America were - and how they were able to stay aloft.
President Joe Biden ordered another object - the fourth in total this month - to b…
Presidential aspirant Kwabena Agyapong has reacted to what he says was “a big lie” being circulated on social media about him in relation to Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and their presidential ambitions.
Reacting to a statement …
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has told the Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, to desist from what it described as his interference in the work of the Auditor-General.
In a statement dated February, 10 2023, the N…
At least 12 civilians have been killed in an attack in northern Burkina Faso, according to reports.
Locals in Kossi province, close to the border with Mali, told the French news agency that armed men on motorbikes stormed the village of…
Tunisia has arrested two former judges who were sacked by President Kais Saied last year, according to reports.
The police detained Bechir Akremi and Tayeb Rached, who were among the dozens of judges and members of the judiciary sacked …
A UK appeal to help the earthquake survivors in Turkey and Syria has raised nearly £33m on its first day.
The appeal by a collection of aid agencies was launched by the Disasters Emergency Committee and broadcast on televisi…
Mr Yaw Dabie Appiah Mensah, a leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bono Region, has called on the government to be more proactive in tackling the development challenges in the region.
He, however, said the government…
A senior health official in Beijing has urged China's local leaders to find ways to boost the country's birth rate.
Yang Wenzhuang said officials must take active steps to tackle the detrimental effects of China's long-stand…
The foreign ministers of Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso have called for their countries' reinstatement into two regional blocs that suspended them after recent military coups.
In a joint statement, the ministers said they had agreed to w…
Parliament has adopted the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs on African Union Convention on Cross-Border Cooperation Niamey Convention to promote cross-border cooperation, ensure peaceful resolutions of border disputes and would p…
The Running Mate of former President John Dramani Mahama in the 2020 general elections, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku- Agyemang, has ended a 10-day working visit of the Central Region which took her to the Agona East Constituency, a meeting wi…
Zambians have begun to assess the scale of the devastation caused by flooding, following heavy rain across the country.
The southern African country is currently going through its rainy season and heavy downpours have left roads submerg…
French President Emmanuel Macron has said he is considering stripping Vladimir Putin of France's top honour.
The Russian leader was presented with the Legion d'Honneur in 2006 by former French President Jacques Chirac.
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Concerned Youths of Likpe, a group in the Guan District of Oti Region, had petitioned Mr Dan Botwe, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development to call Madam Janet Emefa Obro-Adibo, Guan District Chief Executive (DCE) to order.
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The Volta Youth Forum of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the rank and file of the party to declare Former President John Dramani Mahama as the party’s flag bearer for the 2024 Presidential election.
A statement issu…
Aspiring New Patriotic Party (NPP) flag bearer, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, has said the voting pattern in the Volta Region will change drastically in favour of the party, if he gets the nod from the delegates at the primaries.
He said he e…
The United States has issued a security alert to its citizens in Kenya over potential terrorist attacks in the country.
The note warns that hotels, embassies, restaurants and malls frequented by foreigners and tourists could be attacked…
Ethiopia has limited access to social media and messaging platforms amid mounting tensions between the authorities and the Orthodox church.
Netblocks, an organisation that monitors freedom of access to the internet, said the restriction…
A new-born baby and his mother have been rescued from rubble in Turkey, around 90 hours after the first of Monday's deadly earthquakes.
The 10-day-old boy, named Yagiz, was retrieved from a ruined structure in the southern H…
South Africa's president has declared a state of disaster to try and deal with a crippling and unprecedented energy crisis. South Africans have been facing blackouts every day, which have badly affected homes and businesses, but what d…
The new Minority Leader, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has promised that the caucus under his leadership would keep the government on its toes, to ensure good governance.
He said the Minority “would not tolerate any more bad governance” by t…
The Director of Communications of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Richard Ahiagba on Wednesday urged the leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to expel its Suame Youth Organiser, Razak Koampa for inciting political viol…
A suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that the US shot down this week was able to collect communications signals, a US official has said.
It was equipped with multiple antennas capable of "intelligence collection operati…
More than 21,000 people are now known to have died in Monday's earthquakes in Turkey and Syria - though the UN warns the disaster's full extent is still unclear.
Rescuers are still searching rubble for survivors, but hopes a…
Popular actor and movie producer, Fred Nuamah has announced his intention to contest the National Democratic Congress’ parliamentary slot for the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency.
During the 2020 general elections, celebrated actor, Joh…
The Immediate past Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu yesterday reported to the House for business but rejected the seat allocated to him and rather made contributions from the Majority side of the chamber a rare occurrence.
Mr Iddrisu rej…
The non-governmental organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has suspended its activity in the Mouhoun region in north-western Burkina Faso following the killing of two of its employees,
Armed assailants opened fire on Wednesday morn…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's 2023 state of the nation address was interrupted by jeering from one opposition party leading to chaos in parliament in Cape Town.
As he stood up to start the speech a group of MPs attempted to …
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has signed an executive order setting up a transitional team that will usher in a new government after the forthcoming general elections.
“The new executive order puts in place a legal framework for t…
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