Three policy analysts have said the measures outlined by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to resolve the economic crisis are inadequate and failed to address some fundamental issues.
According to them, the measures did not show how…
The Deputy Ranking Member on Parliament’s Finance Committee, Isaac Adongo has described as empty, President Nana Akufo-Addo’s announced measures for economic recovery while alleging that the President has lost control of th…
A special court in the Central African Republic has issued its first conviction against three militiamen over war crimes committed in 2019 in the north-west of the country.
Rebels control two-thirds of the country, which is still reelin…
African leaders have joined other world leaders in congratulating Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who was declared the winner of a presidential run-off.
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi said that Lula's victory was …
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has said he still does not understand the decision by the government to withdraw the military team to his office, the third highest in the country.
He said due to the baffling de…
A French-Australian national has been freed in Chad after being abducted on Friday.
Jérôme Hugonnot had been taken hostage by unknown individuals in the eastern Wadi-Fira province, near the Sudanese border.
On Sunday, Chadian Preside…
Rwanda’s president has said he’s had a "good discussion" with the UN secretary general about de-escalating the situation in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Conflict has been raging in the region for months between the DR C…
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned heads of security agencies for a meeting on Monday in the capital, Abuja, following terror alerts issued recently by several Western countries.
In a statement, the presidency said the me…
Russia has announced it is suspending its involvement in the internationally-brokered deal that allows Ukraine to export grain from its Black Sea ports.
It comes after Russia accused Ukraine of a "massive" drone attack on th…
The government has been urged to open an investigation into claims former prime minister Liz Truss's phone was hacked while she was foreign secretary.
The Mail on Sunday reported private messages between Ms Truss and foreign of…
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak could still attend the COP27 climate summit if sufficient progress is made on preparations for the autumn Budget, Downing Street has said.
On Thursday No 10 said Mr Sunak was not expected to attend "d…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has better men and women to effectively manage the economy and affairs of the state of Ghana than the New Patriotic Party (NPP), former President of Ghana John Dramani Mahama has said.
He said judg…
A member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alhaji Sheriff Nasiru, who is vying for the position of National Vice-Chairman, has said he will help provide logistics and financial support to …
Former President, John Dramani Mahama, has commiserated with Justice Joyce Bamford Addo, a former Speaker of Parliament and Supreme Court Judge.
On the visit with Mr Mahama was former Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, during which he signe…
Alhaji Farouk Aliu Mahama, New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Yendi has stressed the need for the Tertiary Students Confederacy (TESCON), of the party to remain determined and resolute in working for the interest of the par…
The African Union has called for an immediate cessation of fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo where rebels have been advancing towards a provincial capital in the east of the country.
DR Congo has expelled the Rwandan ambassad…
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo says his country is experiencing its worst economic crisis.
The president said in a televised address to the nation on Sunday: "We are in crisis. I do not exaggerate when I say so. I cannot find an exa…
Brazil has taken a turn to the left as former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva beat far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the presidential election.
After a divisive campaign which saw two bitter rivals on opposite sides…
Russia has launched more than 50 missiles targeting critical infrastructure across Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv, causing power and water outages, Ukraine says.
One Kyiv resident told the BBC his district was without e…
The Senior Presidential Advisor, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has underscored the need to inculcate love for the country and the right mindset in the younger generation as a means to drive the country’s transformation agenda.
That, he said, was nec…
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has cautioned the Electoral Commission (EC) and other state institutions that he would not allow any instrument to be laid before the House without pre-laying meeting for him to be …
Africa's top health body has moved to reassure people that the Ebola outbreak in Uganda is "not getting out of hand".
Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, the acting head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, told journalists that a s…
Officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) say access to northern Ethiopia is urgent to save the lives of millions of people facing a "perfect storm" of deprivation.
Cholera and measles outbreaks have been recorded in Amhara and…
Brazilians will vote on Sunday in the second and final round of presidential elections. Polls suggest former leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is ahead of his far-right rival - the current president Jair Bolsonaro. But after the…
Aspirants of the National Chairmanship position of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) have been urged to use decorous language and refrain from media attacks in their campaigns.
The Council of Elders of the NDC, who gave …
The government in Togo says more than 4,000 people have been forced to flee their homes this year following jihadist attacks in the north of the country.
Among the displaced are Togolese who had to leave their villages, and Burkina Faso…
The world faces "probably the most dangerous" decade since the end of World War Two, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned.
In a wide-ranging speech on Thursday, he sought to justify Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a mov…
Mali’s transitional president, Col Assimi Goïta, and Niger ex-president Mahamadou Issoufou met in Bamako on Thursday to discuss challenges affecting the Sahel region
It is not known if there were any decisive outcomes from their talks. …
The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has launched this year’s poppy appeal, with a call on educational institutions and the media to sensitise the public to its significance.
He said sponsorship and wearing of the poppy were dwindli…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says he is much aware of the difficulties Ghanaians are facing in the face of the current economic challenges.
Nana Akufo-Addo says government is working to mitigate the plight of the citizenry.
…
Millionaire businessman Sam Matekane has been sworn in as Lesotho’s prime minister.
He took the oath of office in front of thousands of Basotho and presidents from southern Africa in the capital, Maseru.
The events including an air s…
Parts of France and Spain are seeing an unusually warm late October, with bathers enjoying water temperatures of 20-21C on the French Riviera.
"This year is exceptional," Rose-Marie Martini told Reuters news agency as she ta…
Three demonstrators have been killed during clashes with Iranian security forces in the western town of Mahabad, state media has reported.
The protesters reportedly targeted government buildings after attending the memorial…
The National Chairman aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has pledged to return the party to power in 2025 if elected for the position.
Additionally, he would implement a number of reforms that wou…
The Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, stated that he would take steps to challenge the Speaker’s ruling that only the plenary of the House has the mandate to determine the fate of the three absentee Members of Parliament (MPs).
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The UN Security Council has voted for the resumption of negotiations between parties to the disputed Western Sahara.
The Thursday resolution called for the parties to resume negotiations "in good parties to resume negotiations "in good …
The United States has ordered some diplomatic staff and their relatives to leave Nigeria's capital, Abuja, citing the risk of terror attacks.
The American embassy in Abuja has advised US citizens not to travel to the city.
It hasn't …
Dozens of cities across China, including Wuhan where the coronavirus was first recorded, have gone into lockdown - as the country pursues leader Xi Jinping's zero-Covid policy.
More than 800,000 people in one district in Wu…
President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia has launched more than 30 drone attacks on Ukraine in just two days.
He added that in total, Moscow had also carried out some 4,500 missile strikes and over 8,000 air raids.
…
Some aggrieved National Democratic Congress (NDC) executives and aspirants in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency have accused the incumbent constituency leadership of the party of conniving with other agencies to rig the just-ended const…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that the safety of journalists to go about their duties is sacrosanct.
Condemning attacks on media personnel when the leadership of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) called on him o…
It is not true that the leadership of the Minority caucus in Parliament have met and decided to support the candidature of Johnson Asiedu Nketia who has launched a campaign for the national chairman position of the National Democratic Cong…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has professed a number of solutions to the government which he says when implemented would help the country out of its current economic woes.
The solutions include the government cutting down on expe…
The case of a former political adviser accused of raping a colleague inside Australia's Parliament House has been aborted after juror "misconduct".
Bruce Lehrmann, 27, denies sexually assaulting Brittany Higgins on a governm…
The controversial Russian ban against promoting so-called "gay propaganda" looks set to be extended to all adults.
The move represents a toughening of an existing 2013 law, which makes providing information about being LGBT …
Burkina Faso military leader Ibrahim Traoré has assured US diplomats he will not recruit Russian mercenaries fight Islamist militants in the country, according to a senior US official who has just returned from West Africa.
"He was uneq…
Israel and Lebanon have signed an historic agreement setting their borders in the Mediterranean Sea.
The neighbours, which have technically been in a state of war since Israel's founding in 1948, had been in a dispute over r…
The son of Uganda's long-serving President Yoweri Museveni has once again stoked the speculation that he is in line to succeed his father.
Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has tweeted that he will "repay [his] great mother" by becoming president…
Human Rights Watch has called for the Malian security forces and UN peacekeepers to offer more protection in the north of the country following dozens of attacks by Islamist militant groups.
It says tens of thousands of people have been…
Western Regional Minister, Mr Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah has called on the 14 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs), under his authority to hold on to the Western Region Agenda of inclusive Development.
"We have a Wes…
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