The mother of a Ugandan legislator has stormed parliament over the detention and ill health of her son.
Justine Nakajumba, the mother of Kawempe North MP Muhammad Ssegirinya, has walked to parliamentary buildings where she has been rece…
US President Joe Biden has called the Omicron Covid-19 variant a "cause for concern, not a cause for panic" a day after it was detected in North America.
He said he saw no need for a new lockdown "for now... if people are va…
Rwanda’s health ministry has announced that it will start giving third doses to the elderly and those who have underlying conditions starting on Tuesday.
The ministry says the implementation will be done in phases and will begin in the …
Sudanese activists have called for more protests across the country on Tuesday to denounce the 21 November political deal that reinstated Abdalla Hamdok as prime minister, despite a meeting between Mr Hamdok and members of Resistance Commi…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the Omicron coronavirus variant poses a high risk of infection surges around the globe.
The variant could lead to severe consequences in some regions, the WHO said on Mond…
Barbados has officially removed Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state and become the world's newest republic.
In an overnight ceremony in the capital, Bridgetown, Dame Sandra Mason was sworn in as president.
The…
Former President John Dramani Mahama on Monday visited the Diabetes Centre of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital to distribute to the patients Glucometers on the occasion of his 63rd birthday.
Accompanied by his wife, Lordina, and children,…
The Kaneshie District Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Madina, Mr Francis-Xavier Sosu.
This was after the MP, who has been charged for unlawfully blocking…
Czech President Milos Zeman has appointed opposition leader Petr Fiala as the country's new prime minister.
Mr Zeman - who tested positive for coronavirus last week - made the appointment from inside a plexiglass box in a s…
Critical talks with Iran to prevent the collapse of a nuclear deal have resumed in Vienna after a five-month pause.
Officials are discussing the possible return of the US to the 2015 accord, which limited Iran's nuclear act…
A North Korean man has been re-captured after evading the police for 40 days, following a bold escape from a Chinese prison.
The 39-year-old man, known by his Chinese name Zhu Xianjian, was arrested again on Sunday, accordi…
Israel is to ban foreigners from entering the country for 14 days and use surveillance to halt the spread of the new Covid variant, local media report.
The ban is expected to come into effect at midnight on Sunday, following…
At least 22 people have been killed in an attack in a camp for displaced people in Ituri province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The attack has been blamed on the armed group Cooperative for the Development of the Congo (Codec…
The Ethiopian army chief has denied accusations that government forces killed Sudanese soldiers at the border between the two countries, the US-based pro-Ethiopian government ESAT TV reported.
Gen Birhanu Jula said there was no reason t…
The Nkwanta North District Chief Executive (DCE), Nawugma Kidignang William, has outlined his vision to transform the district into one that would attract investors.
According to him, getting facilities including a water system at Sib…
The African Union (AU) has endorsed vaccine pass standard and COVID-19 testing certificate standard of the Republic of Togo.
Togo is the “first country to offer a continental vaccine pass and testing certificate to its citizens”, a join…
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has commended the Minority Caucus in Parliament for rejecting the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy.
The NDC in a statement said the Minority Caucus comprising 1…
The Minority caucus in parliament has taken on the Majority side following the latter’s posturing after the rejection of the government’s 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy.
It said aspersions on the character of the …
The Municipal Chief Executive for Agona West in the Central Region, Mr Evans Addison Coleman, has assured residents that he will provide the requisite leadership devoid of partisanship for the development of the municipality.
“I am here…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has stated that Parliament will not reconsider the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the government after its rejection last Friday.
According to Mr A…
After dark, in a residential neighbourhood in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, dozens of civilian volunteers were busy patrolling their streets one night last week, stopping and searching cars and checking documents.
"Our ne…
Dutch police say they have detained a couple who escaped from a Covid-quarantine hotel.
The arrests were made on a plane in Amsterdam's Schiphol airport just before it departed to Spain on Sunday.
The Spanish man…
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai, Mr Alfred Amoah, has donated GHC9,000.00 to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) communicators in the Municipality to motivate them to publicise government’s programmes and poli…
South Africa's president has condemned travel bans enacted against his country and its neighbours over the new coronavirus variant Omicron.
Cyril Ramaphosa said he was "deeply disappointed" by the action, which he described…
Ms Sima Bahous, the United Nations Women Executive Director, has called on UN Security Council to strengthen and accelerate the implementation of the women, peace and security agenda.
“It has been 21 years since the UN Secur…
A former Deputy Finance Minister, Kweku George Ricketts-Hagan wants both sides of Parliament to reach a consensus to approve the 2022 budget when the House reconvenes on Tuesday, November 30, 2021.
The 2022 budget was re…
Zambia will from Tuesday start restricting people who have not been vaccinated against Covid from accessing government buildings.
It will also require civil servants to show proof of vaccination in order to be admitted to work, although…
The Convention People's Party (CPP) has called on the government to consult widely across all sections of the Ghanaian society in order to address the economic challenges facing the country.
According to the CPP, holding a national dial…
The majority caucus in Parliament says the pronouncement by the Speaker of Parliament that the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the government has been rejected by Parliament is “null, void and of no effect.”
According to th…
The New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa, Kobina Tahir Hammond, has laughed at what he says is an unconstitutionality - the rejection of the 2022 national budget by the Minority in Parliament on Friday, November 26.
…
A general from the United Arab Emirates who has been accused of complicity in torture has been elected as president of the global police agency Interpol.
Ahmed Nasser al-Raisi, inspector general of the UAE's interior minist…
Italy and France signed a treaty on Friday to strengthen bilateral ties and reinforce their coordination within Europe, at a time when EU diplomacy is being tested by the departure of Germany's Angela Merkel.
Italian Prime Minister Mari…
The head of the agency leading Africa's response to the coronavirus pandemic says imposing restrictions such as banning flights is unlikely to reduce the spread of the new variant.
"The restrictions imposed always make it difficult to c…
Metin Gurcan, a founder of the Turkish opposition Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA), said on Friday he had been detained over "political espionage" and that police were raiding his house.
Gurcan, a retired member of the Turkish Armed…
Sierra Leone's anti-corruption commission has indicted six officials on corruption allegations, including an opposition front-runner for the 2023 presidential election.
Samura Kamara was the presidential candidate for the now opposition…
Professor Godfred Bokpin of the University of Ghana Business School, has appealed to the citizenry to accept that corruption has come to stay hence measures must be taken to tackle the menace.
He decried that people do not feel any part…
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is scheduled to organise a town hall meeting on the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy on Tuesday, November 30, 2021.
National Communications Offi…
Ghana and the European Union (EU) Delegation to Ghana, have held their 2021 Session of the periodic Political Dialogues meeting in Accra.
A statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, copied…
The new Covid variant circulating in South Africa that prompted UK travel restrictions is a "huge international concern", the health secretary says.
Sajid Javid said experience has shown "we must move quickly and at the earl…
Militiamen have stormed a Libyan court and prevented judges from looking into Saif al-Islam Gaddafi’s appeal against the decision to exclude him from the presidential race, according to his lawyer.
Khaled Zaidi told reporters in the cit…
Japan will tighten border controls for people arriving from six African nations from midnight (1500 GMT on Friday) after a new and possibly vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant was detected in South Africa.
Those arriving from South Af…
The UN has confirmed that several days of inter-communal fighting in the Sudanese region of Darfur have left at least 43 people dead and thousands displaced.
The conflict broke out last week between Arab nomadic herders and farmers from…
The Minority in Parliament have hinted of opposing the new Legal Profession Bill which is yet to be laid before the House.
They noted that, the proposals contained the Attorney General and Minister for Justice Bill, which they cannot su…
A global shortage of fertilisers is driving up food prices and leaving poorer countries facing crisis, says the boss of a major fertiliser firm.
Svein Tore Holsether, chief executive of Yara International, said higher gas pr…
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Prestea Huni-Valley, Dr Isaac Dasmani, has embarked on a tour to inspect some ongoing projects that were being executed in the Municipality.
The purpose of the visit was to ascertain t…
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has downplayed claims that the nation is broke and needs financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
It stated that there was no need for the country to return to IMF becaus…
With Parliament rejecting the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy, the question now is how will government fund its operations in 2022.
Article 178 of the 1992 Constitution gives Parliament the sole authority to approve funds for …
The Dean of the University Of Ghana School of Law, Professor Raymond Akongburo Atuguba, has reiterated the need for an amendement to the 1992 Constitution.
He said despite the fact that there were many operational aspects of the constit…
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) can leverage its abundant cobalt resources and hydroelectric power to become a low-cost and low-emissions producer of lithium-ion battery cathode precursor materials. At the behest of UN Economic …
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), in conjunction with the U.S. Department of State, repatriated a trove of stolen artifacts to the Republic of Mali Nov. 22. The artifacts were transfer…