The Nzema East Municipal Assembly in the Western Region has inaugurated its Municipal Guards to protect lives and properties in the area.
The Guards, otherwise known as City Guards, who were recruited after a three-month intensive train…
The first-time eligible voters have been encouraged to turn up massively to vote in the upcoming December 17 Referendum, Assembly and Unit Committee elections.
"Go and exercise your sovereign power as qualified voters who can contribute…
The Russia–Africa Economic Forum’s business programme will feature a session devoted to humanitarian and social cooperation between Russia and African countries “Russia and Africa: Science, Education, and Innovation for Economic Developmen…
The ‘Contribution of Nuclear Technologies in the Development of Africa’ panel discussion looks to play a key role in the Creating Joint Projects track of the
business programme. Session participants, including Director General of the Stat…
More than 110,000 people are taking part in search and rescue operations after Typhoon Hagibis struck Japan on Saturday.
The typhoon - the worst storm to hit the country in decades - has left at least 40 dead, with 16 missing.
Typhoo…
Somalia’s government says it is setting up a national blood bank for the first time in more than two decades.
The announcement comes on the second anniversary of the country’s deadliest bomb attack in the capital, Mogadishu, which kille…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged Ghanaians to unite for the accelerated development of the country.
He has also called on the people to cultivate the culture of tolerance to preserve the stability, peace and security of…
The Sunyani Catholic Diocese has launched a sensitisation programme to educate Ghanaians to understand issues about the forthcoming referendum and district level elections.
The programme is in line with the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Con…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is scheduled to touch base with home, the Eastern Region from Saturday, October 12 to Monday, October 15, 2019.
The President will among other things interact with students of the Koforidua Second…
The European Union and Britain agreed on Friday to hold intense talks over the next few days in a bid to secure a deal over Britain’s departure from the bloc, but arrangements over British-Irish border controls remain at issue, the EU said…
The US Treasury has imposed sanctions against the Gupta family and an associate over alleged corruption in South Africa.
The sanctions were targeted at brothers Atul, Ajay and Rajesh Gupta, and South African businessman Salim Essa.
T…
Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzra, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Ho West Constituency, has assured supporters and faithful of the party that victory was “on the horizon” for the party ahead of the 2020 general e…
The pace of change in Ethiopia has been so fast since Abiy Ahmed became prime minister in April 2018 that it is almost like observing a different country, and this is why he has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
The reforms he has int…
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for "his efforts to achieve international peace and co-operation".
This year's Nobel Peace Prize is the 100th to be awarded, but why is it so prestigious and who…
Three people were stabbed at a shopping center in the northern English city of Manchester on Friday and police said counter-terrorism detectives were leading the investigation.
The stabbings took place at the Arndale shopping center in …
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in southern India on Friday for talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to try to halt a slide in ties over the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir amid scattered anti-China protests from Tibeta…
Global ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] on Friday launched a pilot test of a boat service in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos to attract commuters seeking to avoid the megacity’s notoriously congested roads.
The Unite…
The Majority Leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has revealed that the leadership of Parliament does not intend to prevent the Special Prosecutor from working, however, he must work in accordance with the…
Seventeen aspirants have picked nomination forms to contest for the District Assembly and Unit Committee elections 2019 at the Anyaa East electoral area in the Ga-Central Municipality.
Out of this number, four aspirants will contest for…
Traditional authorities have been tasked to join the crusade against corruption by forming anti-corruption educational groups in their communities to campaign against all forms of corrupt practices in the society.
Their contribution tow…
Traditional authorities have been tasked to join the crusade against corruption by forming anti-corruption educational groups in their communities to campaign against all forms of corrupt practices in the society.
Their contribution tow…
For two decades, people living in Ethiopia and Eritrea could not visit or call one another
One of the heartbreaking byproducts of conflict is the sheer number of families that become separated and can no longer communicate with one anot…
By Morne van der Merwe, Managing Partner and Head of the Corporate/M&A Practice, Baker McKenzie Johannesburg
Countries in Africa are preparing for the reality that a hard Brexit could lead to increased risk aversion and reduced investo…
Merck Foundation releases ‘Merck More Than a Mother’ Local Song in partnership with The Gambia First Lady
Merck Foundation releases “Merck More Than a Mother” Local Song created by Sunita, a young Gambian Artist
Merck Foundation (Mer…
This award recognizes the critical work Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government has done to initiate human rights reforms in Ethiopia
Responding to the announcement that Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been awarded the 2019 Nobel…
A cargo plane carrying presidential staff crashed in eastern Congo on Thursday, and all eight passengers and crew are feared dead, a presidential adviser told Reuters on Friday.
The plane, carrying President Felix Tshisekedi’s driver, a…
Protesters in Ecuador have released ten police officers who were taken hostage amid violent demonstrations triggered by austerity measures.
Indigenous demonstrators paraded the officers, including one woman, on a stage in Quito before a…
The Convention People's Party (CPP), has elected officers for 14 regions. The election of regional officers was conducted in a record period of 13 continuous days in all the regions except Volta and Greater Accra.
A statement issued …
Casualties are increasing as Turkey presses on with its cross-border offensive on Kurdish-held areas of northern Syria.
At least 11 civilians have died and dozens of fighters from the Kurdish-led SDF and pro-Turkish factions have been k…
Fifteen candidates have filed nominations for the District Assembly and Unit Committee elections in the Gomoa East District in the Central Region.
There are 12 electoral areas in the District and a total of 53 candidates picked forms fo…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is optimistic that Ghana's commitment to pursue accountable and transparent democratic governance, especially at the local level would lead to accelerated growth.
He said the success of any governm…
Mr Adam Bonaa, a Security Analyst has urged Ghanaians planning to cause havoc in the 2020 general elections to desist from the act as it would destroy the high earned reputation of the country.
Mr Bonaa, who is also the Chief Executive …
US President Donald Trump has told a campaign rally in Minneapolis that he will push for stringent controls over the resettlement of Somali refugees in the state of Minnesota.
It hosts one of the largest populations of Somali refugees i…
The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who made peace last year with bitter foe Eritrea.
He was awarded the prize for his efforts to "achieve peace and international cooperation".
Mr Abiy's…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says practising multiparty democracy at the 'top' of the governance structure but making the district level 'non-partisan’ is deceptive, for which reason it is time to remove the "fiction and showcas…
A Senegalese government delegation, led by the country’s Minister of Water and Sanitation, His Excellency Serigne Mbaye Thiam, briefed the African Development Bank on Senegal’s preparations to host the World Water Forum in Dakar in March…
UNHCR has assisted 1,663 vulnerable refugees out of Libya in 2019
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in G…
From one Ebola front line to another in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Dr Didier Mwesha, WHO Infection Prevention and Control Expert
As of mid-June 2019, there were some 2071 Ebola virus disease cases in the 12-month period of th…
Trade ministers from across the Commonwealth today made a commitment to resist all forms of protectionism, and to work urgently together towards reforming the World Trade Organisation, which sets the global rules for international tra…
Anti-corruption officers in South Africa have seized upmarket homes and luxury cars during a series of raids in the coastal city of Durban.
The raids targeted the city's sacked mayor Zandile Gumede, and more than 10 other people.
Ms …
Riot police have shut a popular radio station critical of Liberia's president and former football star George Weah.
The officers broke a steel gate and stormed the offices of Roots FM in the capital, Monrovia, shortly after its breakfas…
You can be born into it, you can earn it, and you can lose it. Increasingly, you can also invest your way into it.
The "it" is citizenship of a particular country, and it is a more fluid concept than ever before. Go back 50 years, and i…
Joe Biden has made his first call for Donald Trump's impeachment and told a rally the president has "already convicted himself".
The former US vice-president is one of the Democratic front-runners in the 2020 presidential race.
His p…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) on Wednesday urged religious and traditional leaders in the Northern Region to encourage citizens to actively participate in the upcoming District Level Elections (DLEs) and Referendum for…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has launched a public sensitization and awareness campaign in the North East Region on the District Level Elections (DLEs) and Referendum for the Amendment of Article 55 (3) of the 1992 Co…
The Ghana Beyond Aid Committee has met Faith-Based Organizations as part of its efforts to broaden consultations on the drafting of a comprehensive charter document that would guide the nation towards to self sufficiency.
The meeting wa…
Mr Frank Wilson Bodza, the Programmes Manager in charge the Democratic Governance at Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiDAF), has advocated the reduction of the presidential age to promote youth participation and inclusive democrati…
The Yendi Municipal Assembly has approved its 2020 Annual Action Plan, Budget and Fee Fixing resolution during its second ordinary meeting in Yendi in the Northern Region.
In all 43 Assembly members made up of 30 elected members and 13 …
Nana Osei Agyei, an Assembly member aspirant for the Akyeremade Electoral Area in the Asante Bekwai Municipality, says he will prioritise capacity building for employable skills for his people when given the nod in the upcoming District Le…
Rwanda has toppled its current world record of 64 per cent women representation in Parliament, setting a new one of 68 per cent.
Out of 80 seats, women now occupy 54 seats, which is 67.5 per cent - a new world record for women represent…
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