A bill signed into law by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on 13 October to severely restrict freedom of expression online will be weaponized against critics, including political opponents, and must be immediately reversed, Amnesty Intern…
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is to fast-track many billions of pounds worth of tax and spending measures from his debt plan, announcing them a fortnight earlier than expected.
The Treasury will outline details of the plans later o…
Russia has hit Ukraine with a wave of attacks, including Iranian-made "kamikaze" drones on the capital, Kyiv.
The strikes hit critical infrastructure in three regions, cutting off electricity in hundreds of villages across …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commenced a four-day tour of the Ashanti Region, where he will commission projects and inspect ongoing ones and confer with traditional leaders of the area.
Beginning on Sunday,…
Despite recent widespread criticisms by a cross-section of Ghanaians over the government’s handling of the illegal mining menace in the country, President Nana Akufo-Addo has reiterated his resolve in fighting the canker.
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The Director of Elections for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, has said he will, if mandated as General Secretary, give the party a new face and a fresh breath of life.
He declared his intentions …
Kenya's President William Ruto has disbanded an elite police unit which has allegedly been linked to extrajudicial killings in the country in recent years.
The president, who came to office in September, said the move was part of effort…
The acting head of the African Centres for Disease Control (CDC), Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, has returned to Kenya after allegedly being mistreated over the weekend by immigration officials at Frankfurt airport in Germany.
He said the immigrati…
The prospect of Ghana securing an expedited deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been given another boost, as the United Kingdom (UK), Germany and France have pledged to support the country to deal with its current economic …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has been assured that the US$330 million Boankra Integrated Logistics Terminal project, popularly referred to as the Boankra Inland Port Project, which has been on the drawing board for some eighteen…
President Nana Addo DankwaAkufo-Addo, says his government, since 2017, has embarked on the construction and completion of some thirty-two (32) hospital projects in the Ashanti Region.
Speaking at the commissioning of the 60-bed Asante A…
Ugandan General Muhoozi Kainerugaba has apologised to Kenya's President William Ruto over tweeted threats about invading the neighbouring country and capturing its capital in two weeks.
Gen Kainerugaba's tweets drew angry reactions from…
The Democratic Republic of Congo's representative at the UN, Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, has accused Rwanda, without presenting facts, of taking gorillas from Congolese forests to Rwanda.
Mr Nzongola-Ntajala said this during the 11th emer…
The legal battles before Donald Trump are expansive and varied.
The former president is under investigation for everything from his handling of top secret documents to the price tag placed on his New York penthouse, and faci…
Nigeria's Appeal Court has dropped all charges against separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu after ruling that he had been illegally arrested abroad.
The court also ruled that his extradition was illegal.
The ruling by a…
The 2020 Running-mate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has observed that the NDC launching a book on its administrative history is about telling its own story to avoid distortions.
“When you tel…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) aspirant for Suaman Constituency in the Western North Region, Frederick Addy, has pledged to provide laudable projects to improve livelihoods of his constituents and transform the con…
The aid agency, Oxfam, says one person is likely to die every 36 seconds between now and the end of the year in the Horn of Africa as drought ravages the region.
Large parts of Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia are bracing for a fifth failed …
Communities in three Australian states have been ordered to evacuate as torrential rain brings major flooding.
Parts of the country have received up to four times their average October rainfall in just 24 hours.
A…
Professor Alexander Bilson-Darku, a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA), has suggested that the decentralisation of the One District One Factory (1D1F) policy will ensure full participation of people at the rural l…
The political parties without Members of Parliament (MPs) have called on the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to rescind its decision to not consent to the new Constitutional Instrument (CI) which seeks to introduce the Ghana Card as t…
Video footage has emerged showing what appears to be Iranian security forces shooting at fleeing people with a gun mounted on the back of a pick-up truck.
In the clip, which has been verified by the BBC Persian service, bang…
Lecturers in Nigeria’s universities have suspended which began eight months ago.
They were demanding better funding for universities, more facilities and an improved pay system among other issues.
Several rounds of talks with the gov…
Tunisia's coastguard says the bodies of 15 migrants have washed up off the coast of Mahdia.
They said they were badly decomposed, suggesting they had been in the water for a long time.
The authorities said they were trying to identif…
The Kenyan authorities will disconnect about 12.5 million Sim cards this weekend as the registration window draws to a close.
Kenyans who have not verified their Sim card details will see services suspended from Sunday. They will not be…
The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has officially declared his intention to contest the chairmanship position of the NDC.
Declaring his intention on Accra-based Class FM, Mr. Nketiah…
Akwasi Addai Odike, the leader of the United Progressive Party, has accused the Electoral Commission of disrespecting some smaller parties following the notice to revoke the registration of 17 of them.
“This woman […
A rare and dramatic protest in Beijing that criticised President Xi Jinping has sparked an online hunt for the mystery protester's identity, as well as praise for the action.
The protester had mounted Sitong bridge in the Ha…
Former President John Dramani Mahama delivered a keynote speech at the opening of the Abuja Forum 2022 on the evolving China-Africa Agenda, organised by the Gusau Institute.
The Abuja Forum 2022 was a virtual forum, and President Ma…
The Ranking Member on the Education Committee of Parliament, Peter Nortsu Kotoe says government’s decision to introduce a six-year secondary education policy by next year can only materialize if the constitution is amended…
Chad's veteran opposition politician Saleh Kebzabo has defended his decision to serve as prime minister in military ruler Gen Mahamat Idriss Déby's new government.
"I trust him. He's a young man who believes in democracy," Mr Kebzabo sa…
Kenya's government has denied media reports that it has failed to meet its debt repayment obligations to China over the construction of a multi-billion dollar railway line from the capital Nairobi to the coastal city of Mombasa.
Busines…
Thirty African countries voted in favour of a UN resolution rejecting Moscow’s contentious referendums in four Ukrainian regions that it declared part of Russia.
Nineteen countries abstained, including Eritrea that had previously voted …
A rare protest attacking President Xi Jinping and China's Covid restrictions has taken place in Beijing, days before a historic Communist Party congress.
Images showed two protest banners on a bridge in the north-west of th…
The US and Mexico have agreed to a plan that allows some Venezuelan migrants to enter the US - but those who arrive illegally will be sent back to Mexico.
It is hoped the deal will ease pressure at the US-Mexico border, wher…
Somalia's information ministry says the leader of the country's journalist union, Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, is “being held on security related charges”.
Mr Muumin was arrested on Tuesday after openly criticising new government restrictions o…
Professor Samuel Kwaku Bonsu, Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), has admonished the youth to eschew the notion of self-entitlement which makes them believe that governments ought to create jobs f…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ketu South Constituency in the Volta Region, Dzifa Gomashie, has challenged women to conquer their fears to enable them to aspire for leadership roles in their spheres of endeavour.
She disagreed with t…
Kwabena Agyepong, a flagbearer hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has advocated the scrapping of payment of ex-gratia every four years to Article 71 officeholders immediately.
He explained that the country did not have the fina…
The government may have to rethink its tax-cutting plans to reassure financial markets and stabilise the economy, some senior Conservative MPs have said.
The warnings came ahead of a bruising appearance for the prime ministe…
The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to condemn Russia's attempts to annex four regions of Ukraine.
The resolution was supported by 143 countries, while 35 states - including China and India - abstained.…
A development and international relations analyst, Professor Lord Mawuko-Yevugah has called for a review of the country’s political and public incentive system to save the nation from its economic challenges.
He said the system where pe…
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has urged Parliaments across the world to pass key climate change legislation that will bolster efforts to reduce climate impact, particularly on vulnerable nations.
He said as l…
Six Western countries including the US and the UK have said they are "profoundly concerned" by the escalation of violence in northern Ethiopia and the resulting deterioration of a dire humanitarian crisis there amid a civil war.
In a jo…
West African female politicians have told the BBC’s Africa Daily podcast that the system was rigged against them and that they faced bullying and attacks. This is the reason why more women do not join politics in the region, they say.
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The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has called on Parliament to incorporate into its Appropriations Act the imposition of a cap on government borrowing anytime it exceeds budget estimates.
The IEA observed that the Appropriations Ac…
The Chairperson of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Akosua Frimpomaa Sarpong Kumankumah, has advised the government to relinquish responsibilities to the traditional authorities in the fight against illegal mining.
This, she said, w…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has listed 17 political parties who have no regional and national presence and therefore risk having their registrations cancelled.
The EC has therefore given the 17 political parties up to Thursday, Octobe…
Elon Musk has denied reports he spoke to Vladimir Putin before posting a Twitter poll with his suggestions for ending Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Ian Bremmer, head of the Eurasia Group political risk consultancy, alleged t…
The authorities in Nigeria say the number of people killed by floods ravaging the country in recent weeks has risen to more than 500.
More than 1,500 others have been wounded while 1.4 million are displaced.
Since the end of July, th…
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