Brazilian senators have voted to recommend charging President Jair Bolsonaro over his handling of the devastating Covid pandemic.
A Senate panel backed a report calling for charges against Mr Bolsonaro including crimes against humanity,…
His country is immersed in a gas crisis. But Nicu Popescu is trying to remain positive.
"On Monday our country made history," Moldova's foreign minister tells me. "For the first time Moldova bought gas from a source that was not Russia'…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Tuesday said he was resolute in his conviction that Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) ought to be elected on partisan lines to improve the quality of local governance.
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Sudan will reopen Khartoum airport to all inbound and outbound flights on Wednesday.
The head of civil aviation authority, Gen Ibrahim Adlan, told news agencies that the airport will resume operations starting Wednesday 4pm local time (…
Mali has expelled the Ecowas regional bloc's representative in the country as pressure mounts on it to provide a definitive timeline on its transition to civilian rule.
Hamodou Boly was summoned by the foreign affairs ministry and notif…
Reports from Nigeria’s Niger state say at least 18 people were killed on Monday after gunmen on motorbikes attacked a mosque in Maza-Kuka community.
Many other worshippers were injured.
Villagers said a large group of attackers storm…
Ten Municipal and District Assemblies (MDAs) that did not meet their performance contracts for 2020 are to be sanctioned.
The assemblies are Zabzugu, Yilo Krobo, Bia East, North East Gonja, Sawla Tuna Kalba and Kintampo South.
The re…
The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Babgin has said the House would be guided by the “richness of common sense and human decency,” in the treatment of the Bill on the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values, 2021…
Military coups have been a regular occurrence in Africa in the decades since independence and there is now concern they are becoming more frequent.
Sudan has this year experienced two such events, one in September which failed and the l…
Assembly members in the Agona East District in the Central Region at a special meeting last Saturday confirmed Ms. Janet Odoi Paintsil as the first woman District Chief Executive (DCE) for the area.
She replaces Madam Hannah Asamoah, wh…
The Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS) has urged the government to address the long-standing challenge of delay in the release of funds to the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF).
It said tacklingthe challenge would bring t…
Ms Janet Odei Paintsil, President's nominee for Agona East Assembly in the Central Region was at the weekend, confirmed by the members at Agona Nsaba.
Of the 30 Assembly Members present, 25 voted 'yes' in her favour while five voted 'no…
Mr Anthony Avorgbedor, the renominated MCE for Ketu North, has been given the endorsement needed by the members of the Ketu North Municipal Assembly.
The nominee secured 44 out of the 55 votes cast with no rejected ballot, representing …
Mr Isaac Ashai Odamtten, a former Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive has called on the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) to complete an office complex he started to provide enough accommodation for decentralized departments.
Mr Odamtten…
Mr Prosper Patu, the re-nominated nominee for the position of a District Chief Executive (DCE) for Akatsi North District in the Volta region, has been rejected for the second time by Assembly members.
Out of the total number of 18 mem…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to announce the approval of the country's updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) with some 47 adaptation and mitigation measures on climate change.
NDCs embody efforts by co…
The Angolan ambassador to Ghana, João Domingos Baptista Quiosa, Sunday paid a courtesy call on the chiefs and people of the Gbledi Traditional Area in the Hohoe Municipality of the Volta region.
The visit formed part of a 'fact finding'…
Mali has expelled the Ecowas regional bloc's representative in the country as pressure mounts on it to provide a definitive timeline on its transition to civilian rule.
Hamodou Boly was summoned by the foreign affairs ministry and notif…
Six African countries are investing heavily in the latest surveillance technology to spy on activists, business competitors, journalists, and other governments, a new report says.
The Institute of Development Studies, which published th…
The African Union (AU) plans to buy up to 110 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine from Moderna Inc.
Moderna is prepared to deliver the first 15 million doses to Africa in the fourth quarter of 2021 as part of an agreement facilitated by t…
Pope Francis on Sunday urged countries not to send migrants back to insecure countries such as Libya, where he said many suffer violent and inhumane conditions similar to those in concentration camps.
The pope's appeal at his Sunday ble…
The southern African regional bloc, Sadc, has called for the “unconditional and immediate” lifting of all sanctions against the Zimbabwean government.
“As Sadc, we are concerned by the continuation of sanctions on some individuals or en…
Defiant protesters remain on the streets of Sudan after the country's armed forces launched a military coup.
Chanting and waving flags, they have blocked roads in the capital Khartoum and around the country following the takeover.
On…
The White House has outlined new rules for foreign travellers to the US, as flight restrictions lift for the first time since the pandemic began in 2020.
The plan to reopen the US border next month to foreign flights includes a requirem…
Japan's Princess Mako has married her college sweetheart Kei Komuro - thus losing her royal status.
Under Japanese law, female imperial family members forfeit their status upon marriage to a "commoner" although male members do not.
S…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has called on the Police to investigate claims made by former President John Mahama that the commission thumb printed one million ballot papers to favour President Nana Addo Dankwa in the 2020 presidential ele…
China's foreign ministry said on Monday that Foreign Minister and State Councillor Wang Yi will meet a delegation of the interim Afghan Taliban government during his visit to Qatar on Oct. 25-26.
The two sides will exchange views on the…
The Electoral Commission has told former President John Mahama point-blank that it does not account to a presidential candidate on its work.
According to the Commission, it will only account directly to the people’s representatives but …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured Ghanaians that the government will promote responsible small-scale mining as it provides an avenue for them to participate in the mining industry and contribute substantially to the gold e…
Mali's interim authorities will confirm a date for post-coup elections after national reform consultations in December, a representative of a U.N. Security Council delegation said after talks on Sunday.
The timeline is a further sign th…
Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Boamah Otokunor says the Electoral Commission (EC) is deliberately refusing to admit that the 2020 elections saw several incidents of over-voting that hel…
Cabinet has approved a budget of GH¢43.98 million as emergency fund to enable the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to combat the current outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), also known as bird flu.
The amount will a…
Colombia has announced that the country's most wanted drug trafficker will be extradited to the US after he was captured in a raid.
Dairo Antonio Úsuga, known as Otoniel, was seized after a joint army, air force and police operation on …
The European Union has called on Sudan's military and civilian leaders to put the country's transition process "back on track".
It follows reports that a military takeover is under way in Sudan.
EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell…
Amnesty International will shut its offices in Hong Kong over a recently-imposed national security law.
The human rights group said the law, imposed by China, makes it "effectively impossible" for them to operate.
Amnesty has had a p…
The Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, has applauded the impact of the policies, programmes and developmental projects undertaken by the New Patriotic Party Government in the Greater Accra Region.
Delivering a statement on Friday, 2…
Mr Ali Bukari, President’s nominee for the District Chief Executive (DCE) position for the Wa West District has been rejected the second time.
Mr Bukari was re-nominated by President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo after he was rejected ou…
Mr Isaac Ashai Odamtten, Member of Parliament (MP) for the Tema East Constituency, has said that governments and heads of public institutions cannot renege on their responsibilities and expect their appointees and departmental heads to do …
Covid has severely affected healthcare staff and may have killed between 80,000 and 180,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
Healthcare workers must be prioritised for vaccines, WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, and h…
With the Ethiopian government's relationship with the US and European Union (EU) at a low ebb, it is looking elsewhere for new allies to crush the rebellion being waged against it from the mountainous Tigray region.
Both the US and EU h…
Climate change will lead to growing international tensions, the US intelligence community has warned in a bleak assessment.
The first ever National Intelligence Estimate on Climate Change looks at the impact of climate on national secur…
One person has been killed and three others injured in a bomb attack in Uganda's capital, Kampala.
The explosion happened at a bar on Saturday night, killing a 20-year-old waitress and scattering panicked revellers on to the street outs…
Millions of Afghans will face starvation this winter unless urgent action is taken, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned.
More than half the population - about 22.8 million people - face acute food insecurity, while 3.2 million …
Sudan's military has dissolved civilian rule, arrested political leaders and declared a state of emergency.
Gen Abdel Fattah Burhan, who had been heading a joint council with civilian leaders, blamed political infighting.
Protesters …
Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has paid an emotional tribute to Hajia Mariama Bawumia, the late mother of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
The glowing tribute, which was personally signed by Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, …
Hundreds of schoolchildren have pleaded with parliament in the Democratic Republic of Congo, demanding higher salaries for their teachers.
The pupils waved branches and chanted "we want to study" and "if we don't study, we will take dru…
The Ave Senior High School Old Students’ Association (AVOSA) is appealing to Assembly members of the Akatsi North District not to reject for the second time, Mr Prosper Kofi Patu, the President’s District Chief Executive (DCE) nominee for …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Saturday ended his three-day tour of the Greater Accra Region with a firm commitment to completing all the major projects initiated by the Government in the region before he leaves office.
He pledge…
The third meeting of the first session of the Eighth Parliament will commence tomorrow, October 26, 2021.
The House adjourned sine die on August 10, 2021.
The House will consider a number of bills that have already been laid in Parli…
The NDC Minority Caucus in Parliament has asked the Government to release the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) of more than GH?2 billion to the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs).
The Caucus said the monies ha…