The chairman of Russia's Lukoil oil giant, Ravil Maganov, has died after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, reports say.
The company confirmed his death but said only that Maganov, 67, had "passed away following a sev…
The lawyers for the chairperson of Kenya's electoral commission have mounted a spirited defence at the Supreme Court hearing on the challenges to the presidential election result.
Chairperson Wafula Chebukati had been accused of violati…
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has made his first appearance mixing with members of the public since the 9 August elections.
He has kept a low profile since the candidate he supported - Raila Odinga - lost the presidential vote to Wil…
The Dubai-based airline Emirates will not be flying to and from Nigeria for the next 10 days.
Its inability to repatriate money it was owed by the Nigerian authorities in US dollars is behind the suspension.
The last Emirates flight …
The UN has accused China of "serious human rights violations" in a long-awaited report into allegations of abuse in Xinjiang province.
China had urged the UN not to release the report - with Beijing calling it a "farce" arra…
At least three people were killed and seven others wounded when mortar bombs fired at areas near the Somali presidential palace reportedly hit residential homes in the capital Mogadishu.
Privately-owned Radio Risala reported that at lea…
The youth have been entreated not to allow challenges in life to deter them from realising their aspirations and set goals.
Mr Joseph Kwame Kumah, the Member of Parliament (MP), Kintampo North Constituency, who made the admonition, sa…
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Tano North, Ernest Kwarteng, has presented 2,000 mono desks to the Ghana Education Service (GES) at Duayaw-Nkwanta in the Ahafo Region for distribution to some schools in the area.
The MCE said th…
Government forces in Ukraine are trying to seize the initiative from Russian troops before the arrival of winter. A counter-offensive is already under way in the south and the Ukrainians are now preparing to expand that in the east to …
The wife of ex-Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has been sentenced to ten years in prison on each of three bribery charges.
Rosmah Mansor was found guilty on three charges of soliciting and receiving bribes to help a co…
A former Deputy Information Minister, Pius Enam Hadzide has touted the Akufo-Addo-administration’s efforts in the fight against corruption.
Mr. Enam Hadzide said the Akufo-Addo government has substantially supported anti-graft agencies.…
The Chairman of the Government Assurance Committee of Parliament, Patricia Appiagyei, has directed ministers of state to appear personally before the committee to answer to questions pertaining to the fulfilment of the assurances they made…
Speakers at the Canada-Ghana Chamber of Commerce (CANGHAM) Chief Executive Officers’ (CEOs) Breakfast Meeting in Accra have called for a stronger economic partnership between the two countries to build a resilient business ecosystem for su…
The UN says that at least 50 Malian civilians were killed in an army operation on 19 April, aided by what it called "foreign" military personnel.
The killings happened in Hombori municipality in the central Douentza region after a milit…
A US Roman Catholic nun who was kidnapped by armed men in Burkina Faso nearly five months ago has been freed.
Suellen Tennyson, who is 83, was taken hostage in the middle of the night in early April.
She was barefoot and left behind …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that the overthrow of a former Prime Minister, Prof. Kofi Abrefa Busia deprived the country of the full impact of his development agenda.
Describing the former Prime Minister as a farsighte…
Taiwan has fired warning shots for the first time to drive back drones that flew over its outlying islands near China.
Taiwan's defence ministry said the three drones were seen flying back towards the Chinese mainland.
…
Tigrayan forces in Ethiopia's embattled northern region have accused the government of conducting drone strikes in the regional capital Mekelle.
The government has not yet responded to the accusations but it had previously warned people…
The full hearing of the presidential election petition challenging the outcome of the 9 August presidential poll results kicked off this morning.
Lawyers representing one of the presidential candidates Raila Odinga are currently present…
Uganda has started giving Ebola vaccines to its soldiers who are fighting against rebels in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
The exercise began last week and targets more than 10,000 members of the force fighting against the A…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bunkpurugu Constituency in the North East Region, Abed Bandim, has bemoaned failure by successive governments to prioritise and invest in youth development to enable them participate in decision-makingto h…
The Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has called on the Electoral Commission (EC) to collaborate with the National Identification Authority (NIA) to harmonise a system capable of replacing the current process of compiling a new…
A Saudi woman has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for her social media posts, in the second case of its kind this month, activists say.
A terrorism court convicted Nourah bint Saeed al-Qahtani of "using the internet to …
Documents stored at former President Donald Trump's Florida home were likely concealed as part of an effort to obstruct an FBI investigation, Department of Justice officials say.
In a court filing, the department said "effor…
Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader who brought the Cold War to a peaceful end, has died aged 91.
Mr Gorbachev took power in 1985 and introduced reforms, as well as opening up the Soviet Union to the world.
…
The MPLA may have celebrated its victory in Angola's general election following the announcement of the results on Monday but it looks like this is not the end of the process of these historic elections. The main opposition party Unita - w…
Tanzania has launched a four-day real estate census to determine the number of buildings, ownership, cost and availability of basic infrastructure in the country.
This is addition to the population census that started last week.
The …
World Hausa Day has been commemorated in Accra, with a call on the people to continue to coexist peacefully.
Former President John Mahama, who made the call, said “whatever our ethnic origins, we are all first and foremost Ghanaians; we…
The Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) for Sekondi-Takoradi, Abdul-Mumin Issah has been reinstated.
A letter dated August 30, 2022, signed by the Minister of local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Mr Daniel Botwe stat…
Somali Defence Minister Abdikadir Mohamed Nur and the visiting commander of the US Africa Command (Africom), General Michael Langley discussed the war on terrorism during a meeting on Monday.
The meeting, which was held at the US embass…
Kenya’s Supreme Court is set to hold a pre-trial conference on petitions seeking to invalidate the presidential election results.
Nine petitions were lodged last week seeking to overturn William Ruto’s win.
The conference will make a…
A plan by the government of the Central African Republic to allow foreigners to acquire citizenship and land using a new cryptocurrency has been ruled as "unconstitutional" by the country's top court.
Last month the government launched …
The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has criticised Dr. Kwabena Duffour, a stalwart of the party who was also a former Finance and Economic Planning Minister, for organis…
Former President John Mahama has promised that the next National Democratic Congress (NDC) government will champion a review of the 1992 constitution to tackle issues such as ex-gratia payments and reformation of the Judiciary.
The 2020…
A former deputy Attorney General, Joseph Kpemka, has expressed worry with a group of lawyers branding themselves as National Democratic Congress lawyers.
An NDC Lawyers’ Conference was held over the weekend, which Mr. Kpemka said could …
The first shipment of grain from Ukraine to Africa since the war began has docked in Djibouti.
The MV Brave Commander is carrying 23,000 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat that is bound for neighbouring Ethiopia, which is in despera…
At least 23 people have been killed in some of the worst fighting for years in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, sparked by a key leader's decision to quit politics.
Gunshots and rocket-fire rang out as supporters of Shia Muslim cler…
Angola's long-dominant party has won another five years in power, but with a much-reduced majority, the electoral commission has announced.
The MPLA, under President João Lourenço, took 51.2% in last week's election. Its clo…
Ukraine's military says it has broken through Russia's first line of defence in the occupied Kherson region.
The reported push appears to form part of a long-awaited counter-offensive being launched by Kyiv in an attempt to …
The New Patriotic Party, at a recent NEC meeting held in Accra, appointed Frederick Kofi Ameyaw as its Director-in-charge of the party’s external or diaspora affairs.
Until his appointment, Frederick Kofi Ameyaw was serving as the Head …
The Council of Elders of the National Democratic Congress in the Northern region has condemned the attack on the Party’s regional office last week by some persons believed to be members of the party.
Some persons, on Tuesday, massed up …
Former Brazil midfielder Willian is close to sealing a return to the Premier League with Fulham.
The ex-Chelsea and Arsenal player had been playing with Corinthians.
However, the 34-year-old had his contract cancelled with the Brazil…
The French energy ministry has confirmed reports that talks are under way between gas giant Engie and Algeria's Sonatrach to potentially increase gas imports to France.
Reports on Sunday suggested a 50% boost being discussed.
The dev…
A Kenyan politician running for governor in Mombasa county, coastal region, had to wait for aides to bring his original ID to his polling station after he forgot it.
Abuswamad Shariff Nassir of Raila Odinga's ODM party needed to produce…
One of Iraq's most powerful figures, who has been at the centre of a long crisis over forming a government, says he is retiring from political life.
Moqtada al-Sadr, a firebrand Shia cleric with millions of followers, announ…
An inspection team from the UN nuclear watchdog is on its way to Ukraine's embattled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the organisation's head said.
Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency …
The Member of Parliament for Yendi Constituency in the Northern Region, Alhaji Farouk Aliu Mahama, has described the late Paramount Chief of Mion Traditional Area, Mion-Lana Alhaji Abdulai Mahamudu as a man of peace, sociable, humble and G…
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for New Juaben South, Isaac Appaw-Gyasi, has asked the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) to continue to use its medium, especially its flagship newspaper, the Daily Graphic to support the assem…
A book celebrating the life and legacy of Late Baffour Osei Akoto is set to be launched in Accra on August 31, 2022, at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences.
The event forms part of a week-long activities set aside to commemorate the …
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has been elected as the new President of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association International (CPA).
He was unanimously elected at the just ended 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (C…
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