Thirty-four years, almost to the day, since the shocking killing of Burkina Faso's then President, Thomas Sankara, 14 men are going on trial, accused of complicity in the murder of the man known as "Africa's Che Guevara".
The charismati…
The UK is hosting a summit that is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control.
The meeting in Glasgow from 31 October to 12 November could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.
What is COP26 and why is it h…
The US has agreed to provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, the country's Taliban rulers say.
The statement came at the end of their first direct talks, in Qatar, since US troops left Afghanistan in August.
Aside from aid, the talk…
About 120 school pupils have been hospitalised in South Sudan after a deworming exercise by public health officials led to them falling ill.
Local media reported that the children were allegedly given expired tablets or an overdose, but…
The old habits of secrecy haven't left Kim Kuk-song.
It has taken weeks of discussions to get an interview with him, and he's still worried about who might be listening. He wears dark glasses for the camera, and only two of our team kno…
Mr Razak Kojo Opoku, a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has urged potential Presidential Aspirants to emulate the tenacity, commitment and unwavering love of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for Ghana and the Party if they desi…
Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, Volta Regional Minister, has touted the just-ended exercise to confirm President's Municipal and District Chief Executive (MDCE) nominees in the Region as successful.
The process which saw the conduct of ballots …
Mr Alexander Frimpong, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Asante-Akim South, has been elected the Dean of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in the Ashanti Region.
He was unanimously elected by his co…
Mr John Boadu, the General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), says the the Party will capture at least 170 parliamentary seats in the 2024 Parliamentary Election.
He, however, condemned the 'skirt and blouse' voting that charac…
'All African Citizens Convening', one of the largest online Pan-African gatherings designed to enhance solidarity towards building the continent, has been slated for October 13 to 15, this year.
The programme, targeting African citize…
Members of the Afigya Kwabre North District Assembly demonstrated unalloyed support for the District Chief Executive, Mr Kwasi Karikari Achamfuor, who was retained by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, with a 100 per cent vote.
The …
The newly created Guan District has been inaugurated at a ceremony at Likpe Mate, the district capital, in the Oti Region to pave the way for the development of the area.
With the inauguration, Ghana now has 261 districts.
The histor…
The IMANI Centre for Policy and Education (“IMANI CPE”) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (“GIZ”) have held the fifth IMANI-GIZ Reform Dialogue in Accra.
It was on the theme “Business Registration, Reg…
The Special Prosecutor, Mr Kissi Agyebeng, has dropped all charges against Bawku Central MP, Mr Mahama Ayariga, in connection with an alleged tax evasion over some purchase of vehicles.
Mr Agyebeng filed a nolle prosequi at the Accra Hi…
Poles backing EU membership have taken part in protests across the country, amid fears it could leave the bloc.
On Thursday Poland's top court ruled that key articles of EU law were "incompatible" with the constitution.
Organisers sa…
More than 1.76 million people have been affected by severe flooding in China's northern Shanxi province, according to local media.
Torrential rain last week led to houses collapsing and triggered landslides across more than 70 districts…
The Australian city of Sydney has emerged from lockdown after almost four months, with locals celebrating a range of new freedoms.
People queued for pubs and shops that opened at midnight on Monday specifically for the occasion.
Many…
Alhaji Hammed Abubakar Yussuf, the Yendi Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) who was confirmed on 30th September, 2021 by the Assembly has expressed gratitude and appreciation to all and sundry for supporting him during his tenure of office in…
Twelve (12) out of the fifteen (15) Municipal and District Chief Executive nominees for the Upper East Region have been successfully confirmed and sworn into office.
Paul Abugre, the nominee for Tempane District was outrightly rejected,…
Prosecutors in Egypt have ordered the arrest of three people following the dumping of thousands of unused doses of a coronavirus vaccine near the city of Minya, 200km (125 miles) south of Cairo.
Images posted on social media last week s…
The Algerian president says he demands "total respect" from France, in the latest escalation of a diplomatic row between the two countries over visas.
In his first public comments on the matter, Abdelmadjid Tebboune said France should f…
The head of the European Union in Liberia has apologised for saying that Liberia's capital Monrovia is a "disgusting" and "dirty" city, following a backlash.
Laurent Delahousse said that his comments were meant to be “a wake-up call” to…
The Member of Parliament for Buem, Kofi Adams, has said it is imperative that processes begin to get the people in the newly formed Guan District a representative in Parliament.
Mr. Adams, who said he has sometimes been offering support…
When the soldiers reached the end of the road, they descended from their trucks and motorbikes and partially deflated the tyres to make it easier going across the soft terrain of eastern Mali.
Then they rumbled onwards in the moonlight …
Journalists Maria Ressa, from the Philippines, and Dmitry Muratov, from Russia, have won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for their "efforts to safeguard freedom of expression".
Why are the organisation's prizes so prestigious, and who are so…
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari says the government plans to borrow more than $10bn (£7.3bn) to help finance his 2022 budget of nearly $40bn.
There has been a public outcry about the government's frequent borrowing, but Mr Buhari -…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Klottey-Korle in the Greater Accra Region,Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has urgedleadership of political parties to realign their structures to encourage more women into parliament in ensuring quota for fe…
Mr Maxwell Lugudor, Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) elect for Ketu South, has called on chiefs, assembly members and opinion leaders in the Municipality to leave out partisan politics and work together for the common good of all.
He sai…
The son of an Indian federal minister who was summoned by police for questioning has failed to turn up.
Ashish Mishra was called in six days after he was accused in an attack that left eight people dead.
A car linked to his father, j…
Sub-Saharan Africa's economy is expected to grow by 3.3% this year and 3.5% in 2022, buoyed by rising commodity prices, the lifting of some anti-coronavirus restrictions and a pick-up in global trade, a World Bank report said on Wednesday.…
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari plans to "ramp up" spending and borrowing as the government grapples with "reviving an economy that shrank by the most in a quarter century last year due to the coronavirus pandemic".
That's how a le…
Assembly Members of the Ada West District have voted to confirm Mr Sampson Tetteh Kpankpah as District Chief Executive (DCE).
He got 20 votes out of the total 21 members present and voting in an election conducted by the Electoral Commi…
Alhaji Shani Alhassan Saibu, Northern Regional Minister has charged all the 16 newly confirmed Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in the region to demonstrate the spirit of commitment to duty to bring the needed…
Numo Adinotey Addison, former Municipal Chief Executive for Ashaiman Municipal Assembly, has called for an all-inclusive administration in Ashaiman.
Numo Adinotey stated that Ashaiman lagged in development and the only way to develop th…
Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov have won the Nobel Peace Prize for their fights to defend freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia.
The Nobel committee called the pair "representatives of all journalists who stand …
The leadership of the Coalition of Muslim Organisations of Ghana (COMOG), has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Parliament to ensure the passage of the Proper Human Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill into law.
It s…
The number of countries on the UK Covid travel red list will be cut from 54 to seven, the government says.
South Africa, Brazil and Mexico come off the red list, which requires travellers to quarantine in an approved hotel at their cost…
Morocco's King Mohammed named a new government on Thursday after last month's election, keeping the foreign and interior ministers in place but appointing Nadia Fettah Alaoui as finance minister, the state news agency reported.
In a mon…
Guniea's new Prime Minister Mohamed Beavogui has called for unity to ensure a smooth transition to civilian rule.
Mr Beavogui told journalists in the capital, Conakry, that his administration "will be a government with a specific missio…
Mr Anthony Avorgbedor, the renominated MCE for Ketu North has been rejected by Assembly Members of the Ketu North Municipal Assembly.
The nominee secured 25 out of the 55 votes cast, representing 46 per cent.
Thirty Assembly Members…
All the eight Municipal and District Chief Executives (MDCEs) nominated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the Oti region, have been successful in their various confirmation polls.
The polls which were held from October 2…
Assembly members of the Akatsi North District Assembly in the Volta region have rejected President Akufo-Addo's District Chief Executive (DCE) nominee for the area, Prosper Kofi Patu.
The assembly members, failed to give the adequate nu…
Ghana will host the next Extraordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament in the coastal city of Winneba from October 12 to 22, 2021.
The meeting will bring together 110 delegates from the 15 member states of the ECOWAS to discuss matters…
Three nominees to serve as either metropolitan, municipal or district chief executives (MMDCEs) within the Western Region have received 100 per cent endorsement from their assemblies.
The first to go through the confirmation process was…
The Nato alliance is studying options to offer support to troops fighting against militant jihadists in the Sahel region, UN chief António Guterres has said in a letter reported by the AFP news agency.
He said the move was "the most eff…
Police in north-west Nigeria say they have rescued 187 villagers abducted from their homes by criminal gangs.
The victims, who had spent several weeks in captivity, were freed by security forces following an operation in Tsibiri forest …
Graça Machel, the activist, campaigner and widow of Nelson Mandela, has urged South Africans to break the cycle of violence that women and girls are subjected to.
She was giving a speech to mark the 90th birthday of Nobel peace prize wi…
Madam Elizabeth Kwatseo Tawiah Sackey, the new Mayor for the Accra Metropolitan Assembly says her main agenda is to build a new Accra.
“My vision is to build a new Accra; a model city whose inhabitants have a shared responsibility in ma…
The US is "deeply concerned" about actions that undermine peace across the Taiwan Strait, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan has told the BBC.
His comments come after China sent a "record number" of military jets into Taiwan's a…
The US Senate has voted to temporarily raise the nation's debt limit, avoiding a historic default that experts say would have devastated the economy.
Senators agreed to increase the limit by $480bn (£352bn), which will cover the US unti…