President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commissioned an Integrated Recycling and Compost Plant (IRECoP) in Damongo, the Savannah Regional capital.
The $20-million plant is expected to employ technology to recycle organic, plastic and …
Democratic voters have picked congressman Charlie Crist to take on Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis in the midterm elections.
Mr Crist beat the state's agriculture commissioner, Nikki Fried, in the last big election da…
Japan should consider building new nuclear power plants, prime minister Fumio Kushida said on Wednesday.
This could be a controversial policy shift after the nation suspended many of its nuclear plants in the wake of the 201…
The US has agreed to return another instalment of $23m (£19m) to Nigeria - part of money allegedly looted and stashed abroad by former Nigerian military ruler Sani Abacha.
This is part of a deal sealed on Tuesday in the Nigerian capital…
Uganda is set to install 2,000 Wi-Fi hotspots across the country in a new project aimed at improving internet connectivity.
The internet will be used by government offices during working hours and will be available to the public past wo…
Thousands of people across South Africa are taking part in a national strike in protest at the rising cost of living.
Two of the country's largest unions are leading the strike, calling for a “total shutdown” of the economy in protest a…
The Ho Municipal Chief Executive, Divine Bosson, has observed that the city should be considered for elevation to a Metropolitan status since the population of the Volta Regional capital has exceeded the threshold for Metropolitan consider…
The Member of Parliament for the Amenfi West Constituency, Eric Afful, has called for a full scale investigation into the issuance of mining licence to Akonto Mines to undertake small-scale mining in the TanoNimiri Forest.
The Natio…
The Executive Director of the Centre for Democratic Development-Ghana (CDD-Ghana), Professor Kwasi Prempeh, has asserted that the citizenry has a role to enforce the 1992 Constitution.
“The constitution does not only speak to the judici…
Polls are due to open in a few hours in Angola for the general election which is expected to be the most closely fought since its independence in 1975.
In the race for the presidency, incumbent João Lourenço of the governing MPLA faces …
The UN says it’s deeply worried about ongoing clashes between armed groups in Libya and the threats to use force to solve the country’s political crisis.
Libya has been emmeshed in political stalemate for months after the country’s east…
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has apologised for a topless photo of guests at her official residence.
It comes days after she deflected accusations of having an excessive party lifestyle, by voluntarily taking a drug te…
India's government has sacked three air force officers for the "accidental firing of a missile" into Pakistan in March.
The incident had escalated tensions between the two nuclear-armed nations.
Delhi had blamed t…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his only interest is to see the New Patriotic Party (NPP) retain power in 2024 and has no preference for who becomes the presidential candidate for the 2024 elections.
He said his primary inter…
A senior lecturer at the Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS), Felix Amakye, has called on Parliament to expedite the passage of the Social Protection Bill to give strong legal backing to the implementation of social intervention p…
Malaysia former Prime Minister Najib Razak has been sent to jail to begin serving a 12-year sentence, after the top court rejected his appeal.
The 69-year-old's charges relate to a corruption scandal involving state-owned we…
Tanzania will over the next seven days conduct a population census, a vital exercise for national plans.
Tuesday has been declared a national holiday to allow citizens to take part in the exercise fully.
Tanzania conducts a census ev…
Ukrainian officials have ridiculed Russia's accusation that its special services were behind the killing of Darya Dugina, the daughter of an ultra-nationalist, in a car-bomb attack.
"We don't work in this way," said National…
UK High Commissioner Jane Marriott has dismissed claims that she and her country interfered in Kenya's recently-concluded general election.
Ms Marriott was reacting to allegations on social media that she pressured the electoral commiss…
Kenya's electoral body has revealed that there was an attempt to attack its personnel who were preparing responses to presidential election petitions.
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) said "an organised group o…
The chiefs and elders of the Hiowe and Hiome Divisions of the Shai Traditional Area has disputed media publications that the lands in the Shai Traditional Area are stool lands under the Lekpedze Division headed by the President of the coun…
The Ashanti Regional office of the United Progressive Party (UPP) was on Monday afternoon attacked by some armed men who shot and smashed vehicles belonging to the founder, Akwasi Addai, popularly known as Odike.
The incident was said t…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Amenfi West, Eric Afful, has called for full-scale investigation into the issuance of a mining licence to Akonto Mines to undertake small-scale mining in the Tano Nimiri Fores…
Mali has appointed a new interim prime minister, as reports swirl that civilian politician Choguel Maiga has been admitted to hospital.
New Prime Minister, Col Abdoulaye Maiga, no relation, was previously minister of territorial adminis…
The UN has expressed "deep concern" about the state of human rights in Guinea after the country's ruling junta dissolved an opposition group and clamped down on recent protests, the AFP news agency reports.
UN Rights Commissioner Michel…
Raila Odinga, who came second in Kenya's presidential election, has gone to court to challenge the result, describing it as "fraudulent".
In a scathing 70-page legal argument, he alleges there was a pre-planned effort to alt…
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has tested negative for drugs, the government says, after she was seen dancing, singing and drinking at a recent party.
Ms Marin, 36, agreed to take the test on Friday to allay concerns abo…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said he has no preference in the upcoming New Patriotic Party (NPP) delegates conference to elect a new presidential candidate for the 2024 elections.
The president said he …
Former US President Donald Trump has asked a judge to freeze the justice department's investigation of files seized from his Mar-a-Lago home.
In a lawsuit, his legal team asked that an independent lawyer be appointed to over…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has received a rousing welcome at Wa in the Upper West Region from government officials, heads of departments, and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) members.
The President arrived last Sunday at the Wa …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on the security agencies to collaborate effectively with civilians to help safeguard Ghana’s borders.
"If we are going to prevent any implantation of terrorist activity in Ghana, you cann…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the economic challenges facing the country will not deter the government from accelerating investment in road infrastructure.
He noted that good roads played a critical role in accelerating…
Rescuers looking for survivors after a Shia Muslim shrine in Iraq partially collapsed have found three more bodies, bringing the number of dead to seven.
Four women and a child were among those killed when a landslide struck…
Millions of students across the Philippines have returned to the classroom on Monday, after one of the world's longest school closures.
Almost half the country's schools resumed in-person classes after more than two years o…
Eight environmental organisations based in the Democratic Republic of Congo say they are facing threats because of their campaign against the auctioning of oil and gas blocks.
The organisations that include Greenpeace Africa say campaig…
Somali Prime Minister Hamsa Abdi Barre has pledged to hold accountable officials who failed to prevent the deadly al-Shabab attack on Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu.
Mr Barre made the remarks on state-owned Somali National TV after the securi…
Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) and Presiding Members (PMs) have been advised to be bold and communicate the challenges facing the nation to the citizenry.
That will enable them appreciate the government’s…
A lecturer at the Ghana institute of Journalism (GIJ) has recommended that the government consider making District Assembly elections partisan just like national elections.
Dr Paul Herzuah also proposed that the Local Government Act, …
Pakistan's police have charged the country's former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, under anti-terror laws.
Their investigation comes after he accused the police and judiciary of detaining and torturing a close aide.
Mr K…
Britain, France, Germany and the US have stressed the need to ensure the safety of nuclear installations threatened by the conflict in Ukraine.
In a phone call on Sunday, the four leaders also reiterated their support for Uk…
The final funeral service of the late Northern Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Chief Alhaji Ibrahim Mobila, was held on Sunday in Tamale with a call on party members to work as a united front to win the 20…
The daughter of a close ally of Russia's President Vladimir Putin has been killed in a suspected car bombing.
Darya Dugina, 29, died after an explosion on a road outside Moscow, Russia's investigative committee said.
…
Angolans will vote on Wednesday to determine whether or not President João Lourenço wins a second and final five-year term in office.
He is running on a ticket of the ruling MPLA party - with a total of eight candidates vying for the to…
The son of Uganda's president is in Ethiopia on a working visit, Uganda's foreign affairs ministry has confirmed.
General Muhoozi Kainerugaba has in the past tweeted in support of Tigrayan rebels, but the Ugandan army told the BBC in Ju…
Former Presdent John Dramani Mahama on Saturday visited the Kumasi Sofoline Mosque and made a cash donation of GH¢110,000.00 to the Mosque project.
The donation follows an appeal from the leadership of the Mosque to enable them secure t…
The Head of the Local Government Service (LGS), Dr Nana Ato Arthur, has hailed the service’s new records management manual saying it will help transform local governance in the country.
The manual was developed with the support of the J…
The Agbogbomefia of Asogli, Togbe Afede XIV, has urged Ghanaians to stop glorifying wealth from dubious sources.
That, he said, would help significantly in the fight against corruption.
Speaking at an anti-corruption forum at the for…
"I grew up speaking Russian, I am Russian by blood, but I don't associate myself with Russia or the Russian world," says Anatoly Deryugin, a major in the Latvian army.
Anatoly, 43, is one of more than one in three Latvians w…
A Chinese-Canadian billionaire has been sentenced to 13 years in prison in China and his company fined more than $8bn (£6.7bn).
Xiao Jianhua and his company Tomorrow Holdings were charged with embezzlement and bribery, a court i…
The UN says South Sudan continues to be the "most violent context" for aid workers in the world followed by Afghanistan and Syria.
Five aid workers have been killed in the line of duty since the beginning of this year
It has prompted…
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