A video of an Air India plane stuck underneath an over-bridge in the capital, Delhi, has gone viral.
The scrapped plane, which had reportedly been sold off, was being transported when it got stuck.
The video shows traffic passing by …
Some 216,000 children - mostly boys - have been sexually abused by clergy in the French Catholic Church since 1950, a damning new inquiry has found.
The head of the inquiry said there were at least 2,900-3,200 abusers, and accused the C…
Mr Divine Richard Komla Bosson, Regional Director of the National Disaster Management Organisation, and President's nominee as Chief Executive, has received an 85. 7 per cent endorsement.
Mr. Bosson, a former member of the Assembly, got…
French President Emmanuel Macron has said he hopes the diplomatic tension with Algeria will ease soon.
"My wish is that we can calm things down because I think it is better to talk to one another, and to make progress," Macron told Fran…
Kenyan newspapers have given subdued coverage to what came out of the Pandora Papers which revealed how the family of President Uhuru Kenyatta secretly owned a network of offshore companies for decades.
The country's main daily newspape…
A former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Kpone-Katamanso, Mr Joseph Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo, has advised assembly members not to allow politics to create enmity among them.
"Politics should never divide u…
Ten people have died after tropical cyclone Shaheen battered parts of Iran and Oman.
The storm arrived in the area on Sunday, with winds between 120 and 150 km/h (75-93 mph) as its eye crossed land.
Thousands have been evacuated from…
India's top court has approved the government's decision to pay 50,000 rupees ($674; £498) as compensation for every death due to Covid-19.
The Supreme Court's order followed a petition by lawyers seeking compensation under India's disa…
South Africa’s Environment Minister, Barbara Creecy, says the spill from a chemical plant attacked by rioters in July in the port city of Durban has caused an environmental disaster.
She said it could several years for the local coastli…
The Sudanese government says the country is on the point of running out of essential medicines, fuel and wheat.
The cabinet said that while disaffected eastern tribes had some valid grievances, their two-week blockade of Sudan’s main po…
There was a lack of reporting in Kenya's newspapers on Monday morning on the story from the Pandora Papers, where the family of President Uhuru Kenyatta was revealed to have secretly owned a network of offshore companies for decades.
Th…
Striking doctors in Nigeria's public hospitals have suspended their two-month-long industrial action.
The strike, by resident doctors who are training to be specialists, had almost crippled the country’s health sector.
The medics’ un…
A town hall meeting with some youth groups in Chinderi was held to sensitise them on the activities of secessionist, vigilante groups, terrorist, kidnappers, violent extremism and national cohesion.
It was organised by the Krachi-Nchumu…
The fifty-two assembly members of the Kadjebi District in the Oti Region have unanimously given a 100 per cent endorsement to the President's nominee, Mr. Wilson Agbanyo (AKA Sapato) as the District Chief Executive (DCE).
At a special m…
The Upper West Akim District Assembly had successfully elected Mr. Kofi Yasino, Assembly Member for Kow Abbam Electoral Area, as the Presiding Member (PM) for the district after two consecutive attempts in 2020 to elect a PM failed.
He …
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, says the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) can win the 2024 election if the party remains united before and after its internal elections.
According to him, that is t…
The Bill initiated by some six Members of Parliament seeking to criminalise lesbianism and gayism in Ghana has been kicked against by a group of 18 concerned Ghanaians.
The “Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Va…
The Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle, Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, says combatting extremism and piracy in West Africa is a collective regional responsibility.
According to Dr. Agyeman-Rawlings individual ECOWAS member states can…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) does not seek to change the functions of the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) into a statutory body, the General Secretary of the party, Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has said.
Rather, he said, t…
About 500,000 people have been affected by flash floods in South Sudan, the UN says.
Nearly half the counties in the country were under water, with torrential rains causing rivers to burst their banks, it added.
President Salva Kiir …
Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has ordered a reduction of income tax to "preserve purchasing power" as the country battles rising food prices.
The government is trying to avoid social unrest and has blamed speculation for the …
More than 500 migrants attempting to get to Europe were on Sunday intercepted off the Libyan coast as the country continues a massive crackdown on migrants.
The migrants were intercepted by the Libyan Coast Guard while on boats believed…
A former Facebook whistleblower responsible for a series of bombshell leaks has revealed her identity.
Frances Haugen, 37, who worked as a product manager on the civic integrity team at Facebook, was interviewed on Sunday by CBS.
She…
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has just been sworn in.
He now begins a five-year term in office after his party won the elections in June 2020.
Ethiopia's Addis Standard newspaper tweeted a photo of the prime minister taking th…
North Korea has restored communication lines with the South, months after it cut a cross-border hotline.
The move comes days after the country's leader Kim Jong-un said he was willing to restore communication as a conditional olive bran…
The family of Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta, that has dominated the country's politics since independence, secretly owned a network of offshore companies for decades, according to a huge leak of financial papers.
The Pandora Papers -…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed his strong support for the existence of term limits for Presidents.
The Term limits, he said, enhanced the stability of democracies, especially the presidential systems, and injected f…
Chaos ensued during the election to confirm or reject Mr Mohammed Bashiru, the president’s nominee for the Chief Executive position for the Ga Central Municipal Assembly in the Greater Accra Region on Friday.
This was after the Electora…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed appreciation to the people of the Ashanti Region for their role in his election for a second term.
Speaking in Twi on the first leg of his four-day tour of the region, the President sa…
Dom Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, Mozambique's first black priest and later its first cardinal, has died at the age of 103.
He was one of the most highly respected religious figures in the country and played a key role in talks that …
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a new Covid-19 vaccination certificate, which he said would make it easier to travel and access events that require proof of vaccination.
"Streamlining and standardising proof of vac…
South Korea extended social distancing curbs to combat the coronavirus pandemic on Friday for two weeks, offering more incentives to people to get vaccinated as it battles thousands of new cases each day, particularly in the capital.
Th…
The Assembly Members of the Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly in the Upper East Region have unanimously endorsed the President's nominee, Mr Rex Asanga as the Chief Executive for the area.
All the 39 Assembly Members, both elected and appoi…
Mr Rex Asanga, the Incoming Bolgatanga Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), has given the assurance that he would work effectively with the support of the major stakeholders of the Assembly to increase revenue mobilization to finance developme…
Mauritius has reopened its borders to fully vaccinated tourists after being closed for 16 months.
Arriving tourists are being welcomed by local sega dancers at the main airport where they must show a negative Covid-19 test result.
No…
Guinea's military leader Col Mamady Doumbouya will on Friday be sworn in as the interim president.
He led the coup that ousted President Alpha Condé early last month, and recent sanctions by Ecowas against the junta mean no regional lea…
The President’s nominee for Municipal Chief Executive for the Nzema-East Municipality, Dorcas Amoah, has appealed to residents in the area to forge ahead in unity, harmony and peace to accelerate growth and development.
“Development is …
The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Lydia Seyram Alhassan, has described the endorsement of Sandra Owusu-Ahenkorah as Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the area as the begi…
President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian government to look at curtailing spending from the state rainy-day fund on Friday, after the finance ministry said the global shift away from oil and gas could jeopardise Russian state finances …
Members of the Amansie South District Assembly in the Ashanti Region, have endorsed the President's Nominee, Mr Clement Opoku Gyamfi to serve as the District Chief Executive for a second term.
Mr. Opoku Gyamfi polled 33 out of the 37 to…
Members of the Suame Municipal Assembly (SMA), have confirmed the President's nominee, Mr. Maxwell Ofosu Boakye, as the new Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the area.
All the 25 Assembly Members, including eight government appointees…
The US and the UK are the latest nations to condemn Ethiopia's decision to expel seven senior United Nations officials, amid growing international condemnation.
Ethiopia accuses the UN of meddling in the country's internal affairs, whic…
Australia's Minister for Trade Dan Tehan said on Friday talks with the European Union over a trade deal have been postponed, as a row over Canberra's decision to cancel a $40 billion deal with France escalates.
Australia last month canc…
China's restrictive practices present fundamental problems for its application to join a major pan-Pacific free trade pact, and if it joins before Taiwan there is a risk it could block their application, the island's economy minister said.…
The President's Nominee for Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) position for Techiman South, Mr Benjamin Yaw Gyarko has received approval from the 46 Assembly Members with 39 yes and seven no votes respectively.
The figures represent…
The Assin South District Assembly on Wednesday, failed to endorse the President's nominee, Madam Felicia Amissah as the new District Chief Executive (DCE) of the area.
The nominee pulled 21 votes of the 36 total votes cast by the Assemb…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Ayensuano, Nana Yaw Teddy Addy, has revealed that he will not accept government’s luxurious cars for MPs but rather invest his share in development projects within the constit…
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that a ban on Twitter in the country be lifted, but only if the tech giant meets certain conditions.
The ban was still in place on Friday morning, even as President Buhari said Nigerians…
Thousands of people took part in a demonstration in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, in support of a civilian-led transition to democracy.
This comes a week after an attempted coup which further strained relations between the military an…
The Gambia has delayed a long-awaited report on crimes committed under former President Yahya Jammeh.
The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) failed to hand over the report to President Adama Barrow on Thursday as sc…