Five nominees for the position of Chief Executives for municipalities and districts have been confirmed by their respective assemblies in Sunyani West and Berekum West in the Bono Region and Nanumba, Saboba and Nanton in the Northern Regio…
Pope Francis has urged Nigeria to guarantee the safety of all citizens in the country in the wake of deadly attacks in the north.
The Pope prayed for those who had been killed and injured as a result of the insecurity, citing the attack…
More than seven million people in three Ethiopian regions are voting in elections delayed from June.
The polls in Somali, Southern Nations and Harari regions were postponed after reports of irregularities and involvement of governing pa…
The fate of Mr. Phanuel Donkor, the President's nominee for the position of District Chief Executive (DCE) of Adaklu will be determined by members of the Adaklu District Assembly at Adaklu Waya on October 4, this year.
The 19-membe…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday he will swear in his new cabinet next month, with Chrystia Freeland returning as his finance minister and deputy, after his Liberals were re-elected for the third time.
Trudeau, spe…
The European Union and China must continue engaging on a number of issues despite differences, the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in a video call on Tuesday, according to an EU statement.
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Four Tunisian political parties have demanded that President Kais Saied reverse his recent decision to expand his powers and rule by decree.
One of the four left-leaning factions warned that the president's actions risked a slide into v…
South African Airways and Kenya Airways have signed a co-operation agreement with the long-term ambition of creating a pan-African airline.
SAA and KQ, both of which have been plagued by financial and administrative woes, say their coll…
The Nigerian government says it has suspended the passports of more than 2,000 Nigerians accused of violating Covid-prevention protocols after returning from abroad.
Dr Mukhtar Mohammed, who sits on the president's Covid committee, said…
Mr Robert Kwakye, has been confirmed as the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Asante-Akim Central at a meeting of the Assembly at Konongo-Odumasi.
Mr Kwakye, a former Presiding Member of the assembly was nominated by President Nana Ak…
Mr George Kitingyaab Bingrini, the President's nominee for the position of District Chief Executive (DCE) for Saboba District in the Northern Region, has been confirmed by Assembly Members of the area.
Out of the 37 Assembly Members …
Mr Abdulai Murtada, the President's Nominee for the position of the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Nanton in the Northern Region, has been endorsed by Assembly Members of the area.
All the 26 Assembly Members of the Nanton District …
Mr Dennis Armah Frempong, the out-going District Chief Executive for Agona East has pledged his unflinching support to the President's new nominee, Mrs Hanna Asamoah for the position.
He has therefore appealed to the Assembly Members …
Access to information is a prerequisite tool for democracy to thrive. The 74th UN General Assembly, in recognition of this fact, has thus ordained 28th September every year, as the International Day for Universal Access to Information."
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Two top US generals have said they recommended keeping a force of 2,500 troops in Afghanistan, ahead of the full US withdrawal in August.
Testimony by Gen Mark Milley and Gen Frank McKenzie to Congress seemed to contradict President Joe…
Algeria will on Wednesday begin producing Chinese-developed Sinovac vaccines for its own use and export to other African countries.
The production will be done in partnership with China and state pharmaceutical products company Saidal.
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Five security officers have been killed during a search in Sudan's capital Khartoum targeting a cell linked to the Islamic State (IS) group, the authorities say.
The country's intelligence service said 11 foreign militants of different …
A number of civilians have been killed by a Nigerian air strike targeting suspected jihadists near Lake Chad, which straddles north-east Nigeria and three neighbouring countries.
The incident comes less than two weeks after another air …
Fumio Kishida has won a race to lead Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), putting him on course to become the next prime minister.
Mr Kishida will succeed Yoshihide Suga, who decided to step down after just one year in office.…
World Health Organization (WHO) staff were among 83 aid workers who sexually abused women and girls while tackling the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a report finds.
The abuses, which included nine allegations of ra…
North Korea has claimed that it successfully tested a new hypersonic missile called Hwasong-8 on Tuesday.
State media said the new missile was one of the "five most important" new weapons systems laid out in its five-year military devel…
Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle, Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings is calling for a paradigm shift in addressing security challenges posed by nomadic herdsmen in the West African sub-region.
The MP said stakeholders must work together…
The Assembly Member for Alajo North Electoral Area, Ibrahim Halidu has called for more collaboration between the Municipal Chief Executive, Alhaji Mohammed Quaye and Assembly Members in the Municipality.
According to him, the work of th…
The Centre for Local Governance Advocacy (CLGA) has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to withdraw any Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executive (MMDCEs) nominee who fails to garner the two-thirds majority of votes …
The Army is ready to help ease fuel supply problems after a fourth day of long queues and pump closures.
Up to 150 military tanker drivers will prepare to deliver to forecourts which have run dry because of panic buying.
The surge in…
They were the trailblazers of women's rights in Afghanistan. They were the staunch defenders of the law, seeking justice for their country's most marginalised. But now, more than 220 female Afghan judges are in hiding due to fear of retrib…
Guinea’s military junta has barred its members from running in the next elections that will mark a return to civilian rule.
It came as the junta announced on Monday a transitional charter that confirmed military leader Colonel Mamady Do…
Mali's elections meant to usher in a return to democratic rule and set for next February could be postponed by "two weeks, two months, a few months", Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maïga has told the French news agency AFP.
The comments…
Ugandan environmental activist Vanessa Nakate has made a powerful speech at a Youth4Climate event in the Italian city of Milan.
She told delegates that world leaders were lost and the planet had been damaged.
"Africa pollutes little …
US President Joe Biden has nominated Dr John Nkengasong to lead the well-resourced public health programme aimed at combatting HIV/Aids, known as the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar).
Dr Nkengasong is currently the he…
Mr Henry Quartey, Greater Accra Regional Minister, on Monday encouraged Assembly Members including Government Appointees in the Greater Accra Region to confirm the President's nominees to the various Metropolitan Municipal and District Ass…
Sudan has not taken any significant steps to normalise relations with Israel since April when its cabinet repealed a decades-long boycott of the country, Sudan's foreign minister told The National news site in an interview.
“There's not…
Mr Paul Kwesi Nutsugah Jnr, Western North Regional Environmental Officer, has called on Ghanaians to give environmental and sanitation issues the needed attention.
This according to him, would help promote good sanitary practices and af…
Ms Anna Adukwei Addo, a Banker, has been nominated as the new Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the Tema West Municipal Assembly.
Ms Adukwei Addo, if confirmed by two-thirds majority of votes of the Assembly Members of the Tema West …
Mr Daniel Kenneth, President's nominee as Okere District Chief Executive (DCE) has been confirmed.
All the 30 Assembly members present voted Yes to endorse the nominee for the second time as DCE.
He was sworn in immediately by t…
Mr Jerry Sito, the Assemblyman of Ahenkro Electoral Area in the Banda District of the Bono region has attributed recurring acts of political violence in the district to the rising youth unemployment situation in the area.
He said many o…
France is slashing the number of visas issued to people from Algeria, Libya, and Morocco.
A government spokesman, Gabriel Attal, told Europe 1 radio that it was a drastic and unprecedented decision, made necessary by the refusal of the …
Participants at the Kadjebi District Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education's (NCCE) town hall meeting at Kadjebi, have unanimously endorsed the Commission's peace and national cohesion campaign drive.
They described…
Mr Yaw Debie Appiah Mensah, a leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bono Region has expressed concern about the growing incidents of 'protocol enlistments' into security services.
In an interview with the Ghana News Age…
Businesses in South Africa experienced major losses in July from physical damage, business interruption, and loss of revenue, looting, vandalism caused by civil commotion, protests and riots which resulted in about $3.4 billion in lost out…
The US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has said that France has his continued support for counterterrorism efforts in Africa's Sahel region.
His comments came in a telephone call with his French counterpart, Florence Parly.
France has…
Kenya's government spokesperson Cyrus Oguna says groups of foreigners, who many said had come from Asia and had been spotted in residential areas in Nairobi, were tourists.
Mr Oguna spoke after days of speculation on local media over th…
The polls have closed and Germany's centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) have claimed a narrow victory in the federal election.
Now, the complicated process of forming a coalition government begins.
SPD leader Olaf Scholz wants to work…
North Korea has fired a short-range missile towards the sea off its east coast early on Tuesday, said South Korea's military.
The test happened as North Korea's ambassador said at the UN that no-one could deny Pyongyang's right to self-…
The Alliance for Social Equity & Public Accountability (ASEPA) has petitioned Parliament to look into the outcome of the 2020 general elections.
It said Parliament must take up the responsibility of bringing to account the details of th…
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that Ghana’s fifth Head of State, General Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, has a special place in the development history of Ghana.
“In spite of the brevity of his life, he etched his mark i…
Assembly Members of the Ayawaso Central Municipal Assembly have confirmed Alhaji Mohammed Ababio Quaye as the Municipal Chief Executive for a second term.
Alhaji Quaye, who had been nominated by President Akufo-Addo to serve another ter…
A new craze for a drug derived from crushed vehicle exhaust filters is rattling authorities in Kinshasa, triggering a campaign to stamp out the concoction and a related rash of car part thefts.
In August police rounded up and paraded ne…
U.S. envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman will visit Sudan next week to reaffirm American support for the country's governmentdays after Sudanese authorities said they had thwarted an attempted coup, the White House said Friday.
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The Social Democrats (SPD) won the regional election to lead the state government in Berlin, according to provisional results on Monday, meaning that their candidate Franziska Giffey will become the first female mayor of the German capital…