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…
After years of controversy, Japan’s Princess Mako will marry her former classmate, a commoner, this month - and giving up her royal status.
The Imperial Household Agency said the date had been set for 26 October.
The couple were init…
People stopped by a lone plain-clothes officer should challenge their legitimacy, the Met Police says.
As it seeks to reassure women after the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer, the Met said it was "entirely reasonable…
US President Joe Biden has suffered a setback after Congress delayed a vote on a $1tn (£750bn) infrastructure plan.
Part of his Democratic Party refuses to move forward with the plan until Congress signs off on a separate $3.5tn plan on…
Australia will reopen its international border from November, giving long-awaited freedoms to vaccinated citizens and their relatives.
Since March 2020, Australia has had some of the world's strictest border rules - even banning its own…
The Central Regional Minister, Mrs Justina Marigold Assan, has commiserated with the family of a former Central Regional Minister, Mrs Ama Benyiwa-Doe, who passed away about two weeks ago.
Mrs Assan signed a book of condolence opened fo…
Participants in a town hall meeting in Kadjebi have unanimously endorsed the peace and national cohesion campaign of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE).
They described the campaign as good and timely but it would be mean…
Three Municipal and District Chief Executive nominees have been confirmed in the Upper West Region.
Nero Raymond of Nandom polled 35 out of the 36 votes, while George Naruli Gerard had all the 36 Assembly Members confirming him as the D…
The MCE nominee for the Tamale Metropolis in the Northern Region, Sule Salifu, has been endorsed by assembly members of the area.
Sule Salifu polled 40 ‘Yes’ votes and 17 ‘No’ votes out of a total of 59 votes cast, while two were reject…
China is struggling with a severe shortage of electricity which has left millions of homes and businesses hit by power cuts.
Blackouts are not that unusual in the country but this year a number of factors have contributed to a perfect s…
Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid is in Bahrain for the first official visit by an Israeli cabinet member to the Gulf kingdom since the countries established diplomatic ties last year.
Mr Lapid will open the new Israeli embassy and s…
With the jeers of Greta Thunberg ringing in their ears, climate ministers are holding final talks before a key UN conference in Glasgow.
The Swedish activist criticised the efforts of politicians to tackle climate change as "30 years of…
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was handed a one-year prison sentence by a Paris court on Thursday after being found guilty of illegal campaign financing over his failed 2012 re-election bid.
Sarkozy, 66, is unlikely to go to ja…
West Africa's regional court says it will deliver its judgement in a suit challenging the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria on 20 January 2022.
The Nigerian government suspended Twitter in June after the social media giant removed a post…
A prominent Nigerian doctor has been gunned down as he returned from a commemorative lecture in honour of his late wife - a government official who became famous for busting cartels which sold fake medicine.
Dr Chike Akunyili was shot i…
Only 14 out of Africa's 54 countries have met the global target of vaccinating more than 10% of their populations against coronavirus by the end of September, the World Health Organization has said.
That's largely because Covax, the mec…
Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, says he wants former President John Mahama to return as flagbearer, and subsequently the President after the 2024 elections.
In this light, he says one of the party’s key strategies to secure victory in …
The government in Kenya has announced a crack down on foreigners who are in the country illegally.
This is after concerns were raised about an influx of groups of foreigners. Many of them were said to have come from Asia and had been sp…
President Akufo-Addo's nominee for the Obuasi Municipal Assembly, Mr Elijah Adansi-Bonah, has been confirmed as the Municipal Chief Executive by the Assembly members.
All the 28 assembly members voted for Mr Adansi-Bonah to seal endorse…
The Assembly members of Ablekuma Central Wednesday gave Madam Mariama Karley Amui, the President's nominee for the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) position, a 100 per cent yes votes.
All the 11 members, including four government appoint…
Dr Donald Agumenu, Special Aide to late President Jerry John Rawlings, has lauded Guinea's Military Junta for the candour to return the country to constitutional rule.
Commenting on a framework released by the Mamady Doumbouya-led Junta…
Mr Samuel Adu Gyamfi, the President's nominee for Aowin Municipality in the Western North Region, has been endorsed by the Assembly members.
Mr Adu Gyamfi, who was among the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCE's…
The Sunyani West Municipal Assembly has confirmed Mr Evans Kusi Boadum, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's nominee as the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE).
Mr Boadum secured 38 votes, representing 69.0 per cent of the 55 valid votes…
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said he is willing to restore a vital communication hotline with South Korea, in a possible offer of reconciliation.
He also accused the US of proposing talks without changing its "hostile policy" tow…
The Nigerian government has approved a two-week paternity leave for civil servants.
This signifies a major shift in the country’s civil service rules and comes after years of debate around the issue.
Nigeria’s Head of Civil Service F…
Top US defence officials have said the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan can be traced back to a deal between the group and the Trump administration.
The so-called Doha agreement was signed in February 2020 and set a date for the US to …
Four hundred police officers have entered a prison in the Ecuadorean port city of Guayaquil where at least 116 inmates have been killed in a gang war.
The brutal prison fight first broke out on Tuesday and officials had said on Wednesda…
A member of Justice George Kingsley Koomson committee that probed the disturbances at Ejura in the Ashanti Region, Professor Vladimir Antwi Danso has defended the findings and recommendations of the committee
The committee in its report…
Former Director of Communications at the Presidency, Mr Koku Anyidoho who served during President J.E.A. Mills’ era has justified why Ghana needs to procure a new and bigger aircraft for presidential travels.
He acknowledged that the cu…
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.
…
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…