The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Jinapor, believes that no president has done more for the Savannah Region than President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
He said the creation of the region including the provision of wat…
The MP for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, has said the recent Center for Democratic Development survey has given further cause to doubt the legitimacy of the 2020 election results.
The survey indicated that 62 percent of Ghanaians do …
Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has been adjudged by Initiators of Change Foundation, as an Outstanding Foreign Affairs Minister of the Decade.
The award was presented to the Ministe…
The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, says he cannot declare the Assin North Parliamentary seat vacant because the matter is currently a subject of appeal in court.
The Speaker made this known in a letter to the R…
Members of the pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) group, ‘Fixing The Country Movement’, say they will petition the office of the Special Prosecutor (SP) to revisit the Airbus bribery scandal in order to deal with all individuals cited in the sc…
The 62nd Ordinary Session of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights is slated to begin on September 6, to October 1, 2021, at Arusha, the United Republic of Tanzania.
The Judges, among others, will examine a number of applicatio…
India administered more than 180 million doses in August as it continues to ramp up its vaccination drive to stave off a third wave of Covid.
This was more doses than all the Group of Seven (G7) countries - Canada, the UK, the US, Italy…
South Africa's jailed former President Jacob Zuma has been granted medical parole.
The 79-year-old is serving a 15-month sentence for contempt of court at Estcourt Correctional Centre.
The nature of his illness was not specified, but…
A group of soldiers who ousted Guinea's President Alpha Condé from power on Sunday have ordered the country's cabinet to attend a mandatory meeting on Monday.
Those who refuse to attend the 11:00 GMT meeting will be considered rebels, a…
The third son of the former Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, has been released from jail in the capital Tripoli, where he had been held since 2014.
Sa'adi Gaddafi was commander of Libya's Special Forces but was also famous for attempting…
Little is known about Col Doumbouya's early life, except that he is a Malinke like President Conde and hails from Guinea's eastern Kankan Region.
He was based in Forecariah, western Guinea, where he served under the bureau of territoria…
A US lawmaker has accused the Taliban of stopping Afghans and Americans from leaving Afghanistan via Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport.
Republican House member Michael McCaul said on Sunday that planes had been trying to leave the ai…
Heavy gunfire has been heard in the centre of Guinea's capital, Conakry, while soldiers have been seen on the streets near the presidential palace.
It is not clear what is behind the shooting, and authorities in the West African country…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has condemned Sunday's attempted coup in Guinea, and has demanded swift return to constitutional rule.
The bloc has also ordered the immediate and uncondtional release of President …
Burundi's President, Evariste Ndayishimiye, has been condemned for his verbal attack against a journalist who covered the Covid-19 situation in the country.
The president had said Esdras Ndikumana, who reports for French broadcaster RFI…
Yahanasu Rabilu Lawal has been grieving for her seven-year-old son Isma’il, in her one-bedroom house on the outskirts of the Nigerian capital, Abuja.
He died of cholera three weeks ago.
Mrs Lawal and her husband, a farmer, tried unsu…
A Zimbabwean man has been charged with fraud after trying to pass himself off as the country's vice-president to receive free medical treatment.
A court in the capital, Harare, heard that Marlon Katiyo, 35, visited two hospitals on seve…
Members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have been charged to show commitment and adopt measures that can secure the party to maintain political power in 2024.
“You must shun the needless tension mounted amongst yourselves and work for …
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday signed off on a law allowing for vaccine and medication patents to be broken in a public emergency, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
But the right-wing leader vetoed the provisions that paten…
The United Nations says the flow of humanitarian aid into Ethiopia's northern Tigray region has been severely disrupted with no supplies currently getting into the region.
Fighting between government and Tigray forces, as well as roadbl…
Zambian lawyer Nelly Mutti has become the country's first female speaker of parliament - responsible for the orderly conduct of debate as well as disciplining lawmakers
She was elected unopposed by the new set of MPs and will be deputis…
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on Thursday, visited the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), to seek knowledge on the core mandate and operations of the Commission.
The call was crucial to help to promote peace and s…
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said in a surprise move on Friday he would step down, setting the stage for a new premier after a one-year tenure marred by an unpopular COVID-19 response and sinking public support.
Suga, who took…
The Nigerian military says nearly 6,000 Boko Haram members including commanders, fighters and their families have surrendered to the authorities in the last couple of weeks.
Cameroon had also announced the surrender of hundreds of Boko …
Mr Razak Kojo Opoku, a member of the New Patriotic Party has appealed to Ghanaians to disregard the propaganda carried out by some opposition members to bury the benefits of President's recent travels.
He said although the President's v…
A toxic leak from a massive diamond mine in Angola killed at least 12 people and left 4,500 sick, a minister in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo says.
The leak turned a tributary of the River Congo red and killed huge numbers o…
Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu in the Volta Region, has advocated a National Presidential Travel Policy to enforce strict guidelines and check expensive travels at the expense of the public purse.
He sta…
Five girls among dozens of students abducted from a secondary school in the northern Nigerian state of Zamfara have escaped from captivity.
Gunmen attacked their school in Kaya-Maradun town on Wednesday and seized more than 70 students …
Six illegal miners died after sneaking into the old pits of a gold mine in Burkina Faso.
Seven others were injured after police fired tear gas, survivors say.
The police said the miners had died because of lack of oxygen in the deep …
The European Union will return millions of South Africa-manufactured Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine doses to the continent.
The African Union’s special envoy Strive Masiyiwa told reporters that all the vaccines being produced in …
US President Joe Biden says "historic investment" is needed to deal with the climate crisis, as the north-east reels from flash flooding and tornadoes that have killed at least 45 people.
The US is facing climate-related destruction acr…
The Member of Parliament for Kade, Alex Kwadwo Agyare, says no child will be allowed to work on a mining concession in Kade.
Alex Agyare says children ought to be in the classroom instead of mining pits.
“We need our kids to be educa…
US President Joe Biden has launched a "whole-of-government" response to oppose a new law in Texas that bans most abortions.
He called the Supreme Court's decision not to block the law an "unprecedented assault" on women's rights.
Any…
Mr Razak Kojo Opoku, a member of the New Patriotic Party has appealed to Ghanaians to disregard the propaganda carried out by some opposition members to bury the benefits of President's recent travels.
He said although the President's v…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will on Friday September 3, embark on a two-day working visit to the Western Region as part of his Nationwide “Thank You Tour”.
The President would on the first day, pay a courtesy call on the Dompi…
Facebook has told the BBC that it took part in an effort to help 175 citizens leave Afghanistan after the Taliban took control of the country.
The company said some staff members were also on the flight to Mexico City.
The Mexican go…
Chinese tech tycoon Jack Ma famously said it was a "blessing" for anyone to be part of the so-called "996 work culture"- where people work 9am to 9pm, six days a week.
Now, China's authorities have issued a stern reminder to companies t…
All schools have been ordered to close in Nigeria's north-western Zamfara state following the latest mass abduction of students.
On Wednesday morning armed men on motorbikes and pick-up trucks stormed a secondary school.
A teacher sa…
Kashmir's top separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who spearheaded the resistance movement against Indian rule, has died, aged 92. Author Sumantra Bose writes about Geelani's life and his role in Kashmiri politics.
I first met Syed …
South Africa has said it is unable to take in refugees from Afghanistan.
“South Africa is already home to a substantial number of refugees and is seized with addressing their needs,” the Department of International Relations said in a s…
Botswana's president has suspended the assistant minister for health for attending a tombstone unveiling ceremony for his late father, in breach of Covid regulations that ban public gatherings.
Sethomo Lelatisitswe apologised and said t…
A Kenyan schoolboy has narrated how he walked for kilometres after being sent away from school for not paying fees.
In a video being shared on Twitter, Linus Kiptoo, who is a form two student at Chavakali Boys High School in western Ken…
The only accessible route for delivering aid into Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray has been impassable for over a week, says the UN, worsening the humanitarian situation there.
Aid agencies have run out of food for distribution in m…
A significant minority of Ghanaians believe President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's Government will perform "much better or better" in public or social service delivery in the next four years, Center for Democratic Development Ghana (CDD-G…
Dr. Archibald Yao Letsa, Volta Regional Minister has cautioned Local Assemblies in the Region against corrupt practices saying those caught would not be shielded.
The Regional Minister burst with fury while opening a performance contrac…
North Korea has asked that almost three million Covid-19 jabs offered to it be redirected elsewhere, the UN says.
A spokesperson said the country had asked that the shots be relocated to harder hit nations in view of global vaccine shor…
The top US general has described the Taliban as a "ruthless group" and says it is unclear whether they will change.
Gen Mark Milley said, however, it was "possible" that the US would co-ordinate with the Islamist militants on future cou…
At least nine people have died after flash flooding and tornadoes hit the north-eastern US, local media report.
Some people were trapped in flooded basements of their homes, while one body was found in a vehicle that was swept away.
…
A Ugandan minister has raised concerns about “trade restrictions” imposed by neighbouring Kenya.
A tweet by Uganda’s Agriculture Minister, Frank Tumwebaze, addressed to his Kenyan counterpart, Peter Munya, says Uganda is “not happy” wit…
An Ivorian TV programme presenter has been given a 12-month suspended prison sentence by an Abidjan court for "condoning rape".
He was also fined 2m CFA francs ($3,600 £2,600).
Yves de M'Bella hosted a show in which a convicted ex-ra…