Canadian police have found the body of one of two brothers wanted for a mass stabbing attack that left 10 people dead and 18 injured in the province of Saskatchewan on Sunday.
An officer said Damien Sanderson, 31, had injuri…
A former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, has described as shocking news the re-arrest of Aisha Huang despite her deportation in 2019 for engaging in legal mining in Ghana.
“It clearly dem…
The office of the former President, John Dramani Mahama has rejected claims that he took GH¢ 14 million as ex-gratia payment in 2013.
A statement signed by the Special Aide to the former President, Joyce Bawah Mogta…
Dozens of Islamist militants have drowned in a river while fleeing ground and aerial assaults in the north-eastern Nigerian state of Borno, security sources say.
Troops attacked villages on the edge of Sambisa Forest where Boko Haram fi…
Aid groups say about a tenth of the population of Burkina Faso has been displaced by conflict.
More people fled during the first half of this year than in the whole of 2021.
Six-hundred-thousand people face acute food insecurity, nea…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has emphasised Ghana’s determination to push COP27 to deliver on its commitment to double financing towards climate adaption efforts on the continent.
According to the President, “it is time to tur…
Mr Elijah Adansi-Bonah, the Obuasi Municipal Chief Executive, has called for greater respect and mutual understanding between Presiding Members (PMs) and Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to help speed up deve…
Two Russian embassy staff are among at least six people killed in a suicide bombing in the Afghan capital Kabul, Russian and Taliban officials say.
Guards shot the attacker dead as he approached the entrance to the consular …
Kenya's Supreme Court has ruled that William Ruto was properly elected president, dismissing several petitions seeking to annul the result of the 9 August election.
His rival, Raila Odinga, and others had alleged there had b…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Kpando Constituency in the Volta Region, Mrs. Della Adwoa Sowah, has called for a united front to retain Kpando parliamentary seat in the general elections 2024.
She s…
Participants in the second annual National Democratic Congress (NDC) Lawyers Conference have called on the government to take urgent steps to address the current hardship in the country in order to safeguard peace and security of the natio…
At least 20 people, including women and children, have been killed and food aid destroyed after militants attacked several vehicles in Somalia's central Hiiraan region.
"They put a bomb while people were in the car and blew …
Germany has announced a €65bn (£56.2bn) package of measures to ease the threat of rising energy costs, as Europe struggles with scarce supplies after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The package, much bigger than two previous o…
Canadian police have launched a huge manhunt for two men suspected of stabbing at least 10 people to death in a rampage that has shocked the nation.
Two suspects named as Damien Sanderson and Myles Sanderson are on the run a…
The Member of Parliament for the Bolgatanga Central constituency, Isaac Adongo, has called for major changes at the Finance Ministry, reiterating his criticism of the Finance Minister and the Akufo-Addo administration’s handling of the…
The District Chief Executive of Ellembelle, Kwesi Bonzoh, who is currently being investigated over some missing excavators, has accused the Western Regional Police Command of trying to implicate him in the alleged wrongdoing.
Mr. Bonzoh…
Kenya’s top court is due to give its verdict on the case challenging the presidential election outcome in just over two hours' time.
In a statement, the Supreme Court announced that it will deliver the judgment at 12:00 local time (09:0…
The leader of Burkina Faso’s military junta has hailed ongoing talks with armed jihadist groups in the country, saying the progress is "beyond what was expected".
The talks are part of ongoing national dialogue with local armed groups c…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is in the Netherlands for a working visit this week. From there he shall proceed to France to participate in a high-level event to commemorate the 3rd Observance of the International Day to Protect Edu…
Three health workers in Senegal have been arrested after a pregnant woman and her baby died allegedly because of a botched Caesarean section.
A health union official said a gynaecologist, an anaesthetist and a nurse were being questione…
The UK's former ambassador to Myanmar and her husband have each been sentenced to one year in prison by the country's military authorities.
Vicky Bowman and Htein Lin, a former political prisoner, were charged with breachin…
Angola's biggest opposition party, Unita, says it has filed a legal challenge against the results of last week's election.
The governing MPLA party - which has been in power since 1975 - was declared the winner of the vote, although wit…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) needs strong grassroots structures to help the party clinch power in the 2024 general election, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, a leading member of the NDC, has asserted.
He explained that the NDC could win…
Abu Sakara Foster, the convener of the National Interest Movement, has advocated restructuring of the Council of State because the current membership structure does not make it a second-check system.
“We have one of two options, eithe…
A former Dean of the Faculty of Law at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Professor Lydia Nkansah, has reiterated the need for the government to heed calls to review the 1992 Constitution.
She expl…
South Africa's cabinet has approved a new design for coins that will feature inscriptions in all official languages.
The official languages will be rotated annually over the next 10 years.
This is the fourth time South Africa will be…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and the US President Joe Biden will hold talks on 16 September on a number of issues including trade and energy, the White House has said.
“The leaders, building on their productive call in April …
A mass hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners in Israel set to begin on Thursday night has been called off, the official Palestinian news agency says.
About 1,000 inmates had been due to stage the action in protest at their …
Supporters of Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" (Maga) agenda are a threat to democracy, President Joe Biden has said.
"Maga forces are determined to take this country backwards," he said in a primetime speech in Pe…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says he is aware some powerful forces in the country are working against the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy.
Nana Akufo-Addo says the policy which aims at mitigating the plight…
Former President, John Dramani Mahama, has hailed Saltpond’s contribution to the political development of the country.
He said Saltpond had the enviable history of being the only town where two major political parties, the United Gold C…
Sierra Leone's electoral body is set to begin a new voter registration exercise this weekend where all eligible voters are required to register again.
People are required to produce their national identity cards to register as voters.
…
Lawyers for the loser of Kenya's 9 August presidential elections are arguing his petition opposing the results at the Supreme Court in the capital, Nairobi.
They have shown video clips alleging that results forms were changed to favour …
India's Supreme Court has granted bail to one of the country's best-known rights lawyers.
Teesta Setalvad has long fought for the victims of the deadly 2002 riots in the western state of Gujarat and accuses PM Narendra Modi,…
A military-run court in Myanmar has sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to a further three years in prison on election fraud charges, her lawyers have told the BBC.
Ms Suu Kyi - the country's former leader - has now been sentenced to…
The Legal Affairs Directorate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) wants the Electoral Commission to immediately withdraw the Constitutional Instrument that makes the Ghana card the only source document for continuous…
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region, Mr Albert Boakye Okyere, has urged citizens to fulfill their obligations in order to consolidate the country’s fledgling democracy.
He explained that obligati…
Chengdu has become the latest Chinese city to be locked down as Beijing continues to pursue its controversial "zero-Covid" policy.
Around 21 million people have been ordered to stay indoors, with just one person per househol…
Argentina's vice-president has narrowly avoided assassination after a gunman's weapon jammed as he aimed at her.
Footage shows the moment Cristina Fernández de Kirchner - surrounded by a mob of supporters - found herself fac…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for the Upper Manya Krobo Constituency, Bismark Tetteh Nyarko, has cut the sod for the commencement of 21 market sheds for gari traders at Sekesua in the Eastern Region.
S…
A former Kwabre East Constituency chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Odeneho Kwaku Appiah, has called for an early election of the party’s flagbearer to reduce the ongoing animosity among supporters of the aspirants.
He said an …
A Moroccan imam who lost a court appeal on Tuesday against deportation from France for hate speech has gone missing.
When police arrived at Hassan Iquioussen’s home in Lorches, in northern France, he wasn’t there.
The interior minist…
Zambians have celebrated the clinching of the $1.3bn (£1.1bn) bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after seven years of waiting.
Social media is awash with memes and celebratory messages after the news broke, especially be…
The Director of the Nuclear Power Institute of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, Professor Seth Kofi Debrah says President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s approval for the inclusion of nuclear power into the country’s power generation mix …
Lawyers for Donald Trump have argued that the storage of sensitive files at his Florida home "should have never been cause for alarm".
His legal team said the FBI search last month was "unprecedented, unnecessary, and legally un…
The chairman of Russia's Lukoil oil giant, Ravil Maganov, has died after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, reports say.
The company confirmed his death but said only that Maganov, 67, had "passed away following a sev…
The lawyers for the chairperson of Kenya's electoral commission have mounted a spirited defence at the Supreme Court hearing on the challenges to the presidential election result.
Chairperson Wafula Chebukati had been accused of violati…
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has made his first appearance mixing with members of the public since the 9 August elections.
He has kept a low profile since the candidate he supported - Raila Odinga - lost the presidential vote to Wil…
The Dubai-based airline Emirates will not be flying to and from Nigeria for the next 10 days.
Its inability to repatriate money it was owed by the Nigerian authorities in US dollars is behind the suspension.
The last Emirates flight …
The UN has accused China of "serious human rights violations" in a long-awaited report into allegations of abuse in Xinjiang province.
China had urged the UN not to release the report - with Beijing calling it a "farce" arra…
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