A private businessman and a stalwart of the National Democratic Congress, Mr. Bernard Martei Korley, has helped rally party executive together to generate a policy document aimed at fostering healthy relationships among members of the part…
The violent attacks on the police by protesters of Arise Ghana on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, has confirmed an earlier security intelligence that there is an attempt to destabilise the country.
The Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah,…
There have been bomb blasts in four separate places in Ethiopia's northern city of Bahir Dar, police have said, indicating a further deterioration of security in Amhara, the country's second largest region.
The explosions occurred in se…
Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if he were a woman, Boris Johnson has claimed.
The UK prime minister said the "crazy, macho" invasion was a "perfect example of toxic masculinity" and he called…
Japan is sweltering under the hottest day yet of its worst heatwave since records began in 1875.
The blistering heat has drawn official warnings of a looming power shortage, and led to calls for people to conserve energy whe…
The head of the AU commission has called for "restraint, calm and dialogue" as the border dispute between Ethiopia and Sudan threatens to escalate.
In a statement, Moussa Faki Mahamat said "the two brotherly countries" should settle any…
Angola’s immediate former president, José Eduardo dos Santos, is in an induced coma in a hospital in Barcelona, a Portuguese news agency is reporting.
“José Eduardo dos Santos is hospitalised in a clinic in Barcelona and is in a coma fo…
UN Secretary General António Guterres has joined in the chorus of condemnation after at least 23 migrants died as Moroccan security forces tried to stop them crossing into the Spanish enclave of Melilla last week.
In a statement issued …
The National Organiser aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the forthcoming national delegates’ conference, Bright Essilfie-Kumi when given the nod, will initiate the establishment of an NPP National Communication Institute to trai…
Mr Dan Botwe, Minister for Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development says the District Assembly complex project in Nkwanta North will be completed and handed over by the end of December 2022.
He said, as of the end of Apr…
The Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Boamah Otokunor, has intimated that the party is reviewing the roadmap for its internal elections following the extension of the deadline for the registration of…
The Africa Publishing Innovation Fund (APIF), a grant-giving program co-led by philanthropic organization Dubai Cares and the International Publishers Association (IPA), and the DAISY Consortium, a world authority on publishing for people …
President Cyril Ramaphosa has concluded a successful visit to the Federal Republic of Germany, where he attended the G7 Leaders’ Summit, at the invitation of the German Chancellor H.E Mr Olaf Scholz.
Together with leaders of G7 …
Leaders of the world's seven richest nations have promised to support Ukraine "for as long as it takes" on the second day of a summit in Germany.
In a statement, the G7 group also said that Russia must stop blocking food fro…
A former Nazi concentration camp guard identified as Josef S has been given a five-year jail term for assisting in the murder of thousands of prisoners at Sachsenhausen near Berlin.
The oldest Nazi criminal ever to stand tri…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwadaso Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Dr Kingsley Nyarko, has pleaded with the citizenry to be patient with the government to soon reduce the socioeconomic hardships currently facing the country.
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The Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Assembly in the Western Region will continue to deepen social accountability through service delivery to improve livelihoods.
It said it would provide better understanding of the status and safety of commun…
Senegalese opposition politician Guy Marius Sagna will stand trial on Tuesday for taking part in banned protests that left three people dead on 17 June.
The demonstrations were triggered by the government's decision to exclude a list of…
South Africa's main power company has announced that there is a significant risk of more cuts in its service if an ongoing worker's strike does not come to an end.
The new power cuts, called load shedding in South Africa, could mean up …
A lawyer for the former Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali, says his client has been released by a judge, four days after he was detained on suspicion of money laundering.
Mr Jebali had gone on hunger strike to protest against his de…
The UN has called for an independent inquiry into the deaths of 23 people, after hundreds of migrants tried to break into the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco.
The Moroccan authorities say a number of people were crushed to death…
The prime minister of Africa's last absolute monarchy says his government will not hesitate to use force against "terrorists" to defend national security, a year after youth-led pro-democracy protests rocked the country.
In recent weeks…
Mr Lawrence Edutuah-Asiaw, Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa (AOB), District Chief Executive (DCE), has stated that, the development of the district must be a collective responsibility, because the concept of the district Assembly was all about develo…
All the 48 aspirants of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) seeking to occupy various national executive positions in the Party have chosen their positions on the ballot.
The exercise was held at the Party’s headoffice in Accra on Monday, Jun…
The leadership of the Arise Ghana group say its membership is unfazed by a clash with Police today at the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange and looking forward to the second day of the Krom Ay? Shi demonstration tomorrow.
Leading member of the …
As talks begin in Geneva between rival institutions in Libya, the UN has called for a “final and courageous effort” to break the deadlock over rules for long-awaited elections.
The leader of Libya's eastern-based parliament, Aguila Sale…
South Africa's scheduled power cuts are being increased to up to six hours a day to avoid catastrophic grid collapse.
The main power company Eskom blames its striking workers demanding a 10% pay rise for these new enforced blackouts - o…
A man has been arrested in eastern Uganda and held in police custody after slapping an MP at church on Sunday, local media reports.
The 39-year-old struck Transport Minister Musa Ecweru in the middle of his speech to congregants at St M…
The murder of a Hindu man in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan has sparked religious tensions in the area.
The victim, a tailor named Kanhaiya Lal, was killed in Udaipur district on Tuesday by two Muslim men, who filmed…
Up until now, the congressional committee investigating the 6 January attack on the Capitol was missing a key piece of the puzzle - the testimony of someone who could offer a first-hand account of the situation in the White House in th…
A leading member of the Arise Ghana movement, Bernard Mornah says the group will go ahead with the second day of its protest despite the violence that characterised the activity on Tuesday at the Obra Spot.
Speaking on E…
The National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo says the current economic challenges go to show how the Akufo-Addo administration is out of touch with reality.
Addressing protestors at the Arise…
There are reports that at least 26 people have been killed in an attack on a village in Cameroon's English-speaking regions, where the military has been fighting separatist rebels for nearly five years.
It isn't yet clear who was behind…
Rwandan students studying in Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo are facing security threats arising from the ongoing spat between the two neighbouring countries.
DR Congo accuses Rwanda of backing the Congolese M23 rebels and has …
This week's Nato summit in Madrid comes at a critical time in the alliance's 73-year history. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been described as the biggest strategic shock to the West since the 9/11 attacks of 2001. Nato is the sole m…
At least 46 people have been found dead in an abandoned truck on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas.
A fire official said 16 people, including four children, had also been taken to hospital.
The survivors were "h…
Sammy Gyamfi, a lead convenor of the Arise Ghana group, organizers of the ‘krom ayε shi’ demonstration, says the protest is not for partisan gains and will serve the interest of the public.
He said all the various actors…
The Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam George, says the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been vindicated by its position that the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-levy) is not the solution to Ghana’s economic woe…
It's easy to miss the village of Dwegur if you're not looking for it. Its mud homes appear to merge with the mountainside they're scattered on.
In Afghanistan's south-eastern Paktika province, less than 20 miles from the bor…
Ecuador's president has promised to lower fuel prices across the country after weeks of disruptive mass protests over the cost of living.
Protesters have blocked key roads and staged mass rallies demanding action on fuel an…
Nigerian authorities in the north-western state of Zamfara are calling on locals to arm themselves against criminal gangs, in an attempt to deal with the increasing numbers of kidnappings and violent attacks.
Residents there must regist…
The African Union has called for an immediate investigation into the death of at least 23 migrants who died on Friday when a huge crowd tried to cross into Spain's North African enclave of Melilla.
AU Commission chairperson Moussa Faki …
A Catholic priest who was kidnapped in Nigeria's southern state of Edo has been found dead hours later.
Local church leader says Father Christopher Odia was abducted from his home in Ikabigbo on Sunday as he was about to head to mass.
…
Nana Akosua Duaah Asor-Sika Brayie II, Paramount Queen Mother of Sunyani Traditional Area, has advised Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central to allow his honesty and benevolence reflect his presidential…
An unassuming patch of red dirt in remote Australia has made history as the site of Nasa's first rocket launch from a commercial spaceport outside the US.
The sub-orbital rocket blasted off from the tiny site early on Monday…
Sudan's military has accused the Ethiopian army of executing seven Sudanese soldiers and a civilian who were captives.
A statement published on Sudanese state media gave no further details.
But it called the alleged killings a treach…
Russia is believed to have defaulted on its debt for the first time since 1998 after missing a key deadline.
Russia has the money to make a $100m payment, which was due on Sunday, but sanctions made it impossible to get the …
G7 leaders have detailed plans to mobilise $600bn in funding for the developing world in a move seen as a counter to China's Belt and Road plan.
The Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII) relaunches a sc…
Forensic experts in South Africa are trying to determine what caused the deaths of 22 young people in a nightclub in the city of East London.
Police have ruled out a crush and say the party-goers may have ingested a toxic substance.
…
Japan's government has urged people in Tokyo and its surrounding area to use less electricity on Monday, as it warned that supplies will be strained as the country faces a heatwave.
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industr…
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