Uganda's education minister has ordered the country's teachers to get vaccinated against Covid-19 or risk being barred from classrooms when schools reopen.
Janet Museveni, who is also the country's first lady, warned that any teacher wh…
Nigerian media are reporting that Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi, the country's former first lady, has died at the age of 97.
Her family has not officially confirmed her death.
She is the widow of Major-General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, who sei…
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament will, from Monday (August 23, 2021), commence a 13-day zonal public hearing to consider four Auditor-General’s reports that have been referred to the committee for consideration.
The hea…
Mr. Kenneth Karikari, the Krachi-West District Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has called on Ghanaians to peacefully co-exist.
He explained that peace and tolerance were key ingredients of democracy and…
A second member of an anti-corruption organisation in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been arrested after it made accusations against the president's wife.
The organisation, "Lutte Pour Le Changement" (Lucha), alleged that a founda…
Kenya has received 880,000 doses of Covid-19 Moderna vaccine from the US to boost its vaccination programme.
The vaccines arrived at the country's main airport on Monday morning.
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Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan is being criticised online for her remarks on female footballers having “flat chests” and being unattractive for marriage.
The president was speaking at state house in Dar es Salaam to receive a t…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said further sanctions may be imposed on Russia if it uses a controversial gas pipeline against Ukraine.
Mrs Merkel, on her final visit to Kyiv before leaving office, told Ukraine's President Volodymy…
Taiwan has begun administering its first domestically developed Covid-19 vaccine, amid criticism that its approval was rushed.
The island's health ministry authorised emergency use of the Medigen vaccine last month although clinical tri…
President Joe Biden says efforts to evacuate people from Kabul airport are accelerating, with US troops expanding the perimeter around the site.
Many thousands of Afghans have been queuing at the gates in desperate attempts to flee the …
The 2020 Vice-Presidential Candidate of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Pastor Dr Divine Ayivor has reiterated the need for all members of splinter Nkrumaist parties and groupings to come together to form a force that will liberate…
The outgoing Egyptian Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Emad Magdy Hanna, has said that Ghana’s good foreign policy makes the country a leader in African affairs with credible global standing.
These, he explained, were evident in Ghana becoming t…
Mr Abuga Pele, a former Member of Parliament for the Chiana-Paga Constituency in the Upper East Region, has expressed gratitude to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the Presidential pardon granted him to get out of prison.
The P…
Spanish police have arrested a suspected Moroccan people-smuggler over the deaths of 14 migrants as they tried to reach the Canary Islands this month.
The 43-year-old suspect is thought to be the co-owner of a boat that ran out of fuel,…
The Covid-19 vaccination age in South Africa has now been revised to include 18-34 year-olds.
Starting Friday, all adults will now be able to access the jab as the country ramps up its vaccination drive.
Initially, only those aged 35…
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is warning of a "horrendous humanitarian crisis" unfolding in Afghanistan.
Officials say the year is set to be "extraordinarily difficult", with the effects of war and drought linked to the climate cris…
As thousands of citizens and foreign nationals attempt to flee Afghanistan, scenes outside Kabul airport have become increasingly desperate.
Since the Taliban took control of the country at the weekend and closed land border crossings, …
Mr. Augustine Collins Ntim, Deputy Minister for Local Government and Rural Development has reiterated government commitment to ensure that phase two of Kumasi Central Market Redevelopment Project is completed on schedule.
He has, theref…
Kenya's Court of Appeal is due to deliver a verdict shortly on President Uhuru Kenyatta's controversial attempt to change the constitution and introduce widespread political changes.
The proposed reforms include the introduction of a ne…
Former President and the 2020 Presidential Candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress, (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has taken a swipe at the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, on issues concerning the country’s economy.
M…
Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia on Friday launched an academic journal for the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College GAFCSC) to be a channel for communicating academic knowledge locally and internationally.
The journal, known as …
The United Nkrumaist Front (UNF), is embarking on a series of unity talks across the country to place all Nkrumahist families under a single umbrella.
It is believed this feat would give a political leverage to contest in future electio…
Care for Free and Fair Elections Ghana (“CARE” GHANA), has advocated the adoption of a Mix Electoral Management Model to free the Electoral Commission (EC) from the ponderous load impeding the commission’s performance.
A statement issue…
Ya-Na Abukari II, the Overlord of Dagbon Kingdom has commended former President, John Dramani Mahama for the leadership he exhibited before, during and after the 7th December 2020 elections.
He said his leadership showed the extent to w…
Confidence, patience, good leadership and respect for all are among the qualities that ran through the testimonies about the newly appointed High Commissioner of Ghana to Malta, Ms Barbara Akuokor Benisa, during a send-off party organised …
A Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Mr. Augustine Collins Ntim, has reiterated government commitment to ensure that phase two of Kumasi Central Market Redevelopment Project is completed on schedule.
He has, ther…
The Director of Communications of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Yaw Buaben Asamoah says the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is resorting to making false claims about the feasibility of the government's Agenda 111 i…
The head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has welcomed a ruling by the Swiss media regulator that found a newspaper headline describing her as a "grandmother" after her appointment to lead the body, was gender-bi…
The Taliban recently "massacred" and brutally tortured several members of the Hazara minority in Afghanistan, says human rights group Amnesty International.
Witnesses have given harrowing accounts of the killings, which took place in ea…
THE PARTY OF “IT IS IMPOSSIBLE”
Dear Friends,
1. When we proposed the restoration of teacher trainee allowances they said it was impossible.
2. When we proposed the restoration of nursing trainee allowances they said it was imposs…
The Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr George Mireku Duker, on Wednesday led a delegation from Sudan to Tarkwa in the Western Region.
Mr Duker who is also the Member of Parliament for Tarkwa-Nsuaem Constituency was accom…
A lockdown in the Australian city of Sydney has been extended until the end of September to slow the spread of a Covid outbreak.
Authorities also imposed a curfew on two million residents in the city's worst-hit suburbs.
Residents of…
The government is coming under pressure after it emerged ministers did not make a phone call about evacuating Afghan translators who had helped UK forces.
It had said Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab was too busy to speak to his Afghan co…
The Taliban have stepped up their search for people who worked for Nato forces or the previous Afghan government, a document prepared for the UN has warned.
It said the militants have been going door-to-door to find targets and threaten…
Mr Eugene Eshun-Elliot, the Korle Klottey Constituency Secretary for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has urged members of the Party to work extra hard to improve on its 2020 polls to win power in 2024 elections.
He applauded the…
Nigeria is to conduct a review into animal grazing rights following deadly clashes between herders and farmers who complain about livestock destroying their crops.
The review will examine grazing sites in 25 states.
A statement by Pr…
The United States has offered a $5m (£3.7m) reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction of former Guinea-Bissau military chief Antonio Indjai.
Mr Indjai led a coup in the West African country in 2012 before he was dismiss…
Former President John Dramani Mahama, has advised President Akufo-Addo's administration to allow the new Special Prosecutor to work without interference.
Government, he said, must also ensure that the Office was given all the support to…
Former President and 2020 Presidential candidate of the NDC, John Dramani Mahama, has called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to address the developmental needs of the newly created North East region.
The former President is in the region o…
The fog of war is a term usually used to describe confusion on the battlefield, but when it comes to Ethiopia, it could just as easily be applied to the bitterly fought information war surrounding the escalating conflict between Tigrayan r…
Former President and 2020 Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, says the party has learnt its lessons following the controversial loss in the 2020 elections.
Addressing party executives a…
The Member of Parliament for Ketu North, James Klutse Avedzi, has announced his decision not to return to parliament after the expiration of this current term.
According to the five-term MP, he has contributed his quota to the developme…
United Nations experts have demanded the immediate release of an Eritrean journalist who has been held without trial for 20 years.
A UN special rapporteur on human rights said Dawit Isaak had never been charged and had never spoken to h…
Turkey is still prepared to protect Kabul airport under Taliban rule following the withdrawal of US troops, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.
Turkey had offered to control and run the airport, which is key to allowing countries t…
Spain's national court has rejected moves by refugee rights groups to stop the government sending backing under-age migrants to Morocco from Spain's African city of Ceuta.
The court said it would not uphold an earlier suspension, but wa…
Former President John Dramani Mahama says no matter how long it may take, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will take over the administration of the country again to improve the living conditions of Ghanaians.
He said the NDC, as a…
Mr Salifu Issifu Kanton, the Executive Director of Community Development Alliance (CDA), says the delay in appointing Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) is adversely affecting the activities of the assemblies.
…
The government has presented some 653 motorbikes for distribution to Assembly Members in the Volta Region.
Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, the Regional Minister, handed over the Supreme Star motorbikes in a symbolic ceremony to the elected and …
US President Joe Biden has said US troops may stay in Afghanistan beyond his withdrawal deadline, as armed Taliban fighters kept desperate evacuees from reaching Kabul's airport.
Mr Biden wants US forces out by the end of this month, bu…
Algeria has decided to review its relations with Morocco, accusing its neighbour of hostile acts.
It follows an investigation into the killing of man falsely accused of starting wildfires.
"The repeated hostile acts committed by Moro…