President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo this morning addressed the opening ceremony of the 15th Edition of the European Development Days (EDD) Forum in Brussels, Belgium.
President Akufo-Addo, is in Brussels, Belgium, to attend the forum.…
Egypt has signed a raft of deals with Saudi Arabia worth nearly $8bn (£6.5bn) during a visit to Cairo by the Gulf kingdom’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
It includes a $1.5bn investment in a wind power plant in Egypt…
The US says it's "gravely concerned" by the killings of many ethnic minority civilians in Ethiopia’s Oromia region.
A statement by Ned Price, the US state department’s spokesman, called the attacks an "horrific act", adding that continu…
Russia has warned Lithuania of "serious" consequences after it banned the rail transfer of some goods to the Russian territory of Kaliningrad.
Russia "will certainly respond to such hostile actions," senior security official…
French President Emmanuel Macron has rejected a resignation offer from the prime minister he appointed, saying instead that the government must "stay on task and act".
Elisabeth Borne was criticised by some commentators afte…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has denied interfering with the country’s judiciary over delays in the presentation of the final report of a corruption inquiry.
The commission headed by Justice Raymond Zondo investigated allegat…
Three former Nigeria football officials who were kidnapped by gunmen on Saturday night have been freed, a police spokesperson has confirmed without giving details.
The kidnappers had demanded a ransom before setting the trio - including…
The military authorities in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo have banned anyone from importing or exporting goods via a town on the Ugandan border that was recently seized by rebels.
The military governor of North Kivu provi…
Dela Klu, the Second Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Volta Region, has entreated the youth to take up challenging leadership positions available to them, especially in the political arena.
He was elected at the par…
Ofosu Ampofo, the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has urged the government show empathy to the citizenry by providing social interventions to ameliorate their plight.
Taken a swipe at the governing NPP ove…
Former Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, says he will turn down any appointment to serve in the Akufo-Addo government since he is currently focused on his presidential ambition.
He said he is working to become the flagbea…
The Member of Parliament for Ashaiman, Ernest Norgbey, has accused the Akufo-Addo administration of denying his constituency development because it is a National Democratic Congress (NDC) stronghold.
“Any time NPP comes to …
Kenya's top public hospital says there has been an increase in the number of people making inquiries and offering to sell their kidneys.
In a Facebook post, Kenyatta National Hospital said "How much for my kidney?" was the most asked qu…
More than 130 civilians were killed by jihadists in three neighbouring towns over the weekend, the government in Mali says.
It blamed a group called Macina Katiba which is affiliated to al-Qaeda for the attacks in Diallassagou and two o…
"There was water everywhere, but not a single drop to drink."
That is how Ronju Chowdhary described the scene outside her house on Saturday. She lives in Udiana, a remote village in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam, w…
French President Emmanuel Macron will meet political opponents on Tuesday after his coalition failed to win a majority in parliamentary elections.
Mr Macron is now under pressure to secure support from rivals to fulfil his g…
The Member of Parliament for Bortianor-Ngleshie-Amanfro, Sylvester Tetteh has denied the Auditor General’s allegations that he had received double salary.
Sylvester Tetteh and two other Members of Parliament; Stephen Jalulah and Alexand…
Former Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, says the New Patriotic Party (NPP) must boldly acknowledge to Ghanaians the dire situation of the economy.
According to him, that will be the first step toward addressing the challenges and puttin…
At least 59 people are known to have died in lightning strikes and landslides triggered by severe monsoon storms in India and Bangladesh.
Millions of people have been stranded while emergency workers have struggled to reach…
Five Britons who had been detained in Afghanistan by the Taliban have been released, the Foreign Office has said.
Friends and family said former BBC cameraman Peter Jouvenal was among them, although the UK did not confirm an…
Boris Johnson had a "minor routine operation related to his sinuses" under general anaesthetic at a London hospital, No 10 has said.
The prime minister had the operation at 06:00 BST on Monday and was back in Downing Street …
They were the big winners of France's elections, tearing apart President Emmanuel Macron's majority.
The broad left-wing alliance under Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Marine Le Pen's far right were described as a pincer movement fro…
The last batch of 268 Ivorian refugees in Liberia, some of whom had been in the country for more than 20 years, have been repatriated.
The Ivorian refugees started streaming across the border into Liberia in 2010 when violence broke out…
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has told the African Union that the continent is the "hostage" of Russia's war in Ukraine, the AFP news agency quotes him as saying.
The president's speech comes nearly 10 weeks after he first aske…
The leadership of pressure group, Arise Ghana has officially invited a founding member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe to its demonstration scheduled for June 28 and June 29.
A statement jointly signe…
East African heads of state have called for an immediate ceasefire and cessation of hostilities between the Democratic Republic of Congo and the several rebel groups fighting in its eastern region.
At a meeting in the Kenyan capital, Na…
The National Chairman of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has taken a swipe at the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) over what he described as the current excruciating economic conditions in th…
A political marketing strategist with the University of Ghana Business School, Dr Kobby Mensah, has urged political parties to adopt universal suffrage as a means of curbing 'cash for votes' in internal polls.
He argued that it would be…
The government is to construct three interchanges and a number of footbridges for pedestrian crossings on the Accra-Tema motorway.
This is to ensure the safety of motorists and pedestrians who use the motorway and communities along the …
Uganda's military says it has discovered bomb-making material at what it called a training facility west of the capital, Kampala.
It said it belonged to the rebel Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) - a Ugandan militia that has pledged alleg…
The World Health Organization (WHO) says plans by the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) to have the power to declare public health outbreaks within Africa require further discussion.
The health body says it is likely to lead to c…
The Foundation for Security and Development in Africa (FOSDA) has urged the government to pay attention to grassroots sensitisation, education and awareness creation as the surest way to prevent and counter the menace of violent extremism …
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition to the US has been approved by UK Home Secretary Priti Patel.
Mr Assange has 14 days to appeal over the decision, the Home Office said.
It said the courts found extra…
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has identified absence of polling station executives to run the affairs of the party on the ground to mobilise the grassroots as having bedevilled fortunes over the years.
It has taken an initiative t…
The US embassy in Mali has issued an alert over a possible terror attack in the capital, Bamako, that could target key government facilities and public places.
This is the third alert issued by the US embassy in Mali since March 2021.
…
The Archbishop of Canterbury has apologised after it emerged the Church of England's investment fund has links to the transatlantic slave trade.
Queen Anne's Bounty was a fund to help support poor clergy in the 18th Century - but large …
Three Palestinian militants have been shot dead, Palestinian officials say, after armed clashes with Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank.
The Israeli military said its forces returned fire "to neutralise" occupants of a…
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has implored Members of Parliament (MPs) to restore hope in the power and promise of democracy by reversing disillusionment of the citizenry in the system.
“The role of Parliament is critical in …
Dr Benjamin Kumbuor, the former Minister of Defence, has advised the leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to allow a level playing field for all presidential-hopefuls of the party.
He indicated that the NDC as a democr…
The European Union gave its blessing on Friday for Ukraine and its neighbour Moldova to become candidates to join, in the most dramatic geopolitical shift to result from Russia's invasion.
Ukraine applied to join the EU just four days a…
Morocco's King Mohammed VI has tested positive for Covid-19, but with no symptoms, the monarch's personal doctor says, according to state news agency MAP.
Thursday's statement from Dr Lahcen Belyamani, quoted by MAP, said that the monar…
The Programme Officer in charge of Youth Development of Foundation for Security and Development in Africa (FOSDA), Peter Awuni, has advised the citizenry to be vigilant and support the initiative to educate and sensitise them on the menace…
Mr Kwesi Ahwoi, a former Ghana High Commissioner to South Africa, says he “engineered” the historic handshake between former Presidents John Agyekum Kufuor and Jerry John Rawlings on January 7, 1997, when the latter was being sworn into of…
Parliament will not consider two loan facility agreements totalling $1 billion laid before the House until the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, appears before the House on June 22, 2022, to account for how COVID-19 money approved by the H…
Transport by air, land and sea has been all but suspended in Tunisia as hundreds of thousands of state employees hold a 24-hour strike to demand better pay amid soaring inflation.
The powerful UGTT union that called the industrial actio…
Water rationing will be introduced in large parts of Durban, one of South Africa's main cities, following damage caused to infrastructure in April's floods, the local water company has said.
Different areas of the port city will receive…
Ex-President Donald Trump put his Vice-President Mike Pence in danger during the Capitol riot as he illegally pressured him to quash the 2020 election, says a congressional panel.
Lawmakers have heard from Pence aides who de…
One of seven asylum seekers taken off Tuesday's cancelled Rwanda flight says he would not have come to the UK if he had known about the deportation policy.
But the man, who can only be identified as KN, told the BBC he had b…
A National Youth Organiser aspirant in the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Michael Osei Boateng, has kicked against suggestions that vote-buying takes place in the party.
“In NPP, we don’t buy votes. But we sell ideas, and t…
North Korea says it is dealing with an outbreak of an unidentified intestinal sickness, adding to the strain caused by the spread of Covid-19.
The country's leader, Kim Jong-un, has ordered quarantine measures be implemented…
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