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.
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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…
Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara has recovered from Covid-19 and resumed his duties on Wednesday.
The presidency said the head of state tested positive for the virus at the beginning of the month.
The president was earlier s…
The Lagos state government in Nigeria has banned street begging and has formed a special team to stop the “menace”, local media report.
The team is expected to begin operations in the next few days.
A state official in charge of yout…
The prettily named village of Marceline is 30 minutes' drive north of Les Cayes.
Before the earthquake hit it had two churches - Catholic and Baptist - a medical centre, a school and a voodoo community centre.
A tarmac road runs thro…
On the surface, it almost looks normal on this part of the Pakistani-Afghan border.
But a closer look would show how much things have changed.
The tricolour flag of the Republic of Afghanistan has been replaced with the white flag of…
A Professor of Political Science at the University of Ghana, Legon, Professor Joseph Atsu Ayee, has urged tertiary institutions to start a full programme in Public Policy and Analysis to enable them to produce graduates who will be capable…
The Member of Parliament for Ada constituency, Madam Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe-Ghansah has confirmed that she has filed an official report with the Police after GH?133,000 was deposited into her bank account without her knowledge.
The MP in …
At least seven people have died after heavy rains in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa.
Rivers burst their banks in the capital causing flooding.
The city's mayor, Adanech Abiebie, tweeted that the "damage to life and property was se…
The Taliban say they will rule Afghanistan according to a strict interpretation of Islam's legal system called Sharia law.
In the first press briefing after taking control in Kabul, a Taliban spokesman said issues such as the media and …
A Nigerian state governor has urged citizens to acquire weapons to defend themselves from armed criminal gangs carrying out kidnappings for ransom.
Aminu Masari, the governor of the north-western Katsina state, blamed citizens for the c…
The Cuban government has introduced new regulations on the use of social media and the internet, which critics say are aimed at stifling dissent.
The decrees were published in the wake of the largest anti-government protests to sweep th…
The World Health Organization (WHO) said it has identified counterfeit versions of India's primary Covid vaccine, Covishield.
The doses were seized by authorities in India and Africa between July and August, a WHO statement said.
It …
The President of the Forum for Equity, a human rights organisation, Mr Prince Bagnaba Mba, has stated that Ghana’s underdevelopment can be attributed to the continuous persecution of leadership.
“The truth of the matter is that, Ghana h…
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has urged Western nations to halt deportations of Afghan citizens following the Taliban takeover.
Several European countries - including Germany and the Netherlands - had already an…
The UN's migration agency has called for a “rapid expansion” of humanitarian aid and more funding for operations in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado.
António Vitorino, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) d…
Mali’s leader Col Assimi Goïta has given a short address to the nation justifying the coup he led a year ago.
He said the army could not just stand by and watch the growing political crisis - and breakdown of governance under President …
The former Afghan president fled the country on Sunday - but it is unclear where he went or where he currently is.
In the aftermath of the Taliban takeover of Kabul, there was speculation he had travelled to a neighbouring nation like U…
Mr Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, has congratulated Mr Hakainde Hichilema on his election as President-Elect of Zambia following the successful conduct of Elections held on August 12, 2021.
The AU C…
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has scheduled Saturday, August 21, 2021, to Friday, August 27, 2021, to hold its Constituency Annual Delegates Conferences across all 275 constituencies of the country.
The conferences will be hel…
The parliament in the Democratic Republic of Congo has voted to extend the state of emergency in Ituri and North Kivu - the two eastern provinces that have been rocked by insecurity.
The state of emergency imposed by President Félix Tsh…
The trial of former Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaoré and 13 co-accused over the 1987 assassination of his predecessor Thomas Sankara will start on 11 October.
The trial will be conducted in public, military prosecutors in Burkina …
There are reports that the Taliban's political leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and other leaders are expected to arrive in the capital Kabul either today or tomorrow.
Baradar was among several members of the Taliban's senior leadershi…
At least 1,941 people are known to have died in Haiti in Saturday's powerful earthquake - a rise of more than 500 on the previous figure, officials say.
Nearly 10,000 people have been injured, and many are still missing after the the 7.…
Two days after the Taliban took control of the Afghan capital, Kabul, female presenters have returned to at least some TV channels, after briefly going off air as the militants took over the country.
Tolo TV, the private channel which p…
Former President, Mr John Dramani Mahama, says he will not be surprised if the country goes back to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) due to the manner in which the current administration is managing the economy.
He explained that f…
The General Secretary of the Socialist Movement Ghana (SMG), Mr Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has said the group will be a vehicle that will support rapid growth, development, depth and impact in the country.
He said the group, which is an activist …
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law an oil bill first introduced in parliament nearly 20 years ago.
The Petroleum Industry Act - which amalgamates some 16 previous laws - overhauls nearly every aspect of oil and gas…
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the president-elect of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema, on his victory in the country’s just concluded presidential election.
President Buhari has also praised Zambians for coming out in …
Ivory Coast has begun a vaccination programme against Ebola after the country confirmed its first case since 1994, the health ministry says.
It said the family of the infected teenager and health workers involved were the first to be gi…
Soldiers are to spend another month on the streets of South Africa, after the widespread unrest and looting that followed ex-President Jacob Zuma's jailing in July.
In response to the violence 25,000 troops were deployed - the biggest n…
The UK is looking at a "bespoke arrangement" for Afghan refugees, with full details to be set out in due course, the foreign secretary has said.
A new resettlement scheme will be aimed at helping those most in need - including women and…
The Biden administration has increased the amount of government-provided food assistance distributed to approximately one in eight Americans each month.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Monday announced an increase of over 25%…
New Zealand has announced a snap lockdown after a man tested positive for Covid, the first case in six months.
The case was detected in Auckland, which will be in lockdown for a week, while the rest of the country will be in lockdown fo…
The Director-General of the State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA), Mr. Stephen Asamoah Boateng, popularly known as Asabee, has urged members of the Tertiary Students Confederacy (TESCON), which is the student wing of the New Patr…
The Volta Development Forum (VDF), has extolled Dr. Archibald Yao Letsa, the Volta Regional Minister for the successes of the Regional Coordinating Council (VRCC).
The Local Government Service has ranked the VRCC the best performing for…
Mr. Dan Botwe, Minister for Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development has said individuals should be held accountable for public disservice and not always the government.
He said the central government had been placed at …
Two police officers have been suspended after two brothers died in custody after their arrest in central Kenya earlier this month.
The move follows public outcry by Kenyans online using the hashtag #JusticeForKianjokomaBrothers.
Insp…
Nigeria's Plateau state government has extended a curfew in the state capital Jos and surrounding areas after signs of increasing tension in the city.
It follows the killing of at least 23 Muslim travellers returning from a religious ce…
Venezuelan opposition politician Freddy Guevara has been released from jail two days after the government of President Nicolás Maduro and opposition representatives met in Mexico.
Mr Guevara had been arrested in July and charged with tr…
Protesters attacked the home of Lebanon's prime minister-designate after a petrol tank explosion killed 27 people and injured 79 others on Sunday.
Dozens of demonstrators demanded Najib Mikati's resignation, threw stones at his house an…
Rescue workers are rushing to locate survivors of the deadly earthquake that struck Haiti on Saturday as a tropical storm is heading towards the Caribbean nation.
At least 1,297 people are known to have died in the 7.2-magnitude quake a…
Some youth of the National Democratic Congress in the North-East Region are pushing former Member of Parliament (MP) for the Yagaba-Kubori constituency, Alhaji Abdul-Rauf Tanko Ibrahim to contest for the chairmanship slot of the party in …