Mr Ronald Gerard Strikker, the outgoing Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Ghana, has bid farewell to Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration.
Mr Strikker, a career diplomat …
A worker sprays mosquitoes in Ivory Coast
Kenya has begun using drones to identify mosquito breeding sites in the country and kill them at the larval stage.
Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe said the drones will help in accessing hard-to-…
China is delivering two million COVID-19 vaccine shots to Myanmar this week to help fight a growing outbreak in the border area, officials said, as a spike in infections in the Southeast Asian country spills over into parts of southern Chi…
Nana Otuo Siriboe II, the Omanhene of New Juaben and Chairman of the Council of State, has stressed the need to engage the various Regions to better appreciate their development aspirations, concerns and challenges.
This is to enable th…
A French citizen is among six people arrested on suspicion of involvement in a plot to kill Madagascar's president, the Indian Ocean island's public security minister said, and a second official said the president's security had been tight…
A migrant boat carrying 45 people has sunk to the south of Turkey, and Turkish naval ships and an aircraft are carrying out search and rescue operations, the defence ministry said on Friday.
Ministry officials said those on board the ve…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ketu South in the Volta Region, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, has urged the government to consider reopening the land borders at key entry points in her constituency to alleviate the economic stress being suffered …
Protests by angry supporters of late Haitian President Jovenel Moise convulsed the slain leader's hometown for a second successive day as workers labored into the night to finish a makeshift auditorium in time for his funeral on Friday.
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Social media in Liberia is awash again with criticism of politicians after the most senior minister in the office of President George Weah buried his mother in an expensive mausoleum this week.
The structure, which resembles a house, wa…
President Xi Jinping has visited the politically troubled region of Tibet, the first official visit by a Chinese leader in 30 years.
The president was in Tibet from Wednesday to Friday, but the visit only reported by state media on Frid…
The youth of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and residents of Afigya Kwabre South District in the Ashanti Region, have agitated against an attempt to maintain the current District Chief Executive for the area.
They are against alleged mov…
Mr Joseph Korto, National Dean of Presiding Members on Thursday appealed to Assemblies to confirm the yet-to be released names of nominees of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's for positions as Metropolitan, Municipal and District ch…
The UN Human Rights Committee has found that Mauritius’ new identity card laws violate privacy rights.
The findings were made after a Mauritian citizen sought the committee's help after the highest court ruled that the new laws were “in…
Suspected members of a militant group in the Democratic Republic of Congo have shot dead 16 people who were returning from a weekly market.
The ambush took place in the east of the country.
Hospital officials in the town of Oicha say…
French President Emmanuel Macon has changed his phone and number after reports that he was targeted with Israeli-made spyware called Pegasus.
The president's office said Mr Macron had also ordered an overhaul of security protocols.
T…
Italy is introducing a mandatory Covid vaccination certificate from 6 August, the latest country in Europe to announce such a scheme.
The move will allow those aged 12 and over who have received at least one jab to access a range of ven…
The Tokyo Olympic Games are upon us. They look and feel different to any other Games of times gone by, but they are here. At last.
With an unexpected additional year of preparation under their belts, more than 11,300 athletes from 207 n…
The Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) has dispelled claims that there is tension in the party over the resignation of two of its members.
This follows a publication by The Insight newspaper that suggested that there was tension in the party …
The Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Atta Mills Institute, Mr Koku Anyidoho, says the implementation of the White Paper on the Report of the Constitution Review Commission (CRC) and the subsequent amendment to the 1992 Cons…
Chinese people are using social media to help speed up rescue efforts after deadly floods engulfed Henan province.
At least 33 people have died there after a year's worth of rain fell in three days in Zhengzhou city.
Users of the Wei…
Live snails, fresh leaves and a quarter-pound of beef were found this month - not on a plate or grocery store but inside luggage at a Texas airport.
A passenger arriving from Nigeria initially disclosed the dried beef in her suitcase, b…
A human rights group says millions of Angolans are on the brink of starvation as the worst drought in 40 years ravages the south of the country.
Amnesty International said the problem had been exacerbated by the creation of commercial c…
Britain has placed an asset freeze and travel ban on the vice-president of Equatorial Guinea and four others it accuses of serious corruption.
Teodoro Obiang Mangue is accused of misappropriating state finances to fund a lavish lifestyl…
Israel has been given observer status at the African Union, a statement from Israel's foreign ministry says.
“This is a day of celebration for Israeli-Africa relations,” Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said.
“The diplomatic achievement i…
China has rejected the next stage of a World Health Organization (WHO) plan to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.
The WHO wants to audit laboratories in the area the virus was first identified.
But Zeng Yixin, deput…
Nana Kotroka Frimpong Baah II, Tufohene of Breku in the Assin North District of the Central Region has called on political parties, particularly the New Patriotic Party (NDC) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to end the political …
Former South African president Jacob Zuma has been granted permission to attend the burial of his younger brother, Michael, who is set to be buried on Thursday afternoon.
"As a short-term, low risk classified inmate, Mr Zuma’s applicati…
Mali has opened investigations into the attempted knife attack on interim leader Assimi Goïta inside a mosque during Eid al-Adha festivities.
Prosecutor Bourama Kariba Konate said an inquiry been opened "to shed light on this event".
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Tanzanian opposition leader Freeman Mbowe is being held at the Central Police Station in the coastal city of Dar es Salaam, his party Chadema says.
Chadema said this came after a search at his house in the city by the police who confisc…
Joe Biden said that he has felt self-conscious in the role of president, in a town hall hosted by CNN in Ohio.
"The first time I walked down the stairs and they played Hail to the Chief I said, 'Where is he?'" he told a vaccinated crowd…
The US says it has reached a deal with Germany to prevent Russia from using its Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline as political leverage over Europe.
The near-complete 1,230km (764 miles) pipeline under the Baltic Sea will double Russian gas ex…
As floodwater crashed through a busy subway station in China on Tuesday, desperate passengers tried to flee while others were swept helplessly off platforms.
In one train carriage, water seeped in and rose from ankle, to waist, to neck-…
Phone numbers used by two Dubai princesses have reportedly been found as part of an investigation into the phone hacking spyware known as Pegasus.
Princess Latifa is the daughter of the ruler of Dubai, and Princess Haya Bint al-Hussain …
The UK has asked Nigeria to explain where and how a Nigerian separatist leader, who holds British citizenship, was arrested.
Nnamdi Kanu - the leader of the group Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) - was on the run outside Nigeria for f…
The South African authorities are still assessing the true economic cost of the looting and violence that broke out after the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma.
The estimated cost to the economy in KwaZulu-Natal province alone has …
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is among world leaders believed to have targeted for phone tapping using spyware.
Known as Pegasus, it infects phones and allows operators to spy on their targets.
Its leaked database is said t…
Anger is growing in Australia as 13 million people - about half the population - endure fresh lockdowns to quash Covid outbreaks.
A third state went into lockdown on Tuesday. Stay-at-home orders are now in place in South Australia, Vict…
Two years after the Sudanese revolution, hundreds of thousands of people have been internally displaced as violence in Darfur continues. Many hoped a hard-earned peace agreement would put an end to the decades-old conflict, but the region'…
A new Covid health pass has come into effect in France amid a surge of new infections.
From Wednesday, people need proof of vaccination, a negative test or recent recovery from Covid to enter most museums and cinemas.
Later lawmakers…
The Member of Parliament for Banda, Ahmed Ibrahim, has expressed concerns about the delay by the President in appointing people to occupy the positions of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives at the various local assemblie…
Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia has truly distinguished himself as a precious asset and beacon of hope for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the state, Mr Razak Kojo Opoku, a member of the Party has said.
“Upon his assumption of off…
The Ashanti Regional branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has lauded Ghanaian Muslims for the successful celebration of the Eid-ul-Adha (the Feast of Sacrifice).
“We wish to extend our congratulatory message to all Muslims f…
The National Women Organiser of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called for collaboration among women in leadership.
According to her, to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 5, women must begin to collaborate and not see the…
Ariel Henry has been sworn in as Haiti's new prime minister, nearly two weeks after the assassination of the country's President Jovenel Moïse.
The late president asked Mr Henry to take the job, days before he was gunned down in the cap…
The authorities in north-west Nigeria say they have freed 100 women and children - mainly mothers nursing infants - who were seized by bandits.
The group were abducted on 8 June in Zamfara state. Four people were also killed during the …
Twelve people have died after record-breaking rainfall flooded underground railway tunnels in China, leaving passengers trapped in rising waters.
Video shared on social media shows evening commuters just managing to keep their heads abo…
The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, is expected to brief Parliament on the cost of President Akufo-Addo’s recent trips to Europe and South Africa later today, Wednesday, July 21, 2021.
This comes after the North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudz…
An activist and national youth co-ordinator in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed for "incitement to civil disobedience".
Jacky Ndala, from the Together for the Republic party of ex-Katanga governor Moïse Katumbi, was arre…
Tanzanian opposition leader Freeman Mbowe has been arrested, his Chadema party says.
He was in his hotel room on Tuesday night in Mwanza, in the north-western region where he was attending party meetings, when he was detained.
Offici…
The Resident Representative of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Ghana, Mr Baba Gana Wakil, has urged Ghana to be prepared at all times to “forestall any incursions” from neighbouring countries in the wake of terror…