Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema says his government has not been promoting gay rights, the Lusaka Times website reports, quoting his remarks at a church service.
The southern Africa country is a deeply conservative society where ho…
The UK’s new visa scheme for top global graduates, which does not include those from African universities, is “de facto” exclusionary and is “retrograde” and “self-limiting” a professor at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesbur…
Mr. Yohane Amarh Ashitey, Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive has disclosed that the Assembly will from the third quarter of this year introduce a ‘horse racing assessment’ for performance of Assembly Members.
Speaking during their Genera…
Most Reverend Philip Naameh, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale, said the current political atmosphere in the country requires a leader, who has qualities of former President Atta Mills, to rally along all the citizenry for national de…
The retention of almost all the regional chairmen of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the just-ended regional executive elections “will not be an advantage” for the two leading flagbearer hopefuls of the Party – Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, and Mr…
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) says candidates who feel aggrieved at the outcome of the recently held Regional Elections should petition the Dan Botwe Committee for redress.
The party says the Dan Botwe Committe…
A New Patriotic Party Chairman hopeful, Stephen Ntim has appointed Mohammed Adjei Sowah, former Mayor of Accra, as Manager of his Campaign for the National Chairmanship position of the party.
A statement from Mr. Ntim sa…
A former District Chief Executive (DCE) for Gomoa East, Mr McJewells Annan has declared his intention to contest the National Vice Chairman position of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
According to Mr Annan, who is also the General Secret…
New Patriotic Party (NPP) national chairman aspirant, Stephen Ayesu Ntim on Monday began a nationwide campaign tour to convince delegates why he is the best fit to chair the party into the 2024 elections.
He began the national campaign …
Parliament is expected to be exceptionally busy this week as the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta and other ministers are expected to appear before the House to answer critical questions.
Apart from being summoned by the Speaker, Alb…
The head of the Methodist Church in Nigeria, Samuel Kanu, has been freed after being abducted on Sunday, a church official confirmed to the BBC.
He was travelling with two other priests on a highway in the south-eastern stat…
Rwandan President Paul Kagame held a phone conversation with his Democratic Republic of Congo counterpart Félix Tshisekedi along with the African Union chairman Macky Sall amid cross-border tensions.
The Kinshasa government accuses Rwan…
The United Nations Human Rights Office has urged the transitional authorities in Guinea to revoke a ban on public protests.
Earlier this month the country's military rulers issued a statement prohibiting gatherings in public places.
…
Russian forces have entered the city of Severodonetsk, as they continue their attempts to capture the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine. One of the region's governors says that the bombardment of the industrial centre is so intense …
Taiwan says it deployed fighter jets to warn off 30 warplanes sent by China into its air defence zone.
The incident on Monday marked the biggest incursion since January.
It came days after US President Joe Biden w…
The government has released GH¢25 million to Parliament to run its business barely 24-hours after the Speaker, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, disclosed on the floor of Parliament last Thursday that the House was broke.
The Speaker attri…
The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu says he deserves another term in office because almost all members of the current National Executive Committee are moving out of office, or seeking new positions in the par…
The head of the Methodist Church in Nigeria, Samuel Kanu, has been abducted along with two other priests on their way back from a church event.
The men were travelling on a major highway on Sunday in the south-eastern state …
The head of the Methodist Church in Nigeria, Samuel Kanu, has been abducted along with two other priests on their way back from a church event.
The men were travelling on a major highway on Sunday in the south-eastern state …
Nigeria has recorded six monkeypox cases in May from four states, the country's Centre for Disease Control (CDC) said late on Sunday.
The cases were reported in the states of Bayelsa (two), Adamawa (two), Lagos (one) and Rivers (one).
…
The junta in Chad has warned of an imminent militant attack in the capital, N'Djamena, amid tension due to opposition protests.
"There is a very high terrorist alert in the city of N'Djamena, which has forced us to ban all public demons…
A new UK visa scheme that is designed to attract the "brightest and best" graduates from around the world does not include any African universities on its list of institutions where those degree-holders can come from.
This has led to so…
A New Patriotic Party Chairman hopeful, Stephen Ntim, has begun a nationwide campaign.
His campaign is dubbed “Time Aso to Break The 8 Campaign”.
It will start with a visit to the Western North, Western and Central Regions.
In a s…
A Justice of the High Court in Ghana and The Gambia, Justice Alexander Osei Tutu, has authored a book titled “Essential Themes in Land and Customary Law.”
The highly acclaimed book provides a comprehensive insight into understanding the…
Mr Alfred Asiedu Adjei, popularly known as ‘Paa Joe’, picked his nomination forms to officially kick-start the process to lead the National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG) as President.
Mr Adjei who was in the company …
Sudan's military government has lifted a state of emergency which it imposed after seizing power in a coup six months ago.
The country's ruling security and defence council said the decision was made at a meeting headed by the military …
A criminal court in Egypt has sentenced a former presidential candidate to 15 years in prison with hard labour.
Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, who is 70 and in poor health, was convicted along with an interim leader of the proscribed Muslim…
Graduates from the world's top universities will be able to apply to come to the UK under a new visa scheme.
The government says the "high potential individual" route, which opens on Monday, will attract the "brightest and …
A strong pro Bawumia wave has swept through the Ashanti Region in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) regional elections with loyalists of the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia cruising to victories.
Leading the pack is the incumbent Chair…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) over the weekend elected 15 people to manage the affairs of the party in the administrative regions of the country.
Out of the 15, 12 retained their positions while new chairmen were elected in the Bono Eas…
Kwame Baffoe, popularly referred to as Abronye DC has been re-elected as the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bono Regional Chairman.
Results
BONO REGION
POSITION BALLOT POSITION ASPIRANT
CHAIRMAN
1 KWAME BAFFOE - 173
2 KONLA…
In South Africa, five former employees of the state rail and ports operator, Transnet, have appeared in court in connection with fraud and money laundering charges.
They handed themselves over to police in the morning.
Among them was…
The death of a black man who was forced into a police car boot where a gas grenade was set off has sparked outrage in Brazil.
Police stopped Genivaldo de Jesus Santos, 38, in the street in the north-eastern city of Umbaúba, …
The United Nations Security Council has renewed an arms embargo on South Sudan by another year.
The UN's resolution to extend the ban through May next year passed with 10 out of 15 votes, with Gabon, Kenya, India, Russia, and China abst…
The Dome-Kwabenya MP, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has attributed her long absence from Parliament to family issues.
Speaking on Joy News, she, for example, said her son was unwell.
“As you know, my son is unwel…
Parliament has summoned the Minister of Finance to appear before the House and give account of how COVID-19 funds were expended.
The summons came after the Chairman of the Finance Committee, Kwaku Kwarteng moved the motion for the appro…
Ahead of the launch of the YouStart programme by government in July, the Municipal Chief Executive for Obuasi Honorable Elijah Adansi-Bonah has thrown his weight behind the program and has called for public support for it.
Speaking at a…
A prominent Sudanese women’s rights activist who was detained earlier this year in a crackdown following the October 2021 coup has won a global human rights award.
Amira Osman Hamed is among this year’s winners of the Front Line Defende…
Two more journalists have been detained in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, increasing the number of reporters and media workers jailed since last week to 13.
The move has been seen by some as a crackdown on critical voices.
The a…
A Palestinian investigation has concluded that Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Aqla was intentionally shot dead by an Israeli soldier.
Announcing the findings, the Palestinian attorney general said "the only shooting was by …
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah, has succumbed to the ‘pressure’ from a section of the followers of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to change the venue for the party’s regional executives election from the Regional Coordinat…
Uganda's General David Sejusa is set to retire from the military after over two decades of tense relations with President Yoweri Museveni.
His first bid to retire in 1996 was rejected by the army leadership, the Daily Monitor reports, a…
Police in Texas have revised key details about Tuesday's deadly school shooting as criticism mounts from parents over the initial response.
The gunman roamed outside the Uvalde school for 12 minutes before entering unchallen…
A Kumasi High Court, presided over by Justice Patricia Quansah, has annulled results of the Fomena Constituency executive election of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
The matter was sent to the court by Agyemang Budu, who sought a decla…
The Eastern Regional Executive Election for the New Patriotic Party NPP has taken a new twist as two people vying for the position of 2nd Vice Chairman and Treasurer have stepped down from the race.
The two, Nana Oteng Akuffo Akoto and …
Some amateur sleuthing and a chance encounter helped uncover how the former president of The Gambia had laundered his money by buying a luxurious property in the US.
Now a court has ruled that the $3m (£2.4m) mansion in the …
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, says she has forgiven all Members of Parliament who criticised her extended stay away from Parliament.
According to her, all her critics in Parliame…
New Patriotic Party (NPP) national chairman hopeful, Stephen Ayesu Ntim has sent a goodwill message to all aspirants seeking election to the party’s regional executives.
The NPP holds its regional annual delegates conference nationwide …
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has stated that she still holds her portfolio as Ghana's Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection and has no fears of losing her seat in Parl…
Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto has asked President Uhuru Kenyatta for forgiveness after the pair fell out following their re-election in 2018.
The differences between President Kenyatta and his deputy have played out openly in pu…