Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has been declared winner of a controversial re-run of the presidential election.
He won 98% of the vote with turnout at just under 39% - less than half that recorded in August's vote, according to the ele…
US forces have captured a man accused of involvement in the 2012 attack on an American compound in the Libyan city of Benghazi, President Donald Trump said.
Mustafa al-Imam was seized in Libya, the president said in a statement.
Mr a…
The Chairman of the National Peace Council, Rev Professor Emmanuel Asante, has said he does not feel safe with the current rise of pro-government party vigilantism in the country.
There have been about 20 recorded cases of outbursts of …
The second leg of the oral examination of Mr Alfred Agbesi Woyome in relation to his GH¢47.2million debt to the state has been adjourned to November 13, 2017.
Mr Woyome failed to show up at the Supreme Court yesterday for a Deputy Attor…
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a cosmetics factory in Pyongyang, accompanied by his wife Ri Sol-ju and sister Kim Yo-jong.
State media released undated photos of the visit on Sunday. Both women are rarely seen in public.
…
The Executive Director of Ark Foundation, Mrs Angela Dwemena Aboagye said the passage and implementation of the Affirmative Action Bill (AAB) would enhance the economic development of the country.
He said the implementation of effectiv…
One of twin Indian boys who were conjoined at the head has opened his eyes four days after historic surgery to separate them, a doctor says.
Two-year-old Jaga has also responded to simple commands, including moving his limbs. He is on a…
The war crimes trial of an aide to Ethiopia's former Communist ruler has begun at The Hague in the Netherlands.
Eshetu Alemu, 63, is accused of ordering the execution of 75 people during Ethiopia's "Red Terror" purges in the late 1970s.…
An Executive Member of National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Tema East , Mr Stephen Ashitey Adjei, has called for punitive action against two of the party’s front-men over” unbecoming behavior” likely to create disaffection among members …
Mr Prince Bagnaba Mba, President of Forum for National Equity, a human rights organisation has called on government to establish a Border Area Authority to attract tourists and facilitate the demarcation of Ghana’s territorial zones.
He…
The Government of Cuba has appealed to the United Nations (UN) and the International Community to intervene in the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on Cubans by the United States of America (USA).
It said the policy …
Spain's chief prosecutor has called for charges including rebellion - which carries a maximum 30 year jail term - to be brought against Catalan leaders.
José Manuel Maza said they should also face sedition charges following the region's…
Two traffic officers in South Africa are facing disciplinary action for bringing their force into disrepute after a video of them “eating money” went viral on social media. The video shows the two officers using banknotes to pick their tee…
Demonstrators show a poster with a portrait of late journalist Norbert Zongo on December 13, 2008 during a protest in Ouagadougo against the impunity in the case of Burkinabe journalist Norbert Zongo - 2008
There have long been calls fo…
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar…
Former President John Mahama believes the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government is becoming incapable of dealing with vigilante groups affiliated to it that continue to wreak havoc without any significant consequences.
In a Facebook post…
The Ga Paramount Stool is attributing the chieftaincy crisis in the Ga State to political interference by some persons in government.
Subsequently, it has called on politicians to stop interfering in Ga chieftaincy matters, saying: “The…
The General Manager of Cummins West Africa Regional Organisation Operations (CWRAO), Mr Fred Aryeetey, has called for more women to be put in leadership positions in order to help increase productivity.
According to him, when women are …
President Trump declared the opioid abuse epidemic a nationwide “public health emergency” Thursday afternoon.
“We can be the generation that ends the opioid epidemic. We can do it,” Trump said to applause at the White House. “That is wh…
One of the Chibok girls freed in May has been telling journalist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani how a diary was kept of some of her three years in captivity with Boko Haram Islamist militants.
One of the oldest in her class, Naomi Adamu was 24 …
Nigeria’s Justice Minister Abubakar Malami, has said that the country recently recovered $85m (£64m) of stolen assets from the UK. He claimed the money is linked to the Malabu scandal, a major case of alleged bribery involving oil giants S…
The Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, Mr. Ami Mehl, has commended Ghana for entrenching democratic values, noting that both countries believe in the tenets of democracy since it is the future of the world.
He said since the re-opening of the…
When Ganesh Devy, a former professor of English, embarked on a search for India's languages, he expected to walk into a graveyard, littered with dead and dying mother tongues.
Instead, he says, he walked into a "dense forest of voices",…
Occupyghana, a socio-political pressure group, has called on the Attorney-General to appeal against the sentences imposed on some members of the Delta Force and give a higher court an opportunity to review the sentences.
This, Occupy G…
A French court has handed down a three-year suspended jail term to Equatorial Guinea's Vice President Teodorin Obiang for corruption.
The 48-year-old, known for his lavish tastes, is the son of the oil-rich West African country's presid…
Parliament has agreed on the establishment of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) Bill with both majority and Minority sides advancing cogent argument in support of the office meant to check public office corruption.
This was a…
Six top police officers in Uganda have been arraigned before a military court in the capital Kampala, state-affiliated publication New Vision reports.
Their arrests follow an investigation into allegations they were operating private ce…
Two US yachtswomen and their two dogs have been rescued by the US Navy after spending nearly five months adrift in the Pacific Ocean, officials say.
Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiaba had set off in a small sailing boat from Hawaii on a tr…
The US government has released 2,800 previously classified files on the assassination of President John F Kennedy in 1963.
President Donald Trump said the public deserved to be "fully informed" about the event, which has been the subjec…
Kenya's electoral commission says fewer than 34% of registered voters took part in Thursday's re-run of the presidential election.
The figure is sharply down on the initial poll in August, when nearly 80% of the electorate voted.
Opp…
Clashes erupted between protesters and police in French Guiana on Thursday night during a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron.
Petrol bombs were thrown and police responded with tear gas in the French overseas territory's main cit…
The government would work to ensure that workers perform their duties with the right incentives and remuneration. Mrs Abena Osei-Asare, Deputy Minister for Finance, said this on Thursday at an Organised Labour Forum which was held in Acc…
Two white farmers in South Africa who forced a black man into a coffin have been sentenced to jail for more than 10 years each.
Theo Martins Jackson and Willem Oosthuizen were convicted in August for attempted murder and kidnapping.
…
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has called on senators to approve direct rule over Catalonia, amid an escalating crisis over the region's push for independence.
He said he wanted to dismiss Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, his vic…
A Founder Member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has spoken against what he called the “acceptance of indiscipline” in the country.
The former envoy to Serbia and Montenegro was reacting to reports that a yout…
Iraqi forces have launched an offensive to recapture the last bastion of so-called Islamic State in the country.
Soldiers, police, Sunni tribesmen and mostly Shia paramilitary fighters are taking part in the assault on al-Qaim and Rawa,…
The flag bearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) in the 2016 general election, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, has stated that the Electoral Commission (EC) chairperson’s unfair treatment of the PPP in the last polls has left a bitter legacy t…
The youth wing of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ejisu constituency has expressed deep upset with what it claims to be unhealthy jostling for power and control of the party in the area.
This, it said, was hurting its unity and cre…
Ms Samata Gifty Bukari, the Consul General of Ghana to Dubai has paid an official working visit to the Gulf Medical University in Dubai.
The visit was to familiarise with the University Authorities, strengthen the relationship between t…
Madam Mabel Amoako-Atta, Director, Office of the Head of the Local Government Service has said they have developed and was implementing an evaluation and assessment system to improve institutional, staff capacity, competition, performance …
Catalonia's parliament is to have its say on the escalating crisis over the regional government's push for independence from Spain.
Speaking in Barcelona, Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont stopped short of calling regional elections as a…
Hundreds of thousands of Thais have lined the streets of Bangkok to pay their last respects to the late king.
A symbolic funeral urn was taken by chariot to the cremation site, in a procession marked by drums, flute music and an artille…
Shortly after casting his ballot at his home constituency in Uasin Gishu county, western Kenya, Deputy President William Ruto told the BBC he wasn't impressed by the opposition threat to start civil disobedience to push for reforms:
"We…
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Kenyans are voting amid tight security in a re-run of the presidential election, which is being boycotted by the main opposition.
A teenager has died in clashes in the opposition stronghold of Kisumu in the west, where some people have …
Members of Parliament (MPs) have expressed worry about the frustrations that Ghanaian visa applicants go through at the various embassies in the country.
They said a lot of the visa applicants were treated with disrespect, while their a…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has aimed a sly dig at the local media, claiming some media houses in the country have shifted focus from national issues to matters relating to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).
His…
Eight opposition MPs in Uganda have so far returned the $8,000 (£6,000) each of them were given by parliament for consultations with their constituents on the controversial presidential age-limit bill.
The opposition has denounced the o…
The Paramount Chief of the Krachi Traditional Area, Nana Mprah Besemuna III, has justified the need for the creation of a new region out of the Volta Region, saying such a move would fast-track the socio-economic development of the norther…
More than 500 people have been publicly flogged in Indonesia in the past two years, a rights group says.
Human Rights Watch called on the country's president to end the "barbaric" punishment.
Aceh province is the only part of Indones…
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