The speaker of South Africa's parliament has received a report from a panel tasked to establish whether President Cyril Ramaphosa should face impeachment for allegedly covering up a crime.
The panel investigated the circumstances around…
Madam Millicent Kabuki Carboo, Biakoye District Chief Executive (DCE), says the district has made remarkable progress in all sectors through the goodwill and support from traditional leaders and other stakeholders.
She said although the…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has assured the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of his unflinching support towards the 2024 elections whether he is the flagbearer or not.
Addressing party executives in Wa in the Upper West Reg…
The District Chief Executive for Shama, Mr Ebenezer Dadzie, has cut sod for the construction of school facilities at Aboso and Assorko in the Shama Municipality of the Western Region.
The Aboso facility, estimated at GH¢473, 000.00 incl…
African countries are not on track to achieve a global target of ending HIV-related deaths by 2030, a new report says.
The UN report to mark World Aids Day on Thursday highlights the differences in the way that men and women are treated…
Namibia's Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is edging closer to becoming the country's first female president.
The 70-year-old has just been elected as vice-president of the governing party Swapo, which has been in power sinc…
People in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou have clashed with police overnight in the latest protest against the country's strict Covid rules.
Footage online showed police in white hazmat suits clutching riot shields to…
The leaders of New Zealand and Finland have dismissed a journalist's suggestion that they arranged a meeting because they are "similar in age".
At a press conference in Auckland, Finland's Sanna Marin and New Zealand's Jacin…
The National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, says he will win by a massive margin in the upcoming national chairmanship race to retain his position.
Mr. Ofosu Ampofo sa…
The Majority and Minority are sharply divided over the 2023 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the government.
When the debate on the budget started yesterday, the Minority said the document offered no hope to the ordinary Ghanai…
Four Palestinian men have been killed by Israeli forces in three separate incidents in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian and Israeli officials say.
Two were brothers who were shot dead as clashes broke out with Israeli tro…
A Kenyan court has temporarily suspended the government's decision to lift a ban on the importation and distribution of genetically modified (GM) crops and animal feeds, according to local media reports.
It follows a lawsuit lodged by a…
The US Justice Department has announced charges against three men who allegedly funded separatist fighters in Cameroon.
The three US citizens of Cameroonian origin were arrested on Monday and appeared in court on charges of conspiracy t…
A UN panel of experts on human rights in South Sudan has called on the government to investigate and prosecute top officials for their alleged role in sexual violence.
It said the government should immediately remove from office and inv…
The immediate past Superintendent of the Assemblies of God Church, Reverend Professor Paul Frimpong-Manso, has called for proactive peace building activities to safeguard the peace of the country.
He said activities that promoted peacef…
The chiefs and people of Asante Mampong Traditional Area in the Ashanti Region have decided not to allow any mining activity on their lands.
This is to prevent the destruction of farm lands and water bodies in the area.
It follows t…
The government of the Central African Republic says a plane from an unidentified country has bombed a military camp in the town of Bossangoa.
There have been separate reports of fighting in the same area involving the rebel group, the C…
"I think there is no Ebola in Uganda." Those are words of Battle Kay, as he is known online - a 28-year-old who lives in the capital, Kampala, and makes social media videos criticising the actions of the government.
But he'…
A UK museum's signing over of its collection of objects looted from the Kingdom of Benin is "a really great day", the head of Nigeria's National Commission for Museums and Monuments has told the BBC.
The Horniman Museum in s…
Russia has hit out at comments from the Pope that some minority groups of soldiers have behaved worse than others in the invasion of Ukraine.
The "cruellest" troops are generally Chechens and Buryats, Pope Francis told a US…
China's protests against Covid restrictions which erupted over the weekend appear to have died down, as authorities begin clamping down.
A heavy police presence has been reported in several cities, and some gatherings were q…
The former Member of Parliament for Ayensuano in the Eastern Region, Samuel Ayeh-Paye, has pleaded with Ghanaians to accept the Akufo-Addo-led government’s increment in Value Added Tax (VAT) and E-levy review, as it seeks to embark on nume…
A mob stormed a police station in the southern Indian state of Kerala on Sunday night, injuring 36 police officers, as months of protests against a port project escalated into violence.
The port is being built by Adani Ports…
Russia's attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure amount to genocide, a top Ukrainian official says.
Strikes on key facilities targeted "the full Ukrainian nation" and were an effort to force Kyiv to surrender, the prosecu…
So often one item comes to symbolise an entire protest movement. In China, that item is a humble piece of blank paper.
As dusk fell on Shanghai on Sunday evening, some of those who gathered at a vigil to remember the victim…
Unknown assailants have razed the offices of the National Electoral Commission (Inec) in the Izzi local government area of south-east Nigeria's Ebonyi State amid concerns poll violence could mar the February 2023 presidential vote,
Inec…
Talks aimed at bringing peace to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are set to begin on Monday in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi.
Leaders from the regional bloc, the East African Community, will try to broker the third round of talks aimed …
The District Chief Executive for Biakoye, Millicent Kabuki Carboo, has stated that accounting to the people is the hallmark of good governance and rule of law which should be sustained to accelerate growth and development.
She noted tha…
The President of the Council on Foreign Relations-Ghana, Daniel Osei, has advocated liberal democratic governance across the globe to reflect the needs of society to ensure sustainable progress, growth and development.
“Liberal democrac…
The Gomoa West District Assembly has commence arrangement with the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to collect property rates on its behalf to help generate enough funds to supplement its share of the District Assembly Common Fund for continu…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has assured the chiefs and people of the Aflao Traditional Area of their fair share of development projects when the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is voted into office in 2024.
He acknowledged t…
Officials in Somalia say they are questioning 20 foreign nationals who had spent years with the al-Shabab militant group.
The men from Pakistan and Iran said they had been working as fishermen before being captured by Somali pirates.
…
A landslide in Cameroon's capital, Yaoundé, has killed at least 14 people, the authorities have said.
Those who died had been attending a funeral, according to the regional governor, Naseri Paul Bea.
Rescue teams were still searching…
In their first international trip since becoming Prince and Princess of Wales, William and Catherine will visit the US this week for an environmental prize.
The royal couple will show their support for finding ways to tackle…
The Bono East Regional Minister, Kwasi Adu-Gyan, has reiterated the need for citizens to prioritise issues regarding the country's greater interest.
That, he said, was how the citizenry could assist in ensuring holistic national develop…
The second Dialogue and Peace Conference has been held in Accra with a call on Ghanaians to remain resilient in ensuring sustainable peace as threats loom from the sub-region.
A member of the National Peace Council, Rev. Prof. Paul Frim…
State prosecutors in Comoros have asked a court to sentence former President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi to life in prison for alleged high treason.
Sambi, 64, was president between 2006 and 2011 and has been in detention since 2018 on corrupt…
The Youth, Peace and Security Programme Officer in charge of Y-TEaM, Josiane Sombo, has observed that empowering the youth was one of the strategies to mitigate the challenges such as unemployment and violent extremism.
“It is an opport…
Professor Ransford Gyampo,a lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Ghana, has bemoaned projecting partisan interest over the needs of constituents.
He described as unacceptable, attempts by the New Patriotic Part…
France's National Assembly has backed a bid to enshrine the right to abortion in the constitution, prompted largely by increased restrictions elsewhere.
Lawmakers voted by a large majority to include a clause guaranteeing "t…
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says he wants to launch proceedings against the Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony.
This is the first time the prosecutor's office has sought a hearing to confirm charges, in a susp…
Ghana plans to buy oil products with gold rather than US dollar reserves in a measure aimed at stemming the weakening of its currency, the cedi, and to address the increasing living costs.
The new policy "will fundamentally change our b…
The Anyway Branch of the Afiaman ward chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Trobu Constituency of the Greater Accra Region, Dr. John Halm on Tuesday presented customised sign posts/boards to the 14 wards of the party in…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Klottey Korle Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has stated that citizens should not reduce democracy to only elections.
“Democracy is supposed to liberate the ci…
Justice Emile Short, former Commissioner at the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative (CHRAJ), has asserted that the decision for the Minister of Finance to remain in office or not will depend on the president.
“The Commission …
The M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have said they will not retreat from their positions after regional leaders set a 18:00 Friday local time deadline for them to cease fire and retreat or face a regional force.
Their spo…
Thirteen people were killed and 12 others are reported missing following fierce fighting between two rival factions of the rebel Sudanese Liberation Movement-Nur (SLM-Nur) group in Central Darfur state, western Sudan, the UN has said.
I…
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended her policy towards Russia prior to the February invasion of Ukraine, saying she had run out of power to influence Vladimir Putin.
She said she had tried to convene European…
The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Kodua Frimpong, has tasked members of all standing committees of the party to put loyalty to the party above all other considerations.
He noted that by swearing an oath thei…
The Minority in Parliament has described the budget for the 2023 fiscal year as empty.
The caucus contends that the measures announced by government as part of efforts to generate revenue would only worsen the economic condition of Ghan…
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