The President of the Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, has been re-elected after securing nearly 54% of the votes.
The electoral commission said the results made a second round run-off unnecessary.
Former prime min…
South Korea says it will send a delegation to Iran "at the earliest possible date" to try to negotiate the release of an oil tanker seized by Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Monday.
Iran says the ship violated pollution rules, which its …
Al-Qaeda's branch in Mali, Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), says it was behind a roadside blast on Saturday that killed two French soldiers in the eastern Menaka region.
The message was shared by the group's supporters on the…
Seychelles has recorded its first death from Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by coronavirus.
The patient was a 57-year-old Seychellois man who was hospitalised on New Year's Eve, according to a statement from the health authori…
Rwanda has banned public and private transport between districts and the capital, Kigali, after the rate of coronavirus infections reached alarming levels, health officials have said.
Domestic and international tourists can still travel…
Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye has been chosen by the National Council of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), to serve as Speaker of Parliament for the second time.
He has served in such capacity since January 7, 2017.
The former two-term Do…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) fought a spirited fight in the just-ended 2020 general election in the Bono Region and increased its seats from one to six during the exercise.
In the process, the party was able to snatch the Wenc…
The Centre for Performance Tracking and Outcome Mapping (CePTOM), a project management think tank, has proposed the development of a legal standardised format to guide the recruitment of temporary election officials deployed by the Elector…
Dr Solomon Owusu, a Mining Engineer and a Ghanaian resident in Colorado, Denver, has said the victory of Mr John-Peter Amewu, Member of Parliament-elect of Hohoe Constituency has offered a rethinking about political strongholds and how the…
Mr Tsatsu Tsikata, counsel for interested parties in the John Peter Amewu Election Petition Injunction case, has asked Justice Clemence J. Hoenyenugah, a panel member adjudicating the case, to recuse himself.
Mr Tsikata, told the Suprem…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has described the 7th Parliament of Ghana as "arguably the most productive" in the history of Ghana.
He said this is because the House had demonstrated dedication and rigour in passing over 50 Legisla…
France has opened investigations into former Democratic Republic of Congo rebel leader Roger Lumbala.
He is accused of "complicity in crimes against humanity" for his actions during Congo's civil war in 2002.
The investigation was an…
Scientists in South Africa say there is a "reasonable concern" that the new variant of Covid-19 sweeping across the country might prove to be more resistant to current vaccines being rolled out in the UK and elsewhere, and warn that it mak…
Gulf Arab leaders have signed an agreement on "solidarity and stability" at a summit aimed at ending an embargo against Qatar by its neighbours.
The contents of the document were not immediately released.
But Qatar's emir was embrace…
In duelling rallies, President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden have urged voters in Georgia to turn out for elections on Tuesday that will decide which party controls the Senate.
Mr Trump, a Republican, and Mr Biden, a Democr…
Centre for Performance Tracking and Outcome Mapping (CePTOM), an election observer group, says from the perspective of project management, 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections were conducted in a transparent, credible, and fair ma…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has called on members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to uphold the principles of probity and accountability in all facets of their lives to help preserve the legacy of the 31st December Revol…
A Deputy Attorney-General, Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame, has argued before the Supreme Court that the people of Santrokofi Akpafu, Likpe, and Lolobi, (SALL) should have been allowed to vote in the parliamentary election on December 7, 2020.
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Two men convicted over the assassination of the Democratic Republic of Congo's President Laurent Kabila 20 years ago have been pardoned.
Although Mr Kabila was shot by his bodyguard, two of his senior officials, Col Eddy Kapend and Geor…
Chinese billionaire and Alibaba founder Jack Ma's absence from the final episode of Africa’s Business Heroes television show that he created has been attributed to a "scheduling conflict".
In a response to a query from the BBC, an Aliba…
Niger's prime minister says 100 people are now known to have been killed in Saturday's attacks by suspected jihadists on two villages.
Brigi Rafini said 70 people were killed in the village of Tchombangou and 30 others in Zaroumdareye -…
Experts have raised concerns over India's emergency approval of a locally-produced coronavirus vaccine before the completion of trials.
On Sunday, Delhi approved the vaccine - known as Covaxin - as well as the global AstraZeneca Oxford …
The stage is now set for the swearing in and inauguration of the President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, with preparations towards the event, set to take place on the precincts of Parliament House.
The inauguration is without reco…
With the election of the next Speaker of Parliament barely 60 hours away, some key names have emerged from the camps of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Some of the names that have come up as pot…
US President Donald Trump has been recorded telling Georgia's top election official to "find" enough votes to overturn the election result.
"I just want to find 11,780 votes," Mr Trump told Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperg…
Nancy Pelosi has made headlines once more after securing a fourth term as Speaker of the House of Representatives. It marks a new chapter in her nearly 50-year political career with the Democrats - and perhaps her greatest challenge yet.
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South Africa hopes to obtain doses of Covid-19 vaccines as early as next month, but this will depend on the success of ongoing negotiations with pharmaceutical companies, according to the health minister.
The government is targeting to …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will on Tuesday, January 5, 2021, deliver the last State of the Nation Address of his first term in office.
This was made known in a press statement from the Public Affairs Directorate of Parliament.
…
Public prosecutors in Egypt have launched an investigation after several coronavirus patients died when a hospital reportedly ran out of oxygen.
An image is going viral in Egypt of an exhausted nurse huddled on the ground after reported…
The Kenya National Union of Teachers' boss Wilson Sossion has expressed concern as schools in the country reopened.
He described the level of preparation as "quite inadequate" in an interview with the BBC's Newsday programme.
Mr Soss…
The Convention People’s Party (CPP), on Friday commended the nation’s stakeholders for ensuring peace and progress in the country in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Election 2020; “Ghana is still standing as a united nation”.
The…
The Central Region Police Command has secured a Court order to restrain the National Democratic Congress (NDC) from embarking on a protest march in the Effutu Constituency on Tuesday, January 5.
The prohibition order was granted by the …
Turkey and the United States have started talks to form a joint working group regarding U.S. sanctions imposed over Ankara’s purchase of Russian S-400 missile defence systems, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday.
Washing…
As Asia says goodbye to 2020 - a tumultuous year that saw the planet roiled by a deadly pandemic - celebrations will be smaller, shorter and more muted amid fears of coronavirus flare-ups.
In Beijing, the capital of the world’s most-pop…
Calm has returned to the Hohoe Constituency after a protest by the Hohoe National Democratic Congress (NDC) was halted by Atabu Asafo warriors.
The demonstration was to enable the Party to present a petition to the Electoral Commission …
Tunisian President Kais Saied will launch in coming weeks a national dialogue that will include political parties and youth from all regions “to correct the revolution that has deviated from its goals a decade after its outbreak”, the pres…
Opposition parties in the Central African Republic have called for a re-run of Sunday's election saying it was marred by insecurity and fraud.
Ten parties, known as the Democratic Opposition Coalition, say only about a third of all vote…
U.S. President Donald Trump’s pardon of four American men convicted of killing Iraqi civilians while working as contractors in 2007 violated U.S. obligations under international law, U.N. human rights experts said on Wednesday.
Nicholas…
Police in Nigeria have reportedly deployed specialist teams in their search for Catholic Bishop Moses Chikwe who was kidnapped by armed men on Sunday in Owerri, the capital of Imo State in the east of the country.
Local media reports sa…
Nana Agyei Twum II, the Chief of Wamahinso and the President of Ahafo North Divisional Council, has appealed to politicians to consider the nation's peace and well-being of the people as a priority.
Nana Twum II said the country needed …
The Council of State on Wednesday, December 30, 2020, congratulated President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on his re-election.
Members of the Council were at the Jubilee House, to congratulate the President.
This was made known by Pre…
The Vatican and the Australian Catholic Church have both denied knowledge of transfers worth US$1.8 billion which Australia’s financial watchdog says have been sent from Rome to Australia in the past seven years.
“That amount of money a…
The joint African Union and United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Sudanese region of Darfur comes to an end today after 13 years.
Troops were deployed to protect civilians and help deliver aid after mostly non-Arab communities rebe…
Mr Yaw Dabie-Appiah, a former Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to prioritise infrastructure development in his next government.
Infrastructure development, he explained, wou…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Constituency Chairman in Fomena, Akwasi Nti Asamoah has informed the party of the decision to quit his post because of his health.
In a letter addressed to the NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman, Mr Asamoah said h…
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Wednesday announced a nine-member team of spokespersons for its Presidential Election Petition, filed before the Supreme Court.
Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the NDC General Secretary in …
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) says the Legal Team of President Akufo-Addo is ready to expose the emptiness of NDC Flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama's Election Petition at the Supreme Court.
A statement signed and issued by Mr Yaw Buaben A…
What the U.S. Political Transition Might Mean for Africa Generally and Its Oil and Gas Sector in Particular (By Jude Kearney)
US Africa relations will likely improve by virtue of Trump’s exit
By Jude Kearney, Chairman of the US/Africa…
The Ugandan opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, says he has been arrested along with his entire campaign team.
The police have not yet commented on the arrest.
Bobi Wine is seen as the s…
An Ethiopian refugee who was hailed as a symbol of integration in Italy, Agitu Gudeta, has been killed on her farm in the northern region of Trentino, Italian police say.
A Ghanaian employee has been arrested in connection with her rape…