A number of civilians have been killed by a Nigerian air strike targeting suspected jihadists near Lake Chad, which straddles north-east Nigeria and three neighbouring countries.
The incident comes less than two weeks after another air …
Fumio Kishida has won a race to lead Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), putting him on course to become the next prime minister.
Mr Kishida will succeed Yoshihide Suga, who decided to step down after just one year in office.…
World Health Organization (WHO) staff were among 83 aid workers who sexually abused women and girls while tackling the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a report finds.
The abuses, which included nine allegations of ra…
North Korea has claimed that it successfully tested a new hypersonic missile called Hwasong-8 on Tuesday.
State media said the new missile was one of the "five most important" new weapons systems laid out in its five-year military devel…
Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle, Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings is calling for a paradigm shift in addressing security challenges posed by nomadic herdsmen in the West African sub-region.
The MP said stakeholders must work together…
The Assembly Member for Alajo North Electoral Area, Ibrahim Halidu has called for more collaboration between the Municipal Chief Executive, Alhaji Mohammed Quaye and Assembly Members in the Municipality.
According to him, the work of th…
The Centre for Local Governance Advocacy (CLGA) has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to withdraw any Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executive (MMDCEs) nominee who fails to garner the two-thirds majority of votes …
The Army is ready to help ease fuel supply problems after a fourth day of long queues and pump closures.
Up to 150 military tanker drivers will prepare to deliver to forecourts which have run dry because of panic buying.
The surge in…
They were the trailblazers of women's rights in Afghanistan. They were the staunch defenders of the law, seeking justice for their country's most marginalised. But now, more than 220 female Afghan judges are in hiding due to fear of retrib…
Guinea’s military junta has barred its members from running in the next elections that will mark a return to civilian rule.
It came as the junta announced on Monday a transitional charter that confirmed military leader Colonel Mamady Do…
Mali's elections meant to usher in a return to democratic rule and set for next February could be postponed by "two weeks, two months, a few months", Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maïga has told the French news agency AFP.
The comments…
Ugandan environmental activist Vanessa Nakate has made a powerful speech at a Youth4Climate event in the Italian city of Milan.
She told delegates that world leaders were lost and the planet had been damaged.
"Africa pollutes little …
US President Joe Biden has nominated Dr John Nkengasong to lead the well-resourced public health programme aimed at combatting HIV/Aids, known as the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar).
Dr Nkengasong is currently the he…
Mr Henry Quartey, Greater Accra Regional Minister, on Monday encouraged Assembly Members including Government Appointees in the Greater Accra Region to confirm the President's nominees to the various Metropolitan Municipal and District Ass…
Sudan has not taken any significant steps to normalise relations with Israel since April when its cabinet repealed a decades-long boycott of the country, Sudan's foreign minister told The National news site in an interview.
“There's not…
Mr Paul Kwesi Nutsugah Jnr, Western North Regional Environmental Officer, has called on Ghanaians to give environmental and sanitation issues the needed attention.
This according to him, would help promote good sanitary practices and af…
Ms Anna Adukwei Addo, a Banker, has been nominated as the new Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the Tema West Municipal Assembly.
Ms Adukwei Addo, if confirmed by two-thirds majority of votes of the Assembly Members of the Tema West …
Mr Daniel Kenneth, President's nominee as Okere District Chief Executive (DCE) has been confirmed.
All the 30 Assembly members present voted Yes to endorse the nominee for the second time as DCE.
He was sworn in immediately by t…
Mr Jerry Sito, the Assemblyman of Ahenkro Electoral Area in the Banda District of the Bono region has attributed recurring acts of political violence in the district to the rising youth unemployment situation in the area.
He said many o…
France is slashing the number of visas issued to people from Algeria, Libya, and Morocco.
A government spokesman, Gabriel Attal, told Europe 1 radio that it was a drastic and unprecedented decision, made necessary by the refusal of the …
Participants at the Kadjebi District Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education's (NCCE) town hall meeting at Kadjebi, have unanimously endorsed the Commission's peace and national cohesion campaign drive.
They described…
Mr Yaw Debie Appiah Mensah, a leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bono Region has expressed concern about the growing incidents of 'protocol enlistments' into security services.
In an interview with the Ghana News Age…
Businesses in South Africa experienced major losses in July from physical damage, business interruption, and loss of revenue, looting, vandalism caused by civil commotion, protests and riots which resulted in about $3.4 billion in lost out…
The US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has said that France has his continued support for counterterrorism efforts in Africa's Sahel region.
His comments came in a telephone call with his French counterpart, Florence Parly.
France has…
Kenya's government spokesperson Cyrus Oguna says groups of foreigners, who many said had come from Asia and had been spotted in residential areas in Nairobi, were tourists.
Mr Oguna spoke after days of speculation on local media over th…
The polls have closed and Germany's centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) have claimed a narrow victory in the federal election.
Now, the complicated process of forming a coalition government begins.
SPD leader Olaf Scholz wants to work…
North Korea has fired a short-range missile towards the sea off its east coast early on Tuesday, said South Korea's military.
The test happened as North Korea's ambassador said at the UN that no-one could deny Pyongyang's right to self-…
The Alliance for Social Equity & Public Accountability (ASEPA) has petitioned Parliament to look into the outcome of the 2020 general elections.
It said Parliament must take up the responsibility of bringing to account the details of th…
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that Ghana’s fifth Head of State, General Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, has a special place in the development history of Ghana.
“In spite of the brevity of his life, he etched his mark i…
Assembly Members of the Ayawaso Central Municipal Assembly have confirmed Alhaji Mohammed Ababio Quaye as the Municipal Chief Executive for a second term.
Alhaji Quaye, who had been nominated by President Akufo-Addo to serve another ter…
A new craze for a drug derived from crushed vehicle exhaust filters is rattling authorities in Kinshasa, triggering a campaign to stamp out the concoction and a related rash of car part thefts.
In August police rounded up and paraded ne…
U.S. envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman will visit Sudan next week to reaffirm American support for the country's governmentdays after Sudanese authorities said they had thwarted an attempted coup, the White House said Friday.
…
The Social Democrats (SPD) won the regional election to lead the state government in Berlin, according to provisional results on Monday, meaning that their candidate Franziska Giffey will become the first female mayor of the German capital…
The head of Libya's Presidency Council said on Saturday he would urge candidates in elections proposed for December not to take part unless there was consensus on the vote's legal framework.
Speaking to Reuters in New York, Mohamed al-M…
Billboards with large portraits of Liberian President George Weah are being lined up on the streets of the capital Monrovia, ahead of his 55th birthday on 1 October.
The billboards being erected by the Monrovia City Council are currentl…
Officials in Ethiopia say they will not prosecute an Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) commander, Gollicha Dhenge, after he defected to the government.This is despite the long-standing reports of human rights violations by the OLA.
"It's the …
The late Abraham Tetteh Odonkor, Vice Chairman for National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Tema East Constituency was on Saturday laid to rest in Tema.
The 56-year-old Odonkor served as NDC Tema East Constituency Vice Chairman from …
The Asokwa Municipal Assembly has confirmed Mr Akwannuasah Gyimah, the President's nominee for the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) position.
He secured the votes of all 18 Assembly Members, including 12 elected and six government appoin…
Mrs Justina Marigold Assan, the Central Regional Minister, has applauded the Effutu Assembly for exhibiting high sense of patriotism by overwhelmingly endorsing the President's nominee for the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) position.
A…
The Greater Accra Assembly Members Association has pledged its unflinching support for President Akufo-Addo's nominees for the position of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives.
In a statement jointly signed by Nana Opok…
Mali's interim prime minister, Choguel Maïga, has accused France of "abandoning" the nation "mid-flight" after the European country decided to reduce its troops there by up to half.
In June, France announced that the counter-terrorism m…
More students who had been kidnapped in northern Nigeria have been released after payment of ransom.
Some 10 students were released on Sunday, according to a local Christian association, leaving only 11.
The head of the association, …
Sudan's transitional authority has reached an agreement with protesters who had blocked two crucial pipelines in the east and disrupted the flow of oil in and out of the country.
The demonstrators from the Beja community have been prote…
Germany's centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) have claimed victory in the federal election, telling the party of outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel it should no longer be in power.
SPD leader Olaf Scholz said he had a clear mandate to for…
Iceland briefly believed it had made history by electing Europe's first female-majority parliament - before a recount showed it had just fallen short.
Some 30 of the 63 seats (47.6%) were won by women.
But earlier results had showed …
Australia's prime minister has signalled he may not attend the UN's landmark climate conference in November as his government faces continued criticism of its poor climate record.
In an interview, Scott Morrison said he had "not made an…
The Taliban have banned hairdressers in Afghanistan's Helmand province from shaving or trimming beards, saying it breaches their interpretation of Islamic law.
Anyone violating the rule will be punished, Taliban religious police say.
…
Assembly members of the Yendi Municipal Assembly have rejected President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s Municipal Chief Executive nominee for the area, Alhaji Ahmed Yussuf Abubakar.
The assembly members, at an election to approve or reje…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has signed a book of condolence opened for the late Ama Benyiwa Doe by her family.
Mr. Mahama signed the book of condolence on Sunday, September 26, 2021.
In a statement following her death, Mr. M…
A former Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan has disagreed with a proposal to make the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) a statutory body with its functions backed by law.
According to Dr Afari-Gyan, chan…
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