The Central Regional Minister, Mrs Justina Marigold Assan, has admonished the women’s wing of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to work towards a resounding victory in the 2024 general election.
“The women’s wing has a pivotal role t…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says Ghana’s economy rebounding faster from the ravages of COVID-19 than envisioned, following a slow rate of growth in 2020.
Speaking at the maiden edition of the Presidential Business Support, on…
Canadians go to the polls on 20 September after a short 35-day election campaign sprint.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called this snap election in mid-August in the hopes his Liberal party could secure a majority of seats in the House …
Nigeria estimates its economy will grow between 2.5% and 3% this year, Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele said on Tuesday, after an easing of lockdown measures and increased vaccinations boosted business, including international and loc…
The military junta in Conakry has announced the gradual reopening of borders with neighbouring countries in a statement read on national TV.
Some of the borders have been closed since last week’s coup and others for months beforehand.
…
The UN human rights chief has said gross violations continue to be perpetrated by all sides in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict and has warned that the country risks being torn apart.
Speaking after limited field trips by investigators workin…
"We are terrified. Only death awaits us if we are deported to Eritrea," two Eritreans detained in Egypt have been quoted by rights group Amnesty International as saying.
Amnesty - along with other groups and activists - have launched a …
Mr Joseph Korto, National Dean of Presiding Members on Monday called on Assembly members not to delay in the confirmation of the various Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executive (MMDCEs) when the names finally come out.
Mr …
Mrs Janet Tulasi Mensah, Ga East Municipal Chief has called on the residents in the municipality to do away with an indiscipline lifestyle and support Mr Henry Quartey, Greater Accra Regional Minister in his bid to 'Make Accra Work agenda'…
Former President, Mr John Dramani Mahama, has urged the government to complete the numerous development projects initiated by the NDC government which have been abandoned in the Ashanti region.
He said the strategic location of Ashanti,…
Mr Raymond Nana Damptey, District Chief Executive for Birim North has stated that he was focused on providing development projects to his people and will therefore not be distracted by falsehood and unsubstantiated allegations.
He said …
Mr Raymond Nana Damptey, District Chief Executive for Birim North has stated that he was focused on providing development projects to his people and will therefore not be distracted by falsehood and unsubstantiated allegations.
He said …
The TB Joshua church in Nigeria has announced a new era in its leadership as the late preacher's widow takes over.
Evelyn Joshua said her late husband will remain as the general overseer and founder of the church.
She has asked for p…
Six die in ambush on Burkina Faso military convoy
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An ambush on a Burkina Faso military convoy escorting fuel tankers from a gold mine near the border with Niger has left six officers dead, officials say.
Seven …
Guinea's military junta is due to start holding four days of talks later on Tuesday in what it says is an effort to build a consensus on the future of the country.
The west African regional body, Ecowas and the African Union have suspen…
Dominic Raab has been urged to block the appointment of a Rwandan diplomat in London for his alleged role in detaining a government critic.
Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed in the Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda, used his Kigali hotel t…
US President Joe Biden has thrown his support behind California Governor Gavin Newsom, on the eve of a vote that could remove the governor from office.
The recall vote will see Californians decide if they approve of Mr Newsom, and if no…
The number of extremely hot days every year when the temperature reaches 50C has doubled since the 1980s, a global BBC analysis has found.
They also now happen in more areas of the world than before, presenting unprecedented challenges …
Former President, John Dramani Mahama has criticized the Electoral Commission over its rejection of the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) post-2020 electoral reform proposals.
Speaking in an interview with Kumasi-based New Mercury FM,…
Some government officials, party leaders, Members of Parliament (MPs) from both sides of the political divide and family members have thronged the residence of Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to commiserate with him following the pass…
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says democratic governance has been beneficial to the country since independence.
President Akufo-Addo maintains Ghana’s economic and infrastructure development has come about through democrat…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the only things Ghanaians have not made part and parcel of their lives, since the coming into force of the 4th Republican dispensation, is to make taxes regular, predictable parts of their lives.…
The United Nations is seeking to raise more than $600m (£434m) in aid for Afghanistan, warning the country is facing a major humanitarian crisis.
It is calling for international support at a conference in Geneva, following the Taliban's…
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is holding talks with Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
It is the first official trip to Egypt by an Israeli premier for a decade.
The Egyptian pr…
The Mozambican weather authorities have warned that more than one million people may be affected by floods in the upcoming rainy season.
The country is set to begin its rainy season in a month.
The southern and central regions will r…
Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has said that his dispute with President Mohamed Farmajo will not affect plans for long-delayed elections.
“We are committed to holding the elections as planned and other existing matters will…
Dozens of children who were kidnapped by gunmen in north-west Nigeria nearly two weeks ago have been freed.
In a video seen by the BBC, the governor of Zamfara state is shown with some of the male and female students from a state-run se…
Togbe Keh XII, the Divisional Chief of Gbi Wegbe in the Volta Region, said President Akufo-Addo's unprecedented development of the Hohoe Constituency, over the last four years, is there for all to see.
He said it was needless to list al…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has ended his 'thank you tour' of the Western North Region with a call on party supporters to be vigilant at polling stations and collation centres in the next general election.
That was the only way…
Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu has announced the country's first woman defence minister.
Stergomena Tax replaces Elias Kwandikwa, who died in August.
The president also revoked the appointment of three cabinet ministers and appoin…
The South African president has announced the easing of some restrictions that have been in place to curb the spread of coronavirus.
In a televised address Cyril Ramaphosa said due to a decline in infections an overnight curfew would be…
Human rights group Amnesty International says attacks by Islamist militants in western Niger have worsened significantly since the start of the year, with children increasingly targeted.
A report by the group says the conflict in the Ti…
More than 20 people are admitted to hospital and one person has died in Kilifi in coastal Kenya as families continue to be devastated by an ongoing drought.
Some 250,000 locals are in a dire state, according to local authorities.
Liv…
Afghan universities will be segregated by gender, and a new dress code will be introduced, the Taliban has said.
Higher Education Minister Abdul Baqi Haqqani indicated women would be allowed to study, but not alongside men.
He also a…
Plans to introduce vaccine passports for access into nightclubs and large events in England will not go ahead, the health secretary has said.
Sajid Javid told the BBC: "We shouldn't be doing things for the sake of it."
It was thought…
North Korea has tested a new long-range cruise missile capable of hitting much of Japan, state media said on Monday.
The weekend tests saw missiles travelling up to 1,500km (930 miles), the official KCNA news agency said.
It suggests…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has called members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to be vigilant at polling stations and collation centres in the next general election.
That, he said, was the only way to ensure victory f…
Government, through the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, supported over 75,000 people along the coastal communities with food items during the closed fishing season.
The intervention was to reduce the effects of the cl…
Mr. Richard Kwadwo Adu, an aspiring chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the Wenchi Constituency of the Bono Region has promised to ensure the Party recaptured the seat from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Election 2024.…
Mr Kabral Blay-Amihere, Vice President, Council on Foreign Relations - Ghana (CFR-Ghana), has welcomed the establishment of the Candidatures Unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration (MoFARI).
He pledged the Counc…
The National Chairman of the People's National Convention (PNC), Mr Moses Dani Baah, and the 2020 flag bearer of the party, Mr David Apasera, have sued 18 top executive of the party over their removal from office.
The legal action adds…
The Vice-President of Liberia, Her Excellency Mrs Jewel Howard Taylor, was in Ghana to pay her last respects to Lieutenant General Joshua Hamidu, former Chief of Defence Staff, who was a family friend and very close to her former husband, …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the second phase of construction works on the main University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) Campus in Ho.
The 68-million-dollar China Aid Phase-Two project will provide fu…
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Thursday that he had clearly told his British counterpart Priti Patel that the United Kingdom must stick to its commitments on migrants trying to cross the Channel to reach Britain.
Darma…
France has raised its bird flu alert level after a severe form of the virus was found among backyard poultry in the northeast, on top of cases in neighbouring Belgium and Luxembourg, the farm ministry said on Friday.
The highly contagio…
A South African court pushed back to Sept. 21 and 22 a hearing scheduled for Thursday in a corruption trial of former president Jacob Zuma linked to a 1990s arms deal.
The 12-day postponement was agreed between Zuma's lawyers and prosec…
Guinea's military junta has ordered banks to freeze all government-related accounts so as to "secure state assets".
The junta, which took over control last weekend, says the order affects institutional and individual accounts of the out…
The President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), Anthony Forson, has stated that it is time to have a review of the 1992 Constitution instead of scrapping it for another Constitution.
He noted that a total overhaul was not the way to g…
Canadian federal party leaders traded barbs over leadership, climate change and indigenous reconciliation in their final debate pitch to voters.
The English-language TV debate is usually the most widely watched political sparring match …
The Vatican has rejected criticism from senior Israeli rabbis over remarks by Pope Francis about Jewish books of sacred law, saying he was not questioning their continuing validity for Jews today.
Last month Reuters reported that Rabbi …
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