A virtual summit of countries in the Great Lakes region is expected to take place on Wednesday following several postponements amid rising diplomatic tensions.
Rwanda declined to participate in the summit initially planned for 14 Septem…
Three Presidential Aspirants, tuesday submitted their nomination forms and other requirements to Mrs Jean Mensa, Chairperson, Electoral Commission, to signal their readiness to contest the December 7 Presidential Election when cleared.
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Siemens – in partnership with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) – has developed multiple programs that deliver humanitarian, economic and educational benefits to the marginalized people of Sudan
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Nigeria's police affairs minister says that there will be an investigation into alleged infractions by a notorious unit in the police force that has been accused of atrocities against innocent civilians and routine harassment.
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Mali's transitional President, Bah Ndaw, has appointed a 25-member government in which senior military personnel have been given several key posts.
According to a presidential decree read out on state television, the ministries of defen…
Ethiopia's President Sahle-Work Zewde has promised that the upcoming election will be free and fair.
Ethiopia will hold its election before September next year.
The president said some reforms had been done on the electoral commissio…
Credit Suisse, a leading investment bank, has apologised for “any offence caused” after the New York Times reported that its former CEO, who is from Ivory Coast, left his chairman’s birthday party when a black performer dressed as a janito…
Mr Yaw Osafo Marfo, Senior Minister has confirmed that Mrs Mercy Adu Gyamfi, popularly called Ama Sey, Member of Parliament for Akwatia constituency is not going to stand as an independent candidate.
He said the MP who lost with four vo…
The Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Mr John Dramani Mahama, has assured that the next NDC government would prioritize job creation so as to employ the teaming youth especially those who have completed tertiary educatio…
The Effutu Traditional Council has urged politicians to conduct their campaigns with decorum ahead of the December 7 Presidential and Parliamentary polls, in order not to jeopardize the peace of the country.
Neenyi Ghartey VII, Effutu O…
Mr Enoch Danso Agyekum, Hohoe Municipal Electoral Officer, said a total of 188 voters had been added to the Municipal electoral register.
The one-day exercise held on October 1, this year, was to enable citizens, who turned 18 years, to…
Dr Kwamena Minta Nyarku, the embattled National Democratic Congress (NDC's) Parliamentary Candidate for the Cape Coast North Constituency has finally received his Voter Identification (ID) card from the Electoral Commission (EC).
This …
Mallam Yakubu Tahiru, Western Regional Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC) says the party is determined to secure five parliamentary seats in the December 7, Presidential and Parliamentary Elections.
“I know for sure that…
Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has backtracked on his campaign promise to create one million jobs, saying the government can only employ 200,000 people.
President Chakwera said the government could not create jobs on its own and ne…
Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina has lifted a curfew imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus.
The president announced that sporting activities would be allowed but with an audience of not more than 200 people.
Passengers boar…
Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia, General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has said the Party would retain the parliamentary seat in the Hohoe Constituency in the upcoming 2020 general elections.
He said the quality and abil…
Singapore is offering a one-off payment to encourage people to have babies during the coronavirus pandemic.
The worry is that citizens are putting off parenthood as they struggle with financial stress and job layoffs.
Details of the …
The number of people impacted by seasonal flooding in East Africa has increased six-fold in the last five years, according to data given to BBC by the United Nations.
Nearly 6 million people have already been affected this year with 1.5…
US President Donald Trump has made a theatrical return to the White House to continue his treatment for coronavirus after a three-night hospital stay.
Mr Trump, who is still contagious, removed his mask on the balcony of the White House…
White House physician Sean Conley has cautioned that President Trump "may not entirely be out of the woods yet".
Speaking on Monday afternoon, he said the medical team agreed that the president's status and progress "support his safe re…
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said the Akufo-Addo-led government has laid a solid foundation during its first term in office for prosperous socio-economic development in its second term.
Therefore, Ghanaians should not make a m…
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and three others are expected to file their completed nomination forms at the headquarters of the Electoral Commission (EC) tomorrow, Tuesday, October 06, for the 202…
“Turkey-Africa: Partners in Resilience in Post-Pandemic World” Honored by the President of the Republic of Turkey H.E. Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN
Attend the only Forum Promoting Turkey-Africa Economic Relations
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The US government has termed the establishment of a transitional government in Mali "an initial step toward a return to democracy".
The US State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus urged the transitional government to honour the prom…
Liberia’s President George Weah has revealed in a church sermon that he receives a barrage of insults via text message from people claiming to be his supporters who are angry that he is not helping them.
The 54-year-old ex-footballer is…
The three men charged with helping armed militants launch an attack on the Westgate shopping mall in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, in 2013 have arrived in court, according to a journalist covering the trial.
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Quoting the head of Ethiopia's civil aviation authority, the Reuters news agency has confirmed that the country has banned aircraft from flying over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd) in the north of the country for security reason…
Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, Vice Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has assured that the next NDC government will ensure all sectors were well resourced to drive the nation's development.
"This is …
President Nana Akufo-Addo has assured the people of Achiase of the establishment of a starch factory in the area under the one District, One Factory (1D1F) programme to create jobs for the people.
The President said Achiase would not be…
The Governance Research Bureau has said measures to curb the escalation in attacks in the Volta Region by the so-called Western Togoland ‘secessionists’ must be fast-tracked in order not to create insecurity and prevent the people from vot…
Mr John Dramani Mahama, the Presidential aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), on Sunday began a tour of the Western North Region.
Mr James Agyenim-Boateng, the Spokesperson of the NDC Campaign Team, in a statement copied …
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia Sunday resumed his Greater Accra tour with a visit to the Odododiodio constituency and urged the electorate to reject the National Democratic Congress in the December polls.
He said anytime the NDC was…
Mr Alex Martey, New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Ningo-Prampram, has expressed gratitude to the First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo for donating a vehicle to aid his campaign.
Mr Martey, a first-time contender told the …
Medical experts are questioning Donald Trump's decision to greet supporters in a drive-past outside the hospital where he is being treated for Covid-19.
There are concerns the US president, who wore a mask, may have endangered Secret Se…
Electoral Commission (EC) has announced Wednesday, October 7, to exhibit the provisional register for prospective voters who took part in the one-day voters registration exercise.
The EC, on October 1, reopened the Voters Register for o…
Paris will shut all bars completely from Tuesday as the French government raises the city's coronavirus alert to maximum following a sustained period of high infection rates.
The restrictions will last two weeks, with full details to be…
Schools in Cameroon are re-opening with students expected to learn in shifts in overcrowded schools so as to ensure social distancing.
Some students will learn in the morning while others will report to school in the afternoon.
Only pr…
South Africa will give priority to women and youth in a new programme to lease idle state land.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said women who were allocated farms under the existing Pro-Active Land Acquisition Strategy had run them successfu…
The United Progressive Party (UPP) last Friday introduced Mr Akwasi Addai as its flag bearer for the 2020 presidential election.
At the party’s second national delegates congress in Kumasi, the party also launched its manifesto for the …
President Trump has told supporters that he had "learned a lot about Covid" in the past few days.
"I learnt it by really going to school. This is the real school, this isn’t the let’s-read-the-book school," he said in a message released…
Former Burundian MP Fabien Banciryanino is in police detention for what the authorities said was an attempt to overthrow the government, according to his family.
Mr Banciryanino was arrested on Friday after a press conference that he ha…
The Paramount Chief of Western Nzema Traditional Council (WNTC), Awulae Annor Adjaye III, has congratulated the Jomoro CPP Parliamentary candidate, Mr Patrick Ekye-Kwesie for the broader vision to transform the constituency when voted into…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced October 7, 2020, as the date for the exhibition of the voter register for Ghanaian citizens who took part in the recent one-day voter's registration exercise.
The one-day exercise will take pl…
Special voting for the 2020 election will be held on Tuesday, December 1, the Electoral Commission (EC) has announced.
The EC in a statement said the special voting is reserved for voters who as a result of their duties on Election day …
Syria on Thursday reopened Damascus airport for regular international commercial traffic after a six-month halt due to the coronavirus pandemic, saying it had imposed strict health measures inside the facility.
Airport officials said na…
The Belarusian Foreign Ministry said on Friday it had compiled a list of people barred from entering Belarus in retaliation against sanctions imposed by the European Union.
The ministry said the list would not be made public.
EU lead…
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has told France 24 that he would not approve US drone strikes on al-Shabab militants on Kenyan soil.
The president, who is on a state visit to France, said he had not yet received such a request.
The Ne…
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Thursday assured fishmongers that the Government will provide them with small scale loans to enhance their businesses should the NPP government win the December 7 polls.
The loans, he said, would be…
Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, Chairman of the Volta Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has disclosed that the Council would hold an emergency consultative dialogue with key security Ministries on Friday.
The meeting will give them the opportu…
European countries have a fundamental role in supporting the Middle East peace process after the signing of the so-called Abraham Accord, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an interview on Friday.
“I believe that European leade…