Since the launch of the reform and opening up in the late 1970s, China has seen a sharp decline in the population living in poverty alongside impressive economic growth. According to the World Bank’s poverty standard of US$1 per day, more …
Cases continue to rise throughout Europe as infections return after authorities across the continent eased restrictions over the summer.
Spain is struggling with a fresh outbreak, and has more than 700,000 infections.
But the worst a…
Donald Trump paid just $750 (£587) in federal income tax both in 2016, the year he ran for the US presidency, and in his first year in the White House, the New York Times says.
The newspaper - which says it obtained tax records for Mr T…
Its that time of the country’s political life cycle, when the various political parties, especially the opposition NDC and the governing NPP are out and about, criss-crossing the country seeking to sell their manifestos to the electorate i…
Mali's transitional President Bah Ndaw has named a new civilian prime minister, the state television announced on Sunday.
Mr Ndaw appointed former diplomat Moctar Ouane to the position.
Mr Ouane served as Mali's foreign minister betw…
Police in South Africa have arrested a 28-year-old man for impersonating a local mayor.
He had attempted to extort a woman with a promise to give her a tender.
The man was taken to the Durban central police station for processing and…
A team of 10 Chinese doctors have arrived in Zimbabwe to join the country's fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
They will be stationed at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals for the next 12 months, the state-owned Herald newspaper repor…
The Okaikoi South branch of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has organised a free health screening for over 1000 residents in Kaneshie and its environs.
Medical conditions checked during the exercise included diabetes, …
Mr Peter Asamoah, Running Mate for the National Democratic Party says the leader of the party has deep sense of empathy towards the plight of others.
“…One that is a rare in modern leadership. She is unlike most of our leaders today who…
Mr Mustapha Ussif, the Executive Director of the National Service Scheme has called on residents of the six constituencies in the North East Region to all show gratitude by voting for the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
He said the Mamprugu …
A girl who was orphaned at the age of two during the 1994 Rwandan genocide has recently found some of her relatives thanks to the "miracle" of social media.
Grace Umutoni, who did not know her birth name, put up several photos of hersel…
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died a week ago, has become the first woman in US history to lie in state at the US Capitol in Washington DC.
The liberal icon died from pancreatic cancer after 27 years on the nation's top court.
Tho…
Israel tightened COVID-19 lockdown measures on Friday and critics accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to curb protests against his handling of the health and economic crises.
Netanyahu’s government decided on Thursday to…
As COVID-19 patients flooded Rio de Janeiro’s public health system from early April to late May, Dr. Pedro Archer found himself making gut-wrenching decisions.
People struggling to breathe needed ventilators, he said, but there weren’t …
Mrs Jean Mensa, Chairperson, Electoral Commission, says the Commission’s priority is to ensure peace in the conduct of the 2020 General Election.
“We recognise that this year is a crucial year as we go to the polls on December 7. What w…
President Vladimir Putin called on Friday for an agreement between Russia and the United States to guarantee not to engage in cyber-meddling in each other’s elections.
In a statement ahead of the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 3, Pu…
The president says monuments that glorify racism have no place in democratic South AfricaImage caption: The president says monuments that glorify racism have no place in democratic South Africa
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has…
"Vast areas of [South Sudan] along the River Nile are now under water" according to the UN's humanitarian coordinator for the country Alain Noudéhou.
The UN estimates that 600,000 people in the country have been forced to leave their ho…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kumbungu Constituency campaign team has been advised to work in unity to retain the party in power in the December general elections.
They should reach out to the electorates in the constituency of the good…
The West African Network for Peace Building (WANEP), says the fiercely competitive nature of party politics has been a factor threatening stability in West Africa.
This, he said was because there was a widespread perception of elections…
The West African Network for Peace Building (WANEP) and the National Peace Council (NPC), have launched the National Election Response Group (NERG) ahead of the 2020 General Elections.
NERG comprises of representatives from various inst…
Mali's new president has been sworn into office, five weeks after the overthrow of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.
Former Defence Minister Bah Ndaw, 70, was picked by the coup leader, Colonel Assimi Goita, to head a transitional government unti…
France opened an anti-terror investigation after two journalists were stabbed in Paris on Friday near the former offices of the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine that was attacked by Islamist militants in 2015.
Prime Minister Jean Caste…
At a court hearing in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, Paul Rusesabagina, the man portrayed as a hero in Hollywood movie Hotel Rwanda about the genocide, said that though he was part of a group that formed the National Liberation Front (FLN) r…
Chief Superintendent of Police, Ebenezer Ewudzi Sackey, Chairman of the Security Election Committee for Agona West, Agona East, and Gomoa Central Constituencies, has admonished political party supporters to desist from damaging opponents'…
Mrs Cynthia Morrison, the Minister of Gender and Social Protection, has inspected on-going Swedru township roads and Astroturf projects under construction in the Agona West Constituency of the Central Region.
The road projects include P…
Amnesty International Kenya, International Justice Mission Kenya, Haki Africa and the Kituo cha Sheria have filed a petition asking for monetary compensation for five victims of brutality as police enforced a Covid-19 curfew.
They have …
Three Egyptian rape suspects have been handed over to the Egyptian authorities by interpol.
Ahmed Helmy Toulan, 32, Amr Hussein Mahmoud Ismail, 30, and his brother Khaled Hussein Mahmoud Ismail, 33, were arrested in Lebanon.
Egypt re…
High-ranking Vatican official Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu has unexpectedly resigned, the Holy See has announced.
He previously worked as the second-most senior official in the Vatican's Secretariat of State.
Cardinal Becciu becam…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has said it will re-open the Voters Registration Exercise for one day.
A statement issued by the EC today said the scheduled exercise is to give opportunity to those who have attained the age of 18 and Citi…
Mali's new president will be sworn into office on Friday, five weeks after the overthrow of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.
Bah Ndaw, a former defence minister, was picked by the coup leader, Colonel Assimi Goita, to head a transitional governm…
There has been a second explosion in Nigeria in two days - this time involving a fuel lorry in Nigeria’s commercial hub Lagos on Thursday evening.
Lagos State Emergency Management Agency says at least 16 people are seriously injured aft…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has revealed that it has detected that about 60,000 registered voters got duplicate voter identification numbers during the last mass registration exercise.
This anomaly, the Commission says is across about…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has clarified that those who have been affected by the duplicate voter identification card numbers in the recent mass registration exercise, can still vote on December 7, 2020 whether or not they pick up their…
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has issued a rare personal apology for the killing of a South Korean official, Seoul says.
Mr Kim reportedly told his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in that the "disgraceful affair" should not have ha…
Face masks are no longer mandatory on public transport in most of New Zealand as Covid-19 cases continue to drop.
From midnight on Wednesday, they are required only in Auckland, the heart of a recent outbreak, and on planes.
The rest…
The EU has said it does not recognise Alexander Lukashenko as the president of Belarus, a day after he was sworn in for a sixth term at a secret ceremony.
The bloc's diplomatic chief said the unannounced inauguration, as well as his dis…
At least 15 top Kenyan government officials and businesspeople are to be recommended for prosecution in connection with the alleged theft of tens of millions of dollars meant for purchase of Covid-19 medical supplies.
Investigators have…
A Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm) postponed in April because of the coronavirus pandemic will now be held in June next year in Rwanda's capital, Kigali.
The biennial meeting is the Commonwealth’s highest consultative an…
With Brazil still registering thousands of new coronavirus infections daily, politicians are keen to strike deals with vaccine makers to try to protect Brazilians from Covid-19.
On Wednesday, the governor of Brazil's most populous state…
A court in France has rejected a request by the former president, Nicolas Sarkozy, to dismiss an investigation of allegations that he received bribes from Libya to finance his election campaign in 2007.
The ruling by the court of appeal…
Mr Francis Ato Cudjoe, Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD) said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in its second term of office will continue to invest in the fisheries sector to ensure that the country derives the…
The Electoral Commission on Wednesday denied allegations that it is carrying out an agenda to remove the names of supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) from the Voters Register.
A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency…
The Western Regional Chairman of the Council of Elders of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Anthony Evans Amoah, has described the party as the most disciplined political force in the country.
According to him, the NPP tradition has bee…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has hinted of plans to appoint “COVID-19 Ambassadors” at polling stations across the country on Election Day to help contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr Bossman Eric Asare, Deputy Chairman of the commission i…
Mr Samuel Pyne, the Ashanti Regional Secretary of the NPP, has asked party members to desist from tribal politics as they intensify their campaign activities for the 2020 elections.
They should also refrain from the use of foul language…
Nana Oduro Numapau, the Ho Municipal Director of the Electoral Commission (EC), has attributed the low turnout at the exhibition centres within the Municipality to the code verification system introduced by the Commission.
He said the m…
A court in Algeria has sentenced four members of a billionaire family to lengthy prison sentences in a high-profile corruption case linked to the era of the former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
Three brothers in the Kouninef family re…
Mr Jonathan Azasu, a Local Governance Expert, has said the development of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies hinges on strong Unit Committees.
He said the Assemblies would only realise their visions if there was a proper fu…
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, the Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has said the party is committed to winning the 2020 general election by strengthening its activities to attract more members.
He, therefore, impressed on pa…