The UN's children's agency, Unicef, has said 4.5 million children in South Sudan "are in desperate need of humanitarian support".
The agency attributed the humanitarian crisis to conflict and climate change effects like flooding and dro…
The UN human rights agency has described as "deeply concerning" the deadly violence that followed pro-democracy protests in Eswatini.
"We have received allegations of disproportionate and unnecessary use of force, harassment and intimid…
Egypt has accused Ethiopia of violating international law after it received a notice saying that Ethiopia's dam upstream on the Nile is now filling up with water for a second year.
The hydroelectric dam has long been a source of tension…
Israel has struck a deal to provide South Korea with vaccines in return for jabs in a future shipment.
The deal involves about 700,000 of Israel's Pfizer doses that are due to expire soon.
It comes just weeks after the Palestinian au…
The Second Foreign Office Consultations between the Foreign Ministries of Ghana and India, has been held in Accra.
Mr Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, commended both sides for the det…
Reverend Seth Mawutor, Chairman, Volta Regional Peace Council, says plans are underway to dialogue with key stakeholders to deal with secessionist activities in the Volta and Oti Regions.
He said the planned dialogue would involve Munic…
Hundreds of supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Tuesday morning hit the streets of Accra to protest what they say is injustice in Ghana under the watch of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
The NDC Youth wing-led…
Former South Africa's president Jacob Zuma's application seeking to halt his 15-month jail term is due to be heard on Tuesday.
The matter will be heard virtually in the Pietermaritzburg high court in KwaZulu-Natal
Mr Zuma had been gi…
Amhara militia have supported Ethiopia's federal troops, who last week declared a unilateral ceasefire and pulled out of Tigray's regional capital Mekelle and dozens of other towns.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed initially said the…
Israel's parliament has failed to pass an extension to a controversial law barring Palestinians from the occupied West Bank or Gaza who marry Israelis from being granted citizenship rights.
After a debate that lasted through the night, …
Germany is lifting a Covid-related travel ban on people from the UK and four other variant-hit countries.
The restrictions, which also applied to people from Portugal, Russia, India and Nepal, will be relaxed from Wednesday.
Visitors…
The US military left Bagram Airfield - its key base in Afghanistan - in the dead of night without notifying the Afghans, the base's new commander said.
General Asadullah Kohistani told the BBC that the US left Bagram at 03:00 local time…
The Sekondi/Takoradi Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mr Abdul-Mumin Issah, has urged all political parties to support the ongoing census exercise, since they will need the census data in their activities.
"This is the more reason why we s…
The General Secretary of the Convention People's Party (CPP), Nana Yaa Akyempim Jantuah, has challenged political leaders at all levels to put the national interest above partisan considerations.
That, she said, would set a good example…
Lawyers in Nigeria have lodged a claim for $1.2m (£870,000) in damages against the security officers on behalf of a Yoruba separatist militant, Sunday "Igboho" Adeyemo.
The police raided his home on Thursday, allegedly killing some of h…
South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma has insinuated that the apartheid government, which he fought against, treated him better than the current one.
He told reporters he had always fought against injustices and was shocked when he…
The Ethiopian government made the decision to withdraw and declare a ceasefire in Tigray in a process that took at least a month, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said.
He said they had meetings with the elite, investors, the public as wel…
Gunmen in Nigeria have abducted at least eight people from a hospital in the north-west of the country, police say.
The attack took place at the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Centre in Zaria early on Sunday morning.
Two nurses an…
Egypt will release the container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March, after it agreed a compensation deal with the vessel's owners and insurers.
The two sides said the Ever Given would be allowed on Wednesday to leave the Great Bi…
Dowry payments in India's villages have been largely stable over the past few decades, a World Bank study has found.
Researchers looked at 40,000 marriages that took place in rural India between 1960 and 2008.
They found that dowry w…
The youth wing of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has outlined the routes for its planned protest on Tuesday, July 6, 2021.
This comes after the police okayed the protest after initially declining the request to provid…
Ugandans who violate the Covid pandemic control restrictions may go to jail for up to two months.
According to new rules released by the health ministry in a statutory document, those found operating banned businesses such as bars, nigh…
Fifty people have died and dozens more have been injured after a military plane crashed in the Philippines.
The Lockheed C-130 transport aircraft was carrying 96 people, mostly troops, when it overshot a runway at Jolo airport in Sulu p…
Any foreign troops left in Afghanistan after Nato's September withdrawal deadline will be at risk as occupiers, the Taliban has told the BBC.
It comes amid reports that 1,000 mainly US troops could remain on the ground to protect diplom…
Pope Francis has undergone successful surgery to treat a colon problem at a hospital in Rome, the Vatican says.
The 84-year-old "responded well" to the treatment, which was performed under general anaesthetic, Vatican spokesman Matteo B…
Indonesia's government has ordered producers to prioritise medical oxygen amid a Covid surge and a shortage of oxygen in a number of cities.
Hospitals say they have almost exhausted supplies, with one reporting that 63 patients died as …
Mr Freddie Blay, National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), says party politics is a critical and vital element of effective democratic governance.
He said party politics was used to contest ideas in the people’s interest.
H…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Constituency in the Central Region, has asked its supporters to boycott a demonstration by the youth for the immediate reopening of the Komenda Sugar Factory.
A sect…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has commended members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) communication team for its reliance on facts and data in analysing issues to Ghanaians.
He encouraged the NDC communicators not to worr…
The race for the Metropolitan Chief Executive (KMA) position for Kumasi has been cut to three following the withdrawal of the incumbent, Mr Osei Assibey Antwi.
Mr Antwi, who has been on the seat for four years and was seen as a frontrun…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has granted a presidential pardon to former National Coordinator of the defunct Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Development Agency (GYEEDA), Mr Abuga Pele on health grounds.
Pele was rele…
The final withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan could be imminent, as the last US and Nato forces have left Bagram airbase, north of Kabul.
President Biden has said he wants US troops out of Afghanistan by 11 September this year…
Concern over the well being of the people in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray continues.
Earlier this week, the rebel Tigray Defence Force entered the region's capital, Mekelle.
The near-eight months of fighting have left more th…
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations called on Russia on Wednesday to stop violence by "mercenaries working as an arm of Russia's Ministry of Defense" in the Central African Republic (CAR) and hold accountable those responsible.
U.…
The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is surging through Asia this week, with record numbers of infections in Australia and South Korea, prompting some countries to tighten curbs and others to hasten vaccination.
The va…
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has called on the youth to strive to uphold Dr Kwame Nkrumah’s legacy and rededicate themselves to his ideals and vision.
That, it said, remained the best endowment for a sustainable future of prosper…
A prominent statue of Queen Victoria has been torn down by protesters in Canada as anger grows over the deaths of indigenous children at residential schools.
The protesters cheered as the statue at the legislature in Manitoba's capital …
The number of migrants waiting in the UK for their asylum claims to be processed was nine times higher by the end of last year than it was in 2010.
One is Patricia, 19, who fled war and abuse in Liberia and says her mental health has su…
The youth wing of the opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC, has said it will go ahead with its planned demonstration, despite the police’s indication that it will not be able to provide protection for them.
The youth wing of the…
Three soldiers in Gabon have been sentenced to 15 years in jail for an attempted coup in 2019, when President Ali Bongo was recovering from a stroke.
Lt Kelly Ondo - a commando leader and member of the Republican Guard - and his two co-…
South Sudan’s Minister of Petroleum Puot Kang Chol has said that the country’s local refinery is now operational and will soon supply the 10 regional states and countries in the region with refined oil products.
The facility which is ba…
Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has bid farewell to Mr András Szabós, the outgoing Hungary Ambassador to Ghana.
Mr Szabós, a career diplomat, was appointed Ambassador to Ghana in…
PM Boris Johnson is discussing Covid travel restrictions with Angela Merkel in her final official visit to the UK as German chancellor.
Mrs Merkel, who is due to step down later this year, has previously called for all UK travellers to …
Rwanda's prime minister has visited Bujumbura to cerebrate the 59th anniversary of Burundi’s independence in a significant move to normalise the two countries’ relations after six years of tensions.
Burundi and Rwandan authorities fell …
The Nigerian parliament has approved a long-awaited bill seeking to overhaul the country’s oil and gas industry.
Nigeria's economy relies heavily on revenue from fossil fuels and the ambitious law is expected to dramatically change Nige…
The Youth Wing of the opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC, has notified the police that it will organise a street protest dubbed ‘A March for Justice’ on Tuesday, July 6, 2021, to demand justice for all persons killed or brutalise…
Mr Razak Kojo Opoku, a member of the New Patriotic Party has said, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo believes in Ghana and the great potentials of the Ghanaian Youth which is why almost 70 per cent of his policies and programmes are …
Police in Uganda have arrested four suspects in connection with the shooting of Transport Minister Katumba Wamala.
One of the suspects was killed as he resisted arrest.
Police said the suspects were trained in the same camp as rebels…
Mozambique’s third largest city of Nampula has been experiencing water shortages as a result of falling water levels at the dam on the Monapo River which supplies the city.
This new shortage comes six months after the city was hit by a …
The number of deaths linked to coronavirus in India has moved past the 400,000 mark as the country tries to speed up its vaccination drive.
Experts warn that the real number of fatalities might be much higher as many deaths are not offi…
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