Africa is in the middle of a full-blown third Covid wave and there is need for more vaccination, the Wold Health Organization (WHO) has said.
The total infections have crossed the five million mark and at least seven African countries h…
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said his country needs to prepare for both "dialogue and confrontation" with the US, and "especially to get fully prepared for confrontation".
This marks the first time Mr Kim has directly commented o…
Iranians are voting to elect a new president, with all but one of the four candidates regarded as hardliners.
Opinion polls suggest Ebrahim Raisi, a conservative Shia cleric who heads the judiciary, is the clear favourite.
Mr Raisi i…
The time has come for political parties to redefine their structures and ensure the active participation of the youth in decision making, the Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban S. K. Bagbin, has said.
He said the present political system i…
A book of essays on 70 selected global artworks of former President John Agyekum Kufuor has been launched.
The 194-page book, titled: “A collection of John Agyekum Kufuor”, was written by the acting Director of the Ghana Museums and Mon…
Malawi’s former ruling party turned opposition wants last year's election nullified saying it was presided over by an electoral management body that was illegally constituted.
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has filed a lawsuit i…
Parliament has approved one Minister of State Designate and 11 Deputy Ministers Designate, vetted publicly by the Joseph Osei Owusu chaired Appointments Committee of Parliament for various portfolios.
They are expected to be later sworn…
The African Union says it will launch an inquiry into allegations of abuses in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region.
The commission of inquiry will begin work on Thursday and will investigate for three months subject to renewal.
"The Co…
Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo is expected to return to the country for the first time since he was arrested and handed over to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in November 2011 for his role in the 2010-2011 post-election cr…
A Member of the New Patriotic Party (npp), Mr Kwasi Poku Bosompem, has commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his leadership style and initiatives to make Ghanaians comfortable.
“Despite the challenges COVID-19 has brought …
The two major political parties in the country, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) last Saturday put their political affiliations aside and jointly mourned the death of Maxwell Kojo Okyere Atta-Krah, a…
The Director of Elections at the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, has tasked members of the Tertiary Educational Institutions Network (TEIN) of the NDC to campaign vigorously for the return to power of the main…
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has formally acknowledged that his country is facing food shortages.
Addressing a meeting of senior leaders, Mr Kim said: "The people's food situation is now getting tense".
He said the agricultural se…
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni and his counterpart from the Democratic of Congo Felix Tshisekedi have launched the construction of road projects between the two countries.
The ground-breaking ceremony for the works took place in Uga…
A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Vincent Frimpong Manu, has called for a review of the election processes for parliamentary candidates of the party.
"I think we need a lot more voices in the selection of candidates at the p…
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and and First Vice-President Riek Machar have instructed government agencies to speed up the graduation of army recruits.
The two leaders discussed the bringing together of the soldiers coming from dif…
Eritrea has criticised the United Nations Security Council and the UN humanitarian chief for “rehashing unfounded claims” against the country.
It denied the charge levelled against it by the UN aid chief, Mark Lowcock, who told a closed…
The presidents of the US and Russia have praised their talks in Geneva but have made little concrete progress at the first such meeting since 2018.
Disagreements were stated, said US President Joe Biden, but not in a hyperbolic way, and…
A Deputy Attorney General designate, Mr Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, has registered his opposition to calls for the country to abolish the death penalty.
He subscribed to the execution of persons sentenced to death by a court of competent jurisd…
Tackling political polarisation is crucial to ensuring and sustaining national peace, Reverend Dr Ernest Adu-Gyamfi, the Chairman of the National Peace Council (NPC), has said.
He said it was also crucial to establish early warning and …
Criticism that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is only interested in going after Africans was part of a “propaganda” campaign by those who wanted to discredit the court, its outgoing prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has told the BBC.
Th…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced new restrictions as South Africa faces a third wave of Covid-19.
A nationwide curfew has been moved up to 22:00 local time, while alcohol sales have been limited to Mondays to Thursdays.
Public…
The US Congress has overwhelmingly passed a bill to add a federal holiday to the calendar marking Juneteenth - the end of slavery in the nation.
The House of Representatives backed the legislation by 415-14, a day after it was unanimous…
Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has warned that there is a risk of the country descending into chaos and civil war and blamed loyalists of the former administration.
He said the reforms he had been implementing were meant to impro…
Mr Dave Agbenu, a Ghana Journalists Association's (GJA) Presidential Aspirant has said the court case against the Association on the expired term of office of its executives was a major concern.
Mr Agbenu who is a former General Secreta…
The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has received a capacity-development opportunity on electoral management and administration knowledge from the government of Italy.
The initiative called "Innove-Elections Project" seeks to develo…
Mr Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, former Minister of Youth and Sports, has tasked members of the Tertiary Educational Institutions Network (TEIN) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), to campaign vigorously for the return to power of the main …
The Member of Parliament for Ablekuma South Constituency and former Accra Mayor, Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije, believes the National Democratic Congress, NDC, stands a better chance at winning the 2024 presidential elections if it retains John…
The senate in the Democratic Republic of Congo has voted against a request to lift a member's immunity to allow a corruption related investigation.
Former Prime Minister Matata Ponyo Mapon is being investigated for his role in an agricu…
Algeria's ruling party, the National Liberation Front (FLN), has won most seats in last Saturday's parliamentary election, which saw a low turnout of 23%.
The FLN grabbed 105 out of 407 available seats, followed by an historic win for i…
Namibia has announced tight measures to limit the spread of coronavirus after a recent spike in infections and deaths.
On Tuesday evening, President Hage Geingob announced a two-week lockdown of the capital Windhoek, which has recorded …
Leftist candidate Pedro Castillo has won the most votes in Peru's close-run presidential run-off election.
With all ballots now counted, Mr Castillo has just over 50% of the votes - 44,000 more than right-wing contender Keiko Fujimori.
…
Israel says it carried out air strikes in Gaza overnight after Palestinians launched incendiary balloons from the territory, in the first major flare-up since an 11-day conflict last month.
The Israeli military said it targeted compound…
US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are meeting for their first, highly-anticipated summit.
The talks in Geneva, Switzerland, come at a time when both sides describe relations as being at rock bottom.
Di…
Two groups in the Bono Region have commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for appointing the regional President of the Ghana Bar Association, Mr Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, as the Deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice designate.…
Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin on Tuesday charged Parliamentary Monitoring Organisations (PMOs) to amplify their collaboration with Legislatures to educate citizens on the proper roles about the work of parliamentarians.
He explaine…
As the second wave of COVID-19 infections surged in early 2021, Senegal stepped up measures to cope with the anticipated rise in the number of patients needing critical care. Professor Daye Ka, Infectious and Tropical Disease Expert and me…
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa says his country has joined the people of Zambia in prayer for the health of founding father Kenneth Kaunda.
Mr Kaunda is in hospital being treated for an undisclosed illness
In a tweet Mr Ram…
Senegalese President Macky Sall has called for urgent action after at least eight people died off the beaches in the capital Dakar.
"The death of young people by drowning on the beaches of Malika is intolerable," he said in a statement …
Zambia's founding father Kenneth Kaunda is in a "serious but stable condition", a source close to the former president has told the BBC.
The 97-year-old, who served as president from 1964 to 1991, was admitted to hospital last Tuesday w…
Having barely got over a devastating second wave of coronavirus infections, India was gripped with alarm on Tuesday over risks of a resurgence as crowds thronged railway stations and shopping malls a day after major cities relaxed curbs on…
A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden in Geneva on Wednesday is unlikely to yield concrete deals but the talks will still be useful, a Kremlin aide said.
The leaders will meet for the firs…
A court in India has granted bail to two female activists arrested in May 2020 over an anti-government protest.
Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita joined the sit-in last year against a controversial citizenship law a day before deadly …
The Convention People's Party (CPP) has called on the Government of Ghana to rehabilitate defunct factories built by Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first President.
The call was made during the celebration of the Party's 72nd Anniversary in …
Kenya is set to hold an elephant naming ceremony aimed at promoting conservation.
The festival was launched on Monday by the tourism minister and will culminate in an official ceremony on 12 August during the World Elephant Day.
Well…
A Republican lawmaker has apologised for likening coronavirus mask rules to the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany.
Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia disavowed her comments after a visit to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington …
The UN Security Council has called for free and fair elections in Mali in the wake of a military takeover of the government.
The majority of the 15-member council said that the military leaders should not participate in the elections sc…
More people are heading to the small South African village in Kwazulu-Natal in search for what they believe are diamonds.
This comes after a man herding cattle discovered what he thought were diamonds more than week ago.
His discover…
The chief prosecutor of International Criminal Court (ICC) has called for a full investigation into suspected crimes against humanity during a deadly drugs crackdown directed by the government of the Philippines.
Fatou Bensouda, who lea…
The Most Reverend Dr Cyril Kobina Ben-Smith, the Archbishop of the Internal Province of Ghana, has commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on the Green Ghana Initiative.
The initiative aims at planting five million trees across …
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