Dying from wounds suffered as he directed the fightback against rebels who had swept south across the Sahara from their Libyan safe haven, Chad's President Idriss Déby Itno was a soldier to the last.
The manner of his death was in keepi…
A Canadian court has largely upheld a controversial Quebec law barring civil servants in positions of "authority" from wearing religious symbols at work.
But the province's top court struck down parts of the law that applied to English-…
Tunisian President Kais Saied said on Sunday that his powers as commander of the armed forces also cover the internal security forces, not only the army, in the latest escalation of his dispute with the prime minister.
Saied's comments …
Cape Verde's ruling party has maintained its majority following a parliamentary election despite criticism from the opposition over its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the economy, partial results showed on Monday,
Sunday's vote p…
A total of 491 recruits of the Local Government Service in the Volta Region have begun a five-day orientation workshop in Ho.
The appointees, including some recruited since 2017, were posted to the various Assemblies and were yet to be …
Experts believe the emergence of new coronavirus variants in Africa has contributed to an increase in both cases and deaths reported in many countries on the continent.
There's also concern that these variants can't easily be tracked be…
The US state department is to advise Americans to avoid 80% of countries worldwide because of the coronavirus pandemic.
In a note to the media about its updated travel guidance, it said the pandemic continued to "pose unprecedented risk…
Health authorities in South Sudan have reported that 60,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, donated by the African Union, expired before they were used.
The country last month postponed the start of the vaccination campaign, ci…
Armin Laschet has won the backing of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party to run as a centre-right candidate to succeed her in September's elections.
The leader of the Christian Democrat (CDU) was supported by 77.5% of the party's ex…
India expanded its vaccination programme to include all adults over the age of 18 starting 1 May amid a deadly second wave of infections.
The country's healthcare system is overwhelmed with more than 200,000 cases and about 1,300 deaths…
Dr Kingsley Nyarko, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwadaso, has urged the people of Asuoyeboah North to support the police to fight crime in the area.
He said security was a shared responsibility and, therefore, the need for the peop…
The 30-member capacity Assembly members of Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region on Thursday, boycotted the first session of the general assembly meeting of the year stemming from confusion over Council of State election cash.
The …
Madam Ama Busia, a founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), says Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia's competence and exceptional performance in complementing President Akufo-Addo has made those who doubted his abilities initially to …
African leaders assembled at a global meeting to discuss the status of local pharmaceutical manufacturing on the continent, underscored the need to increase local production of vaccines and therapeutics to achieve greater public-health sec…
The number of migrant children trying to reach the US from Mexico has increased ninefold since the start of 2021, UN children's agency Unicef says.
The rise from 380 to nearly 3,500 has overwhelmed the facilities at Mexico's reception c…
India has widened its vaccination programme as infections surge and the capital goes into lockdown.
All adults over the age of 18 will be offered a coronavirus jab starting from 1 May, the government said on Monday.
However, with vac…
The jury in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis policeman accused of killing George Floyd last year, has retired to consider its verdict.
The prosecution told jurors that Mr Chauvin had murdered Mr Floyd, but the defence said…
Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has called on the African Union to lead talks on a process that would lead to a free and fair elections in the country.
The president said all stakeholders would participate in the talks for…
Some Kenyan high school finalists were left stranded in the capital Nairobi on Monday night as police enforced a curfew by closing roads.
Students had been exempted in the new regulations that locked down the capital and nearby counties…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has begun a nationwide programme aimed at reorganising the rank and file of the party for victory in the 2024 election.
As part of the programme, the leadership of the party has directed all execut…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has presented the original documents on the Techiman South parliamentary election to the Wenchi High Court.
The documents have since been inspected by the parliamentary candidate of the National Democratic …
Ghana will leverage on its strong bilateral relations with Switzerland to attract Swiss investors for the pharmaceutical industry.
It is also working to make Switzerland a destination for products manufactured in Ghana under the Industr…
At least seven people died in a deadly fire outbreak following a tanker explosion in central Nigeria on Sunday.
An oil tanker laden with petrol veered off the road and spilled its contents in Oshigbudu area of Benue state.
Eyewitness…
The Ada East District Assembly has rolled out some projects in line with Government's national development infrastructure agenda as part of local 'Grassroot transformation initiatives' for Ada East.
"As the representative of President N…
India's capital Delhi has announced a week-long lockdown after a record spike in cases overwhelmed the city's healthcare system.
Government offices and essential services, such as hospitals, pharmacies and grocers, will be open during t…
Russia has announced that 20 diplomats from the Czech Republic will be expelled after the Czechs expelled 18 Russian diplomats.
The Russian diplomats are suspected of being intelligence operatives involved in an explosion at a Czech arm…
Stakeholders in the broadcasting industry have agreed to set up a joint stakeholder group under the National Media Commission (NMC) to examine reports of unethical content.
The Committee will, therefore, invoke the powers of the Nationa…
Alhaj Mohammed Shukurulah Bamba, a stalwart of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Northern Region, has appealed to party members to unanimously endorse vice President Dr.(Alhaji) Mahamudu Bawumia as the party's 2024 presidential candidat…
Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has fired senior officials including Labour Minister Ken Kandodo over alleged embezzlement of Covid funds.
The president said the action followed an audit he had commissioned into the spending of 6.2 bi…
A suspected poacher has died after after being trampled on by elephants in South Africa's Kruger National Park.
The South African National Parks (SANParks) on Sunday said the deceased and his two colleagues had been running away from pa…
A founding member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Madam Ama Busia, has heaped praises on the Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.
Madam Ama Bame Busia, in a television interview with Okyeman TV, was of the view that Dr. Maham…
Some stalwarts of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have called on the leadership of the party to revert to its core values and principles of participatory approach in dealing with issues.
They said any attempt by the NDC to deviat…
Madam Ama Busia has said that Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is more than qualified to lead the New Patriotic Party into the 2024 elections.
In a television interview on Okyeman TV, the astute politician and a founding member of th…
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been moved to a prison hospital, where the authorities say his condition is "satisfactory".
He has been on hunger strike for 20 days, complaining of inadequate medical attention. He is now in…
Sub-Saharan Africa is set to record the slowest economic growth of any world region this year as the continent struggles to bounce back from a pandemic-induced downturn, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday.
Wealthy co…
A court in Ivory Coast’s main city of Abidjan has handed down a life sentence to a former warlord, Amadé Ouérémi, for his role in massacres that were carried out in the west of the country following the disputed election in late 2010.
T…
A Lesotho-based manufacturer has been allowed to export cannabis products for medicinal use to the European Union (EU).
The firm, MG Health, said on Thursday that it had received official confirmation that its manufacturing processes we…
Mr Solomon Tetteh Appiah, Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Chief Executive has called on Ghanaians especially those in leadership positions to turn the country's challenges into developmental opportunities.
He said it was not enough for peop…
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered all teachers to have a Covid-19 vaccine irrespective of their age.
The country has been vaccinating school managers and those aged above 50, elderly citizens and front-line workers.
More t…
The constitutional court in Benin has approved the election results showing President Patrice Talon won Sunday's vote.
Mr Talon received 86% of the vote, compared to Allasane Soumanou with about 11.3% and Corentin Kohoué with 2.3%.
T…
The Democratic Republic of Congo will start its COVID-19 vaccination campaign on April 19 with 1.7 million AstraZeneca (AZN.L) doses it received from the COVAX global vaccines sharing scheme after delaying the rollout for more than a month…
Mr Kingsley Kanton Kasim, the two time Parliamentary candidate of the People's National Convention (PNC) has resigned from the party with immediate effect.
In a letter addressed to the constituency chairman of the Sissala East and copie…
A former minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Inusah Fuseini, says although mining contributes to the development of the country, it must not be done to the detriment of the environment.
According to him, unregulated small-scale …
Up to 65,000 people in northeastern Nigeria have fled their homes after an assault by armed groups on a border town on Wednesday, while attacks that appear to be targeted have forced a temporary halt to aid operations, U.N. agencies said.
…
At least 10 people have died and hundreds of others are in hospital after drinking out-of-date powdered orange-flavoured drinks in the northern Nigerian state of Kano, the authorities say.
The locally made drinks are usually bought in s…
Mr. Collins Adomako Mensah, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Afigya Kwabre North in the Ashanti Region has said the European Union Election Observer Mission’s report on Ghana’s 2020 general elections vindicates the Electoral Commission (E…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo-Prampram, Mr. Sam Nartey George, has urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to stop the rhetoric and hit the ground running in the galamsey fight.
In his view, President Akufo-Addo is only pa…
Ghana has commended the European Union (EU) Election Observation Mission for a successful election observation mission undertaken in different locations of the country during the general election held on 7th December, 2020.
Madam Shirly…
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has returned from London, where he had travelled for medical check-ups.
His return on Thursday was announced by the government on Twitter:
The president, who took a “routine” medical trip to the U…
Mali's legislative and presidential elections will be held on 27 February 2022, the transitional government has said.
The country is expected to return to democracy after last year's military coup that ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar …
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