Storms have brought heavy rain to fire-hit regions of eastern Australia - but authorities warn the nation's bushfire crisis is still "far from over".
More than 80 blazes were still burning across New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria on Mo…
China, one of the world's biggest users of plastic, has unveiled a major plan to reduce single-use plastics across the country.
Non-degradable bags will be banned in major cities by the end of 2020 and in all cities and towns by 2022.
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Long queues have formed in several centres across Tanzania as people try to beat Monday's deadline to register their Sim cards.
The measure is part of the government's order for all users of mobile phones to register them under a new bi…
Primary and secondary school teachers across Malawi have downed tools in solidarity with their colleagues who were not paid their salaries for December 2019.
The government last month removed some teachers – and thousands of other civil…
Mr Salisu Ibrahim, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Constituency Organiser for Upper West Akim, has appealed to electorate to carefully consider all the options available before voting in the coming elections.
He said they could v…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Volta Region says it is opposed to the compilation of a new voters' register by the Electoral Commission for the 2020 general elections.
It said government should use the over 700 million Gh…
Madam Henrietta Mary Eyison, Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the Ahanta West Municipal Assembly (AWMA) in the Western Region (WR) has refuted claims that efforts to get the Assembly to reconstruct the affected Agona Nkwanta – Busua roa…
Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu and Chairman, Volta Regional Communication Committee of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), on Saturday said the party "is formidable and poised" for victory in …
Ghanaian midfielder Mubarak Wakaso is on the verge of swapping the Spanish La Liga for the Chinese Super League (CSL) after agreeing personal terms with Jiangsu Suning.
Wakaso, 29, was entering into the final year of his three-year deal…
A project to expand FSC certified teak and UTZ certified cocoa plantations in the rural Siuna and Bonanza regions of Nicaragua scores exceptionally high points in Finnfund’s development impact assessment. The high score is based on the pro…
Ravenous swarms threaten entire East Africa subregion - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) scales up its emergency response
Desert Locust swarms in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia - already unprecedented in their size and destructive p…
Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, a pioneering figure in Africa’s faith landscape has joined forces with his business celebrity wife, Rosa Whitaker, in launching Dominion Television, Africa’s Premier Christian Lifestyle Network, now ava…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will make the case for the UK as the ‘investment partner of choice’ for African countries at a major investment summit today
PM calls for UK to be the ‘investment partner of choice’ for African countries; su…
British High Commissioner to Ghana, His Excellency Iain Walker, writes on the UK-Ghana prosperity partnership to accelerate a shared Ghana Beyond Aid vision.
When it comes to building a more prosperous future, the UK-Ghana partnersh…
The delegation from Equatorial Guinea met with several Nigerian executives from the Africa Finance Corporation, Polaris Bank, Sterling Bank, First Bank, UBA and Zenith Bank
In line with its commitment to attract regional capital investm…
Leaked documents reveal how Africa's richest woman made her fortune through exploiting her own country, and corruption.
Isabel dos Santos got access to lucrative deals involving land, oil, diamonds and telecoms when her father was presi…
After Brexit, the UK wants to boost business trade with Africa, but as a major UK-Africa business summit starts in London, Matthew Davies asks if there really will be new opportunities for the continent.
Trade is tricky. Trade agreement…
The number of people infected with a new virus in China tripled over the weekend, with the outbreak spreading from Wuhan to other major cities.
Wuhan reported 136 new cases of the respiratory illness. The capital Beijing reported two ca…
Procuring a new biometric voter management system (BVMS) and compiling a new voters register will save the country GH¢173.07 million, compared to upgrading the current system, the Electoral Commission (EC) has stated.
Whereas it will co…
Prosper Africa: Registration Open, Tunis, Tunisia - 06 February 2020
Registration is now open for the U.S. Embassy and American Chamber of Commerce of Tunisia’s conference promoting Prosper Africa at this link: http://seminr.site/. Pros…
Security Alert: Threats against Nigerien and Western Government Facilities and Locations Frequented by Westerners
The Embassy strongly advises limiting unnecessary movements during hours of darkness or travel outside of the Niamey péage…
Charity schools in Ghana funded from Norway have a special mission to teach Liberal Democracy to students as young as 5 years of age.
The Tore Eikeland School in the rural community of Akoka, Ghana isn’t just providing free uniforms and…
In recent years, human resources development has been one of the highlights in the cooperation between China and Sierra Leone
On 14th of January 2020, the launching ceremony of Training Course on Pottery Production Techniques was held a…
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), UN Restate Commitment to Peace, Security and Stability in West Africa
President Brou gave a rundown of the issues which are on top of the agenda of ECOWAS which included a multilateral…
Five towering wooden figures dwarf visitors to the “Lend Me Your Dream” exhibition at Dakar’s Museum of Black Civilisations. The sculptures of fire-darkened cedar stand in a circle, as if deep in conversation.
The imposing work by Ivori…
The tropical Maldives may lose entire islands unless it can quickly access cheap financing to fight the impact of climate change, its foreign minister said.
The archipelago’s former president Mohamed Nasheed famously held a cabinet meet…
The proliferation of fake medicines in Africa is a public health crisis that can no longer be ignored, according to a UK charity.
There's a meeting of seven African countries, in Togo, this week, to combat the problem.
Congo, Niger, …
Germany's foreign office has apologised for tweeting a joke about its visa application process being seductive.
The joke was based on the trending hashtag #SeduceSomeoneInFourWords, where Twitter users come up with four words that could…
There is no government projects abandoned in the Biakoye District of the Oti Region, Ms Comfort Akua Attah, the District Chief Executive (DCE), on Thursday told a Public Accounts Committee of Parliament (PAC) hearing in Accra.
Rather, w…
The Fodome Traditional Council in the Hohoe Municipality of the Volta Region has stated that it has no support for any secessionist activities in the Traditional Area.
Togbega Gbedegbleme Akpatsa II, Paramount Chief of the Area said thi…
The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations and individuals under the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition, has rejected the proposal by the Electoral Commission (EC) to procure a new voters' register and an IT system.
According to the Coal…
Mr. Benjamin Kojo Otoo, District Chief Executive for Gomoa Central, has cautioned the youth against politics of insults during the 2020 general election to ensure peace.
He said it was time the youth channeled their energies into useful…
Ethiopian farmer Ahmed Ibrahim batted empty water bottles at a swarm of desert locusts the size of his palms that were devouring his field of khat - the mildly narcotic leaf that is his family’s main source of income.
“We have nothing e…
The Overlord of Dagbon, Ya Na Abukari Mahama II, Thursday visited the Jubilee House for a historic courtesy call on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
This is the first time a sitting Ya Na has paid a call on a sitting President at …
EU citizens will not automatically be deported if they fail to sign up to the settled status scheme by the 2021 deadline, Downing Street has said.
The confirmation comes after European Parliament Brexit co-ordinator Guy Verhofstadt said…
US congresswoman Ayanna Pressley has revealed she is completely bald because of the hair-loss condition alopecia.
The Massachusetts Democrat told The Root that she started noticing her hair was falling out last autumn.
She eventually…
A Ugandan Imam who married man dressed as a woman has been arrested and charged.
Sheikh Mohammed Mutumba was charged with having carnal knowledge with a person against the order of nature, according to Daily Monitor newspaper.
His ch…
The Founding Fathers of the New Patriotic Party (NPP, in the Ashanti Regional has awarded Mr. Samuel Addai Agyekum, the District Chief Executive (DCE) of the Sekyere Kumawu in Ashanti, for an outstanding performance and stewardship.
In …
Professor Kwesi Yankah, the Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, has admonished politicians not to influence the youth with money to cause mayhem during the 2020 electioneering and polls.
He said the 2020 election was not …
The Eminent Advisory Committee (EAC) of the Electoral Commission (EC) has called on all political parties and other stakeholders to remain calm over the Commission's intent to procure a new Biometric Voter Management System.
The Committ…
Germany’s population reached a record high of 83.2 million people last year thanks to migration but it grew at the slowest pace since 2012, the statistics office said on Friday as Europe’s largest economy experiences a chronic birth defici…
US officials may put an end to a civilian drone programme because of their concerns about the unmanned aerial vehicles that are made in China. The officials are apparently worried that the Chinese-made drones could be used to spy on people…
China's birth rate has fallen to its lowest since the formation of the People's Republic of China 70 years ago - despite the easing of the one-child policy.
The birth rate was 10.48 per thousand in 2019 - the lowest since 1949, the Nati…
Ethiopian ministers have said the country will fill up the Grand Renaissance Dam over a period of "between four to seven years" despite Egypt's push for a longer span, the state-linked Fana Broadcasting Corporate (FBC) reports.
Foreign …
Residents of Tema Community Two have called on local sanitation officers to prosecute sanitation offenders to deter others.
According to them, even though refuse containers had been provided by the Tema West Municipal Assembly (TWMA) …
The Sekondi - Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA), has cut the sod for the creation of a "City Garden Project" at Fiaji to promote recreational activities and leisure among inhabitants of the Metropolis.
The project, which would be lo…
The Liberal Party of Ghana( LPG)with Kofi Akpaloo as its Presidential candidate has promised to initiate a social intervention policy dubbed 'Child Benefit' to meet the needs of Ghanaian children if given the nod to govern the nation.
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It is extremely concerning that we have only seen limited progress towards the implementation of the peace agreement
Statement by Ambassador Jonathan Allen, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, at the Security Council briefing …
Centre Jamie Roberts says he has told Wales coach Wayne Pivac he is still available for international rugby despite an immediate move to South Africa.
Roberts will join Super Rugby side Stormers from Bath when he flies out to Cape Town …
Iran is facing fresh pressure to give a full accounting of what happened to the Ukrainian Airlines plane that was shot down over its capital city last week with 176 people on board.
Ministers from five countries that lost citizens in th…