The US Supreme Court has allowed the government to severely limit the ability of migrants to claim asylum.
The policy bars people arriving at the US southern border from seeking protection if they failed to do so in a country they passe…
On mission to Somalia, the Emergency Relief Coordinator and senior officials from the World Bank and the UN Peacebuilding Support Office say that early action and joined up approaches are key to ending the country’s cyclical crises
With…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings says the world is still trapped in a phase of immoral, unethical and unconscionable capitalism which has contributed to the immense decline of global stability and justice.
The second most atrocious …
The Upper East Regional Minister, Ms Tangoba Abayage, has reminded heads of departments, public servants and staff in the various district assemblies of the region that they are required to serve the government of the day no matter their…
The strategy will include provisions to help increase women’s access to leadership, to achieve a minimum number of years of free quality education
Commonwealth women’s affairs ministers will assemble in Nairobi on 19 and 20 September fo…
The UK initials Economic Partnership Agreement with the Southern African Customs Union and Mozambique
The UK has this week (Tuesday 10th September) initialled an Economic Partnership Agreement with the Southern African Customs Union and…
This donation will reach and feed an estimated 110,000 Namibians
To alleviate the hardship brought on by the drought, the U.S. government has donated US$7.6 million worth of food assistance for some of Namibia’s most vulnerable populat…
The Republic of Mauritius (“Mauritius”) has become the twenty-third (23rd) member state of Africa Finance Corporation (“AFC” or “the Corporation”), Africa’s leading investment grade, infrastructure solutions provider.
Mauritius has cont…
The Secretary-General was granted the honour of naming a baby gorilla during a Rwandan ceremony attended by tens of thousands of people
Kwita Izina is an annual event which this year was held in Kinigi, near Rwanda’s borders with the De…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called a federal election for 21 October.
Opinion polls are indicating it will be a tough race for Mr Trudeau, who is seeking a second term in office.
The campaign is expected to focus on is…
Incoming European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has found herself under fire for nominating a commissioner responsible for "Protecting our European Way of Life".
Critics say the portfolio, which will oversee migration and se…
A schoolgirl in Kenya has taken her own life after allegedly being shamed in class for having her period and staining her uniform.
The 14-year-old's mother said her daughter hanged herself after being humiliated by a teacher, Kenyan med…
The body of Robert Mugabe has arrived back in Zimbabwe after a private flight from Singapore, where he died last week aged 95.
Mr Mugabe was Zimbabwe's first leader after the country became independent in 1980. He held on to power for a…
South Sudan President Salva Kiir and former rebel leader Riek Machar have agreed to form a transitional government.
The information minister said the new administration would be in place by mid-November.
The two leaders have been hol…
The ongoing voter's register exhibition has recorded a low turnout in the new Juaben Municipality, on the first day of the nationwide exercise being conducted by the Electoral Commission (EC).
When GNA visited some of the polling statio…
The Electoral Commission is to start discussions with political parties and stakeholders to reduce the voting duration by an hour as a proactive measure to reduce tension, suspicion, guarantee the security of ballot and electoral officials…
The Speaker, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye has called on the academia and think-tanks in Ghana to support Members of Parliament (MPs) with their research evidence and information to enable them deliver on their mandate.
According to him, …
Five Ambassadors from Belarus, Finland, Gambia, Morocco and Suriname, accredited to Ghana by their respective countries Tuesday presented their letters of Credence to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House in Accra.
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President Trump announced in a tweet on Tuesday that he had asked his national security adviser, John Bolton, to resign. Sources say the departure was due to disagreements and suspicions that Bolton was involved in leaks.
The shocking a…
The Corporate Secretaries of International Financial Institutions (IFIs) will hold their 20th annual meeting from 11 to 13 September 2019 at the headquarters of the African Development Bank in Abidjan.
The Abidjan deliberations …
The Minority in Parliament has expressed concern over the number of abandoned health facilities across the country and has said it is a sign of failure of effective health delivery.
According to them, the government had shown little i…
The nationwide voters register exhibition exercise, which will allow about 17 million registered voters to verify their information, opened at almost all polling centres yesterday.
The eight-day exercise, scheduled to start from yeste…
The Leader and Founder of the United Front Party (UFP), Mr Akwasi Addai, has called for the powers of the President to make key appointments to state institutions to be reduced.
That, according to him, would give impetus to the fight …
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has called on Parliament to use its oversight role to ensure that the Executive works with a national budget that will reflect the aspirations of the people.
“The national budget must transform t…
More than eight million people in Ethiopia need food, shelter, medicine or other emergency assistance
Ethiopia is beset by “persistent and multi-faceted humanitarian problems”, the United Nations relief chief said on Tuesday, calling fo…
The training is part of refresher courses for the Managed Equipment Services (MES) project launched in 2015
Healthcare technologists including radiographers, radiologists and biomedical engineers drawn from Kenya’s 47 counties; The trai…
Fraud is at its essence the result of mirroring
By Ayanda Kotobe, Finance Director at RS Components
Why do we stop at traffic lights? It’s not because we are naturally attuned to seeing red as the order to stop. If that were …
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are presumed to be significant threats to the national health and economic development of Ethiopia
On 5 September 2019, Ethiopia disseminates the results of a case report for Investment in prevention and …
Republican Dan Bishop defeated Democrat Dan McCready in Tuesday’s special election for a North Carolina U.S. House seat, holding onto the seat for the GOP after 2018’s vote was thrown out for fraud and giving President Trump a victory, alt…
Many migrants attempt to make the dangerous crossing over the Mediterranean to reach EuropeImage caption: Many migrants attempt to make the dangerous crossing over the Mediterranean to reach Europe
A deal for Rwanda to host hundreds of …
8 women and 7 men will be pursuing a fully-funded master’s degree course on subjects including human rights, public health, development, IT and wildlife in the UK
British High Commissioner to Cameroon, Rowan James Laxton called on the 1…
A Kenyan police officer is being praised for teaching pupils whose teachers failed to turn up for work after a non-governmental organisation posted a photo of him in class on Facebook.
The Education Development Trust said Jairus Mulumia…
A group of teachers in Cameroon is clubbing together to pay the ransom for their kidnapped colleague.
Bouba Samson was abducted in August by suspected English-speaking separatists, who later contacted his wife to demand payment to free …
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the Nigeria military of detaining more than 3,500 children over the last seven years.
The children, almost half of them girls and some as young as seven, are accused of having links to the Islamist B…
Since the unification of Italy in the late 19th Century, the country has had 58 prime ministers - every one a man.
No woman has come close to leading this country. Female politicians in Italy have often been used either as decoration or…
An Iranian female football fan who set herself on fire a week ago has died.
The woman set herself alight in Tehran after her trial, for attempting to enter a football stadium disguised as a man, was postponed.
The authorities in Iran…
A group, calling itself 'The Concern People of Zongo' has expressed displeasure at the current events in the two main political parties in the country—NPP and NDC, in Zongo communities, especially, in the Asawase Constituency.
It said i…
Mr Stephen Ashitey Adjei, Executive Member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Tema East Constituency, has called on chiefs to take a stance against government's move to change the appointment process for MMDCEs into an electo…
As Heads of State, dignitaries, government officials and influencers around the world prepare to arrive in New York for this year’s United Nations General Assembly, GUBA Enterprise is proud to announce that five African Presidents will be …
Mr Alfred Amoah, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Municipal Assembly in the Western North Region, has visited Baakokrom, a village near sefwi Bekwai, to educate the constituents on government policies and prog…
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia on Monday called on Parliament to use its oversight role to ensure that Executive works with a national budget that will reflect the aspirations of the people.
The national budget must transform the lives…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says no effort is being made to suppress freedom of expression in Ghana, as the continuing vitality of the Ghanaian media and the intense diversity of the public discourse remain some of the most inte…
Overland routes in the Horn of Africa and the perilous sea passage across the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea have claimed the lives of at least 1,171 people since 2014
African migrants are perishing at a rate of about 25 persons p…
The African delegates will remain in St Petersburg for the 23rd session of the UNWTO’s General Assembly, the most important high-level event for the global tourism sector
Leaders from across Africa have met in Saint Petersburg a…
The Agenda outlines macroeconomic, structural and sectoral reforms that will pave the way for job creation, poverty reduction, and inclusive growth
The government of Ethiopia has unveiled what it describes as a “Homegrown Econom…
Expressed deep concern over recent and ongoing acts of violence against foreign nationals that have been spreading across several parts of the country, particularly in the Gauteng Province
The Acting Resident Coordinator for the…
A team was in Sudan to purchase relief materials from the local market to save time and ensure swift delivery of aid
The Khalifa bin Zayed Foundation will distribute humanitarian relief and food assistance to around 30,000 Sudanese fami…
In our series of letters from African writers, journalist and former Ghana government minister Elizabeth Ohene writes that Zimbabwe's ex-President Robert Mugabe, who has died aged 95, had a special place in the hearts of Ghanaians.
We i…
The narration on migration should change. It’s time for European Union (EU) to see Africa as important trade partner - Carmelo Abela
Minister Abela emphasised that by investing in countries of origin the EU will be leading to addressing…
US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross had threatened to fire senior staff at the federal weather agency unless they backed President Donald Trump's claim that Hurricane Dorian might hit Alabama, the New York Times reports.
It says this led …