Airtel Africa Plc (AAF.L) reported a quarterly pretax profit on Friday that more than doubled, as the telecoms company signed up more customers for its mobile and data services and was boosted by double-digit growth in Nigeria and East Afr…
The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow shipping route in the Gulf region, is at the centre of rising tensions after Iran seized a British-flagged tanker there.
So, what is the waterway and why does it matter?
What is the Strait of Hormuz?
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The government would ensure that the Information Services Department (ISD), is well equipped to perform its duties.
"I am happy to inform you that the ISD is now a full corporate member of the Institute of Public Relations (IPR) in good…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has begun vetting ninety-one persons who have filed to contest the party's primaries in the Greater Accra Region.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency, Mr. Theophlus Tetteh Chaie, Greater Ac…
Frontrunner in the race for the National Democratic Congress (NDC)'s Parliamentary ticket for the Tema East Constituency, Isaac Ashai Odamtten, has doffed –off his hat for delegates of the party describing them as real heroes that ran the…
An Australian man's conviction for a gangland murder has been quashed, after a high-profile scandal where his lawyer was revealed to be a police informant.
Faruk Orman, 37, was freed on Friday after serving 12 years in jail for the kill…
Lawmakers in the south-western Nigerian state of Ondo abandoned their session on Thursday as a snake dropped from the roof, local media are reporting.
Members were about to begin the business of the day when the snake dropped from a hol…
Kuoro Osman Deiwia Nankpa III, a 47-year-old Auditor, has been enskinned as the Paramount Chief of Pulima and the Gandawii Traditional Area in the Sissala West District of the Upper West Region.
The successful enskinment of Kuoro Nankpa…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has underlined his unswerving determination to fix the development challenges facing the country to make things better for every Ghanaian.
"My desire for this nation is to work towards bringing deve…
Liberian President George Weah has supported calls for agriculture to play a larger role in his country’s economy.
Speaking on 25th July 2019 at a donor meeting with African Development Bank President, Akinwumi Adesina, Weah said his go…
Wildfires are ravaging the Arctic, with large areas of Siberia, northern Scandinavia, Alaska and Greenland in flames.
Lightning frequently triggers fires in the region but this year they have been worsened by summer temperatures that ar…
Kenya will for the first time collect data on intersex people in its national population census, in a major victory for rights activists.
The August survey will determine the number of citizens who do not identify as either male or fema…
Ms. Comfort Dabo, assembly member for Dwaho, in the Ahafo-Ano North, has rallied her fellow women to become more assertive and take centre stage of the political decision-making process in matters affecting their welfare and that of childr…
A pilot targeting 2,000 Sudanese returnee families will run for a year, beginning in July 2019, and could pave the way for access by all migrant returnees
Abuse, stress and lack of medical care are constant bedfellows for migrants in Li…
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today praised leaders at the World Bank for quickly committing $300 million in aid to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for its efforts to contain and eliminate an outbreak of Ebola in that country tha…
The workshop, running from 1-2 August 2019, will allow experts from the two institutions to collect feedback and inputs from government officials and other stakeholders
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the National Planning …
Return of Persons Associated with Boko Haram in Chad: Harmonizing the Process Between the Government and Partners
The programme inscribes itself in the Regional Strategy for the Stabilization, Recovery & Resilience of the Boko Haram-aff…
To address the needs of older migrants IOM in Ethiopia has partnered with the Mekedonia Home for the Elderly and Mentally Disabled
Sixty-one-year-old Mebratu Teshome spent 10 years in Somalia. He is the first elderly migrant returnee to…
Owolabi, 23, was shot while covering a confrontation between Shiite Muslim protesters and Nigerian police, and died the same day after being taken to a hospital
Nigerian authorities should immediately investigate the death of Pr…
Since the outbreak of the conflict in December 2013, some 3,000 children serving with armed forces have been returned to civilian life
To paraphrase a famous man on the moon: this day marked a small step for South Sudan but a giant leap…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the Palestinians will no longer abide by previous agreements made with Israel.
His announcement followed an emergency meeting after Israel razed Palestinian buildings it said were illegally built…
Rwanda has a detailed National Preparedness Plan in place and is training health workers in early detection and response
WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today commended Rwanda on its ongoing Ebola preparedness effort…
Briefing of Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas to the Security Council on recent developments in West Africa and the Sahel
During the first semester of 2019, the peace and security environment in West Africa and the Sahel has remained relatively s…
Relations between the UK and the US are going to be "sensational" now Boris Johnson is in Downing Street, America's ambassador to the UK has said.
Woody Johnson told the BBC the two had a lot in common in their leadership style and desi…
A major electricity supplier in South Africa's largest city has suffered a ransomware attack, leaving some residents without power.
City Power revealed on Thursday that its IT systems had been shut down.
"It has encrypted all our dat…
UN Human Rights Committee publishes findings on Equatorial Guinea, Mauritania, Netherlands, Nigeria, Paraguay, and Tajikistan
The findings, officially termed concluding observations, contain positive aspects of the respective State’s im…
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warns of Desert Locust outbreaks in Yemen and the Horn of Africa
Locusts multiply and spread due to weather conditions causing damage to crops
Desert Locust summer breeding, amplified by heavy …
The government of Cuba has accepted to train forty (40) brilliant but needy medical students a year from Zongo, inner city and other deprived communities in Ghana.
This follows a proposal by the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, to t…
The Minority in Parliament has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to focus on cleaning what it describes as the mess his government has created in the cocoa sector.
They contended that the first-ever highest yield of one …
Up to 150 people may have drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of Libya, the UN refugee agency says.
A further 150 people were rescued by fishermen and returned to Libya by coastguards, the UNHCR said.
It is not clear if the migrants…
Much of Western Europe is facing record-breaking temperatures again, with the second heatwave in a month set to reach its peak on Thursday.
Germany set a new temperature record, reaching 41.5C (106.7F) in the west.
A red alert was is…
Professor Kwesi Yankah, Minister in charge of Tertiary Education has appealed to delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Agona East to vote for a marketable candidate to snatch the Parliamentary seat from the opposition National Demo…
Mr Eliot Edem Agbenorwu, Ketu South Municipal Chief Executive, says he is ready to snatch the Ketu South Constituency Parliamentary seat from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2020 elections for the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
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Puerto Rico's Governor Ricardo Rosselló has announced his resignation after days of mass street protests in the US territory.
Mr Rosselló, who had only on Sunday insisted he would stay on, said he would continue working until 2 August t…
The US president has vetoed resolutions in Congress to block the sale of $8.1bn (£6.5bn) worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Donald Trump said the three resolutions "would weaken America's global competitivene…
Boris Johnson has promised the "beginning of a new golden age", as he makes a first Commons statement as PM.
Speaking to MPs, Mr Johnson said his government would throw itself into Brexit negotiations with energy.
He said other arran…
Spanish MPs are set to vote on whether Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will remain in power after talks to form a coalition government stalled.
His Socialist party (PSOE) gained the most seats in April's election, but fell short of a major…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Yapei-Kusawgu constituency in the Savannah Region, Mr John Abdulai Jinapor, has donated 10 motorbikes to the Central Gonja District Health Directorate to enhance health…
The Kumasi?Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has stated that the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) ) Mr Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, aka Chairman Wontumi, is not involved in the allocation of stores at the Kejetia Market.
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A total of eighteen National Democratic Congress (NDC) aspirants out of an initial number of twenty five people who picked nomination forms have successfully filed their nominations.
The Regional secretary, Mr Ofori Danquah who made…
The French city of Bordeaux has hit its highest temperature since records began, as Western Europe braces for the second heatwave to hit this summer.
On Tuesday, Meteo France registered 41.2C (106.1F) in the south-western city, breaking…
As the Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson steps over the threshold of 10 Downing Street later on Wednesday, no doubt it'll be Brexit that will be uppermost on his mind. But what is he thinking about this continent?
There may be som…
The United States has imposed visa restrictions on those Nigerians it says are "responsible for undermining the Nigerian democratic process".
In a statement, the State Department says the measures will also apply to those who have organ…
The Asante Akim Central Municipal Assembly, has distributed 375 street lights to all elected Assembly Members as part of efforts to improve illumination in order to boost security in the various electoral areas.
Seventy-five out of the …
Ugandan pop star and opposition MP Bobi Wine has officially announced that he will run for president in the 2021 election.
The 37-year-old will challenge President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power for 33 years.
The singer calls…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Savannah Region has declared operation "No Pick-up, No Mercy" as a protest to demand the immediate return of the alleged stolen Toyota Hilux Pick-up belonging to the Savannah Regional Coordinat…
The National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Henry Nana Boakye, has described President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as a covenant-keeping President.
That, he said, was as a result of the fulfilment of his numerous p…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Tuesday advised his predecessor John Mahama to respect the intelligence of Ghanaians and stop touting falsehood as facts.
Addressing a durbar of Chiefs at Daboase, in the Wassa East district of the …
Some rampaging young people in the Ashaiman municipality have accused their local Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of underhand land dealings with some Chinese investors.
Numbering more than 200, they embarked on a march in Ashaiman's …
UN women’s rights experts issue findings on Austria, Cabo Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guyana, Mozambique, and Qatar
The findings cover how the respective States parties are doing with regard to women’s rights…