Australia recorded its hottest month ever in January, with average temperatures exceeding 30C (86F) for the first time.
According to the Bureau of Meteorology, the extreme heat was "unprecedented" during the country's summer period.
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Parliament has celebrated a number of distinguished Ghanaians serving in various areas globally on their respective appointments into high international offices. The feat achieved by these illustrious Ghanaians has lifted high the flag and…
Mr Ignatius Akwasi Amankwah, District Chief Executive of Bodi, has began a community visitation effort to educate the public on government's policy interventions and programmes.
He said programmes and interventions like the Free SHS, …
Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has refused to back either of the two main presidential candidates in this month's election, the Nigerian Guardian reports.
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar is challenging the incumbent Muhammadu…
Uganda seized a contraband shipment of ivory and pangolin scales it said was the largest the country had ever taken, with a market value estimated at more than $8 million.
The haul originated in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo …
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has ridiculed his opponents' use of social media to organise protests against his rule.
Mr Bashir, who has won elections several times since coming to power in a coup in 1989, made the comments as he add…
A video showing a heavily pregnant woman being manhandled by guards on the Stockholm metro has prompted an angry response in Sweden.
The woman, who was with her young daughter, was caught without a ticket, officials said.
After an ar…
Mr Kwame Mensah Afrifa, a renowned Journalist has stated that Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament was too experienced to serve below the Presidency.
Speaking to the Bagbin Campaign team at the sideline…
Cheaper wine and cheese for Japan, cheaper cars for the EU - part of what the EU-Japan trade deal, now in force, means.
The world's biggest such deal, it covers nearly a third of global GDP and 635 million people.
However there are w…
More than 50 allies of former Ivorian Oresident Laurent Gbagbo have returned home after eight years in exile in Ghana.
This follows a recent amnesty law in Ivory Coast as well as the recent acquittal of Mr Gbagbo at the International Cr…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday stressed that Ghana was determined to emerge a prosperous country, and would thus leverage its human capital and vast natural resources for economic growth.
His government, he said, was "…
The annual East African Community summit is being held amid open hostility not long after Burundi declared Rwanda its enemy.
And not all six heads of state from the member nations - Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Ugan…
US President Donald Trump has dismissed the federal investigation into alleged Russian collusion in the 2016 election and talks about a proposed border wall.
His lawyers had been reassured he was not a target in Special Counsel Robert M…
Madam Lydia Seyram Alhassan has replaced her husband as the Member of Parliament for the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency after winning the by-election held on Thursday in Accra.
Madam Alhassan, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate…
Saudi Arabia has ended an anti-corruption drive launched in November 2017 that saw senior princes, ministers and prominent businessmen rounded up.
The Royal Court said a committee led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had recovered $1…
Gambling is on the rise in East Africa - by phone, by computer and in betting shops. It's big business and it's generating much needed tax revenue for the government.
But there are growing concerns in Uganda over the social impact.
N…
Sudan is re-opening its border with Eritrea which it closed a year ago because of suspicions of weapons trafficking, reports Reuters News agency.
The announcement was reportedly made on television by Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir.
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Zimbabwe's President Mnangagwa has established an advisory council to help him formulate economic policies, reports the state-run Herald newspaper.
A few notable people in the 26-member group are the newspaper mogul Trevor Ncube, fuel i…
France's National Assembly has approved a law banning the wearing of masks at protests, and another to ban specific people from taking part in rallies.
Wearing a mask could now result in a one-year prison sentence and a €15,000 (£13,000…
The Council of Elders of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has elected new officers to bring renewed vigour into the activities of the Council and the party.A press release by the council said this was at its general meeting held on Jan…
The Ghana branch of the All Progressives Congress (APC) a Nigerian Political Party is supporting the second term bid of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari.They said all the necessary political, social and economic foundations had been la…
The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye, has called for strengthening of ties between Ghana and Qatar for the mutual benefit of the two countries.
He said Ghana had a lot to learn from Qatar on the best use of oil and gas…
Honourable Mary Boatemaa Marfo, the District Chief Executive for Sekyere East District, has embarked on a district-wide tour to explain government policies and programmes to the people in the local communities.
The tour is also to creat…
Political parties, the Police and Civil Society Organisations who attended a Peace Dialogue on Tuesday expressed their strong sentiments against political vigilantism in Ghana, and asked for the demobilization of all such groupings.
The…
A group of National Democratic Congress (NDC) Communicators have welcomed the party’s publication of the ballot for its upcoming Congress to elect a Presidential Candidate for the 2020 election.
They said the milestone inched the party …
An average of six migrants died crossing the Mediterranean every day last year, a UN report says.
Italy had earlier highlighted the lower overall number of deaths last year, due to fewer people making the crossing.
But the rate of de…
Cities are all but shutting down across the US Midwest as the region shivers in a deadly cold snap known as a polar vortex.
At least eight people have been killed in several states as a result of the Arctic weather.
Temperatures fell…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has withdrawn from the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election following a shooting incident at the residence of the party’s candidate, Mr Kwasi Delali Brempong.
The National Chairman of the NDC, Samuel Of…
In sub-Saharan Africa, where more than 600 million people still lack access to electricity, off-grid renewable power is seen as one of the fastest ways to get energy where it’s needed, particularly to remote and rural areas where many Afri…
On 16 January, Ahmed Hussein-Suale, a Ghanaian investigative journalist who had collaborated with the BBC, was shot dead near his family home in the capital, Accra.
Unidentified men on motorbikes shot him three times as he drove home.
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A Russian lawmaker has been arrested on murder charges while inside Russia's upper house of parliament on Wednesday, state media report.
Rauf Arashukov is accused of being involved in the 2010 killing of two people and other crimes, sai…
An MP in Ivory Coast has been sentenced to one year in prison and fined $520 (£400) for spreading false news and incitement to violence, BBC Afrique reports.
Alain Lobognon had tweeted on 9 January that the chief prosecutor was planning…
Mr Lawrence Akema-Kapoe, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Coordinator of the Nayorigo-Bungu Electoral Area in the Bongo District has urged politicians and the electorates to see politics as a major tool for sustainable national development.
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Former President John Dramani Mahama Monday reiterated his resolve to abolish the double-track education system in Senior High Schools when elected to lead the National Democratic Congress (NDC) into the 2020 general elections and eventual…
Mrs Jean Mensa, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), has lamented the high cost of elections in Ghana.“Our elections are fast becoming a very expensive venture and we constantly have to rely on development partners to fund thi…
Venezuela's Supreme Court has banned opposition leader Juan Guaidó from leaving the country and frozen his bank accounts.
The move comes amid an escalating power struggle, after Mr Guaidó declared himself interim president last week.
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African teams have emerged the winners of a global innovation competition held by the British Council.
The competition, called #IdeasChangeLives, received more than 2,000 entries from individuals and organisations around the world.
S…
The Ashanti Regional Women’s Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Ama Ampomah, has commended queen mothers in the region for their immeasurable contribution to peace and stability in the region.
She said their pieces of ad…
Senior Brazilian politicians have called for Vale SA to be held to account for last week's dam disaster, as anger grows towards the mining firm.
Brazil's Vice-President Hamilton Mourão said those to blame should be punished, and a top p…
Confidential data about more than 14,000 people diagnosed with HIV, including foreign visitors, has been stolen in Singapore and leaked online.
Authorities revealed details about the 2016 health data breach on Monday.
They believe an…
Pakistan's top court has rejected a challenge to the acquittal of a Christian woman on blasphemy charges.
The Supreme Court upheld its decision to overturn Asia Bibi's conviction and death sentence.
She was originally convicted in 20…
The main opposition party in Cameroon says its leader has been arrested as unrest continues over last year's presidential election.
The Movement for the Rebirth of Cameroon (MRC) party said Maurice Kamto was detained along with two othe…
Amid growing economic hardships and high cost of living, Liberia's President George Weah - at one time named the world's best footballer - delivered a defiant two-hour long state of the nation address on Monday evening.
Mr Weah - who ma…
Somalis on Twitter have been reacting to comments made by Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni referring to Somalia as "a country with no state and which lacks 'organised authority'”.
Many of the tweeters say they agree with the "bitter t…
The Accra Regional Police Command has outlined security measures ahead of the upcoming Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency by-election slated for Thursday, January 31, 2019, to ensure an incident-free exercise.
It said high Police presence…
Former President John Dramani Mahama is to begin a six-day campaign tour of the Volta region from Monday, January 28, to February 2, ahead of the Party's presidential primaries on February 23, 2019.
Mr James Gunu, Volta Regional Secreta…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Jomoro, Mr. Paul Essien has appealed for three Nation Builders Corps (NaBCO) teachers to be posted to the Nzulezo Basic School as well as nurses for the community health facility.
He said Nzulezo, a fam…
The Speaker of Parliament is to constitute a committee to ensure the fulfilment of assurances made by Members of Parliament (MPs) and other operatives of Parliament.
The proposed Parliamentary Assurances Committee will also assist com…
The US has imposed sanctions on Venezuela's state-owned oil firm PDVSA and urged the country's military to accept a peaceful transfer of power.
National Security Adviser John Bolton said President Nicolás Maduro and his allies could "no…
German carmaker Volkswagen have announced they plan to assemble cars in Ethiopia.
The announcement was made in front of the German president as he visited the country.
The carmaker said in a statement that they will build a car plant…
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