US President Donald Trump has renewed a threat to declare a national emergency to fund the construction of a wall on the Mexican border.
A row with Democrats over funding the wall has left the government partially shut down for 20 days,…
European Parliament President Calls for Strengthening Cooperation with UAE in Humanitarian, Relief Work
His Excellency Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament, expressed his deep appreciation for the UAE’s global humanita…
China and South Korea called for concessions from the United States as well as North Korea, ahead of a possible second summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, suggesting a U.S. pressure campaign aime…
The British government will accept a demand by parliament to set out its plan B within days if Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal is rejected next week, Andrea Leadsom, the Leader of the House of Commons said on Thursday.
On Wednesday, p…
The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr Joseph Osei Owusu, has presented cheques totalling GH¢ 330,000 to two communities in the Bekwai Constituency.
The first cheque for GH¢?200,000 went to the chiefs and the people of Abodom for …
The trial of a man accused of killing four people at the Jewish Museum of Brussels has started in Belgium.
Frenchman Mehdi Nemmouche is accused of shooting two tourists, a volunteer and a receptionist in the 2014 attack.
He allegedly…
Nigeria's military has released an editor of the respected Daily Trust newspaper after detaining him on Sunday over an article about a planned offensive to recapture territory lost to militant Islamists in the north-east in recent weeks.
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Internet services have resumed in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, Kinshasa - a day after provisional results of the presidential election were announced, reports the BBC's Gaius Koweme from the city.
The government ordered a…
A survey conducted by the Department of Political Science, University of Ghana, Legon, shows that majority of Ghanaians are happy with the performance of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Over 56 per cent of the respondents said th…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been lauded for playing an instrumental role in ensuring Ghana returned from the shackles of military regime to the path of constitutionalism.
Professor Philip Ebow Bondzi-Simpson, the Rector of…
Opposition candidate Felix Tshisekedi has won DR Congo's presidential election, electoral officials say.
The announcement, made overnight, sparked accusations of an "electoral coup" from runner-up Martin Fayulu.
The Catholic Church s…
President Donald Trump has walked out of a meeting with Democratic leaders as negotiations broke down on the 19th day of a partial US government shutdown.
Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer stuck by their refusal to fund his US-Mexico borde…
The Convention People’s Party has called for the renewal of commitment to the party as it strives to win the 2020 elections.
It said based on the performance of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) …
An ancient Egyptian artefact illegally smuggled out of the country has been returned after being displayed at an auction hall in London, officials say.
It was retrieved following searches of international auction websites, Egypt's minis…
The Youth Parliament; a mock representation of Ghana’s Parliament has been inaugurated in Bongo to facilitate the mobilisation of the youth in the area to share ideas on governance and the development of the District.
Other critical are…
A group of National Democratic Congress delegates in Greater Accra have expressed worry over the ruling New Patriotic Party’s open support for former President John Mahama’s candidature in the NDC flagbearership race for 2020.
At a news…
Naba Apasipanga Ayine II, the chief of Kalbeo in the Bolgatanga Municipality, has said there is the need to empower traditional authorities to deal with emerging concerns like gender-based cases.
He said there is the need for government…
The Western Regional Organisational Committee of the New Patriotic Party has commemorated the party's second year in office with a donation of assorted baby products and textiles to the labour and delivery ward of the Effia Nkwanta Regiona…
The youth of East Gonja Municipality has appealed to government to consider Salaga as the capital for the newly created Savannah Region for accelerated development.
The group said the ancient town befits the regional capital considering…
Former First Lady of the Third Republic Mrs. Dora Fulera Limann, on Tuesday consoled the family of Alhaji Shehu Shagari, former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria who passed couple of days ago.
“On behalf of my family, I offer…
Madam Justice Rose Constance Owusu, a retired Supreme Court Judge, has lauded the institution of the Constitution Day Public Lecture.
She described the Day as, “extremely unique and worth celebrating by all well-meaning Ghanaians to rem…
Professor Philip Ebow Bondzi-Simpson, the Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, Monday,advocated a legislation to cap the number of representatives in the Legislature and a formula to ensure regional balanc…
US President Donald Trump has made his first TV address to the nation from the Oval Office, escalating a stand-off with Congress that has led to an 18-day partial government shutdown.
Mr Trump insisted on funding for his long-promised U…
The Osu Klottey Korley youth wing of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on the government to appoint Mr Samuel Nii Ocquaye as the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the Osu Klottey Korley Municipal Assembly.
That, they said, wo…
Japan goes into the new year holding 1st place on the Henley Passport Index, with citizens enjoying visa-free/visa-on-arrival access to 190 destinations. In a further display of Asian passport power, Singapore and South Korea now sit in jo…
Manuel Chang in the dock for his extradition hearing in Pretoria, South Africa
Mozambique's former finance minister Manuel Chang has appeared in a court in South Africa's capital, Pretoria, for a hearing over a US extradition request o…
Africa’s oldest liberation movement - the African National Congress (ANC) - turns 107 today.
South Africa’s governing party since the end of apartheid in 1994 is celebrating this milestone amid deep divisions, factionalism and a litany …
Saudi Arabia drew international plaudits last year when it lifted a longstanding ban on women driving.
However, restrictions on women remain - most notably, the "male guardianship system", a woman's father, brother, husband or son has t…
Saudi Arabia drew international plaudits last year when it lifted a longstanding ban on women driving.
However, restrictions on women remain - most notably, the "male guardianship system", a woman's father, brother, husband or son has t…
The coup attempt in Gabon is the first there since the 1960s.
On Monday morning, a small group of junior military soldiers tried to take charge to "restore democracy".
The government has said the plot has been defeated and the situat…
The annual St Patrick's Day Parade in Washington DC has been cancelled for 2019, with the organisers citing high security costs.
The St Patrick's Parade Committee of Washington DC said it was "distraught" to announce the cancellation.
…
German far-right politician Frank Magnitz has been beaten up and severely injured in an attack seen by police as politically motivated.
The leader of Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Bremen was attacked by at least three masked men in t…
Delegates of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Upper West Region, have pledged to reward Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin with a flood of votes during the NDC’s upcoming Presidential primary.
They promised to vote…
Constituency officers, delegates and Regional executives of the New Patriotic Party, (NPP) have been advised to continue to hold firm to the virtues of the party or sink it at their own peril.
Mr Freddie Blay, the National Chairman of t…
The leadership of the Effia Kwesimintsim Municipal Assembly (EKMA) has organised a demolition exercise on containers and other illegal structures around the kwesimintsim car station area to open up the place for more registered business a…
The Canadian government is treating the disappearance of a woman from Quebec and her Italian friend in Burkina Faso as a kidnapping, media reports say.
Edith Blais, 34, and Luca Tacchetto, 30, were last heard from on 15 December in the …
Government’s decision to institute January 7 as a Constitution Day worthy of a holiday, has been hailed as a justified commemoration of Ghana’s most enduring republican dispensation.
However, Keynote speaker at the maiden lecture, Pro…
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has arrived in Beijing for an unannounced visit, at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Mr Kim will be in China until 10 January with his wife Ri Sol-ju, according to state media reports.
T…
The yield of many staple crops could be boosted by 40 percent by a new process that adjusts the way they turn sunlight into energy, potentially feeding hundreds of millions of more people, American researchers said on Thursday.
Crops su…
Sudan's government has announced an increase in civil servants' salaries.
At least 19 people have been killed since the demonstrations began in mid-December against sharp price increases.
In a speech today, President Omar al-Bashir m…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Thursday said if ever Representation of the People’s Amendment Act (ROPAA) would be implemented, it should be on an “everywhere or nowhere” principle.
According to the Party, so far as it was co…
Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, Volta Regional Minister, has declared the year 2019 as one for the rapid socioeconomic development of the Volta Region.
He said government would deliver promises made to the region in the year and called for supp…
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s bid to push her Brexit plans through parliament was dealt another blow on Friday when a survey showed most of her own party’s members oppose the agreement and would prefer to leave the EU without a deal…
Zimbabwe's government has advertised for more than 200 vacancies to replace junior doctors who went on strike at the beginning of December, reports the state-owned newspaper the Herald.
The doctors say there are many areas of concern, i…
Ms. Francisca Oteng Mensah, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwabre East, is funding the rehabilitation of streets linking the sprawling peri-urban communities in the constituency, to the main roads.
Speaking to newsmen after inspectin…
The UN Security Council will hold a closed door meeting later today on the presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Roman Catholic Church, which fielded thousands of election observers across the country, said that…
Hundreds of German politicians, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, have had personal details hacked and published online.
Contacts, private chats and financial details were put out on Twitter which belong to figures from every politica…
The Paramount Chief of the Daffiama Traditional Area, Naa Dikomwine Domalae, has asked politicians to be tolerant, circumspect and decent in their political communications to promote peace, unity and development.
Some politicians engage…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has asked officers of the Research Department of the Foreign Affairs Ministry to be mindful of new threats to global security and their duty to remain professional.
Addressing a special durbar held …
Democratic Republic of Congo’s Catholic church said on Thursday it was clear which candidate won the country’s presidential election, and demanded that the electoral commission publish accurate results.
The church, one of Congo’s most t…
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