Former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, has dismissed media reports that she has called on the leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to apologise to Ghanaians and specifically, to Ms Seyram Lydia Alhassan, the newly…
In an unprecedented move, the sister of Thailand's king has joined the race to be the country's next prime minister.
Princess Ubolratana Mahidol, 67, will stand for a party allied to divisive ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, accord…
An aspiring presidential candidate of the NDC Goosie Tanoh also visited and sympathised with the victims.
Mr. Tanoh who was among notable personalities who first condemned the crime also donated some items and an undisclosed amount of m…
South Africans have largely welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s second State of the Nation Address delivered last night here in the legislative capital of Cape Town.
In a speech lasting nearly two hours, the president kept his focus ma…
The Leader and Founder of the All People’s Congress (APC), Mr Hassan Ayariga, has noted with concern the continuous decline in the safety and security of the country evident in the recent spate of killings and vigilantism.
He said Ghana…
About 13,000 people are kept in slavery in the UK. Amy Romer’s book The Dark Figure* reveals the terrifying ordinariness of the sites of their captivity
In 2013, a 22-year-old Hungarian woman responded to an online ad for a babysitting …
Civil society organisations in good governance promotion in Africa have urged leaders across the continent to prioritise efforts which would increase the participation of women in governance, saying they will provide the difference critica…
Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) unveils 2019 New Editions on the sidelines of the African Union Summit
The Executive team of the Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD), has unveiled today the special…
A Brazilian court has sentenced former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to a further 12 years and 11 months in prison for corruption.
Lula, 73, was found guilty of taking renovation work from a company implicated in a massive corrupt…
Islamic State group (IS) members and their families have been fleeing the group's last sliver of territory in eastern Syria, as US-backed militia advance towards them.
Men, women and children, some with serious injuries, others describi…
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) on Wednesday said it stood by its Close-Of-Polls Statement, issued on Thursday, January 31, 2018, as it was the true snapshot of what transpired on the election day.
It expressed surp…
The European Union says its observers will continue to work across Nigeria ahead of next week’s fiercely contested elections.
The statement follows Kaduna state governor Nasir el-Rufai's controversial comment that foreigners who interve…
Rescuers in the Turkish city of Istanbul have found a five-year-old girl alive among the rubble of a building 18 hours after it collapsed.
The girl, discovered under a mound of debris at what was once an eight-storey apartment block in …
English-speaking separatists such as the Red Dragon rebel group, pictured, want to create a breakaway stateImage caption: English-speaking separatists such as the Red Dragon rebel group, pictured, want to create a breakaway state
The US…
Six people have been killed by a gas explosion in an abandoned coal mine in South Africa, the national broadcaster is reporting.
About 20 others are still trapped at the Gloria coal mine in Middelburg, east of the capital, Pretoria.
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The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has condemned the recent clash in the by-election held in the Ayawaso West Wuogon in Accra. The Association said: “It has noted with concern the entrenching phenomenon of violence in the electioneering s…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has called on political parties which are yet to submit their returns and audited accounts for 2017/218 to do so by the 13th of February.
Mrs Jean Mensa, EC Chairperson, said the Commission had noted that t…
A 27-year-old Indian man plans to sue his parents for giving birth to him without his consent.
Mumbai businessman Raphael Samuel told the BBC that it's wrong to bring children into the world because they then have to put up with li…
Minority Members of Parliament who held placards with the inscription "Bloody Widow", on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 to protest the swearing-in of the new MP for Ayawaso West Wuogon in Accra, Madam Lydia Seyram Alhassan, are to appear before…
The governor of a state in northern Nigeria has caused a row after he said that any foreigner who comes to intervene in the country's 16 February presidential election will "go back in body bags".
Kaduna governor Nasir el-Rufai was resp…
The Minority in Parliament has stormed the Police Headquarters to show solidarity with their colleague, Mr Samuel George, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo Prampram, who was invited by the Police.
According to the Minority the march t…
The Tema West Municipal Assembly says it is pursuing the wholistic development of the new municipality hence it will not engage in reckless use of scare resources in the face of pressing needs and challenges.
It therefore asked the publ…
Liberia's President George Weah has urged citizens to pray for two hours every day for God’s intervention in solving some of the country’s enormous economic problems.
Believers are also being urged to hold an all-night prayer vigil on t…
Nato states have signed an agreement with Macedonia, clearing the way for the Balkan nation to become the military alliance's 30th member.
Each Nato member will now need to ratify the accession protocol.
Last month the Greek parliame…
It has not been smooth sailing. Only a few days into the talks – a fortnight ago – the prospect of peace was further threatened as the government rejected the rebels' demands for amnesty and inclusion in a new unity government.
The arme…
A petition has been launched in Uganda to force the government to cancel its reported decision to promote curvy women in a bid to attract tourists.
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Senegal's former President Abdoulaye Wade has called for this month's elections to be cancelled over fears they could lead to instability. Mr Wade lives in France but is due to return to Senegal this week and is calling for peaceful protes…
The committee to work out the modalities for the implementation of the Representation of the People’s (Amendment) Law (ROPAL) has identified three key actions for a successful roll-out.
They are public fora in all regions to solicit inp…
The Ghana Free Zone Authority (GFZA) has announced plans to establish Special Economic Zones in every region of the country. According to the Authority the idea to create the Special Economic Zones is to locate factories selected for proce…
US President Donald Trump has announced in his State of the Union speech that he will hold a second nuclear summit with North Korea's leader this month.
In an address to the nation with the theme "Choosing Greatness", he vowed once agai…
Ever since former President John Dramani Mahama made his infamous “boot for boot” comment to caution the National Security to be fair to all political actors in the country, I have been wondering whether such mantras win political power.
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A groom and his best man have been killed at a traditional honeymoon ceremony when a grenade belonging to the groom exploded, police are quoted by the state-owned Ethiopian News Agency as saying.
The incident happened on Monday at the h…
Tens of thousands of Catholics and several thousand Muslims attended an unprecedented public celebration of Mass on Tuesday by Pope Francis, the first pontiff in history to visit the Arabian Peninsula.
More than 120,000 worshippers pack…
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo demanded mining deals be more beneficial for Africa on Tuesday, calling on governments to end fiscal incentives traditionally used to attract investment to countries long viewed as rife with risk.
Resou…
It's been revealed that the picture of an egg - which is Instagram's most liked photo ever - is part of a mental health awareness campaign.
The egg, known as Eugene, has now cracked after "feeling the pressure" of all the attention it's…
Ex-Manchester United boss José Mourinho has agreed a prison term in Spain for tax fraud but will not go to jail.
A one-year prison sentence will instead be exchanged for a fine of €182,500 (£160,160). That will be added to a separate fi…
The authorities in Mali have said soldiers accidentally killed the mayor of a north-eastern town at a checkpoint.Hamid Ahmed Ag Mohamed - the mayor of Andéraboukane - was being driven to an airstrip to board a UN flight when he was shot de…
A group of branch Youth Organisers of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC in the Greater Accra Region have stated that former President John Dramani Mahama did not do enough to empower party grassroots.
“We were in power f…
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has observed that the principles of the centre-right political parties that promote democracy, free market economy and freedom, underpinned the system that would unleash the productive capabilities …
Togbi Amenya Fiti V, Paramount Chief of Aflao has advised the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to elect a flagbearer that would be a “leader for all.’
"If you do not elect a flagbearer for all, accessible even to the grassroots, but k…
Ten people including a baby have died in a fire at an eight-storey building in south-western Paris, fire service officials say.
More than 30 people - including six firefighters - were injured. One person is in a serious condition.
Fi…
Nigerian media are reporting that President Muhammadu Buhari's campaign for re-election has received a boost from unlikely quarters - namely the son of a former president.
Unlike ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo who last year called on th…
The BBC is seeking a rising star of African journalism for the BBC World News Komla Dumor Award, now in its fifth year.
Journalists from across the continent are invited to apply for the award, which aims to uncover and promote fresh ta…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings says those who are bent on using violence to achieve their aims must be prepared to answer for their actions.
The former President noted that very little attempt was being made to prevent violence …
The Coalition on the Right to Information (RTI) Ghana, the Media Coalition on RTI and OccupyGhana (collectively known as the “Coalition”) has urged Parliament to pass the Right to Information Act, a monumental bill that would reflect the c…
The main day of bathing has been held at India's Kumbh Mela, with tens of millions of pilgrims taking a dip at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers.
This is the most auspicious of six bathing days at the event, billed as the w…
Addis Ababa and other cities across Ethiopia are observing the country's third Car Free Day.
With none of the usual traffic clogging the capital, Sunday football devotees took to the streets.
The monthly event is designed to prom…
The bodies of 28 drowned Haitian migrants have been recovered off the coast of the Bahamas, officials say.
It comes after operations over the weekend by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) rescued 17 survivors.
A boat that had bee…
A small plane crashed into a home in California on Sunday, killing the pilot and four others, US officials say.
The twin-engine plane came apart and caught fire mid-flight, witnesses told local media, before crashing in Yorba Linda, a sub…
From outside Nigeria it might seem that the presidential race is uppermost in people's minds as we approach the 16 February poll, but if campaign material in the main city, Lagos, is anything to go by then the state governor elections, a f…
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