Libya’s designated prime minister, chosen via a U.N.-facilitated process last month, said on Thursday he had proposed a governing plan to the country’s divided parliament as part of a peace process.
The new interim government is intende…
Somali opposition presidential candidates have agreed to postpone anti-government protests that were scheduled for Friday in the capital, Mogadishu.
This follows a meeting with Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble where the federal gove…
China is expected to reveal a robust increase in defence spending at the March 5 annual opening of parliament, as its economy rebounds from the COVID-19 pandemic and military tensions rise, Chinese and Western security experts said.
Wit…
An all-female advocacy group in the Ahanta West Municipality has urged President Akufo-Addo to retain the current Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mrs Henrietta Mary Eyison to continue with the development in the area.
The group said m…
Alpha Patriots, a volunteer group in the New Patriotic Party ( NPP), has honoured Mr Lious Owusu-Agyapong, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Sefwi-Wiawso for his support and dedication during the 2020 election campaign.
The group …
The Agyemang-Prempeh Foundation in partnership with the Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS) has organised a five-day workshop to build the capacity of members of the Ahafo Ano North Municipal Assembly in the Ashanti Region.
The…
Senegal's President Macky Sall has taken his Covid-19 jab live on television.
The West African state has inoculated more than 4,000 people since it launched its vaccination campaign two days ago, following the arrival of 200,000 doses o…
Kenya will receive its first batch of Covid-19 vaccines next week, the cabinet has said.
Frontline health workers, security officers, teachers and vulnerable groups will be vaccinated first.
The government has not detailed which part…
Dr Kingsley Nyarko, Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwadaso, has presented 400 bags of cement to the Central Command of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) military base in the constituency.
The donation was in fulfilment of a pledge the MP made…
FIFA (FIFA.com) President Gianni Infantino concluded his visit to Morocco by thanking his highness, King Mohammed VI, the Moroccan government and Moroccan Football Association (FRMF) for their commitment and continuous support for the deve…
Gunmen seized more than 300 girls in a nighttime raid on a school in northwest Nigeria on Friday and are believed to be holding some of them in a forest, police said.
It was the second such kidnapping in little over a week in a region i…
US President Joe Biden has discussed the crisis in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta in a phone call on Thursday, the White House has said.
The two leaders discussed the "deteriorating humanitaria…
A group of Russian diplomats and their families made an unusual exit out of North Korea on a hand-pushed rail trolley due to strict Covid measures.
The eight people travelled by train and bus before pushing themselves across the Russian…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Hohoe, Mr John Peter Amewu, has stated that he would have had more votes had eligible voters at Santrokofi, Akpafu, Likpe and Lolobi (SALL) taken part in the 2020 parliamentary electio…
Mr David Apasera, the Flagbearer of the People's National Convention for the 2020 election, on Thursday said the overthrow of Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first President, left the country's economic development in the wilderness.
He said …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been urged to demonstrate his commitment towards gender equality, equity and all-inclusive governance by giving more women and Persons With Disability (PWDs) the opportunity to serve in his governm…
The US has urged Rwanda to guarantee the man portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood movie about the Rwandan genocide a fair trial as it is set to resume.
Paul Rusesabagina has been charged with terrorism, murder and other crimes. His lawyer…
Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny has been moved from prison in Moscow to an unknown destination, aides say.
He was taken from the remand prison without any notification being given to his supporters …
US President Joe Biden has talked by phone with King Salman of Saudi Arabia as he seeks to put relations with America's old ally on a new footing.
He "affirmed the importance" the US "places on universal human rights and the rule of law…
The US military has carried out an air strike targeting Iran-backed militias in Syria, the Pentagon says.
The attack destroyed "multiple facilities located at a border control point used by a number of Iranian-backed militant groups", i…
Lawyers for the petitioner and the two respondents in the 2020 presidential election petition have filed their closing addresses, seeking to further convince the Supreme Court to uphold their respective cases.
While lawyers for former P…
The authorities in the central Mozambican province of Zambezia say funnel caterpillars have destroyed about 143 hectares (353 acres) of crops.
At least 60 families who depend on farming have complained of damage in the district of Mocub…
The vetting of the Minister designate for Public Enterprises, Mr Joseph Cudjoe, was briefly put on hold yesterday after the Minority Leader questioned the legality of the portfolio the nominee would occupy.
The Minority also questioned …
Mozambique has received the first batch of 200,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses from the Chinese government.
The vaccines by Sinopharm were received on Wednesday by Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario at the Maputo International Airpor…
Customs authorities in Germany and Belgium have seized a record amount of cocaine - more than 23 tonnes - that was destined for the Netherlands.
German officials discovered 16 tonnes in five shipping containers that had arrived in the p…
Residents in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region, are clamouring for Mr Felix Owusu Gyimah, Constituency Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to become their next Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the area.
Mr Steph…
Nana Akosua Sarpong Kumakuma, Chairperson, Convention People’s Party (CPP), says the overthrow of Dr Kwame Nkrumah and the CPP government on February 24, 1966 truncated Ghana’s national development.
She said 55 years down the line, the …
Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration-designate, has received a letter from Mr Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The letter was delivered by Mr Aamir Abbasi, …
Princess Latifa, the captive daughter of Dubai's ruler, has appealed to UK police to re-investigate the kidnap of her older sister from a Cambridge street more than 20 years ago.
In a letter shared with the BBC, Latifa tells Cambridgesh…
US regulators have found the single-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine is safe and effective.
It paves the way for it to become the third Covid-19 vaccine to be authorised in the US, possibly within days.
The vaccine would be…
More than 40 people are feared to have drowned when a boat loaded with migrants ran into trouble after setting out from Libya.
UN officials said that after 15 hours at sea the vessel started taking on water.
A merchant ship rescued n…
The US company that produces the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine says it's ready to test a booster shot to target a variant of the virus first discovered in South Africa .
Early studies showed that its original vaccine - which is approved in t…
The Omanhene of Asante Juaben, Nana Otuo Siriboe II, has been re-elected the Chairman of the Council of State for the second term of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
At its maiden meeting held at the Accra International Conference…
The Petitioner in the 2020 election Petition trial says a run-off is required since no candidate in the December 7 polls obtained 50 percent valid votes cast.
The case of the Petitioner is simply that, in addition to fundamental constit…
Deans of Presiding Members from all the 16 regions of the country have called for reforms in the decentralisation system in the country.
They named some of the reforms as the improvement in the Funding Sources for Assemblies, payment of…
Mr Samuel Abu Jinapor, Minister Designate for Lands and Natural Resources has given a firm assurance to deal with the issues of illegal mining in the country without “fear or favour”.
He explained that if given the nod by the House, he …
Lawyers for President Nana Addo has prayed the Supreme Court to dismiss the Petitioner's case as it discloses no reasonable cause of action.
President Nana Addo said "our submission is that the petition is frivolous and discloses no rea…
U.S. President Joseph Biden’s new administration said on Wednesday it would continue its international re-engagement by seeking election to the U.N. Human Rights Council where it will press to eliminate a “disproportionate focus” on ally I…
Africa has now recorded over 100,000 Covid-19 deaths and there is growing concern over delays in rolling out vaccination programmes.
Some countries such as South Africa, Zimbabwe and Ghana have received vaccines, but many others will ha…
A former interior minister, Mohamed Bazoum, has won Niger's presidential election, which has been hailed as a first democratic transition for the coup-prone West African state.
He took 55.75% of the vote, said the electoral commission, …
The capital of Borno state in northern Nigeria has been struck by mortar shells, with some reports saying 10 people died and many more were wounded.
Residents of Maiduguri told the BBC multiple projectiles had been fired from the outski…
Ghana has become the first country to receive coronavirus vaccines through the Covax vaccine-sharing initiative.
The World Health Organization (WHO) programme aims to ensure that vaccines are shared fairly among all nations.
Covax is…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Afigya Kwabre North Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Collins Adomako-Mensah, has begun community engagements to solicit ideas, assistance and support from residents on how to bring growth and develo…
The legal counsel for the National Democratic Congress flagbearer in the 2020 polls, John Mahama, has filed closing arguments in the election petition ahead of the March 4 judgement.
Mahama’s counsel maintains that the petition is found…
Former Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, E.T. Mensah says the notion that the leading opposition party –the National Democratic Congress– will dictate to the Speaker of the House should be discarded by all.
According to the new C…
Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration-designate, has appealed to Serbian investors to come and invest in Ghana.
The Foreign Minister-designate, made the appeal on Tuesday, when Mr Djura…
The body of the Italian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo who was killed in a botched kidnapping attempt on Monday, has been flown back to Rome.
Luca Attanasio, his Italian bodyguard, Vittorio Iacovacci, and a local driver,…
Uganda's Health Minister Jane Aceng has denied reports that top government officials have been vaccinated against Covid-19 before the country formally receives vaccines.
Ms Aceng was reacting to a report by local newspaper Daily Monitor…
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has faulted the "hypocrisy and double standards" in the global distribution of Covid-19 vaccines.
President Kagame made the comments in a tweet after the World Health Organization (WHO) director, Tedros Ad…
US President Joe Biden has spoken to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in his first bilateral meeting with a foreign leader since taking office.
The two leaders highlighted mutual policy priorities around climate change and China.
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