Kenya lost 2.3bn Kenyan shillings ($21m; £16m) during the procurement of Covid-19 items, according to a recent audit report.
Auditor General Nancy Gathangu said managers at the state body responsible for purchases, the Kenya Medical Sup…
The US ambassador to Tanzania Donald J. Wright has expressed concern over "increased tension" ahead of the general election.
He is the latest envoy to urge for free and fair elections in the East African country.
Mr Wright urged all …
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed for unity as the country celebrates its 60th independence anniversary.
Nigeria gained independence from Britain on 1 October 1960. Seven years later, a civil war erupted as the south-east…
Gatherings of more than 1,000 people will be allowed in Switzerland from today, as part of the government's strategy to ease restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
Although cases of the virus are rising, the Swiss gover…
The commission that oversees US presidential debates says it will change the format to ensure the remaining two encounters between Donald Trump and Joe Biden are more orderly.
One new measure could be to cut the microphones if the candi…
India is allowing cinema halls, multiplexes and exhibition centres to reopen with up to 50% seating capacity from 15 October, in the next phase of lifting coronavirus-related lockdown rules.
Schools and colleges – which have been shut s…
The Vatican has denied US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo an audience with Pope Francis.
The Holy See said the Pontiff does not receive politicians during an election period.
The move adds to a diplomatic row following comments by Mr …
Russia has offered to host talks on ending fighting in a disputed region of south-east Europe.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made the offer to the governments of the two countries claiming the area, Azerbaijan and Armenia.
More than…
Mr Ishmael Kofi Turkson, an Independent Parliamentary aspirant for Agona West Constituency, has launched his election campaign with a promise to deepen participatory democracy in the area.
Mr Turkson, a Swedru based Legal Practitioner, …
Togbe Adzie Lakle Howusu XII, Awafiaga of Asogli State, has pledged the readiness of the Asogli State Council to work with government for a peaceful and united Ghana.
Togbe Howusu, at a press conference following an attack on the State …
The authorities in Sierra Leone have imposed a travel ban on former President Ernest Bai Koroma and several officials who served during his term over allegations of corruption.
Mr Koroma and more than 100 people will not be allowed to l…
New York City’s mayor on Tuesday threatened to fine anyone caught in public without a mask, and the Walt Disney Co said it would lay off some 28,000 employees as its flagship California theme park remains closed during the coronavirus pand…
A surprise announcement at this year's UN General Assembly has transformed the politics of cutting carbon, says the BBC's chief environment correspondent, Justin Rowlatt. As the meeting of the so-called "global parliament" comes to an end,…
People entering England from key holiday destinations including Spain, France, and parts of Greece and Portugal now have to quarantine.
But the requirement to self-isolate has been dropped if you're arriving in the UK from other destinati…
Police officers stand in front of supporters of former President Laurent Gbagbo
A ban on public demonstrations in Ivory Coast ends on Wednesday just as the opposition plans to begin a campaign of civil disobedience against President Ala…
Guinea has closed its border with Senegal and Guinea-Bissau ahead of the general elections, a government official has been quoted as saying by AFP news agency.
The official said the closure was for security reasons, AFP reports.
Guin…
Mr Prosper Pi-Bansah, the Ho Municipal Chief Executive, says the security services have the city under control after an attack on the State Transport Corporation yard by unidentified gunmen.
He said the security services were monitoring…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is upbeat about his chances of winning the 2020 election after an impressive first term performance.
The President believes he has kept faith with the people of Ghana who gave him their mandate to l…
The New Patriotic Party Parliamentary Candidate for Amenfi Central, Mr Patrick Hockson Amponteng, has called on the youth to eschew violence before, during and after the December polls.
Mr Amponteng made the call when he addressed a pro…
The Volta Regional House of Chiefs has condemned the activities of the Western Togoland Group, describing the recent actions as criminal.
A release signed by Togbe Tepre Hodo IV, the Vice President of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs…
Ex-President John Dramani Mahama has assured of his government's preparedness to absorb apprenticeship fees and cost of start-up capitals if the Ghanaian electorate gave him the mandate for a second-term.
He said apprenticeship fees and…
The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, has commended the ‘Aspirants Unite for Victory Movement’ of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for joining forces to campaign for victory in the December 7 Election.
Speaking at the off…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the December general election is about choosing leaders with competence that Ghanaians can trust to deliver when given the mandate.
He said his track record in government in the last four years…
A London commercial court on Tuesday ordered that Nigeria be given the $200m (£156m) it deposited last year pending its appeal against the $10bn awarded to a firm over a failed gas plant.
Process and Industrial Development (P&ID), a Bri…
The East African Court of Justice will on Wednesday rule on challenge to a decision by Uganda's supreme court to uphold a constitutional amendment that removed age limit for presidential candidates.
The 2017 amendment eliminated the req…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has pledged to investigate allegations that aid workers tackling the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo sexually abused and exploited women.
WHO and other aid agency staff were accused…
In a debate that was the political equivalent of a food fight, the winner was the man who emerged least covered in slop.
On Tuesday night, on the basis of instant polls and betting markets, that man was Joe Biden - if only because his m…
Veteran Ethiopian human rights advocate and political figure, Mesfin Woldemariam, has died at the age of 90 in the capital, Addis Ababa.
He had been known as a critical figure in successive governments.
Mr Mesfin founded the Ethiopia…
President Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden have fiercely clashed in one of the most chaotic and bitter White House debates in years.
Mr Trump frequently interrupted, prompting Mr Biden to tell him to "shut up" as the two fought…
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has said "grey areas" need to be resolved in Mali's military handover of power to a civilian government before sanctions imposed by its West African neighbours can be lifted.
The regional bloc, Ecowa…
South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma has requested the head of a commission investigating corruption during his presidency to step aside over alleged "bias", his lawyers said.
Mr Zuma has failed to re-appear before the commission …
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has challenged all political parties in the country to unreservedly condemn the actions of the secessionist groups that caused a security breach in parts of the Volta Region last Friday.
It said the politic…
Analysis of data on presidential election results from 1992 to 2016 reveals that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been losing votes in Ashanti Region and their stronghold, Volta Region, according to the Governance Research Bureau…
At least 40 regional government officials in Ethiopia's western state of Benishangul-Gumuz have been sacked following a wave of ethnic-related violence, the ruling Prosperity Party (PP) has said.
Ten of the officials are now under inves…
The US has recorded the most deaths and most infections anywhere in the world and is still reporting tens of thousands of new cases a day. On Monday, US President Donald Trump said the federal government would this week start sending out m…
A Nigerian senator has been fined $130,000 (£100,000) and told to apologise to a woman he physically assaulted in a sex toy shop last year.
A high court in the capital, Abuja, found that the assault by Senator Elisha Abbo was ‘’inhuman an…
Mr George Oduro, the Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, has advised activists of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) not to engage in politics of insults as they campaign to win the 2020 elections.
He said politics was a competition of …
Mr Richard Ahiagbah, the Chief Executive Officer of the Danquah Institute, said failure to communicate the excellent policies, programmes and projects of the New Patriotic Party-led Government could jeopardise its political fortunes.
He…
Mr Samuel Kodzosika, an independent candidate for Kpando Constituency, said bad leadership could be blamed for the retrogression of the area over the past years.
He said the people had continuously entrusted the area’s development into …
Mr Joe Ghartey, Minister of Railway Development, has appealed to Ghanaians to retain the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in power because it provides better governance and leadership.
According to him, the re-election of President Akufo-Addo …
Harnessing the experiences and the history of religious and ethnic groups in Morocco must be a priority before the holders of that knowledge are lost to time. Moroccan-based civil associations, with the right support, are in an ideal posit…
Uganda will begin human trials of a Covid-19 vaccine in November, the Daily Monitor newspaper reports quoting ministry of health officials.
The vaccine, called Self Replicating RNA, has been developed through a partnership between Ugand…
French police on Tuesday dismantled a migrant camp in the northern port of Calais, from where thousands of illegal economic migrants and would-be asylum seekers have sought to cross the English Channel to reach British shores.
A police …
New York was the early epicentre of the pandemic in the US. At one point in April the state had recorded more coronavirus cases than any single country, and it took authorities months to bring infection rates down.
On Monday, however, G…
A US man is facing up to two years in jail in Thailand after posting negative reviews of a hotel he stayed in.
He was sued by the resort under the country's strict anti-defamation laws.
Wesley Barnes, who works in Thailand, had poste…
A 19-year-old Dalit (formerly untouchable) woman has died after she was allegedly gang raped by four upper-caste men, sparking outrage in India.
The woman was admitted to a hospital in Delhi two weeks ago with several serious injuries.
…
Africa lost $836bn (£650bn) in illegal movement of money out of the continent in the 15 years to 2015, a new report by the UN agency for trade and development (UNCTAD) estimates.
Compared with Africa’s total external debt of $770bn in 2…
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says the focus of the Akufo-Addo government for Zongo communities is to help alleviate poverty through education and development, and not to build mortuary in Zongo communities as former President M…
Pubs in Kenya will reopen on Tuesday, six months after they were shut to curb the spread of coronavirus.
Trading hours, however, have been restricted and bars will have to close by 22:00.
The announcement was made by President Uhuru…
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia Monday entreated parliamentary aspirants who lost the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primary to the let the collective goal of the Party override their personal interests at all times.
Dr Bawumia…
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