Hundreds of Central American migrants travelling through Mexico to seek asylum in the US have reached the Mexican border city of Tijuana.
The group of 400, who include LGBTQ migrants, broke away from the larger caravan of 5,000 people i…
The UN Security Council has unanimously agreed to lift sanctions against Eritrea after nine years.
An arms embargo, asset freeze, and travel ban were imposed in 2009 amid claims Eritrea supported al-Shabab militants in Somalia. Eritrea …
Kweku Adoboli, the former UBS trader convicted of fraud, has been deported to Ghana, despite a long campaign to keep him in Britain.
His lawyer confirmed he was flown out of Heathrow Airport this evening after being detained in Scotland…
Israel's defence minister has resigned over the cabinet's decision to accept a ceasefire ending two days of fighting with Palestinian militants in Gaza.
Avigdor Lieberman denounced the move as "surrendering to terror".
He said his ri…
A rare pink diamond has fetched 50.3m Swiss francs ($50m; £38.5m) at auction, a record price per carat.
Pink Legacy, weighing in at just under 19 carats, was bought by US brand Harry Winston at auction in Geneva.
The price of around …
The EU says much work still needs to be done on Brexit, despite agreeing a draft withdrawal document with the UK.
"We still have a long road ahead of us on both sides," chief negotiator Michel Barnier said.
The EU has set out a serie…
The legality of the referendum for the creation of six new regions will be determined by the Supreme Court on November 28, 2018 when it rules on a suit challenging the referendum.
Three persons - Mayor Agbleze, Destiny Awlimey and Jean …
Members of Parliament (MPs) are to begin initiating bills in Parliament using the Private Members Bill.
The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye, who disclosed this said the MPs would sponsor bills on social, health, il…
Girls in the Nigerian state of Lagos are now allowed to wear a hijab to school, the authorities have said.
The Muslim headscarf has been at the centre of a row in the state since 2014 when a Lagos high court banned them in schools.
T…
The Danquah Institute, a public policy and research organisation, on Tuesday called for a re-negotiation of the new Tema Port Terminal contract to ensure value for money and safeguard the interest of the country.
According to the Instit…
The Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG), has facilitated a strategic meeting in Accra, between the Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Sub-Committee of Parliament and delegates from local government and opinion leaders in cocoa growi…
The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, has applauded President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s exemplary leadership, that, he said, was worthy of emulation by others on the African Continent.
The Qatari leader said the Presid…
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has defended his economic policy, saying "painful reforms" are necessary to get the southern African country out of economic stagnation.
"Yes, the medicine is harsh, but the patient requires it in…
A court in Egypt has sentenced Mohamed Aboutrika, one of the country's football legends, to one year in prison for tax evasion with an option to pay a fine of 20,000 Egyptian pounds ($1,100; £860) to have the sentence suspended.
Aboutri…
CNN has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration after the White House suspended the credentials of one of its senior journalists.
Its chief White House correspondent, Jim Acosta, had his press "hard pass" revoked last week hour…
Mr James Gunu, the Volta Regional Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has said the Party would come out of its national delegates congress stronger, united and better prepared to win the 2020 general election.
He said t…
The trial of drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán is starting in New York under intense security.
Guzmán was arrested in January 2016 after escaping from prison through a tunnel five months earlier.
The Mexican is accused of b…
Cameroon has stopped the trial of prominent Anglophone journalist, Mimi Mefo, who was accused of spreading fake news and terrorism after the intervention of President Paul Biya, her employer, privately-owned Equinoxe Television, has said.
…
What exactly is going on with South Africa's deputy president?
We now know that David Mabuza is in Russia for a medical check-up.
However, contrary to local newspaper reports - which suggested he was undergoing medical treatment foll…
An executive member of Tema East branch of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has advised party members to be up and doing by getting abreast with trending issues in their rank and file.
“If I am a Bagbin supporter who is…
