Schools in Uganda have fully reopened this morning, almost two years after the coronavirus pandemic started.
This has been one of the world's longest closures since the virus forced governments to close learning institutions back in Mar…
Aid agencies have suspended operations in a zone of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region where dozens of people were reportedly killed in an air strike, the UN says.
"The ongoing threats of drone strikes" left them little choice but to hal…
Buckingham Palace has unveiled the full line-up of celebrations to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee this year.
Street parties, a concert with some of the world's "biggest entertainment stars" and a chance to see the Queen's…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) last Friday lost one of its leading members, Mr Ishmael Ashitey, and described his death as a great loss.
Mr Ashitey, who was also a former Greater Accra Regional Minister and former Regional Chairman of th…
The sound of the broken glass echoed as Andrey Mikhaylovich walked inside a looted shopping mall on the outskirts of Almaty, Kazakhstan's biggest city. Empty boxes, phone cases, shoes and other leftover goods were scattered everywhere.…
A court in Myanmar has sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four more years in prison, in the latest of a series of trials.
She was convicted for the illegal possession and import of walkie-talkies and breaking Covid-…
The military leadership in Mali has made a further last-minute change to its timetable to restore civilian rule after its initial proposal of a transition of up to five years was rejected.
According to the Chair of the E…
The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold an Extraordinary Summit on the Political Situation in the Republic of Mali, today, January 09, 2022, in Accra.
The Heads …
All 15 prison facilities in Liberia have this week run out of food for inmates.
This has caused two prisons, including the main Monrovia Central Prison, to temporarily shut their doors to newcomers, prison officials have said.
The si…
U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman will step down from his post this month after more than nine months in the job, and David Satterfield, the outgoing U.S. ambassador to Turkey, will take up the role, three sources f…
An aspiring National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Stephen Asamoah Boateng, has stated that he is in the race to position the party to break the eight and continue the reins of power in 2025.
He explained that the NPP wa…
Morocco and China have signed an agreement aimed at greatly increasing cooperation under Beijing’s joint "Belt and Road" initiative.
Under the agreement, which was sealed via video conference, Chinese companies will be encouraged to ste…
Japan and Australia hailed on Thursday a new agreement to cooperate closely on defence as a breakthrough and a landmark, in the latest step to bolster security ties against the backdrop of rising Chinese military and economic might.
Ja…
Pope Francis has suggested people who choose to have pets over children are acting selfishly.
The Pope's comments came as he was discussing parenthood during a general audience at the Vatican in Rome.
"Today ... w…
The Assin South District Assembly is making strides in infrastructural development in the area to improve the livelihoods of the people.
The basic physical and organisational structures has closed the infrastructural gap and opened up t…
The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), has asked sections of the citizenry to stop denigrating the nation’s image internationally because she is not broke.
It bemoaned using words such as “broke” to describe…
A former Eastern Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Bismark Tawiah Boateng, has called on the party’s communications officers in the New Juaben South Constituency to rally behind officers of the party.
He sa…
A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Agona West Constituency in the Central Region, Alhaji Gibrine Tanko, has urged communications officers of the party to stand up against vile propaganda against the government by the …
The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has commended Ghanaians for helping to sustain the 1992 Constitution for 30 years.
“It is a feat worth celebrating. We must pat ourselves on the ba…
The National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE) has been called upon to step up its duties on sensitising the public to the importance of the Constitution Day, which is a public holiday.
The Constitution Day, which is January 7, every…
Twelve Rwandans including women and children have been pushed out by Burundian authorities after refusing to get the Covid jab.
They spent more than five days on the Nyakarama hill in Kirundo province in northern Burundi.
They said t…
North Korea successfully tested a hypersonic missile on Wednesday, its first major weapons test this year, said a state media report.
KCNA said it "precisely hit" a set target 700km (434 miles) away.
This is the …
The people of Nandom Traditional Area in the Upper West Region have outdoored Naa Nibenee Langdinedome Pozentaa Chiir VIII as their new Paramount Chief at a colourful ceremony at the Nandom Naa’s palace.
He was outdoored to the commun…
A "supersonic" rise in French COVID-19 cases will continue in the coming days, an official said on Wednesday as the government decreed a health state of emergency in Guadeloupe, Guiana, Mayotte, Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthelemy.
Gover…
Ivorian ministers were prevented from attending a cabinet meeting on Wednesday after they failed to present Covid-19 test certificates.
Health officials announced on 31 December the mandatory presentation of Covid-19 tests before being …
A 74-year-old man who died in the western state of Rajasthan was India's first death with the Omicron variant, the health ministry said on Wednesday.
Officials said the man had been suffering from diabetes and other comorbid…
The Member of Parliament for Walewale Constituency in the North East Region, Hajia Lariba Zuweira Abudu, yesterday presented assorted food and other items worth about GH 300,000 to about 600 widows in the constituency.
The items inclu…
The former President, John Agyekum Kufuor, has advised the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) not to detach itself from the grassroots since doing so will destroy the democratic tradition of the party.
He challenged them to u…
As the country marks Constitution Day tomorrow, four governance experts have underscored the need for the country to build on the gains of the 1992 Constitution.
Constitution Day, a public holiday, has been set aside to mark the promulg…
President Joe Biden will blame Donald Trump for the US Capitol riot as he marks the anniversary of the attack on the seat of American democracy.
Speaking at Congress, Mr Biden will say his predecessor holds "singular respon…
A local mayor and his driver have been arrested in a desert in northern Niger with more than 200kg (440lbs) of cocaine in their vehicle, police say.
The two suspects, who have not been named, were allegedly transporting the…
Security forces in the Central Asian state of Kazakhstan say they have killed dozens of anti-government rioters in the main city, Almaty.
They moved in after protesters tried to take control of police stations in the city, a…
The National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Sammy Gyamfi says nothing but the mismanagement and reckless spending of the government is all to blame for the country’s present economic woes.
Contrar…
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the reversal of the benchmark value discounts on 44 products announced by the government will adversely affect the living conditions of all Ghanaians.
According to the NDC, the deci…
French President Emmanuel Macron has warned he intends to make life difficult for people in France who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19.
"I really want to hassle them, and we will continue to do this - to the end," …
North Korea has fired a suspected ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast, in its first such launch since October.
The missile landed in water between the Korean peninsula and Japan, bringing condemnation from Seou…
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Eritrea in Tuesday in the first stop on a three-nation Africa tour that will also take him to Kenya and Comoros.
Eritrean Minister of Information Yemane Meskel, in a post on Twitter, said that…
The United States, Norway, Britain and the European Union have warned the Sudanese military against appointing their own prime minister, saying it would risk plunging the nation into conflict.
The countries said they would not support a…
Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has lashed out at some top officials who have been criticising her government for taking loans from international bodies.
In a televised address from state house, she said foreign aid was helping…
Government agencies mandated to fight corruption have been admonished to tackle the canker from the grassroots, especially at the level of local governance.
Corruption has been perceived as the menace among the elite political class b…
The Convention People's Party (CPP) will this year intensify its re-organisation and membership drive to embrace Ghanaians from all walks of life to make the party very formidable.
That, the party explained, would be done through grass-…
Ghana’s former High Commissioner to South Africa, Dr George Ayisi- Boateng, has declared his intention to contest for the national chairmanship of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
He confirmed his decision in an interview with the Daily G…
The United Arab Emirates announced its "Stronger United" commitments for its term on the United Nations Security Council from 2022 to 2023. The commitments, which include securing peace, advancing inclusion, building resilience, and spurri…
A former Colombian military officer has been charged in the US in connection with the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse last July.
Mario Antonio Palacios, 43, is accused of having "participated in a plot to k…
India is bracing for a third wave of coronavirus as its largest cities - the capital Delhi and financial hub Mumbai - see a surge in cases.
India reported 58,097 cases on Wednesday, a six-fold rise in a week that experts say…
Thousands of ethnic Tigrayans deported from Saudi Arabia have been “detained, mistreated, and forcibly disappeared” in Ethiopia, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says in a new report.
It says Tigrayans who have experienced horrific abuse as und…
Ugandan opposition leader and musician Bobi Wine has just released a song entitled Ogenda, a Luganda word that loosely translates as "You will fall".
The song is made directly for President Yoweri Museveni's ears because he has turned h…
Parliamentarians have been advised to rise above their partisan political interests and put the nation first in discussions and decisions on national issues to promote social cohesion and peace in the country.
Also, they must endeavour …
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the Convention People's Party (CPP) have extended good wishes to Ghanaians.
The two parties acknowledged the challenges in 2021 created by the COVID-19 pandemic and prayed for God’s guidance for a bliss…
The Kenyan branch of the American fast-food restaurant, KFC, has run out of fries it says.
“Ya'll loved our chips a little too much, and we've run out. Sorry! Our team is working hard to resolve the issue,” the chain tweeted on Monday.
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