Sudan's military commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemeti, has supported General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan's move to take over power.
Hemeti, who was the deputy leader in the now-dissolved Sovereign Council, said Gen Burhan "came t…
This is a country which is starting to feel the very real fear of hunger.
The weather is turning from early autumn warmth to a sharp chill. Several areas are reporting drought, which adds to the sense of growing catastrophe.
At Maida…
UN aid chief Martin Griffiths and the African Union’s envoy for the Horn of Africa, Olusegun Obasanjo, visited the northern Tigray region of Ethiopia on Sunday to discuss humanitarian access and a possible ceasefire in the year-long confli…
Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has received the mortal remains of the late Mrs. Eudora Quartey-Koranteng, Ghana’s Ambassador to Italy at the Kotoka International Airport.
The Fo…
The UN Security Council is meeting on Monday to discuss the conflict in northern Ethiopia, even as rebels claim to be advancing towards the capital, Addis Ababa.
The open session in New York will discuss the humanitarian crisis, where n…
Samuel Aboagye, the Election 2020 National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Obuasi East Constituency in the Ashanti Region, has called for unity among the leadership and members to enhance the chances of the party in t…
The various Municipal and District Assemblies in the Bono East Region will from January 2022, apply Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) as a tool for revenue mobilisation and communication, among the delivery of other governmen…
An Italian court has sentenced 70 members of the powerful mafia group, the 'Ndrangheta, in the first stage of the biggest mafia trial in decades.
Defendants faced charges including attempted murder and extortion.
Over the next two ye…
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has said he escaped unhurt after a drone attack on his home inside Baghdad's high-security Green Zone.
A drone laden with explosives struck the building, injuring six of his bodyguards in an appar…
The US has reopened its borders to double-jabbed foreign visitors, ending a 20-month entry ban.
The ban was imposed by former President Donald Trump due to Covid-19.
It has affected non-US citizens from over 30 countries, including t…
Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema has said that gay practices cannot be condoned because the country is a Christian nation.
President Hichilema said the country can only "realign sound democratic values with other countries", local …
Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio has declared three days of national mourning after a fuel tanker explosion on Friday killed more than 100 people.
Mr Maada Bio said the country must learn from the incident, adding that those in…
Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has indicated that the refusal of Speaker, Alban Bagbin, to release the Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu, to the Police is in the right direction.
According to …
The National Youth Organizer of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye (Nana B), has taken a swipe at the opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC, over their responses to the government’s agenda to use digitalizati…
The Member of Parliament for Madina Francis-Xavier Sosu is expected to appear before a court in Accra later today, Monday, to answer to criminal charges leveled against him by the Ghana Police Service.
The Ghana Police Service last week…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has imposed sanctions against individuals and groups who have been identified as obstructing the move by the bloc to restore democratic rule to Mali.
The sanctions, which include tr…
The Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS has appointed Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas as a Special Envoy to Guinea to strengthen dialogue with the authority towards the successful and short transitional process.
The decision wa…
Norway's central bank said on Thursday it plans to raise its key policy interest rate next month, continuing a campaign of monetary tightening that started in September.
Norges Bank's monetary policy committee kept the rate on hold at 0…
Portugal will head to the polls on Jan. 30 for a snap election called by the country's president on Thursday, a week after parliament threw out the minority Socialist government's 2022 budget bill, ending six years of relative political st…
The Minority in Parliament has accused the Majority Caucus of deliberately ignoring the facts surrounding the attempted arrest of the Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu, and the Speaker’s handling of same.
The Majority…
The African Center for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA), is worried about what it says is a dangerous precedent being set by Parliament over the attempted arrest of the Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu.
The refusal of p…
The Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin, has admitted a private member’s motion from three Members of the Minority Caucus for an inquiry into the expenditure made by the government since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
Th…
Talks between Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and the leaders of an Oct. 25 military coup are making progress, a source close to Hamdok said on Thursday as the United States and United Nations pressed for a solution.
A second sou…
India's national capital, Delhi, woke up to grey skies as air quality dipped to hazardous levels following the festival of Diwali.
Despite a ban, people across the city burst firecrackers late into Thursday night, worsening pollution le…
Work is due to begin on Botswana's second privately-owned coal mine in the first quarter of next year, the CEO of Maatla Resources told Reuters, despite calls to abandon coal.
At the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, the southern Afr…
The citizenry has been challenged to reaffirm commitment and dedication of working in collaboration to empower them to stand for national peace and security.
In order to achieve national peace and security, the citizenry must learn to c…
Professor Kwesi Aning,the Director of the Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), has advised against the use of force to supervise elections at the local level.
Pr…
Rescuers searching the rubble of a high rise building that collapsed while under construction in the Nigerian city of Lagos, have found the body of the project's owner.
Friends confirmed the identity of Olufemi Osibona after his remains…
Somalia has declared AU envoy Simon Mulongo a persona non grata, and ordered him to leave the country within seven days.
Mr Mulongo is the Deputy Special Representative of the African Union (AU) for Somalia.
He is accused of engaging…
Niger has declared two days of national mourning from Friday, after at least 69 people were killed in an attack by suspected Islamist insurgents.
The attack happened in the country's south-west, near the border with Mali.
Victims inc…
A Russian analyst who worked on a dossier that made unsubstantiated claims linking Donald Trump to the Kremlin has been arrested in the US.
The Department of Justice charged Igor Danchenko, 43, with lying to the FBI.
He was detained …
Europe is once again "at the epicentre" of the Covid pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned, as cases soar across the continent.
At a press conference WHO Europe head Hans Kluge said the continent could see half a mill…
Political parties and other stakeholders have been urged to see the maintenance of peace, law and order as a national duty, which they must uphold at all times no matter which party is in power.
Mr Abu Alhassan Nassam, East Mamprusi Mun…
The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has said the recent attempts by the police to arrest the Member of Parliament (MP) for Madina, Mr Francis-Xavier Sosu, was done in a manner that offends the letter and spirit of …
A number of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) working on anti-corruption and good governance issues have asked for adequate funding of the Office of Special Prosecutor (OSP) to enable it carry out its functions effectively.
They also w…
West and Central Africa could see a rise in HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths in a few years due to disruptions in health services because of the coronavirus pandemic, the executive director of the U.N. AIDS agency said.
Although h…
Police in Vietnam have prosecuted a deputy health minister over his alleged involvement in a fake medicine trading ring, the country's security agency said on Thursday.
Truong Quoc Cuong, 59, a deputy minister since 2016, is currently h…
Stepping out of a shared taxi in central Riyadh, Reham Al-Ahmed walked into the shopping mall where she works four days a week selling cosmetics.
Al-Ahmed, a high school graduate, is the first woman in her family to have a job. Her pare…
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday he may take on the role of foreign minister until a new cabinet is formed this month, as the incumbent foreign minister took over a key ruling party post.
The ruling Liberal Democra…
An aspiring national chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Stephen Ayesu Ntim, has pledged to ensure that the party goes to the 2024 general election with a united front for victory when he’s elected as National Chairman.
Mr Nti…
The Metropolitan Chief Executive for Cape Coast, Mr Ernest Arthur, has filed a defamation suit against the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Cape Coast South, Mr Kweku Ricketts Hagan.
The MCE on Tuesday, Octobe…
A governance analyst, Frederic Agyarko Oduro, has urged Ghanaians to be more open-minded to the idea of partisan elections of Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs).
After the controversy in the Juaben municipal…
Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo have confirmed eight new Ebola virus cases in North Kivu province, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
This marks a new outbreak in the country.
Of the eight cas…
The United States special envoy for the Horn of Africa is due in the Ethiopian capital, for talks as the country’s civil war continues to escalate.
Jeffrey Feltman is to meet government representatives a year after Tigrayan insurgents s…
At least five people are now known to have died in a fatal plane crash on Tuesday morning shortly after take off from Juba International Airport, South Sudanese aviation authorities have told the BBC.
Those killed included four crew mem…
The senate in the Democratic Republic of Congo has extended the state of siege in North Kivu and Ituri provinces.
This is the eleventh time the extension has been done to restore security in the east.
Justice Minister Rose Mutombo pr…
The International Criminal Court (ICC) will investigate whether crimes against humanity were committed during Venezuela's crackdown on anti-government protests in 2017.
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said the state respects the de…
Brexit Minister Lord Frost will meet France's Europe minister in Paris later in an attempt to resolve a dispute over post-Brexit fishing rights.
Tensions flared up last month after the UK and Jersey denied fishing permits to several Fre…
At least 10 cases of cholera have been confirmed in Cameroon weeks to the country hosting the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) tournament.
Nine of the cases are in the restive South-West region and one case in the capital Yaoundé, the heal…
Heavy and light gunfire have been reported in Bukavu town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The army and the attackers fought from Wednesday 01:00 to 04:00 local time.
Gun fights were still heard in some parts of the town as o…