Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has appointed Arsenia Felicidade Felix Massingue as the country’s first female interior minister.
He has also appointed a new minister for national defence, Cristóvão Artur Chume.
The previous minist…
Western members of the UN Security Council have condemned Belarus for the escalating crisis over migrants stranded on its border with Poland.
In a strongly worded statement, they accused Belarus of using the migrants to destabilise the …
A Myanmar military court has sentenced US journalist Danny Fenster to 11 years in jail.
Fenster was found guilty of breaching immigration law, unlawful association and encouraging dissent against the military.
He was earlier this wee…
The COP26 climate summit in Glasgow is entering its final day, amid growing fears that the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C is unlikely to be met.
UN Secretary General António Guterres bluntly told the Associated Press news agenc…
The Birim Central Municipal Director for National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Mrs Rejoice Biscoff, has called for adequate security protection, saying it would guarantee the survival and wellbeing of citizens.
She said Ghana …
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has asked Ghanaians to ignore former President John Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) because the two have nothing new to offer.
This is in reaction to comments by the former president durin…
The Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament has temporarily suspended public hearings in relation to the Anti-LGBTQ+ bill.
On Thursday, during the first public hearing, groups that are in support of the b…
India's Prime Narendra Modi has set his country a target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2070, a significantly later deadline than many other countries attending the Glasgow climate summit.
India also set itself a deadline of 20…
The United Nations says 16 of its staff members have been detained in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
A UN spokesperson said six others had been released.
He said the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs had been asked to free a…
Campaign activities have officially started in The Gambia ahead of the 4 December presidential election.
On Saturday, the electoral commission approved six candidates.
Those standing include incumbent Adama Barrow, the main oppositio…
Tanzania’s Kilimanjaro region, which is home to Africa’s tallest mountain, is experiencing hotter-than-usual temperatures this month, the weather authorities say.
The temperature in the region has risen to a high of 36.4C in November, a…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has criticised the Catholic Bishops Conference for lack of clarity in its concerns about the Akufo-Addo-led administration’s handling of the public purse.
It said the conference would have done better by ma…
The Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kobina Ade Coker, has rejected reports that he is nursing ambitions to seek re-election.
Mr. Ade Coker in a statement stressed that he has not discussed his …
The opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC, wants the police administration to update Ghanaians on investigations into the 2020 electoral violence to ensure that the culprits are punished.
In a statement, the party called for urge…
The Minority in Parliament has filed a motion asking the Speaker of Parliament to trigger the necessary processes for the House to pass a vote of censure against the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Dame.
This follows G…
Former President and 2020 Presidential Candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC, John Mahama, has described as unnecessary the stand-off between the Ghana Police Service and Parliament over the attempts to interrogate …
Mali's interim parliament vice-president has been freed, weeks after he was arrested for public order offences.
Issa Kaou N'Djim was arrested in October and a ruling on his case is expected in December.
He was accused of making "subv…
Mauritius has closed all schools as the number of Covid cases continue to rise.
Education Minister Leela Devi Dookhun-Lutchoomun made the announcement in a statement on national television on Tuesday.
She said all classes would be he…
Tigray rebel fighters raped, robbed and assaulted women after taking control of a town in Ethiopia's Amhara region in August, according to a report by Amnesty International.
Sixteen survivors from Nifas Mewcha town interviewed by Amnest…
It appears that internet services in Sudan have not been restored, several hours after a court ordered the three main telecommunications providers to restore access.
Sudan disrupted internet on 25 October following the coup in which Gen…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is returning to the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow - urging nations to "pull out all the stops" to limit warming.
The first draft of an agreement setting out how countries will cut emissions to avoid temper…
Poland's Prime Minister has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of being behind a migrant crisis at Belarus's border with Poland.
Mateusz Morawiecki said that Belarus's authoritarian leader, a close ally of Mr Putin, is orchestrati…
A US judge has ruled a congressional committee investigating the Capitol riot can access some of ex-President Donald Trump's White House records.
Mr Trump had sought to invoke executive privilege, under which presidential documents can …
The Tema West Constituency Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Mr. Dennis Amfo-Sefah, has said that victory for the NPP in the 2024 elections is a surety regardless of whoever leads the party as flag bearer.
Speaking to journalists in …
The Dean of Graduate Studies of the Catholic University College of Ghana (CUCG), Reverend Father Professor Peter Nkrumah Amponsah, has expressed concern about the needless abuse of the Ghanaian media space.
Describing the situation as a…
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it has not sanctioned any paraphernalia or branded T-shirts bearing the inscription; “Do or Die”.
The National Communication Officer of the party, Sammy Gyamfi, in a statement on Tu…
At least five people have died after heavy showers triggered severe flooding in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
The state's capital, Chennai, is severely affected as officials have evacuated hundreds of people from their homes.…
Two citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo have been arrested in the US for allegedly trafficking elephant tusks and rhino horns from their country.
"Herdade Lokua, 23, and Jospin Mujangi, 31, of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of C…
The US state department has urged China to release citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, expressing deep concerns over her deteriorating health.
She was given a four-year jail term over her reporting of the Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan when the …
The government of South Sudan says more than one million people have been affected by flash flooding this year.
Disaster Management Minister Peter Mayen Majongdit announced this while receiving food aid from Egypt.
He said the donate…
The UN has warned that Ethiopia is at a risk of descending into a widening civil war if the fighting in the northern region of Tigray does not stop.
The head of the UN’s political and peace-building affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, said no ai…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has urged political party leaders to help sustain the prevailing peace and cohesion by engaging in issue-based conversations rather than insults and name-calling.
It noted that the prev…
Dr Kwame Asah-Asante, Senior Political Science Lecturer at the University of Ghana, has observed that digitalising the economy will help curb corruption, encourage accountability, transparency, enhance good governance and rule of law.
”…
Municipal and District Chief Executives (MDCEs) have been tasked to enact and enforce the Assemblies by-laws by prioritising security and guarantee the welfare of their residents.
Section 181 of the Local Government Act 936, 2016 empowe…
The Kaneshie District Court yesterday adjourned to November 16, the case involving Francis Xavier Sosu, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Madina.
This was after the police received a letter from Parliament indicating the MP had travelle…
Ghana is in a state of despair, former President John Dramani Mahama has said.
According to Mr Mahama, he discovered the hopelessness after touring the country to thank Ghanaians for their votes in the 2020 election.
In a television …
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has cautioned the citizenry to guard against complacency but team up to nip violent extremism in the bud.
It said though the country had been widely acclaimed as peaceful, she could not…
An aspirant for the position of National Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Stephen Ntim, has expressed gratitude to the grassroots of the party for their support in his bid to become the national chairman.
Mr Ntim sai…
For 12 years Didier Ndabahariye has been ferrying passengers around the streets of Kigali - one of the thousands of motorbike taxi drivers, known locally as a motos.
Recently, he switched his usual ride for getting around Rwanda's capit…
Ethiopia has restricted a number of social media outlets including Facebook, Telegram, WhatsApp and Instagram amid reports of a school examination paper leak.
https://twitter.com/netblocks/status/1457735903984685060
BBC staff in the …
Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera has asked each citizen to take responsibility for the country’s development rather than always demanding it from the politicians.
He said he had hundreds of messages on his phone from people asking hi…
The Director of Communications for the governing New Patriotic Party, Yaw Buaben Asamoa, has criticised the Catholic Bishops Conference for a lack of clarity in its concerns about the Akufo-Addo administration’s handling of the public purs…
Barack Obama has called on young people to "stay angry" in the fight against climate change at the COP26 summit.
The former US president urged them to apply political pressure to make a change, but warned they would need to accept compr…
Poland has warned of a possible "armed" escalation on its border with Belarus, fearing its neighbour may try to provoke an incident with hundreds of migrants seeking to cross into the EU.
Extra troops have been deployed after desperate …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo left Ghana on Monday for Praia, Cape Verde, to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the West African nation’s President-elect, Jose Maria Neves.
The President is attending the ceremony in his capacit…
Members of the Adaklu District Assembly in the Volta Region last Friday rejected Mr Bright Kwame Nyatsikor, the new District Chief Executive (DCE) nominee for the area.
Mr Nyatsikor, who is the Volta Regional Public Relations Officer of…
The UK's trade deal with the EU could collapse in a row over Northern Ireland, says a senior Irish minister.
The UK is thought to be preparing to suspend parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney hi…
Restrictions on entering the US have been loosened.
Fully vaccinated travellers - from more than 30 countries including the UK - can visit for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
What are the new US rules?
Vaccinated peo…
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…