The Social Democrats (SPD) won the regional election to lead the state government in Berlin, according to provisional results on Monday, meaning that their candidate Franziska Giffey will become the first female mayor of the German capital…
The head of Libya's Presidency Council said on Saturday he would urge candidates in elections proposed for December not to take part unless there was consensus on the vote's legal framework.
Speaking to Reuters in New York, Mohamed al-M…
Billboards with large portraits of Liberian President George Weah are being lined up on the streets of the capital Monrovia, ahead of his 55th birthday on 1 October.
The billboards being erected by the Monrovia City Council are currentl…
Officials in Ethiopia say they will not prosecute an Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) commander, Gollicha Dhenge, after he defected to the government.This is despite the long-standing reports of human rights violations by the OLA.
"It's the …
The late Abraham Tetteh Odonkor, Vice Chairman for National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Tema East Constituency was on Saturday laid to rest in Tema.
The 56-year-old Odonkor served as NDC Tema East Constituency Vice Chairman from …
The Asokwa Municipal Assembly has confirmed Mr Akwannuasah Gyimah, the President's nominee for the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) position.
He secured the votes of all 18 Assembly Members, including 12 elected and six government appoin…
Mrs Justina Marigold Assan, the Central Regional Minister, has applauded the Effutu Assembly for exhibiting high sense of patriotism by overwhelmingly endorsing the President's nominee for the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) position.
A…
The Greater Accra Assembly Members Association has pledged its unflinching support for President Akufo-Addo's nominees for the position of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives.
In a statement jointly signed by Nana Opok…
Mali's interim prime minister, Choguel Maïga, has accused France of "abandoning" the nation "mid-flight" after the European country decided to reduce its troops there by up to half.
In June, France announced that the counter-terrorism m…
More students who had been kidnapped in northern Nigeria have been released after payment of ransom.
Some 10 students were released on Sunday, according to a local Christian association, leaving only 11.
The head of the association, …
Sudan's transitional authority has reached an agreement with protesters who had blocked two crucial pipelines in the east and disrupted the flow of oil in and out of the country.
The demonstrators from the Beja community have been prote…
Germany's centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) have claimed victory in the federal election, telling the party of outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel it should no longer be in power.
SPD leader Olaf Scholz said he had a clear mandate to for…
Iceland briefly believed it had made history by electing Europe's first female-majority parliament - before a recount showed it had just fallen short.
Some 30 of the 63 seats (47.6%) were won by women.
But earlier results had showed …
Australia's prime minister has signalled he may not attend the UN's landmark climate conference in November as his government faces continued criticism of its poor climate record.
In an interview, Scott Morrison said he had "not made an…
The Taliban have banned hairdressers in Afghanistan's Helmand province from shaving or trimming beards, saying it breaches their interpretation of Islamic law.
Anyone violating the rule will be punished, Taliban religious police say.
…
Assembly members of the Yendi Municipal Assembly have rejected President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s Municipal Chief Executive nominee for the area, Alhaji Ahmed Yussuf Abubakar.
The assembly members, at an election to approve or reje…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has signed a book of condolence opened for the late Ama Benyiwa Doe by her family.
Mr. Mahama signed the book of condolence on Sunday, September 26, 2021.
In a statement following her death, Mr. M…
A former Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan has disagreed with a proposal to make the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) a statutory body with its functions backed by law.
According to Dr Afari-Gyan, chan…
The head of Africa's health agency has warned that the UK's policy of not accepting Covid-19 vaccine certificates from the continent could increase vaccine hesitancy.
Dr John Nkengasong said the UK's stance was confusing and had far-rea…
Mexican officials are urging Haitians on the Texas border trying to reach the United States to give up and return to Mexico's frontier with Guatemala to request asylum, even as discontent grows over the treatment meted out to the beleaguer…
Mr. Osei Assibey-Antwi, the out-going Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), has asked the metropolitan guards to be diligent, honest and committed to their duties.
They should at all times abide by the ethics binding their wor…
Nana Bosoma Asor Nkrawri II, the Paramount Chief of Sunyani Traditional Area, has congratulated Mr. Ansu Kumi, the President's Nominee for the Sunyani Municipal Chief Executive position, and asked the Assembly Members to endorse his confir…
The Chairman of the African Corporate Governance Network (ACGN) and the Institute of Directors Chairs’ Forum, Rockson Dogbegah, has suggested that the utilisation of expertise in the governance structure will transform attitudes of the cit…
A military court in Somalia has sentenced a British and a Malaysian citizen to 15 years in prison for belonging to Islamist militant group al-Shabab.
Briton Darren Anthony Byrnes, 44, and Malay Ahmed Mustagim bin Abdihamid, 34, were con…
The UK parliamentary committee that scrutinises British aid has described funding cuts to several African countries as outrageous and hypocritical.
The International Development Committee says several conflict-hit East African countries…
Young people around the world began taking to the streets on Friday to demand urgent action to avert disastrous climate change, in their largest protest since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The strike takes place five weeks before …
Mr. Ansu Kumi, the Sunyani Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) Nominee, on Wednesday advised the media to discharge its constitutional responsibilities with high ethical values and standards.
He said the media, as the fourth arm of gov…
The committee investigating the Capitol riot has issued its first subpoenas of President Trump's allies - including Mark Meadows and Steve Bannon.
The Democratic-led committee has demanded documents and called them to testify in mid-Oct…
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP), has declared every December 7, as the party’s Constitutional Reforms Day, to advocate the amendment of some parts of the 1992 Constitution.
According to the party, “it is planned to enrol national p…
The CIA has reportedly removed its station chief in Vienna for not responding appropriately to an outbreak of the mysterious Havana syndrome.
Dozens of US personnel in the Austrian capital and their children have reported symptoms of th…
Three suspects behind the abduction of more than 100 students in the Nigerian state of Kaduna state have been arrested, police say.
They are among 50 suspects believed to be members of different gangs operating in north-west and central…
Former South African President Jacob Zuma is back home after he was discharged from hospital, local media report, where he is expected to serve the rest of his jail term for contempt of court.
He spent his first night at his Nkandla hom…
Japan's COVID-19 infection situation is improving such that emergency conditions could soon be lifted in most parts of the country, the health minister said on Friday.
Hospitalisation rates and patient bed availability will factor into …
The United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator in Ghana, Charles Abani, has advised the citizenry not to take the peace prevailing in the country for granted because it has dire consequences.
He said there were countries who through compl…
Akan Constituency Executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described the President's nominee for the Kadjebi District Chief Executive (DCE) position, Mr. Wilson Agbanyo (AKA Sapato) as a veteran who has been with the Party since 199…
The President of Burundi said on Thursday that, 60 years after the country’s independence, “the restoration of peace, security, stability and social cohesion are a reality” in the African nation.
“The only enemy that remains a threat to…
The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of the murder of African-American man George Floyd in 2020 says he will appeal against his conviction.
Derek Chauvin, who is white, says there were issues with the jury at the trial and th…
An exiled politician wanted by Spain over a failed attempt to win independence for one of its biggest regions has been arrested in Italy.
Carles Puigdemont, former leader of the Catalonia region, is being held on a Spanish arrest warran…
The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says they are willing to resume talks with the South if it ends its "hostile policies".
Kim Yo-jong was responding to a renewed call from the South to officially declare an end t…
The Head of the Department of History of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Professor De-Valera N.Y.M. Botchway, has called on politicians to eschew acts that reduce the trust of the citizens in the political system.
He stressed the ne…
Ugandan opposition MP Allan Ssewanyana was re-arrested moments after being released from prison on bail on Thursday evening.
His lawyer, MP Shamim Malende, says she has no information on who is holding her client nor his whereabouts.
…
A Kenyan police officer who went missing from work and could not be found for nine months because no-one knew he had been admitted to hospital - has resurfaced.
Reuben Kimutai Lel was declared a deserter and his salary stopped after a f…
The Chairman of the Bono Regional Peace Council, Reverend Father William Kyere, has called on relevant stakeholders to take steps to ensure that the 2020 post-election violence that led to the death of eight persons does not happen again.
…
Zambia's finance minister says talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are "very progressive".
Situmbeko Musokotwane said timelines and steps to be taken to advance the process for a highly anticipated Extended Credit Facility …
Germans vote on Sunday in elections that will ultimately bring down the curtain on Angela Merkel's final term as chancellor of Germany.
When Mrs Merkel steps down after 16 years in power, how will history remember her?
We asked four …
A rebel leader in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been sentenced to life imprisonment for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Chance Mihonya, an army deserter, set up a rebel group in 2017 in the Kahuzi Biega Nation…
Thousands of protesters have taken part in a rally in Mali's capital, Bamako, to call for closer ties with Russia.
The rally follows days of diplomatic tension between Paris and Bamako after Mali's interim leaders acknowledged that they…
Women in Law and Development Africa (WiLDAF-Ghana) has expressed disappointment in the low number of women nominated as Metropolitan, Municipal District Chief Executives (MMDCE's) by the President.
Ms Lois Adumoah-Addo, Programmes Manag…
Members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Krachi East Municipality, say they have endorsed the appointment of Mr Francis Kofi Okesu, Krachi East Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) nominee by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
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Nana Sipim, Kpone-Katamanso Constituency Chairman, New Patriotic Party (NPP), has express satisfaction over the choice of Mr Samuel Oko Amanquah as the nominee to the Municipal Chief Executive position for the Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Ass…