Live snails, fresh leaves and a quarter-pound of beef were found this month - not on a plate or grocery store but inside luggage at a Texas airport.
A passenger arriving from Nigeria initially disclosed the dried beef in her suitcase, b…
A human rights group says millions of Angolans are on the brink of starvation as the worst drought in 40 years ravages the south of the country.
Amnesty International said the problem had been exacerbated by the creation of commercial c…
Britain has placed an asset freeze and travel ban on the vice-president of Equatorial Guinea and four others it accuses of serious corruption.
Teodoro Obiang Mangue is accused of misappropriating state finances to fund a lavish lifestyl…
Israel has been given observer status at the African Union, a statement from Israel's foreign ministry says.
“This is a day of celebration for Israeli-Africa relations,” Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said.
“The diplomatic achievement i…
China has rejected the next stage of a World Health Organization (WHO) plan to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.
The WHO wants to audit laboratories in the area the virus was first identified.
But Zeng Yixin, deput…
Nana Kotroka Frimpong Baah II, Tufohene of Breku in the Assin North District of the Central Region has called on political parties, particularly the New Patriotic Party (NDC) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to end the political …
Former South African president Jacob Zuma has been granted permission to attend the burial of his younger brother, Michael, who is set to be buried on Thursday afternoon.
"As a short-term, low risk classified inmate, Mr Zuma’s applicati…
Mali has opened investigations into the attempted knife attack on interim leader Assimi Goïta inside a mosque during Eid al-Adha festivities.
Prosecutor Bourama Kariba Konate said an inquiry been opened "to shed light on this event".
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Tanzanian opposition leader Freeman Mbowe is being held at the Central Police Station in the coastal city of Dar es Salaam, his party Chadema says.
Chadema said this came after a search at his house in the city by the police who confisc…
Joe Biden said that he has felt self-conscious in the role of president, in a town hall hosted by CNN in Ohio.
"The first time I walked down the stairs and they played Hail to the Chief I said, 'Where is he?'" he told a vaccinated crowd…
The US says it has reached a deal with Germany to prevent Russia from using its Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline as political leverage over Europe.
The near-complete 1,230km (764 miles) pipeline under the Baltic Sea will double Russian gas ex…
As floodwater crashed through a busy subway station in China on Tuesday, desperate passengers tried to flee while others were swept helplessly off platforms.
In one train carriage, water seeped in and rose from ankle, to waist, to neck-…
Phone numbers used by two Dubai princesses have reportedly been found as part of an investigation into the phone hacking spyware known as Pegasus.
Princess Latifa is the daughter of the ruler of Dubai, and Princess Haya Bint al-Hussain …
The UK has asked Nigeria to explain where and how a Nigerian separatist leader, who holds British citizenship, was arrested.
Nnamdi Kanu - the leader of the group Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) - was on the run outside Nigeria for f…
The South African authorities are still assessing the true economic cost of the looting and violence that broke out after the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma.
The estimated cost to the economy in KwaZulu-Natal province alone has …
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is among world leaders believed to have targeted for phone tapping using spyware.
Known as Pegasus, it infects phones and allows operators to spy on their targets.
Its leaked database is said t…
Anger is growing in Australia as 13 million people - about half the population - endure fresh lockdowns to quash Covid outbreaks.
A third state went into lockdown on Tuesday. Stay-at-home orders are now in place in South Australia, Vict…
Two years after the Sudanese revolution, hundreds of thousands of people have been internally displaced as violence in Darfur continues. Many hoped a hard-earned peace agreement would put an end to the decades-old conflict, but the region'…
A new Covid health pass has come into effect in France amid a surge of new infections.
From Wednesday, people need proof of vaccination, a negative test or recent recovery from Covid to enter most museums and cinemas.
Later lawmakers…
The Member of Parliament for Banda, Ahmed Ibrahim, has expressed concerns about the delay by the President in appointing people to occupy the positions of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives at the various local assemblie…
Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia has truly distinguished himself as a precious asset and beacon of hope for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the state, Mr Razak Kojo Opoku, a member of the Party has said.
“Upon his assumption of off…
The Ashanti Regional branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has lauded Ghanaian Muslims for the successful celebration of the Eid-ul-Adha (the Feast of Sacrifice).
“We wish to extend our congratulatory message to all Muslims f…
The National Women Organiser of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called for collaboration among women in leadership.
According to her, to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 5, women must begin to collaborate and not see the…
Ariel Henry has been sworn in as Haiti's new prime minister, nearly two weeks after the assassination of the country's President Jovenel Moïse.
The late president asked Mr Henry to take the job, days before he was gunned down in the cap…
The authorities in north-west Nigeria say they have freed 100 women and children - mainly mothers nursing infants - who were seized by bandits.
The group were abducted on 8 June in Zamfara state. Four people were also killed during the …
Twelve people have died after record-breaking rainfall flooded underground railway tunnels in China, leaving passengers trapped in rising waters.
Video shared on social media shows evening commuters just managing to keep their heads abo…
The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, is expected to brief Parliament on the cost of President Akufo-Addo’s recent trips to Europe and South Africa later today, Wednesday, July 21, 2021.
This comes after the North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudz…
An activist and national youth co-ordinator in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed for "incitement to civil disobedience".
Jacky Ndala, from the Together for the Republic party of ex-Katanga governor Moïse Katumbi, was arre…
Tanzanian opposition leader Freeman Mbowe has been arrested, his Chadema party says.
He was in his hotel room on Tuesday night in Mwanza, in the north-western region where he was attending party meetings, when he was detained.
Offici…
The Resident Representative of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Ghana, Mr Baba Gana Wakil, has urged Ghana to be prepared at all times to “forestall any incursions” from neighbouring countries in the wake of terror…
Esraa Abdel Fattah, one of the most prominent faces of the 2011 revolution in Egypt, has been released from jail.
The 43-year-old activist and journalist had spent almost two years in detention after being arrested in October 2019.
S…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed shock at what she described as surreal destruction caused by last week's flooding.
Mrs Merkel visited affected areas of western Germany on Sunday, talking to survivors and emergency workers.…
Health and care workers are being "left behind" in efforts to vaccinate the world against Covid-19, nursing leaders say.
There were promises they would be among the first to be jabbed.
But the International Council of Nurses (ICN), w…
The Catholic Bishop of Sunyani, Most Rev. Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi, has admonished Catholics and Marshalls in the church to venture into politics and use their position they get to change society.
Most Rev. Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi was speaking…
At least 13 people were killed when a petrol tanker overturned and caught fire in western Kenya at the weekend.
The truck collided with another vehicle on a highway between Kisumu and Busia late on Saturday. Witnesses described the cras…
U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday will host Jordan's King Abdullah, a key U.S. ally in a volatile region, in what will be the first of three face-to-face meetings with leaders from the Middle East expected soon.
Abdullah, who faced dow…
African leaders, particularly, those within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), have been asked to respect the legal and constitutional terms of two mandate limits.
"They should not serve beyond their second term i…
Zimbabwe's ruling party has denied reports it intends to ban women and girls from wearing miniskirts and trousers in public places.
Zanu-PF national spokesman Simon Khaya Moyo in a statement described such reports as fake news.
It fo…
The health authorities in South Sudan say they have closed down all the Covid-19 vaccination centres after running out of the jabs.
The country received 132,000 doses of Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine from the Covax facility, but 72,000 of …
Cabinet has held a three-day retreat at the Peduase Lodge in Aburi of the Eastern Region to review the socio-economic performance of the government over the past six months and increasing trend of terrorism and piracy activities in the Wes…
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights has delivered two Advisory Opinions on the Application of the principle of regional rotation in electing Members of the Bureau of the Pan African Parliament request for Advisory Opinion No. 00…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) will today inaugurate a welfare fund to motivate the base of the party.
The fund, which will be opened for contributions after a ceremony at the Capital View Hotel in Koforidua, is the brainchild of the NPP…
Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has asked constituency chairmen of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to remain united and not indulge in anything that will divide the party.
Remaining united, he said, would make it possible for the party…
The conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region is showing further signs of expansion to other areas with fighting now reported in neighbouring Afar state.
The government accused the Tigrayan rebels of attacking civilians and blocking aid but …
Nigeria has placed its capital Abuja and six other states on high alert following the emergence of the Delta variant of coronavirus infection in the country.
The presidential steering committee on Covid-19 in a statement on Saturday sai…
Votes are being counted in Sao Tome's presidential election after polls closed on Sunday in a country considered a regional model of democracy.
According to the National Electoral Commission, the voting process was conducted "normally",…
Two vaccination centres have been ransacked in France amid protests over the government's introduction of tougher coronavirus rules.
One site in south-east France was vandalised and flooded with fire hoses on Friday night, authorities s…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged caution as most legal restrictions on social contact are lifted in England.
There are now no limits on how many people can meet or attend events; nightclubs reopened at midnight; and table service …
Achieving African integration is not an end in itself. The purpose must be to offer the African citizenry prosperity and security. The objective of both regional and continental integration must enable African countries benefit from econom…
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Wednesday ordered the release of 101 members of a protest movement that forced his predecessor Abdelaziz Bouteflika to step down, the presidency said.
Elected in December 2019, Tebboune has vow…