The US military could complete its withdrawal from Afghanistan within days, reports say, amid increasing Taliban battlefield gains.
US officials told Reuters that some US forces were expected to stay to protect the US embassy and Kabul …
A razor blade brand which shares its name with an Islamist militant group that has been terrorising residents of Mozambique's northern-most province of Cabo Delgado has alarmed authorities.
The Alshabab razor blade has been growing in p…
Health authorities in Uganda have approved a locally manufactured herbal medicine to treat Covid-19 patients and other viral infections.
The country’s drug regulator, the National Drug Authority (NDA) said the product is formulated from…
Children in northern Mozambique displaced by the Islamist insurgency have been traumatised by their experiences, an international charity says.
Save the Children, which has been collecting the testimonies of Mozambican children, says so…
Ivory Coast's former President Laurent Gbagbo has criticised the International Criminal Court (ICC) for being biased.
The 76-year-old, who was acquitted of charges of crimes against humanity in 2019, was speaking after he received a her…
The British High Commission in Ghana has advised British nationals to avoid public gatherings after some residents of Ejura in the Ashanti Region were confronted by a joint team of police and soldiers, leading to the death of two people.
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Seven Australian cities are now in lockdown as authorities scramble to prevent the spread of the highly contagious Delta coronavirus variant.
Officials reported a slight case rise on Wednesday, to more than 200 cases.
Nearly half the…
The Minister for Defence and security chiefs are expected to be summoned in Parliament to answer questions over the killing of two residents in Ejura in the Ashanti Region by the military following the death of social media activist Ibrahi…
Madam Patricia Appiagyei, the Member of Parliament for Asokwa, has charged the Municipal Assembly to take urgent steps to inspect building permits of people who have built in swampy areas in the Municipality.
The MP made the recommend…
Kim Jong-un has berated top officials over lapses which caused a "grave incident" related to Covid-19, North Korean state media report.
It was a rare sign of the pandemic's severity in North Korea, which previously insisted it had no Co…
The United States has said Ethiopia's declaration of a unilateral ceasefire in the Tigray region could be a positive step, if it results in moves to end the conflict.
The State Department urged all parties to allow humanitarian access a…
Two years after a popular uprising in Sudan led to the end of a 30-year old dictatorship, protests are expected on Wednesday in the capital Khartoum.
The transitional government has introduced tough economic reforms, and has won support…
Kenya will set up a "fill and finish" vaccine plant where the last process of filling vials and packaging them for distribution will be done to increase supply in the country.
President Uhuru Kenyatta says this will reduce the level of …
Rebel fighters in the Tigray region of Ethiopia are continuing to gain ground after recapturing the regional capital Mekelle from government forces.
The rebels have now entered the town of Shire, about 140km (90 miles) to the north-west…
Dozens of people have died in Canada amid an unprecedented heatwave that has smashed temperature records.
Police in the Vancouver area have responded to more than 130 sudden deaths since Friday. Most were elderly or had underlying healt…
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has appointed Napaga Tia Sulemana, a Presidential Staffer, as Coordinator for Special Development Initiatives.
This follows the scrapping of the Ministry for Special Development Initiatives (M…
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the security agencies to be measured in their handling of the people of Ejura who are only exercising their constitutional right to demonstrate, in the wake of the killing of …
With South Africa's vaccination campaign moving at a snail's pace, President Cyril Ramaphosa has been forced to tighten lockdown restrictions in a bid to contain a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
South Africa has vaccinated less…
An adviser to the former ruling administration in Tigray has told the BBC the Ethiopian army has suffered a devastating defeat in the regional capital Mekelle.
There have been victory celebrations in Mekelle - after rebel forces recaptu…
A prominent Tanzanian opposition leader has said he will oppose "illegal" policies proposed by President Samia Suluhu Hassan.
Tundu Lissu was reacting to remarks President Suluhu made on Monday at a media briefing to mark her 100 days i…
India's Serum Institute is seeking emergency authorisation in the European Union for its Covishield jab, sources told the BBC.
The move comes amid reports that Covishield is not yet eligible for the digital green certificate, an EU-wide…
The arrival of Israel's Foreign Minister, Yair Lapid, in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday is a landmark moment for his country and the Arab world.
Mr Lapid is the first Israeli minister to pay an official visit to the Gulf state sinc…
A former Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Bugre Naabu, says it will be an act of discrimination if the party fails to endorse Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as the party’s flagbearer for the 2024 polls.
Accordin…
A New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Youth Organiser hopeful, Prince Kamal Gumah has paid a courtesy call on former President John Agyekum Kufuor at his residence.
The visit was to formally introduce himself to the astute statesman and …
South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma has been sentenced to 15 months by the highest court in the country.
He has been given five days to hand himself in to police. Failing that, the police minister must order his arrest.
The ja…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that he is encouraged by the continuing vibrancy and diversity of the Ghanaian media.
He explained that these were the very foundation of the nation’s growing democracy and open society a…
The Northern Regional Secretariat of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) says Vice President Dr Mahammudu Bawumia has the potential to lead the party to victory in 2024 when given the opportunity.
According to the regional leadership of the p…
South Africa’s constitutional court is on Tuesday expected to issue a verdict on whether or not former President Jacob Zuma is guilty of contempt of court.
The court is to decide whether Mr Zuma should be punished for defying a summons …
Bars, taverns and casinos in Zambia have been closed as the government enforces new measures to prevent further spread of coronavirus.
The health ministry had last week said that starting Monday, these entertainment spots would only ope…
The security forces in Eswatini - formerly known as Swaziland - have clashed with protesters, who are demanding major constitutional reforms.
Protests by mainly young people intensified over the weekend, despite a government ban on all …
The United Nations Human Rights Council has urged global action including reparations to "make amends" for racism against people of African descent.
Its new report also urges educational reform and apologies to address discrimination.
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Mexico's Supreme Court has decriminalised the private recreational use of cannabis by adults, calling the current prohibition unconstitutional.
In an 8-3 decision, the court ruled that adults would be able to apply for permits to cultiv…
Mr Sammy Gyamfi, National Communications Officer, National Democratic Congress (NDC), says negligence on the part of Government officials led to Ghana incurring $170 million judgement debt awarded to Ghana Power Generation Company (GPGC).
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Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has urged all residents of Ghana to partake in and cooperate with Census Enumerators and their Field Officers as the Ghana Statistical Service undertake the two-week-long 2021 Population and Housing Censu…
Burkinabe President Roch Kaboré has called on opposition and civil society groups to cancel planned nationwide protests against rising insecurity in the country.
In a televised address to the nation, Mr Kaboré said the protests schedule…
The UN said that the world should honour George Floyd, who was murdered last year by a policeman, by addressing racismImage caption: The UN said that the world should honour George Floyd, who was murdered last year by a policeman, by addre…
The UK government is holding talks with Denmark over whether they could share a processing facility for asylum seekers in a third country, the London Times newspaper reports (paywall).
Earlier this month, Denmark passed a law allowing f…
Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, Volta Regional Minister, has said that the accelerated growth the Region is yearning for could be achieved through a collaborative effort, urging all to come onboard.
He said "we are in this business together, …
Dr. Freda Prempeh, a Minister of State in-charge of Works and Housing has joined Ministers of States from Africa, attending the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Symposium of the Shelter Afrique, underway in Yaounde, capital of Cameroon.
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The People's National Convention (PNC) has lined up a series of events to mark its 29th anniversary which falls on July 27, 2021.
According to the party, the anniversary was an opportunity to assess its progress and think about future c…
The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has called for the creation of an institutional memory bank to help enhance the transfer of knowledge in the public service.
He said there was a pressing need for state instit…
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced tough new restrictions to limit the impact of a third wave of the coronavirus.
For the next two weeks alcohol sales are banned and all gatherings - including political and religious…
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has called out "vaccine selfishness" in the world but said it will "wake up" Africans to be self-sufficient.
President Museveni said what Africa needs is raw materials to produce its own Covid vaccines…
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern city of Beni on Sunday declared a curfew following two bomb blasts in a day.
"I don't want to see anyone in the street," the mayor of the city, Col Narcisse Muteba, said, warning…
France has held its second round of regional elections, with Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally (RN) again failing to take power anywhere.
It had hoped Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur would be its first regional victory but it was won …
The US has carried out air strikes against Iran-backed militia groups in the Iraq-Syria border region.
Sunday's strikes hit "operational and weapons storage facilities", in response to drone attacks on US forces, the Pentagon said in a …
Australian leaders will hold an emergency meeting on Monday after a spike in Covid infections.
An outbreak in Sydney linked to the highly contagious Delta variant has grown to 128 cases.
Cases have also been recorded in the Northern…
Madam Fati Koray, the Wa Municipal Coordinating Director has been installed as the maiden Queen mother of Chansah community in the Jonyuohi clan of the Sing Traditional Area in the Upper West Region.
Madam Fati Koray, now known as Pogna…
Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has called on the Russian Ambassador-Designate to Ghana, Mr Sergey Berdnikov, to assist in ensuring the speedy delivery of the Sputnik V vaccines to Ghana to help fight again…
Dr. Divine Ayivor, the Election 2020 Vice-Presidential candidate of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) on Thursday entreated Nkrumahist political parties and associated groups to unite to explore ways of funding the CPP to win general ele…