Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga has been placed under quarantine after returning positive tests for coronavirus on Thursday evening.
Mr Odinga was admitted to hospital on Tuesday in the capital, Nairobi, after developing fatigue,…
King Goodwill Zwelithini of the Zulu nation in South Africa has died in hospital where he was being treated for diabetes-related issues.
The king, 72, was the leader of South Africa's largest ethnic group and an influential traditional …
The European Parliament has declared that the whole of the European Union is an "LGBTIQ Freedom Zone".
The symbolic resolution was passed in response to local authorities in Poland labelling themselves "LGBT ideology-free zones" in rece…
Nagpur in western India is to be the first major city in the country to return to a complete lockdown amid a sharp spike in coronavirus cases.
The week-long lockdown, which starts on 15 March, will extend to adjoining areas of the distr…
President Joe Biden has said he is hopeful that America can "mark independence" from Covid-19 on 4 July if people get vaccinated.
In his first primetime address as president, Mr Biden said he would order states to make all adults eligib…
Parliament has unanimously approved the President's nominations for regional ministerial appointments.
The nominees were approved on consensus after the Appointments Committee submitted its third report on the 16 regional nominees who h…
The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has been assigned additional responsibilities as an interim Minister of Finance.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo gave him the temporary responsibility for the Minist…
Member countries of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have been unable to agree on a proposal for a waiver from patents and other rules for efforts to combat the pandemic.
The initiative led by South Africa and India seeks to support t…
Somalia's former president, Ali Mahdi Mohamed, died on Wednesday at a hospital in neighbouring Kenya aged 82.
He rose to power in 1991 after the overthrow of President Siad Barre and stayed in office until 2000. He was succeeded by Abdi…
Uganda kicked off mass vaccination against Covid-19 on Wednesday, after receiving 864,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine last week.
Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng was the first to receive a jab at the main hospital in the capi…
Kenya's health minister, Mutahi Kagwe, has said the country is experiencing a third wave of Covid-19 infections.
On Wednesday, the country recorded the highest number of coronavirus cases in a day so far this year after registering 713 …
Former US First Lady Michelle Obama has said she is "moving towards retirement right now" and being selective with the projects she takes on.
Speaking to People magazine, Mrs Obama said she and her husband were building up their foundat…
Myanmar's military rulers have accused the ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi of illegally accepting $600,000 (£430,000) and gold.
The allegation is the strongest yet levelled by the military since it overthrew Ms Suu Kyi and the country's …
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has rejected the claim by President Akufo-Addo that Ghana did not experience any food shortage in 2020.
The President in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) of his second term on Tuesday, Mar…
Mr Henry Oppong, the Brong Ahafo Regional New Patriotic Party's Bono Regional Financial Secretary, has appealed to the party's leadership to educate members against, promoting Alan Kyeremateng and Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia Presidenti…
Mr James Heappey, the United Kingdom's (UK) Minister of Armed Forces is in Accra for a three-day visit to Ghana.
A statement issued by the British High Commission in Accra, copied to the Ghana News Agency, said Mr Heappey's visit forme…
China's legislature has approved a resolution to overhaul Hong Kong's electoral system - its latest move to tighten control over the city.
The "patriots governing Hong Kong" resolution was passed at the National People's Congress (NPC) …
Senegal will on Thursday mark a day of national mourning for victims of the recent violent protests that left at least eight young people dead.
The protests were sparked by the arrest of an opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, accused of r…
A senior Ethiopian diplomat has resigned in protest over alleged atrocities being committed in the ongoing conflict in the northern Tigray region.
"I resign from my post in protest of the genocidal war in Tigray, and in protest of all t…
Brazil has exceeded 2,000 Covid-related deaths in a single day for the first time, as infection rates soar.
The country has the second highest death toll in the world, behind the US. Experts warn the transmission rate is made worse by m…
Co-founder of Afrobarometer, a non-partisan, pan-African research institution that conducts public attitude surveys on democracy, governance, the economy and society in Africa, Professor Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi says the treatment meted out t…
The immediate past Auditor-General, Mr Daniel Yaw Domelevo has revealed that it was the then President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who encouraged him to accept the position of Auditor-General in December 2016.
Mr Domelevo was app…
Mauritius entered into a 15-day national lockdown on Wednesday morning after a rise in new local Covid-19 cases since the beginning of the month.
The Indian Ocean Island nation recorded five new cases on Tuesday, bringing the total of n…
The UK has promised to return to Nigeria £4.2m ($5.8m) which was stolen by a former governor.
Former Delta State Governor James Ibori was convicted of money laundering in the UK in 2012.
Prosecutors say he stole an estimated £117m fr…
Burundi's ministry of commerce has banned maize grain and flour imports for the next six months starting 8 March.
A statement from the ministry said recently imported maize was found to be "not good" and could affect people’s health.
…
A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals that a third of all women experience physical or sexual violence at some point in their lives.
The report is the largest ever study of violence against women, and includes da…
A diplomatic row has broken out after the EU's top official claimed the UK had imposed an "outright ban" on the export of Covid vaccines.
European Council President Charles Michel said it applied to all vaccines and components produced …
The First Vice Chairman of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Dr Onsy Nkrumah, has called on Ghanaians to use the 64th Independence Day celebration to take stock of the country’s achievements and way forward.
“As we mark the 64th birt…
The National Women’s Organizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr. Hannah Bissiw says the party remains united despite recent misunderstandings.
She said just like every other political body, misunderstandings are …
The Women's Wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has charged women in the country to be confident and avail themselves for leadership positions.
It also urged the Government to provide support to women and empower them to ensu…
Police in Greece say three officers have been injured in clashes at a protest in Athens about police brutality.
One of the officers was seriously injured, police confirmed.
Some 5,000 people took to the streets of Athens on Tuesday e…
Officials in Niger State in north-central Nigeria have announced that they are going to arm vigilante groups with pump-action rifles.
They say they want to improve local security in a state where attacks by bandits armed with AK-47 assa…
Myanmar has recalled its ambassador to the UK after he spoke out against a military coup and demanded the release of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Kyaw Zwar Minn had told the BBC that the country was already "divided" and could be at…
The death toll from explosions at a military base in Equatorial Guinea has risen to 105, the health ministry says.
Some 133 people are still in hospital, the ministry said in a tweet.
A total total of 615 people were injured in the b…
Health systems in most of Brazil's largest cities are close to collapse due to Covid-19 cases, the country's leading health institute warns.
More than 80% of intensive care unit beds are occupied in the capitals of 25 of Brazil's 27 sta…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says it is wholly appropriate that Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, is the Speaker of Parliament at a "crucial period" in the history of Ghana.
Delivering the 2021 State of the Nation Address (SONA…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Tuesday, urged Ghanaians to put the challenges of the General Election and the Covid-19 pandemic behind and forge ahead as one people for the common good of the nation.
Delivering his first State o…
Message on the State Of The Nation by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at Parliament House, Accra.
We reproduce the entire address below
Mr. Speaker,
It is always good to be back in Parliament, and …
The Minority in Parliament say they are disappointed that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo failed to tell Ghanaians the true state of the economy.
They said the President was silent on the current debt plaguing the country, as well…
India has rebuked UK MPs for criticising its handling of long-running farmers' protests in Delhi.
Several Labour, Liberal Democrat and Scottish National Party MPs on Monday expressed concern over the safety of protesters and the status …
At least two men were injured on Monday after attackers raided and burned shops owned by foreign nationals in the city of Durban, South Africa, local media report.
The attacks have been linked to young members of the Umkhonto we Sizwe M…
The Australian state of Victoria has announced an inquiry into the impact of colonisation on Aboriginal people - the first probe of its kind nationally.
Aboriginal Australians were dispossessed of their land after British settlement in …
The US has reversed a decision to temporarily ease sanctions on Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler, who is accused of corruption over mining deals in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
"The license previously granted to Mr Gertler is incons…
A three-day Cabinet Retreat has ended at the Peduase Presidential Lodge in the Eastern Region as the Akufo-Addo government firms up its priorities for the years ahead.
Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, updating the media on key …
Mr Isaac Ashai Odamtten, Member of Parliament for Tema East Constituency on Monday said for Ghana to see significant development, the country needs to be consistent in its policy direction.
"When we look at countries that began with Gha…
Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has attended the "second meeting of the Support Group for the Transition in Mali", in Lome, Togo.
The Foreign Minister said President Nana Addo D…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has designated the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and leader of government business in Parliament, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu to read the 2021 Budget Statement in Parliament on Friday, March 12.
T…
Senegal's main opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, has called for more protests against President Macky Sall, whom he accuses of being behind the rape charges he's now facing.
Mr Sonko was addressing supporters hours after being released …
A Supreme Court judge in Brazil has annulled ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's corruption convictions, opening a path to a possible run for the presidency in 2022.
He was convicted following an investigation into a huge bribery s…
A French schoolgirl has admitted to spreading false claims about a teacher before he was murdered last year.
Samuel Paty was beheaded in October after showing students cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
The girl, whose complaints spar…