When his ship pulled into anchorage at Santos in Brazil last week, "Alona" had been at sea so long, he had missed his own wedding.
The assistant engineer from the Philippines had been on the same ship for nearly 16 months, despite three…
The remains of 59 bodies - belonging mostly to young people - have been found in unmarked graves in Mexico.
The bodies, possibly of teenagers, were discovered in Guanajuato state.
The discovery was made in the Salvatierra municipalit…
Mr John Dramani Mahama, Presidential Candidate, National Democratic Congress (NDC), has promised to upgrade the Tulaku Cattle Market, in the Greater Accra Region, into an ultra-modern livestock market.
He said the upgraded facility woul…
Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, the running mate of Mr John Mahama, flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has appealed to Chiefs and people of the Ketu North Constituency to support her and the Party to victory.
She …
The Overlord of the Mamprugu Traditional Area, Nayiri Naa Bohagu Mahami Abdulai Sheriga has called on all stakeholders in the December 7 Presidential and Parliamentary elections to be circumspect and ensure that the elections are conducted…
Mr John Dramani Mahama, Presidential Candidate, National Democratic Congress (NDC), says no beneficiary of Government's COVID-19 stimulus package will pay back should he win the December polls.
A statement issued by Mr James Agyenim-Boa…
The southern French city of Nice was in mourning on Friday for the three people stabbed to death in a suspected jihadist attack at a church.
A makeshift memorial has been set up outside the Notre-Dame basilica, where people have placed …
The ruling CCM party's presidential candidate in Zanzibar, Hussein Mwinyi, has been declared the winner with 76% of the vote.
His rival Maalim Seif Sharif was arrested while trying to vote on Tuesday before being released hours later.
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The governor of Cameroon's South West region Bernard Okalia has been filmed accusing women of refusing to reveal the identities of attackers who killed seven students at a school in the city of Kumba on Saturday.
Women had marched to Go…
"Traders for Nana Akufo-Addo," a group of women traders from Accra and Kumasi, have declared their support for President Nana Akufo- Addo and expressed confidence in his ability to deliver on his Party's manifesto promises in his second te…
Mr John Dramani Mahama, the Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), says the Party is working towards peaceful elections on December 7.
"We are working towards peaceful elections. We believe that Ghana is the o…
Forty-seven parliamentary aspirants, including seven women, have filed nominations to contest the 12 seats in the Bono Region.
The candidates are from eight political parties and five independent ones.
Mr Frank Ohene Okraku, Deputy B…
Togbe Tepre Hodo IV, President of the Volta Region House of Chiefs, has admonished the leadership of the various parties to use temperate language to help reduce the political temperature ahead of the general elections.
He said if polit…
The authorities in Uganda have banned a coalition of over 60 organisations formed to monitor the country’s 2021 general elections on grounds that it is illegal.
The Uganda’s National Bureau for Non-governmental Organisations - which reg…
New Zealand has voted to legalise euthanasia in what campaigners have called "a victory for compassion and kindness".
Preliminary results showed 65.2% of voters supported the End of Life Choice Act coming into force as a new law.
The…
Voices against Tribalism (VaT), a social development, research and advocacy-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has urged all presidential candidates to work towards safeguarding Ghana's peace by running campaigns devoid of cultural …
The National Elections Security Task Force (NESTF) has stated that only uniform security personnel will be deployed to polling stations to ensure the smooth conduct of the December 7 general election.
It said the NESTF would not tolerat…
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has said the country must do all it can to “avert a second wave of Covid-19”.
In a tweet, he said he did not want the number of people contracting the virus in Nigeria to increase again, because the …
The presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has condemned the violence that occurred at Odododiodio last Sunday.
He said the acts were perpetrated by some frivolous minds who had n…
Police in Zambia have summoned two journalists from a privately owned TV station for questioning over a reportedly leaked budget speech presented to parliament last month.
Diamond Television said its chief executive, Costa Mwansa, and h…
Senegalese President Macky Sall has dissolved his government, according to a statement from the presidency.
President Sall has signed four decrees to that effect.
No reason was given for the move or when the new cabinet is likely to be…
Tanzania's electoral commission has dismissed opposition allegations of fraud in Wednesday’s general election.
The head of the National Elections Commission, Semistocles Kaijage, said claims of fake ballot papers were unsubstantiated.
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Three people have been killed in a knife attack at a church in the French city of Nice.
Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi said there had been a "terrorist attack at the heart of the Notre-Dame basilica".
One elderly victim who had come to…
Al-Qaeda is still "heavily embedded" within the Taliban in Afghanistan, in spite of a historic US-Taliban agreement earlier this year, a senior United Nations official has told the BBC.
Earlier this year, the US signed an agreement with…
Professor Peter Quartey, Director, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, says political parties' manifestoes must set an agenda for national development.
He noted that political parties' ma…
The vice-presidential candidate for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang says the next Mahama led government will safeguard the peace of the country.
She said the government will implement p…
Mr John Dramani Mahama, the Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has promised to transform and de-politicise the fisheries industry.
Mr Mahama said this when he engaged with fisherfolk at Ayakpor in the Ada …
Nii Aryikwei VI, Nglenshie Adentan Mantse, has appealed for enhanced security in the Odododiodio Constituency in the Greater Accra Region ahead of the December polls, following clashes between the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New…
Five regional ministers have touted the Akufo-Addo-led government’s achievements since assuming office in January 2017.
At the Fifth Edition of the Nation Building Updates in Accra, on the theme: “Rebuilding the Ghanaian Economy,” five …
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Hohoe Constituency have pledged to ensure peace in the general elections.
The Parties also promised to conduct their political activities devoid of abuse and to…
How big is the human trafficking problem in South Africa? Whereas most crimes are generally reported to the police, trafficking is not, mainly because victims fear retaliation. Thus, exact statistics on human trafficking are not available …
President Donald Trump has urged states to shun lockdowns as his Democratic rival Joe Biden said the pandemic could not be stopped by "flipping a switch".
Continuing a whirlwind schedule of rallies in battleground states, Mr Trump also …
Two of Europe's biggest economies are reinstating some form of national lockdown, as the continent confronts a surge in coronavirus cases and deaths.
From Friday people in France will only be allowed to leave home for essential work or …
The appointment of Nigeria's ex-finance minister to lead the World Trade Organization (WTO) has been thrown into doubt after the US opposed the move.
On Wednesday, a WTO nominations committee recommended the group's 164 members appoint …
The Kpone Traditional Council has described as misleading reports that claimed that the Paramount Chief of the area, Nii Tetteh Otu II angrily drove away President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo when he visited the area last Sunday.
Presid…
Cameroon’s President, Paul Biya, has declared Saturday a day of national mourning for seven students brutally murdered in Kumba, in the restive south-west region.
The children were killed last Saturday at the Mother Francisca Internatio…
The US has expressed concern over "inconsistencies" in preliminary results of Guinea's presidential election.
In a statement, the US embassy spoke of a "lack of transparency in vote tabulations and inconsistencies between the announced …
Liberian President George Weah will not seek a third term in office, his chief of staff has said.
The West African country in preparing for a referendum on proposed changes to the constitution to reduce the number of years in a presiden…
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the government cannot blame the country's "ever-worsening debt position" on the COVID-19 pandemic because the public debt had already reached unsustainable levels before the country re…
The Algerian President, Abdelmajid Tebboune, has been transferred to Germany for what state TV says are "medical checkups".
Mr Tebboune had been admitted to hospital in Algeria on Tuesday.
The nature of his condition has not been revea…
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is urging the Ghanaian electorate to vote out the President Akufo-Addo led New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration over what it describes as the "gross mismanagement of the national econom…
Fifty-seven parliamentary candidates filed their nominations to contest on the ticket of nine registered political parties and as independent candidates in the 18 constituencies in the Northern Region for the December 7, 2020 parliamentary…
Comic Relief will stop sending celebrities to Africa after criticism that stars like Stacey Dooley were going to Africa as "white saviours".
The charity will also stop using images of starving people or critically ill children to portra…
A strike is under way in Poland by women opposed to a court ruling that introduced a near-total ban on abortion in the mainly Catholic country.
It is the seventh straight day of demonstrations against the decision that outlawed terminat…
On his sixth attempt Wavel Ramkalawan, an Anglican cleric, has become Seychelles' president ending decades in opposition, but as Tim Ecott reports from the Indian Ocean archipelago - he now has to bring the country together.
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The New Patriotic Party (NPP)in the Bortianor Ngleshie Amanfro Constituency has launched "Coastal Elephants", a social club, to campaign for the Party along the coastal belt in the Greater Accra Region for victory in the December polls.
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We know that early voting in the US election has soared this year, with turnout so far already at half the 2016 total. Part of that is down to voters wanting to avoid potentially crowded polling stations during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Mr Awal Mohammed, Public Relations Officer of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), has stated that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has proven to be the best party for Zongos despite their loyalty to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) over …
The Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG) and the Civil Forum Initiative (CFI), have charged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and Former President John Mahama ) to work towards ensuring peaceful and credible elections on December…
Tanzanians have reported sites, including WhatsApp and Twitter, are being restricted as millions of people vote in the general election.
There have also been reports of violence and that police arrested an opposition leader in the semi-…