South Africa will give priority to women and youth in a new programme to lease idle state land.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said women who were allocated farms under the existing Pro-Active Land Acquisition Strategy had run them successfu…
The United Progressive Party (UPP) last Friday introduced Mr Akwasi Addai as its flag bearer for the 2020 presidential election.
At the party’s second national delegates congress in Kumasi, the party also launched its manifesto for the …
President Trump has told supporters that he had "learned a lot about Covid" in the past few days.
"I learnt it by really going to school. This is the real school, this isn’t the let’s-read-the-book school," he said in a message released…
Former Burundian MP Fabien Banciryanino is in police detention for what the authorities said was an attempt to overthrow the government, according to his family.
Mr Banciryanino was arrested on Friday after a press conference that he ha…
The Paramount Chief of Western Nzema Traditional Council (WNTC), Awulae Annor Adjaye III, has congratulated the Jomoro CPP Parliamentary candidate, Mr Patrick Ekye-Kwesie for the broader vision to transform the constituency when voted into…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced October 7, 2020, as the date for the exhibition of the voter register for Ghanaian citizens who took part in the recent one-day voter's registration exercise.
The one-day exercise will take pl…
Special voting for the 2020 election will be held on Tuesday, December 1, the Electoral Commission (EC) has announced.
The EC in a statement said the special voting is reserved for voters who as a result of their duties on Election day …
Syria on Thursday reopened Damascus airport for regular international commercial traffic after a six-month halt due to the coronavirus pandemic, saying it had imposed strict health measures inside the facility.
Airport officials said na…
The Belarusian Foreign Ministry said on Friday it had compiled a list of people barred from entering Belarus in retaliation against sanctions imposed by the European Union.
The ministry said the list would not be made public.
EU lead…
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has told France 24 that he would not approve US drone strikes on al-Shabab militants on Kenyan soil.
The president, who is on a state visit to France, said he had not yet received such a request.
The Ne…
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Thursday assured fishmongers that the Government will provide them with small scale loans to enhance their businesses should the NPP government win the December 7 polls.
The loans, he said, would be…
Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, Chairman of the Volta Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has disclosed that the Council would hold an emergency consultative dialogue with key security Ministries on Friday.
The meeting will give them the opportu…
European countries have a fundamental role in supporting the Middle East peace process after the signing of the so-called Abraham Accord, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an interview on Friday.
“I believe that European leade…
Mali's junta has abandoned a controversial proposal that would have paved the way for its leader to replace interim President Bah Ndaw.
This is contained in a roadmap for restoring civilian rule after the 18 August coup published by the j…
One of the aspiring Presidential candidate of the Peoples National Convention (PNC) for the 2020 elections, Reverend (Rev) Samuel Agyei-Debrah has complained about the removal of his name from the delegates list for the party's conference …
Two non-profit organisations are calling on government to reaffirm its stance against vigilantism and political violence as the nation approached the December elections.
The Community Focus Foundation (CFF), together with the Foundation…
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says it would not be necessary for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to engage in a Presidential debate with the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Flagbearer, Mr John Dramani Mahama, ahead of the Dec…
French authorities could place Paris under maximum Covid alert from Monday, the country's health minister warned.
Olivier Véran said infection rates in the capital and its suburbs are rising and a decision on imposing new restrictions w…
Uganda's health ministry has revised its protocol for discharging Covid-19 patients that will see asymptomatic patients leave hospitals without a retest.
Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said patients who have been in isolation for 10 da…
Deiga Kwadzo Dei XII, the Paramount Chief of the Peki Traditional Area has said that the Peki state's allegiance is with Ghana as history proves it is a part of Ghana.
"We are Gold Coasters and therefore we are Ghanaians," and not part of…
Municipal and District Chief Executives (MDCEs) in the Eastern Region have been warned to stay away from all issues that bother on illegal mining popularly called (galamsey) in the region.
Mr Eric Kwakye Darfuor, Eastern Regional Minist…
Commissioner of Police (COP) Mr Nathan Kofi Boakye, Director General, Legal and Prosecution, of the Ghana Police Service, has called on political parties to desist from protecting social misfits, hooligans and criminals who run to them for…
The incumbent New Patriotic Party should be wary of dissident members contesting as independent parliamentary candidates in the December elections, as that could sabotage the party, President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has cautioned.
…
The family of a man who inspired a Hollywood film about the 1994 genocide say he is being "dictated to by Rwandan authorities” on what to say while in custody.
Paul Rusesabagina was arrested in August. He had been living in exile.
His …
More than 300 students in Namibia have caught coronavirus since schools reopened.
The ministry of health says most cases are in boarding schools.
Health Minister Kalumbi Shangula said safety guidelines should be followed to stop transm…
The EU says it could impose sanctions on Turkey over "provocations and pressures" in a row with Greece over energy resources and maritime borders.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called on Ankara to "abstain from unil…
A video of a dying indigenous woman screaming in distress and being insulted by hospital staff shows the "worst form of racism", says Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Joyce Echaquan streamed herself on Facebook shortly before her…
Former President John Dramani Mahama says President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is not serious about solving the Western Togoland secession campaign being spearheaded by some groups.
According to Mr Mahama, instead of President Akufo-Ad…
Just a day after bars reopened in Kenya, two people died in a bar brawl in the capital, Nairobi.
The ministry of health's secretary Rashid Aman on Wednesday said bar owners should follow the guidelines put in place to prevent the spread…
US President Donald Trump has condemned all white supremacist groups following controversy over remarks he made during the first presidential debate.
In an interview with Fox News on Thursday he explicitly condemned the Proud Boys group…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) have called on the security agencies to deal with the violent activities of the secessionist groups to preserve the stability and sovereignty of the country.
…
US President Donald Trump has said he and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for coronavirus and are now self-isolating.
Mr Trump, aged 74 and therefore in a high-risk group, wrote on Twitter: "We will get through this togeth…
The Electoral Commission (EC) will be fair and transparent in the conduct of this year’s general elections, the Chairperson of the EC, Mrs. Jean Mensa, has assured all stakeholders.
She said the EC had instituted reforms to ensure that …
Eight months after the novel coronavirus arrived in India, the number of deaths from the disease is due to cross 100,000 imminently. Nearly 6.5 million people have been infected in total, second only to the number in the United States.
…
South Africa has opened its borders to travellers from all African countries, but has retained restrictions against countries with higher coronavirus infection rates including the UK, the US and Russia.
The country closed its borders in…
The World Health Organization's regional director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, has said allegations that aid workers sexually abused women while tackling an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo are "heartbreaking".
She sa…
Nigeria has lifted the ban it placed on the world's biggest long-haul carrier operating flights into the country.
Emirates was banned from operating in the country after the United Arab Emirates stopped issuing visas to Nigerians.
Bu…
Uganda has reopened its international borders for the first time since March when they were closed as a control measure against the coronavirus pandemic.
The East African country closed its borders to passenger travel even before it reg…
Lawmakers in Malawi have rejected a donation of more than 200,000 condoms from the Aids Health Foundation.
They were to be placed in toilets within parliament buildings.
The leader of the majority, Richard Chimwendo, said members of …
The EU has begun legal proceedings against the UK after it refused to ditch plans to override sections of its Brexit divorce deal.
An EU deadline for the government to remove sections of the Internal Market Bill expired on Wednesday.
…
The death of a second Dalit woman in a few days after an alleged gang rape has shocked and angered India.
The 22-year-old was dragged into a vehicle after going to apply for admission at a local school and raped, her mother told the BBC…
Leading Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny says he believes President Vladimir Putin was responsible for his poisoning.
"I assert that Putin is behind this act, I don't see any other explanation," he told German news magazine De…
Mr John Dramani Mahama, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Presidential Candidate, says his government will invest in secondary education to eliminate the double track system.
He said that would ensure that all students attended schoo…
Nhyiaeso constituency, located in the Kumasi Metropolitan area, is one of the pillars of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in terms of votes, both in the parliamentary and presidential elections, since it was carved out of Bantama constituency…
Mr Samson Asaki Awingobit, a flagbearer aspirant of the People's National Convention (PNC), has said the Party will focus on winning three parliamentary seats in each region in the December General Election if given the nod as the PNC pres…
Kenya lost 2.3bn Kenyan shillings ($21m; £16m) during the procurement of Covid-19 items, according to a recent audit report.
Auditor General Nancy Gathangu said managers at the state body responsible for purchases, the Kenya Medical Sup…
The US ambassador to Tanzania Donald J. Wright has expressed concern over "increased tension" ahead of the general election.
He is the latest envoy to urge for free and fair elections in the East African country.
Mr Wright urged all …
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed for unity as the country celebrates its 60th independence anniversary.
Nigeria gained independence from Britain on 1 October 1960. Seven years later, a civil war erupted as the south-east…
Gatherings of more than 1,000 people will be allowed in Switzerland from today, as part of the government's strategy to ease restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
Although cases of the virus are rising, the Swiss gover…
The commission that oversees US presidential debates says it will change the format to ensure the remaining two encounters between Donald Trump and Joe Biden are more orderly.
One new measure could be to cut the microphones if the candi…