At least four people have been killed by falling trees as Hurricane Laura battered the US state of Louisiana.
Winds of up to 150mph (240km/h) caused severe damage, with power cuts to more than half a million homes and a chemical fire fr…
Mr Percival Kofi Akpaloo, the Flagbearer of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) says he will not appoint any relative into his government if voted into power in the December 2020 General Election.
The decision is part of a broader measure …
The Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere (EGLE) Party will not contest the 2020 General Election, Mr Francis Lokko, the National Communications Director of the Party, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA).
He said though the Party had priority a…
Professor Henry Kwasi Prempeh, Executive Director, Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), has urged media practitioners to interrogate political parties' manifestoes for the forthcoming 2020 general elections.
He noted tha…
At least two people were killed when a protest march turned violent in Sudan's Kassala state over the appointment of a new governor.
Two ethnic groups - Beni Amer and Beja - clashed over the nomination of Governor Salah Ammar of the Ben…
US President Donald Trump has called for himself and Democratic challenger Joe Biden to submit to drug tests before their first debate next month.
Mr Trump told the Washington Examiner he had noticed a sudden improvement in Mr Biden's p…
Wisconsin's attorney general has named the officer who shot a black man on Sunday, sparking days of demonstrations.
Josh Kaul told reporters on Wednesday that Rusten Sheskey shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back as he opened the door…
Earlier this month, the head of a well-known, privately-owned Chinese conglomerate told his staff that a vaccine for Covid-19 was expected to come to market by November.
The boss, whose firm has a healthcare division, said that he saw i…
A white supremacist who killed 51 people at two mosques in New Zealand will serve life in jail without parole - the first person in the country's history to receive the sentence.
Australian Brenton Tarrant, 29, admitted to the murder of…
Supporters of the former president of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, say they will file his candidacy for October's election even though a court has ruled he is not eligible to stand due to a previous conviction.
The country descended int…
Tanzania has banned three more Kenyan airlines as a standoff between the East Africa neighbours over Covid-19 escalates.
The Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) nullified the approval granted to Fly 540, Air Kenya Express and Safar…
Former President and Flag-bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. John Dramani Mahama, has appealed to voters to repose their confidence in the party as Ghana goes to the polls in December, this year.
He said the party wou…
A delegation from the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) led by former President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday visited the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi to introduce Professor Naana Jane Opoku Agyeman, running mate of the NDC for …
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has asked former President John Dramani Mahama to conduct a deep introspection on why he was voted out as President and tell Ghanaians what new he is bringing on board.
Mr Mahama, who is seeking a co…
Former President Jerry Rawlings has officially responded to ‘Working with Rawlings’, the controversial book by Professor Kwamena Ahwoi which sought to chronicle the history and particularly his personal relationship with the protagonist of…
The authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo say the world's largest measles outbreak that killed more than 7,000 children has now ended.
Efforts to stop its spread were hampered by an under-resourced health system as well as con…
West African mediators told Mali's coup leaders that the region would accept a transitional government led by a civilian or a retired army officer for a maximum of 12 months, Reuters news agency quotes Nigeria's presidency as saying.
Ni…
The exploits of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia in the current New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration is a great honour to the Zongo community in Ghana.
Alhaji Ali Suraj, a leading member of the Party in the Asawase Constituency w…
The International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) has suspended Mali from its membership, the latest body to take action following last week's overthrow of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta's government by the military.
The decision, by the …
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has advised politicians to tell Ghanaians what they intended doing to transform the lives of the people for the better, as they solicited for votes ahead of the December General Election.
Politics, …
It's "back to school" season in much of mainland Europe and we've already mentioned plans in Spain to record temperatures in classrooms, while officials have been urging parents not to send their children if they show signs of a fever.
…
Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced that the number of coronavirus tests carried out there has doubled to 40,000 per day, as the Indian capital recorded more than 1,500 new cases on Tuesday - its highest total this month s…
Three US states are suing the Trump administration over changes to the US Postal Service (USPS) ahead of the November election.
It is the latest development in a huge row over the federal agency, which is tasked with handling mail-in ba…
Election 2020 Vice Presidential Aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, says rampant crime in the country, is causing panic amongst the citizenry.
She raised the concerns during a meeting…
Mr Peter Mac Manu, 2020 Elections Campaign Manager for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has stated unequivocally that the party will win the upcoming December 7, Presidential and Parliamentary elections by 1.5 million votes margin.
Accordi…
A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Tuesday lauded the commitment of the First Lady Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo towards improving maternal and child health in the country within the last three years of President Nana Addo Dankw…
The Convention People's Party (CPP) Parliamentary Candidate for Jomoro, Mr Patrick Ekye Kwesie says the people of Jomoro are fed up with the two major political parties, the NDC and NPP, and will return the CPP to power in the December pol…
The Western Regional Minister, Mr Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, has appealed to security agencies and other election related agencies to discharge their mandate professionally.
This, he said should be in an uncompromising manner, in orde…
Spain is going to enlist the help of the army to identify people who've been exposed to the coronavirus, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said.
About 2,000 soldiers who are trained in tracking are going to be sent to the regions.
Some ex…
Ivory Coast's former President Laurent Gbagbo has been barred from running for the presidency in upcoming elections after a court upheld the electoral commission's decision to remove him from the electoral list.
His lawyer Claude Menten…
The lawyers for the family of a black man shot in the back by police in the US state of Wisconsin say he will need a "miracle" to walk again.
Jacob Blake, 29, was shot several times opening the door of his car in Kenosha. At least one o…
US First Lady Melania Trump has made a plea for racial unity, in a live speech from the White House to the Republican party convention.
"Stop the violence and looting," she also said as protests continued over a police shooting in Wisco…
Kim Jong-un has warned North Korean authorities to prepare for the dangers posed to the country by the coronavirus pandemic and a looming typhoon.
Mr Kim's appearance at a party meeting comes after widespread speculation over his health…
The Ghana Union Movement (GUM) Presidential Candidate, Christian Kwabena Andrews (Osofo Kyiriabosom) says, although Ghana’s debt stock has surged by GHC16.9 billion in the first quarter of 2020, it has little to show for it.
Ghana’s ina…
Talks between West African mediators and Mali's coup leader's have ended without an agreement on the makeup of a transitional government, military spokesman Colonel Ismael Wague has said.
In separate statements, the two sides also said …
Team members leading the NPP 2020 electioneering campaigns have been urged to rededicate themselves and show greater commitment to enable them to win more votes for the party.
Mr Kwame Adom Appiah, Deputy Ashanti Regional Secretary of …
A Nigerian newspaper has condemned a former government minister for what it termed as a verbal assault on its journalist who had questioned the source of funding of his tour of the southern Cross Rivers state.
Femi Fani-Kayode, who serv…
Kenya's education minister has hinted at reopening of schools earlier than his initial proposal of January 2021 if coronavirus cases continue to reduce.
George Magoha has said tertiary institutions may also reopen earlier than was plann…
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has submitted his application to run for a third term.
He submitted his application to the electoral commission on Monday amid protests against his decision.
Mr Quattara shared a video of the m…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said it was poised to take over the Effiduase/Asokore constituency seat from the NPP.
Mr. Emmanuel Kwabena Agyekum NDC Parliamentary Candidate for the area, who gave the assurance said a new er…
The Governance Research Bureau has cautioned the NPP against believing that it would win the Western Region in the 2020 presidential election as they did in 2016.
Rather, the Bureau said, the NPP should research into the factors that le…
Uganda's foreign ministry has recalled some members of staff in its embassy in Denmark to pave way for investigations following a newspaper report of a plot to misappropriate public funds.
The Ugandan Daily Monitor newspaper highlighted…
The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is on his way to Sudan from Israel, has touted the direct flight as a signal of a change in relationship between the two countries.
https://twitter.com/SecPompeo/status/1298168689683038208?s=20…
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says the Akufo-Addo administration has the goal to make Ghana the hub of digitization in West Africa.
According to him, this goal will be achieved if Ghanaians will renew the mandate of the New Patriot…
A lockdown has been declared in the Gaza Strip after the first coronavirus cases were discovered outside its quarantine centres.
An outbreak in impoverished Gaza has been greatly feared because of its weak health care system.
Overnig…
Anchal Kumari looked on helplessly at thousands of people displaced by floods around her village in the Madhubani district of Bihar state in northern India.
In normal times, Ms Kumari, a volunteer humanitarian worker associated with Oxf…
On the first night of the Republican Party convention, the president's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr, took centre stage and commanded the nation's attention.
"Trump's policies have been like rocket fuel to the economy," Mr Trump said duri…
South Korea has ordered the closure of all schools and kindergartens in the greater Seoul area following a rise in coronavirus cases there.
Nearly 200 staff and students have been infected in the greater Seoul area over the past two wee…
The Founder and Leader of the All People's Congress (APC), Mr. Hassan Ayariga says he will fight corruption if voted as the president of the Republic of Ghana in the December 2020 presidential elections.
Ayariga who was acclaimed as the…
Mr Hassan Ayariga, Presidential Candidate, All People's Congress (APC), has pledged the party's resolve to form an all-inclusive government with the best brains from all political parties when voted into power.
An all-inclusive govern…