South Africa's students in all grades resume classes on Monday after weeks of closure because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Final-year students had resumed classes earlier to prepare for examinations.
President Cyril Ramaphosa closed …
he National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddie Blay has called on Ghanaians to renew the mandate of the party in order to safeguard the country's future.
According to him, the NPP under President Akufo-Addo has been able…
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has givien the Nana-Addo administration a pat on the back for its performance in office.
According to Kufuor, the government has done wonders in less than four years in office.
He said this in a r…
Mr Benjamin Anafo, the Convention People’s Party (CPP) Parliamentary Candidate for Zebilla Constituency in the Upper East Region says, the constituents are fed up with the failed promises of the two major political parties and are ready fo…
Mr Ivor Kobina Greenstreeet, newly elected Presidential Aspirant of the Convention Peoples’ Party (CPP) on Sunday said: “Ghana needs the CPP desperately.
Our country needs a progressive government to transform the nation”.
He theref…
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has stated that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will remove import duty on sanitary pads.
The intervention is geared towards reducing its market price, encourage usage and promote personal hygiene …
Spain saw one of the most draconian Covid-19 lockdowns in Europe, but two months after it was lifted, the virus is spreading faster than in any neighbouring nation.
It now has Europe's fastest-rising caseload, with 142 positive cases pe…
A post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and the EU "seems unlikely" at this stage, the bloc's negotiator has said.
Speaking after the latest round of talks, Michel Barnier said he was "disappointed" and "concerned".
His UK counterpar…
Mr. Benjamin Yeboah Sekyere, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tano South Constituency in the Ahafo Region on Thursday, described the level of development brought to the area under President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's government as unpr…
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan reconverted the historic Chora church, one of Istanbul’s most celebrated Byzantine buildings, into a mosque on Friday, a month after opening the famed Hagia Sophia to Muslim worship.
The mediaeval Church…
Victor Mpofu is using satire to shine a light on Zimbabwe’s political problems, reaching a growing audience despite living in fear of retribution from President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government.
Mpofu, aka Doc Vikela, has seen his follow…
Doctors in most public hospitals in Kenya’s capital went on strike on Friday to protest against delayed salaries and a lack of protective equipment when handling patients who may have COVID-19.
The strike began at midnight on Friday, sa…
Volunteers in Mauritius say the government is putting in place restrictions blocking them from accessing shorelines where they have been helping clean up a recent oil spill.
Authorities have said the areas need to be restricted for publ…
Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has urged her supporters to step up their strikes despite "intimidation" from the authorities, as prosecutors question her allies.
In a new video address from exile in neighbouring Lithua…
Regularly washing hands is one of the key preventative measures for the spread of coronavirusImage caption: Regularly washing hands is one of the key preventative measures for the spread of coronavirus
Rwanda’s top referral hospital has…
The Convention People's Party (CPP) vetting committee has approved 20 aspirants to contest for various positions in the upcoming national congress of the Party.
This was revealed at a press briefing organised by the Party's congress pla…
Two gold nuggets worth around A$350,000 (£190,000; US$250,000) have been discovered by a pair of diggers in southern Australia.
Brent Shannon and Ethan West found the nuggets near goldmining town Tarnagulla in Victoria state.
Their luc…
Crowds rejoiced after a group of colonels seized power in Mali, a vast country stretching into the Sahara, where troops - including French soldiers and UN peacekeepers - are fighting jihadist groups, but not everyone is happy, writes West …
Two children were left severely injured when an explosive, a remnant of the Nigeria's civil war of 1967-1970, detonated in Eziorsu, Ugwuta in the south-eastern Imo state.
The explosive detonated on Tuesday night when the children, aged …
Former President John Dramani Mahama, flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described the upcoming elections as a critical event that would help mould the nation's destiny.
He said the December general elections woul…
Mr John Dramani Mahama, Flagbearer, National Democratic! Congress (NDC), says a new NDC government would implement a free Primary Health Care Plan to provide quality health care for all Ghanaians.
He said "this will remove cost as a barri…
The Bolivian justice ministry has filed a criminal complaint against former President Evo Morales for statutory rape and human trafficking.
It comes after photographs were published in national media of the 60-year-old ex-leader with a …
The army officers that seized control in Mali have announced that land and air borders will be reopened on Friday.
The borders were closed after a coup this week.
The coup leaders have also said they are in contact with opposition gr…
Newly minted Democratic White House nominee Joe Biden said US President Donald Trump has "cloaked America in darkness for much too long".
The former US vice-president said his rival has unleashed "too much anger, too much fear, too much…
Average daily cases of coronavirus in Africa fell last week, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).
The continent-wide daily average was 10,300 last week, down from 11,000 the week before.
Th…
Local officials in Florida have approved the release of 750 million mosquitoes that have been genetically modified to reduce local populations.
The aim is to reduce the number of mosquitoes that carry diseases like dengue or the Zika vi…
THE Electoral Commission (EC) says it cannot implement the Representation of the People Amendment Act (ROPAA), 2006 (Act 699) for this year’s general election.
Following the passage of the law, Ghanaians in the Diaspora had eagerly been…
Mr John Dramani Mahama, Presidential Candidate, National Democratic Congress (NDC), has proposed a debate on infrastructure between him and President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
Mr Mahama said he was willing to present himself for a de…
Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, Vice Presidential Candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has given the assurance that they would provide teachers and Nurses enhanced remuneration when the party returns to power.
She a…
Ghana has joined other ECOWAS Member States and the International Community to condemn Mali's military mutiny.
The incident had resulted in the arrest and subsequent resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, dissolution of his go…
Haiti’s school children missed class this year first due to months of violent unrest, then the coronavirus pandemic. Now, as schools are finally reopening, many parents can no longer afford it, raising the prospect hard-won gains in educat…
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was fighting for his life in a Siberian hospital on Thursday after drinking tea that allies said they think was laced with poison.
A fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin, Navalny started feeling ill o…
South Africa's electricity company Eskom says it will extend scheduled blackouts into Thursday as breakdowns continued to weigh on the system.
The power cuts, known locally as loadshedding, will be implemented from 0700 GMT to 2000 GMT …
Kenya is developing a protocol that will allow experts to explore treatment of moderately ill Covid-19 patients with blood plasma from recovered patients.
Covid-19 survivors are left with blood plasma, the liquid portion of the blood, tha…
Uganda’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the government’s failure to provide basic maternal healthcare services violates the constitution and subjects women to inhumane and degrading treatment.
The court awarded $84,000 (£64,000) in…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has inaugurated a 34-member Upper East Regional campaign team in Bolgatanga, to spearhead activities of the party ahead of the December polls.
The role of the regional campaign team is to work tirelessly to…
India has reported a record daily increase of 69,672 coronavirus infections.
The total number of cases in the country now stands at about 2.84 million, according to official data published on Thursday.
A further 997 deaths were reporte…
Mr John Dramani Mahama, the Flag-bearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on Volta Chiefs to consider him as a son, who must be supported to the top.
The former President who is seeking a comeback as the ne…
Leaders of West African countries are due to discuss the military coup in Mali at a video conference shortly.
The regional bloc, Ecowas, has already announced Mali's suspension, along with the closure of its borders.
Ecowas is also con…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has out-doored a 30-member of Oti Regional Campaign team to prosecute its agenda towards the re-election of President Akufo-Addo for a second term in the December elections.
Mr Sammy Awuku, National Youth O…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the construction of a Gold Processing Plant at Aboso in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Assembly of the Western Region.
The Plant, which would be managed by the Yellow Tails Limited …
Government has launched a new website, www.deliverytracker.gov.gh, to allow the public to track, verify and interrogate the infrastructural projects undertaken by the Akufo-Addo administration.
The website provides detailed information …
Mr Gregory Andrews, the Australian High Commissioner-designate to Ghana, has presented his open letters to madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, in Accra.
The Minister congratulated Mr And…
NOGAID Ghana, a forefront development organisation in the Northern Region, has urged the citizenry to applaud the Electoral Commission (EC) for successfully creating a new voters register.
NOGAID Ghana said "Undoubtedly, Madam Jean Mens…
Barack Obama accused Donald Trump of treating the US presidency like "one more reality show", in a withering speech to the Democratic convention.
The former US president said his Republican successor "hasn't grown into the job because h…
Countries across Europe are reporting a surge in coronavirus cases, with several posting their highest figures in months:
• Spain reported 3,715 new infections in its daily count on Wednesday - the highest figure since the country came …
Kamala Harris has accepted her historic nomination as the US Democratic party's vice-presidential candidate, running with Joe Biden for the White House.
In a speech to her party convention, the first US woman of colour on a major-party …
Zambia's Vice-President Inonge Wina has tested positive for coronavirus.
Her daughter with who she lives with has also contracted the virus, according to President Edgar Lungu.
President Lungu has wished the 79-year-old leader a quick …
Authorities in the South Korean capital, Seoul, have banned gatherings of more than 10 people after new cases of coronavirus reached a five-month high.
The measure takes effect on Friday and will remain in place until the end of the month…
The United Nations has joined global condemnation of the military takeover in Mali, which saw President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta forced to resign.
The UN's Security Council echoed similar calls by regional bodies for the immediate release…