A Kenyan MP has been arrested for holding a public gathering contrary to Covid-19 guidelines.
MP Charles Ong'ondo Were was arrested on Tuesday evening and detained at a police station.
The MP was said to have been chairing a meeting at…
Reverend Christian Kwabena Andrews, Flagbearer of the Ghana Union Movement (GUM) for election 2020, has promised to build a new, prosperous and disciplined Ghana under his leadership, and therefore calls on Ghanaians to believe in him for …
An association, calling itself Volta Region Resource Group of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), has said contrary to the campaign of acrimony and intimidation by the military deployment, the situation in the Region represents peace …
A Kenyan senator who owned up and apologised for violating a nighttime curfew has been fined 15,000 Kenyan shillings ($139, £109) or face three months in jail.
The curfew was imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus.
Senator Johnson S…
Zambian President Edgar Lungu has asked Chinese President Xi Jinping for debt relief in a telephone call between the two leaders on Monday.
President Lungu cited the country's reduced revenues due to the coronavirus pandemic, according …
Reports from Nigeria's north-western state of Kaduna say gunmen have shot dead at least 18 people and injured more than 30 others at a wedding party.
The attack happened on Sunday night in the village of Kukun-Daji in the Kaura area of Ka…
Greta Thunberg, the Swedish environment campaigner, has been awarded a new humanitarian prize worth one million euros.
The 17-year-old founder of School Strike for Climate, won the inaugural Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity.
Judges desc…
Sudan's ousted long-serving leader Omar al-Bashir has gone on trial in the capital, Khartoum, in connection with the military coup that brought him to power more than three decades ago.
The 76-year-old, who has already been convicted fo…
Nearly one in four residents in India's capital, Delhi, has been exposed to coronavirus infection, antibody tests on a random sample of people suggest.
The government survey said 23.48% of the 21,387 people whose blood samples were test…
The UK will "bear the consequences" if it continues to go "down the wrong road" on Hong Kong, China has warned.
On Monday, the UK suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong over a new security law for the ex-colony, which gives B…
The youth have been asked to show a keen interest in the country's electoral process and ensure that it is transparent enough to guarantee free and fair elections in December.
Additionally, they must avoid political entrepreneurs who wo…
Some 164,354 applicants in the Oti Region have been registered and issued with the new voter's card by the Electoral Commission (EC).
Mr Nuhu Mohammad, the Regional Director of the Electoral Commission (EC), who disclosed this to the Ghan…
Madam Aninwaa Lucy Anin, Member of Parliament 1960 to February 24, 1966, on Sunday appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Parliament to initiate the process for the amendment of the 1992 Constitution.
"I strongly believe …
Panellists in a virtual conference have jointly called for the translation of the zeal that triggered the rise to the challenge of the COVID-19 fight in Africa to catapult it into a self-sufficiency zone.
The Leadership, Ethics and Valu…
A Zimbabwean journalist who recently exposed alleged government corruption involving coronavirus supplies has been charged with inciting public violence.
Hopewell Chin'ono live-streamed his arrest before being told to put his phone down…
The timetable for filling the dam is yet to be agreedImage caption: The timetable for filling the dam is yet to be agreed
African leaders are expected to sit down on Tuesday for a virtual meeting about Ethiopia’s controversial mega-dam ac…
Ghanaian minister of special development initiatives Hawa Koomson has admitted to firing shots at a voter registration centre in her constituency on Monday "to protect herself".
She told local TV channel Adom News that she fired "warnin…
French President Emmanuel Macron has praised the EU's histoic deal, saying "there is no such thing as a perfect world, but we have made progress".
He said the deal followed long and difficult negotiations, during which concessions had to …
The US continues to see rising cases across many states. On Monday, California recorded a daily rise of more than 11,800 new infections according to a Reuters tally.
That would make it the highest daily number the state has seen so far …
The United Arab Emirates' historic first mission to Mars is under way, after a successful lift-off in Japan.
The Hope probe launched on an H2-A rocket from Tanegashima spaceport, and is now on a 500-million-km journey to study the plane…
A community in a newly formed informal settlement near the South African city of Cape Town has given the pandemic a new twist and named their area Covid-19.
The place is occupied by people who have lost their income due to the pandemic …
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has praised young entrepreneurs for finding solutions to challenges brought by the coronavirus pandemic.
The president said young people had spotted a "silver lining" during the difficult times and…
Nurses in Israel are staging a general strike over staff shortages and poor conditions made worse by the coronavirus pandemic. These factors, they say, have made it impossible for them to work.
With more than 800 nurses in quarantine th…
Popular Kenyan actor Charles Bukeko, who passed away on Saturday at 58, died in a car while waiting for admission to a hospital in the capital, Nairobi, his widow has told mourners.
The hospital has not responded to requests from the BB…
Political parties contesting the December General Election have been asked to address issues, telling the people of their development agenda when given the mandate.
They should embark on healthy campaigns devoid of personality attacks o…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) will on Friday, July 24th, commemorate the eighth anniversary of the death of late President Professor John Evans Atta Mills.
A wreath-laying ceremony will be held at Asomdwee Park, near the Osu Ca…
The Sixth National Convention of the Progressive People's Party (PPP), on Saturday, endorsed its National Executives for a four-year term at a virtual meeting held in Accra.
Nana Ofori Owusu, the former Director of Operations is now the…
Expectant registrants turn out in their numbers as the fourth phase of the Electoral Commission's (EC) Voter Registration Exercise began on Sunday, July 19, at Ablekuma North Constituency.
Mr Ernest Dagbui, Registration Officer for the…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has described as untrue reports it prevented some party agents of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) from observing the Voters Registration Exercise at the Tepa Senior High School and Prempeh College in th…
The Progressive People's Party (PPP) says it holds the agenda for "true change" in Ghana's development aspirations.
It will, therefore, pursue aggressive policies to rejuvenate indigenous businesses and transform the economy for rapid g…
In Mauritius, EU humanitarian funding is supporting the national coronavirus preparedness and response plan
The European Commission is providing €64.7 million in humanitarian aid for countries in the southern Africa region to help suppo…
More than 105,000 people have been arrested in Zimbabwe since March for violating regulations aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus, police say.
Around 1,000 were arrested in the last two days for "unnecessary movement" or for not …
In our series of Letters from African journalists, Waihiga Mwaura asks why so many Kenyans are not taking the global coronavirus seriously.
Despite global scientific data showing that Covid-19 is a deadly new strain of coronavirus, whic…
Kenya's government spokesperson has denied reports of being hospitalised for Covid-19 treatment.
Cyrus Oguna, a retired army colonel, tweeted on Sunday night that he had been out of the capital, Nairobi, on assignment and had not been h…
EU talks aimed at reaching an agreement on a huge post-coronavirus recovery fund have stretched into a fourth day.
The main division is between countries hit hardest by the virus - such as Italy and Spain - and some EU members seeking t…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has given a firm assurance that it is in pole position to register all eligible Ghanaians in the ongoing voters registration exercise.
The Chairperson of the commission, Mrs Jean Mensa, who gave the assuran…
The Bono Regional Executive Secretary of the National Peace Council, Suallah Abdallah Quandah has called for an investigation into activities of Police in Banda of the Bono Region.
Suallah Abdallah Quandah said residents have lost confi…
India recorded more than 40,000 infections on Sunday, the highest number of daily cases yet. Local media reported that the past week was the "deadliest" with more than 230,000 cases confirmed.
The country crossed the one million infecti…
The Office of the President says President Nana Akufo-Addo will not change his stance on the directive for the Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo to proceed on leave.
The Secretary to the President, Nana Asante Bediatuo in a response to a…
Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama has tested positive for Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by coronavirus.
He is a member of a presidential task force on Covid-19 that is coordinating the country's response to th…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has registered 7,279,237 prospective voters after 16 days of registration, according to its provisional data.
The bulk of the registered persons have been in the Greater Accra Region and Ashanti Region, in …
Zimbabwe’s economy is set to shrink by 4.5% this year, according to the latest government projection.
The forecast has changed from an earlier prediction of a 3% contraction.
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said the revision was because …
The US justice department says former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh used the proceeds of bribery and embezzled public funds to buy a mansion in a Washington suburb when he was in power.
According to documents presented as part of an ef…
The Catholic Church in Uganda has suspended all staff in its private schools across the country, local newspaper Daily Monitor reports.
The church has advised all its educational institutions to suspend payments because of the impact o…
A campaign aimed at increasing domestic travel across Japan will not include trips to Tokyo, Japan has said.
The capital saw 286 cases on Thursday - a record high - sparking concerns that the virus could resurge.
The "Go To Travel Ca…
The Human Rights Court (High Court Division) on Thursday fixed July 21 to deliver its decision on whether or not to compel the Electoral Commission (EC) to furnish Mr. Henry Ernest Norgbey, Member of Parliament with some procurement inform…
Nana K. Aborampah Mensah, the Programmes Coordinator at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), on Thursday charged the Electoral Commission (EC) to address the challenges associated with the ongoing Voters' Registration Exercis…
Brazil has now tallied more than two million confirmed virus cases.
It was less than a month ago that Brazil reached one million cases - and there is little sign that the rate of increase is slowing.
Brazil, which is home to around 2…
A delegation of tribal leaders from eastern Libya has authorised the Egyptian military to intervene to protect Libya's sovereignty, Egypt says.
The tribal figures had earlier had talks in Egypt's capital, Cairo, with President Abdel Fatta…
Gabon's President Ali Bongo has appointed Christiane Ossouka Raponda as prime minister, the first woman to become the head of government in the West African country.
The 56-year-old replaces Julien Nkoghe Bekale, who held the post for 1…