Flights were suspended at the only functioning airport in Libya’s capital Tripoli on Friday due to rocket fire and shelling, officials said.
The closure of Mitiga Airport comes a day after Turkey’s parliament voted to allow a troop depl…
Authorities urged Australians on Friday to evacuate parts of the eastern states of Victoria and New South Wales to escape bushfires they fear are set to burn out of control this weekend.
In a harbinger of the searing conditions expecte…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has described as a calculated attempt by some individuals to distort history and destroy the legacy laid by the June 4th and 31st December revolutions.
According to him, the two interventions were ca…
The Electoral Commission has announced its intention to compile a new voter register in the first quarter of next year for election 2020 and beyond.
The Commission said the new voter register would include facial recognition to eliminat…
A Sudanese military plane has crashed in West Darfur state killing at least 18 people, including four children.
The aircraft crashed five minutes after taking off from an airport in the state capital of El Geneina.
It had been delive…
The United States embassy in Baghdad urged on Friday all citizens to depart Iraq immediately, hours after the U.S. killed Iranian Quds Force leader Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in an air strike.
“Du…
The Electoral Commission has said the new voter registration is meant to ensure appropriate and meaningful use of technology to safeguard the efficacy of the ballot count and the acceptance of results.
According to the Commission, the q…
Foreign Minister Wang Yi will pay official visits to the aforementioned countries from January 7 to 13
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang announces:
At the invitation of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt Sameh Hassa…
A Progress Review of the Formation of South Sudan’s Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity
The people of South Sudan deserve a government that respects human rights and leaders who make necessary compromises for the great…
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) would issue a two-year validity residence permit to American students and Missionaries in Ghana
Please find below the new visa arrangement between The Republic of Ghana and The United States of Americ…
The stowaway fell from a Kenya Airways flight from Nairobi to LondonImage caption: The stowaway fell from a Kenya Airways flight from Nairobi to London
Kenya has started reviewing its airport access rules, six months after a stowaway fe…
Iran's most powerful military commander, General Qasem Soleimani, has been killed by a US air strike in Iraq.
The 62-year old spearheaded Iranian military operations in the Middle East as head of Iran's elite Quds Force.
He was kille…
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has urged Ghanaians to imbibe and exude the virtues of peace, unity and love as the nation enters a new year.
Quoting from the scriptures, Vice President Bawumia emphasised that a peaceful, united nat…
Shares of Tullow Oil dropped by nearly a fifth on Thursday as the Africa-focused oil producer’s update on the commercial viability of its new well offshore Guyana disappointed investors.
Tullow said the Carapa well in the Kanuku offshor…
In the centre of bustling and busy Barcelona there is unusual quiet: just the babble of children playing in a small playground and the sound of the birds.
There is virtually no traffic and the space where cars would have parked is given…
Taiwan's top military official is among eight people killed when a military helicopter made an emergency landing in mountainous terrain, officials say.
General Shen Yi-ming and 12 others were on the Black Hawk helicopter when it was for…
The Reverend Isaac Obed Asamoah, Senior Pastor of Gospel Faith Ministries, Accra, has pleaded with all political parties to ensure that the 2020 general election activities are devoid of political vigilantism to avoid its associated chaos.…
Former President John Dramani Mahama and Presidential flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress has expressed concern about the growing loss of faith and trust in the country's democratic system.
He described it as a 'looming dange…
World Leaders have dispensed out goodwill messages to affirm commitment to global peace and progressive development in 2020.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson New Year message tweeted: "Hoping to make it a fantastic one for Britain. Happy…
The Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), in a New Year message said: "I would like to wish Ghanaians at home and abroad a 2020 that comes with positive change that contributes to personal and societal advancement.
"May 2020 bring with it the p…
Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia, General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has described the country's laws on political party financing and campaigning as vague and called for it to be strengthened.
He said the laws must be…
The leader of Australia's eastern New South Wales state has declared a week-long state of emergency in response to the escalating bushfire threat.
PM Scott Morrison had to cut short a visit to one fire-hit town after being heckled by an…
In our series of letters from African journalists, Sierra Leonean-Gambian writer Ade Daramy, who moved to live in The Gambia earlier this year, fastens his seat belt.
On moving to a new country, there many things to consider - learning …
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has described the interventions of June 4, 1979 and December 31, 1981 as effects of the mood of the country at the time and called for the context and circumstances of the period to be factored when tel…
The National Executive Committee of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has directed the opening of nominations to fill vacant positions in all constituencies and at the regional level.
The directive, which also applies to constituenci…
President Akufo-Addo is confident that Ghanaians will safeguard and reinforce the status of the country as a beacon of democracy in 2020.
In a New Year message on his social media handles, the President said 2020 is another important ye…
A selection of the best photos from across and about Africa this year from festivals to revolutions:
A bride from the Nubian ethnic group has her make-up done in August before her wedding in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. Originally from Sud…
An Angolan court has ordered the freezing of assets held by former president Eduardo dos Santos’ daughter, Isabel, her husband and a business associate as part of a corruption probe, a copy of the order seen by Reuters shows.
The asset …
Kenya’s annual inflation KECPI=ECI rose in December, pushed up by rising prices for food, including vegetables, the statistics office said on Tuesday.
Inflation in December rose to 5.82% from 5.56% in November. On a monthly basis, price…
Mr Joseph Atura Amiyuure, the Bolgatanga Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), over the weekend hosted dinner for the the Mayor of Diapaga and some officials from that city.
The event was to foster peace and unity and rekindle the sister-cit…
Mr Ridwan Abass Dauda, MP for the Sissala East Constituency has advised Ghanaians to stop the habit of running down people in leadership positions to promote peace and development.
He said the country was polarized especially on politic…
The United Nations warned on Tuesday that Zimbabwe faced another poor harvest in 2020 because of patchy rains, compounding problems for millions of people already grappling with a drought and the worst economic crisis in a decade.
Soari…
Charles Ble Goude, an ally of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo, has been sentenced in absentia to 20 years in prison by a court in Abidjan for his role in the civil war that followed the 2010 presidential election, his lawyers s…
Six executives of Ghana Union Movement (GUM) Party have been arrested for allegedly breaching peace and passing eccentric comments against the chiefs and people of Kwaman in the Agona West Constituency.
The arrest followed a protracted …
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is delivering on all key promises it made to Zongo communities ahead of the 2016 election, Alhaji Ali Suraj, a former NPP-USA organizer, has stated.
He said the NPP after assuming office in 2017 h…
Reverend Johnson Avuletey, Deputy Volta Regional Minister has been named the Best Deputy Regional Minister.
He was given the award at the Presidential Globe African Heroes Honours Award 2019 at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra on…
Mr Augustus Nana Kwasi Andrews, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is upbeat about the Party's chances of winning the 2020 election despite the huge gap between it and the New Patriotic Party in the 201…
We lost about N25 Billion due to bad road, Apapa-Oshodi road to be one of the best in Africa when completed - Dangote
As part of Dangote (Dangote.com) Industries Limited’s commitment to the Federal Government of Nigeria, Group President…
Turkey has submitted a bill to parliament to allow it to deploy troops in Libya, as the conflict there intensifies.
Turkey is allied with Libya's UN-backed government, which is based in the capital, Tripoli.
The move, which comes ear…
Protesters angered by recent deadly US air strikes targeting an Iran-backed Iraqi militia have attacked the US embassy compound in Baghdad.
US troops fired tear gas to disperse a crowd that breached the outer wall of the compound, which…
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia on Sunday gave the clearest indication yet that the national identification card, the Ghana Card, could be a key requirement for registration as a voter in next year’s elections.
He said the Ghana Car…
South African telecoms firm MTN (MTNJ.J) on Monday said it was reviewing allegations raised in a U.S. complaint which accuses several firms of paying protection money to extremist groups in Afghanistan.
The complaint was filed in the Un…
Uganda said it plans to borrow 6.9 trillion shillings ($1.89 billion) from external lenders in the 2020/2021 (July-June) fiscal year to partly finance its budget, which could come under pressure as veteran leader Yoweri Museveni seeks re-e…
A Sudanese court sentenced 27 members of the national intelligence service to death by hanging on Monday over the killing of a teacher in detention in February during protests that led to the overthrow of former president Omar al-Bashir.
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The Moscow authorities have dumped artificial snow in the city centre for New Year festivities, as this is now the Russian capital's warmest December since 1886.
The delivery of snow by dumper truck is causing amusement on social media.…
A gunman has opened fire in a church in Texas, fatally shooting two people before being killed by an armed member of the congregation.
The gunman stood up from a pew at West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, a suburb of Fort…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings will address this year's commemoration of the December 31 Revolution at Winneba, Central Region.
The celebration, to be held on the theme, "Monetization of Elections in Ghana: 'A threat to National …
The Reverend Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, Chief Executive Officer, Alliance for Christian Advocacy Africa, has asked presidential and parliamentary candidates for the 2020 Elections to make well thought-through promises.
He has, however, …
President of Russia Vladimir Putin extended his greetings on Christmas and the New Year 2020 to heads of foreign states and governments, as well as leaders of international organisations including BRICS.
In his message to President of B…
Years of drought have slashed food production in Zimbabwe, once an African breadbasket
Millions of Zimbabweans pushed into hunger by prolonged drought and economic crisis face an increasingly desperate situation unless adequate funding …