Archbishop John Bonaventure Kwofie, the Catholic Archbishop of Accra, has expressed worry over the increasing demand on members of Parliament (MPs) to perform functions outside their constitutional mandate.
He said the undue demands on …
The Western North Regional Branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has congratulated Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyebi II, Paramount Chief of Sefwi-Anwhiaso Traditional area on his election as the President of the National House of Chiefs.
The Party …
A total of 2,260 polling stations would be operated by the Electoral Commission (EC) on Election Day in the Volta Region.
Mr Selormey Adukpo Dogbey, Volta Regional Director of the EC, said the increment from the total of 2,011 stations …
The event was marked by the Signing of agreements for the implementation of the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) activities
The 29th Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) designated 14th Nove…
Archbishop John Bonaventure Kwofie, the Catholic Archbishop of Accra, has expressed worry over the increasing demand on members of Parliament (MPs) to perform functions outside their constitutional mandate.
He said the undue demands on …
Amnesty international has called for the immediate release of Ivory Coast's opposition leader, Pascal Affi N’guessan, and others who were arrested days after the constitutional court confirmed President Alassane Ouattara’s re-election.
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He was appointed to lead the fight against corruption for seven years, but nearly three years after he had been sworn into office, the Special Prosecutor (SP), Mr Martin Alamisi Burns Kaiser Amidu, has resigned.
Mr Amidu cited what he d…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has given the go-ahead to an agreement with Sudan on setting up a Russian naval facility on Sudan's Red Sea coast.
Russia plans to create a logistics and repair hub for its navy that will be limited to 3…
Hurricane Iota has made landfall in Nicaragua two weeks after another devastating storm hit.
The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said the storm crossed the coast on Monday evening.
It had strengthened at sea to a category five sto…
Peru's Congress has elected a new interim president - the country's third head of state in under a week.
Congressman Francisco Sagasti, a 76-year-old engineer and academic, will lead the country until the presidential election next year…
US President-elect Joe Biden has warned that "people may die" if his incoming administration continues to be impeded by incumbent Donald Trump.
Mr Biden said co-ordination was needed to tackle the coronavirus outbreak.
He called Pres…
More than two million children in Cameroon do not have a birth certificate, Public Health Minister Manaouda Malachie has said.
This could affect their access to basic government services, such as health and education, in the future.
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Ethiopia's minister in charge of democratisation, Zadig Abraha, has said the ongoing fighting between federal troops and those loyal to the Tigray regional government is not a civil war.
The minister also told BBC's Focus on Africa that…
The Ahafo Regional Police Command has vowed to restrict parliamentary candidates in the region from carrying more than three persons to accompany them to visit polling stations during the December 7, 2020 elections.
The command said onl…
All the 16 regions will receive the electoral materials they require for the 2020 elections by Friday, November 20, this year.
Ahead of that, the Electoral Commission (EC) will hold an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting with …
The doctors' union in Kenya has accused the government of not protecting healthcare workers who are treating Covid-19 patients, after the deaths of four medical practitioners last week.
They all died in a 24-hour period, although it is …
South Australian authorities say they are facing a "dangerous situation" after reporting 18 coronavirus cases in the state's first outbreak since April.
Up to 13 infections were linked to a hotel quarantine worker in Adelaide who spread…
Four people have gone on trial in France over an August 2015 plot to attack Americans on a high-speed train.
Ayoub El-Khazzani is accused of opening fire on board a train travelling from Amsterdam to Paris, three months before the Paris…
Boris Johnson has reiterated he is "confident [the UK] will prosper" outside the EU if a post-Brexit trade deal is not agreed with the bloc.
Talks began again in Brussels on Monday, with the UK's chief negotiator saying there had been "…
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government said on Monday it had captured another town in the northern Tigray region after nearly two weeks of fighting in a conflict already spilling into Eritrea and destabilising the wider Horn of A…
South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma has applied for Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo to recuse himself as the head of a commission investigating corruption during his presidency.
The inquiry, known as the Zondo Commission, was …
Peru’s interim president Manuel Merino resigned on Sunday after less than a week in office, leaving the country in limbo following lawmakers’ demands he step down over two deaths during protests at the sudden ouster of his predecessor.
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The Mo Ibrahim index found a decline in citizens' participation, human rights, rule of law and securityImage caption: The Mo Ibrahim index found a decline in citizens' participation, human rights, rule of law and security
Overall governan…
Thousands of people in Tigray have fled into neighbouring Sudan as a result of the fightingImage caption: Thousands of people in Tigray have fled into neighbouring Sudan as a result of the fighting Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasa…
The National Peace Council (NPC) has called for free and credible Election 2020 that reflects the will of Ghanaians.
Loss of confidence in the electoral processes and results, Mr George Amoh, the Executive Secretary of the NPC, noted co…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Essikado-Ketan constituency, Professor Grace Ayensu-Danquah has rolled out a micro-finance credit scheme for traders in the Constituency as part of actions to empower women…
The National Peace Council in collaboration with the Stanford Seed Transformation Network (STN) Ghana have called on Ghanaians to work together and contribute to the country's peace.
They urged the citizens to promote and maintain in al…
Two Parliamentary candidates in the Anyaa Sowutuom Constituency have promised to provide improved road networks when voted into office.
They are Mr Emmanuel Adotey Allotey, the Parliamentary Candidate (PC) for the National Democratic Co…
Dr Hafiz Bin Salih, the Upper West Regional Minister has appealed to the media to promote national cohesion and peace-building before, during, and after the December 7 elections.
By this, he admonished the media to desist from carrying …
A well-known Christian preacher has skipped bail in South Africa and fled the country.
Shepherd Bushiri, who had previously said he wanted to clear his name, has now returned to his home country, Malawi, with his wife Mary.
Earlier t…
Ethiopia appears to be fast approaching civil war. Fighting between forces loyal to the federal government headed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) has claimed hundreds of lives and is threatening…
Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini says he is asymptomaticImage caption: Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini says he is asymptomatic
Eswatini Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini has tested positive for Covid-19.
The prime minister on Sunday said he …
The US faces a huge task in reversing a culture of "crazy conspiracy theories" that have exacerbated divides in the country, Barack Obama says.
In a BBC interview, the former president says the US is more sharply split than even four ye…
Kenya's Education Minister George Magoha has announced that all students will return to school on 4 January.
Currently, only final year students are in school while in some places lessons have continued online for students in other year…
Michigan and Washington are the latest US states to bring in strict measures to try and curb the spread of Covid-19.
High schools and colleges are to halt on-site teaching and restaurants are prohibited from offering indoor dining in Mi…
Mr John Dramani Mahama, Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has assured commercial drivers and vehicle owners that his next administration will reduce import duties on commercial vehicles to make them affordable.
He sa…
Rev Johnson Avuletey, Deputy Volta Regional Minister, has asked Assembly Members to eschew political affiliations and work in unity for development.
He said strict adherence to political party lineages caused assembly-members and their …
Panellists at a Town Hall Meeting in Tamale have expressed the resolve of their respective institutions to ensure a free and fair, and an incident free December polls.
They indicated that the institutions were embarking on series of sen…
The Greater Accra Regional Secretariat of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will hold a grand vigil today, Sunday, November 15, to honour the memory of the late President Jerry John Rawlings.
The vigil will take place at the Obra S…
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the Nigerian government to unblock the bank accounts of anti-police brutality protesters.
The rights watchdog also wants all fines to individuals and organisations related to the anti-police brutal…
The prison authorities in Rwanda have denied claims from the Paul Rusesabagina foundation that his health is deteriorating in Kigali Prison as he awaits trial.
The foundation said on Friday that Mr Rusesabagina “continues to suffer from…
Dominic Cummings, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s most powerful adviser, will step down by year-end, reducing the sway of Brexit hardliners as Johnson tries to recast his premiership after a series of failures in tackling the corona…
Former Chief of the Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces, Brigadier-General Joseph Nunoo-Mensah (retd), has stated that the Ghana Union Movement (GUM) offers the best options to transform the country.
He said the GUM under its leader…
Burnt-out house in northern Mozambique
The UN has called for urgent measures to protect civilians in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province, where Islamist militants have stepped up attacks and there have been reports of beheadings and kidnap…
Brazil’s vice president Hamilton Mourao said on Friday that Joe Biden’s victory in the U.S. presidential elections was “becoming more and more irreversible”.
Democrat Biden cemented his victory in the Nov. 3 election by capturing the ba…
France is holding ceremonies for the victims of the 2015 Paris attacks, carried out by Islamic State (IS) militants.
The shootings and bombings left 130 dead and 350 wounded - the worst peacetime atrocity in decades.
The gunmen who s…
Women have been asked to impress on their spouse and relations to stay away from political violence to safeguard national peace and stability, before, during, and after Election 2020.
Mr Kokro Amankwaa, the General Secretary of the Asso…
A joint archaeological project between Nigeria and Britain has been announced that will investigate a site in southern Nigeria hugely important to the former African Kingdom of Benin.
Excavations in Benin City, formerly known as Edo, wi…
China has finally congratulated Joe Biden on his projected win in the US presidential election, breaking a frosty period of silence.
"We respect the choice of the American people. We extend congratulations to Mr Biden and Ms Harris," a …
Reverend Johnson Avuletey, the Deputy Volta Regional Minister, has expressed shock at the death of Former President Rawlings, saying he was a great personality the country has lost.
"He is a great personality this country has lost and t…
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