The number of confirmed coronavirus cases across the globe has surpassed 30 million, according to figures by America's Johns Hopkins University.
More than 940,000 have died with Covid-19 since the outbreak began in China late last year.…
Bolivia's interim President Jeanine Áñez has quit the presidential election due on 18 October.
She said she did not want to split the vote and see the return to office of former President Evo Morales' Mas socialist party.
Mas candida…
New England-wide measures which could see hospitality businesses shut are being considered by the UK government to slow a surge of coronavirus cases.
A short period of tighter restrictions - lasting a few weeks - could be announced in t…
The Electoral Commission (EC) will from September 18 – 25, exhibit the provisional voters register at all 33,367 centres, Mrs Jean Mensa, Chairperson of the EC, said on Thursday.
The centres will be open from 0700hours to 1800hours each…
Mali's former president Moussa Traoré will be buried on Friday at the Place d'Armes du Genie Militaire, the former air base in the capital, Bamako.
The leader of the military junta Col Assimi Goita is expected to attend.
Mr Traoré died…
Botswana wives can for the first time own land alongside their husbands, President Mokgweetsi Masisi has said.
Until now, the country's land policy stopped wives from owning land if their husbands already had some.
Only unmarried wom…
A Rwandan court has denied bail to Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood movie about the 1994 genocide.
Mr Rusesabagina, who was living in exile until he arrived in Rwanda under mysterious circumstances at the en…
Mohamed Hussein Roble, the newly appointed prime minister of Somalia
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has named Mohamed Hussein Roble as prime minister.
The president said Mr Roble was selected on the basis of "his knowledge,…
Police on the Greek island of Lesbos are moving thousands of migrants and refugees from the fire-gutted Moria camp to a new tent city nearby.
Seventy female officers in protective suits were flown in to organise the transfer of women an…
Mr Ernest Patrick Kodzo Mallet, the District Chief Executive (DCE) of South Dayi, has said the District is a beneficiary of government’s policies, programmes and plans.
He said the District under the NPP-led government saw socio-economi…
Strict caps on international arrivals have left around 30,000 Australians stranded in the UK and unable to return home, a group of airlines say.
It is essential to help Australians camped out at Heathrow airport in London, the Board of …
We've been reporting on the politics of vaccine development and distribution in the US - and the climate of claim and counter-claim involving President Trump and his top scientists. In Bahrain, meanwhile, the Crown Prince has stepped forwa…
The Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has translated provisions in Act 999 of 2019, into Twi and Hausa languages to aid reading and comprehension by the youth.
The aim is to ensure that the Act, which deals with vigila…
The governor of Nigeria’s north-western Kaduna state, Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, has signed into law a measure introducing tough penalties for convicted rapists.
The law says those convicted of raping a child below the age of 14 should be su…
Former Mauritius president and biodiversity scientist, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, says Mauritian is getting most of its information on the oil spill from the newspapers - not the government.
A Japanese-owned vessel, the Wakashio, ran aground …
Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is the current Vice President of Ghana, an Economist and an astute Banker. He was born on October 7, 1963 in Tamale to Alhaji Mumuni Bawumia, former Chairman of the Council of State (1992–2000) and Hajia Mariama Bawumia…
Members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Kpone-Katamanso Constituency led.
by its parliamentary candidate have embarked on a walk to canvass for votes ahead of the December general elections.
The exercise, …
Mr Isaac Ashai Odamtten, parliamentary candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Tema East says he would unseat the incumbent Member of Parliament, Mr Daniel Kwartei Titus-Glover.
Mr Odamtten said looking at the massive su…
The Civil Society Organizations Platform for Good Governance (CSOPGG), a consortium of CSOs in the Northern region, has advised the citizenry to embrace politics as an indispensable tool for nation building and work consciously towards ach…
World Food Programme (WFP) expands assistance to families struggling in flood-devastated regions of Sudan
The flooding is the worst Sudan has seen in nearly a century
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling up its em…
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) says it is focusing on building structures for wider participation in both party and national activities.
Nana Akosua Frimpomaa Sarpong Kumankumah, Chair and Leader of the CPP, said “today when we sit…
Members serving on the sub-Metropolitan District and Town Councils should demonstrate patriotism and commitment to duty, Mr Osei Assibey-Antwi, the Mayor of Kumasi, has advised.
He tasked them to work within their terms of references, s…
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has lauded the collaboration between Volkswagen (VW) Ghana and BlackIvy, saying it is an excellent collaboration and pledged the complete support of Ghana to the partnership.
"Producing the quality on …
Joe Biden has said he will not allow peace in Northern Ireland to become a "casualty of Brexit" if he is elected US President in November.
The Democratic candidate said any UK-US trade deal had to be "contingent" on respect for the Good…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged his countrymen to mark this year's Heritage Day by taking up the Jerusalema dance challenge.
Jerusalema is a hit song by South African musician and producer Master KG that has been a maj…
Ghana’s former President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings, has urged the new leadership in Mali to use the transition period to exhibit exceptional leadership for the country and usher her into a prosperous era.
A statement signed by Kobina …
Ivory Coast will not recognise Tuesday's ruling by the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights that allowed former Prime Minister, Guillaume Soro to run in next month's elections.
Government spokesperson Sidi Tiémoko Touré said the a…
Belarusian protest organiser Maria Kolesnikova has been charged with incitement to undermine national security, officials say.
Three women have been leading a mass opposition movement, but she is the only one not to go into exile.
Ms…
More than 200 prisoners have escaped from a jail in north-east Uganda, officials say, bringing the local town to a standstill while security forces try to track them down.
The inmates reportedly killed a soldier after they broke out of …
Former President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings, has accused Professor Kwamena Ahwoi of twisting events in his (Prof Ahwoi’s) book Working with Rawlings.
According to him, Prof. Ahwoi did not present the true state of events, especially hi…
South Africa, which had one of the world's earliest and strictest lockdowns, has announced a further easing of anti-coronavirus measures.
From 20 September an overnight curfew will be reduced, gatherings will be allowed at 50% of a venu…
The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has given Mali a one-week period effective September 15, 2020, to either form a transitioning government or face mixed sanctions.
…
The Queen Mother of Kansaworodo in the Essikado Constituency of the Western Region, Nana Akua Mansa II has commended President Akufo-Addo for the massive road development in the area.
Speaking during a visit by Vice President Dr Mahamud…
Barbados has announced its intention to remove Queen Elizabeth as its head of state and become a republic.
"The time has come to fully leave our colonial past behind," the Caribbean island nation's government said.
It aims to complet…
Smoke from the wildfires ravaging much of the US West Coast has spread to the east of the country, casting a haze over New York and Washington DC.
The blazes have burned vast areas of land and killed at least 36 people since early Augus…
A section of police officers in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, have been buying their own uniforms from civilian tailors to comply with an alleged order to wear new-look uniforms despite lack of supplies, local media report.
The police offic…
The flag bearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), former President John Dramani, has criticised the Akufo-Addo administration for managing an economy that he says only benefits a handful of people.
He said when given…
Ivory Coast’s former President Laurent Gbagbo has been barred from running in the 31 October presidential election.
The constitutional council said he could not run as he was not on the electoral roll because he was convicted of a finan…
The UK has threatened to issue visa bans on Nigerian politicians linked to electoral violence ahead of governorship elections in two states later this month.
It has also warned of their potential prosecution under international law and …
Mr Yaw Danso, District Chief Executive for Bosome Freho, has asked traditional and religious leaders to lead the campaign for peaceful electioneering campaigns in the country.
He said traditional rulers, religious leaders, opinion, and …
Discussions on reverting mission schools to the Missions will be re-opened if the National Democratic Congress (NDC) returns to government, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, Vice Presidential Candidate of the NDC has said.
According…
The Coalition of NGOs under the UN Department of Global Communications (Cunangos) has called on governments to be transparent, responsive and accountable in measures taken to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.
In a press statement issued in…
Mr John Ampontuah Kumah, NPP parliamentary candidate for Ejisu has donated 40 sets of sewing machines to two zones of the Ghana National Tailors and Dressmakers Association (NTDA).
The beneficiary zones were the KNUST zone, which receiv…
It took bold,decisive and visionary leadership of President Akufo-Addo to turn around the fortunes of a country whose economy was in disarray, Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, Deputy Campaign Manager, New Patriotic Party (NPP), has said.
Dr Ab…
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has advised the youth to collaborate with traditional authorities to facilitate rapid socio-economic development in their jurisdictions.
He also entreated them to be law-abiding and endeavour t…
Ghana's President, Nana Akufo- Addo, says West African leaders hope to see a civilian- led government installed in Mali within days.
He spoke after talks between regional leaders and the military junta that seized power in Mali last month…
The Kenyan government has included neighbouring Tanzania in its list of countries whose travellers are exempted from mandatory quarantine upon arrival.
The move is considered controversial as Tanzania has not published figures of Covid-19…
The US state department has announced economic sanctions against Zineb Jammeh, the wife of Gambia’s former President, Yahya Jammeh.
Zineb is believed to have assisted or facilitated the corruption carried out during her husband's 22-yea…
President Donald Trump's former National Security Adviser John Bolton is being investigated for possibly disclosing classified information when he published his memoir in June.
The US Department of Justice launched a criminal case after…
Shinzo Abe was Japan's prime minister for so long that people around the world came to recognise his face and perhaps even knew how to pronounce his name. So, should we all now be learning how to say Yoshihide Suga? That is a difficult que…
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