The Deputy Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Nuertey Ayertey, has called for the protection of children, adolescents and girls to enable them to grow to become responsible adults.
''We believe that as a people we should strive toward…
The hashtag #ShameOnTheChurches is trending in Kenya after a Sunday service at a Catholic Church descended into chaos when two MPs started fighting.
They had both addressed the congregation in the town of Kiharu, in central Murang’a cou…
Robert Mugabe's nephew has said the former Zimbabwean leader died a "very bitter" man.
Mr Mugabe, who died aged 95 last week, led Zimbabwe for nearly four decades until he was ousted by a coup in 2017.
"Imagine people you trusted - peo…
Bahamian officials have defended their response to Hurricane Dorian after it devastated parts of the island chain last week, killing at least 43 people.
Residents on the Abaco Islands have accused the government of failing to provide as…
Russia's ruling United Russia party has suffered major losses in Sunday's election to the Moscow city parliament, nearly complete results show.
The party lost nearly a third of the seats in the 45-member parliament, but remains on course …
An Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Ghana, Legon, Prof. Ransford Gyampo, has said Ghana’s democracy is gradually treading on a dangerous path with the over-increasing splashing of money by politicians as a ba…
A lecturer at the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana, Professor Joseph Atsu Ayee, has called for the setting up of a new body to regulate the financing of political parties to curb corruption.
He said the Electora…
Madam Tangoba Abayage, the Upper East Regional Minister, has called on municipal and district chief executives in the Region to monitor and supervise projects to avoid delays and shoddy works by contractors.
She said the Government was …
Madam Tangoba Abayage, the Upper East Regional Minister, has called on Civil and Public Servants to put aside their political interests and support the Government to carry out its development agenda.
"For any municipality, district or c…
Mr Yaw Osafo Maafo, Senior Minister, has held consultations with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) as part of efforts to broaden discussions on the 'Ghana Beyond Aid' charter document for effective implementation.
The consultations wil…
Angola receives unctad’s support on business climate reforms to boost economic diversification and responsible investment in agriculture
The Ministry of Trade, the Ministry of Economy and Planning and UNCTAD discussed reforms to boost F…
Since 1995, the American people, through USAID, have provided $100 million in assistance to conserve monuments and masterpieces spanning the full range of Egypt's long history
In support of Egypt’s vital tourism industry, the thousands …
Boris Johnson must put his ego aside to break the Brexit deadlock for the sake of Britain's long-term sustainable economic growth, blasts the boss of the world's largest independent financial advisory organization.
Nigel Green, founder …
City of Tampere: First Downtown Arena in Finland Got Its Ground-breaking Ceremony - Arena Designed by Daniel Libeskind
The City of Tampere’s newest district is being constructed over the railway tracks in Tampere city centre. The main l…
P&G, National Geographic and Global Citizen Launch Groundbreaking Series, ACTIVATE: THE GLOBAL CITIZEN MOVEMENT To Drive Action Around Poverty, Inequality and Sustainability
Six-Part Docuseries Draws Attention to Critical World Issues W…
The African Union Commission, AUDA-NEPAD and OCP Group Deepen Collaboration to Develop Agriculture in Africa
OCP Group is a major player in Africa’s sustainable development and does so by contributing to the African agricultural ecosyst…
Thousands of people have flocked to the capital, Port Louis, to catch a glimpse of the leader of the Catholic Chuch, including Solange who told the BBC she saw his predecessor Pope John Paul II 30 years ago:
"I still remember how we wel…
A no-deal Brexit would be a failure that both the British and Irish governments would be responsible for, Boris Johnson has said.
The prime minister was in Dublin for his first meeting with Irish PM Leo Varadkar since he entered Number …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will today address the country on major strides the government is making in the fight against corruption.
He will do so at the annual conference of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), slated for the …
Over the past two centuries, millions of dedicated people – revolutionaries, activists, politicians, and theorists – have yet to curb the disastrous and increasingly globalised trajectory of economic polarisation and ecological degradation…
Robert Gabriel Mugabe was a man who divided global public opinion like few others.
To some, he was an evil dictator who should have ended his days in jail for crimes against humanity.
To others, he was a revolutionary hero, who fough…
It will be his fourth visit to the continent since he became the head of the Roman Catholic Church in 2013, compared to the two his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, made during his eight-year papacy.
The importance of Africa to the Catholi…
Isaac Adjei Mensah, Member of Parliament (MP) for Wassa East in the Western Region, has urged the leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to join forces and embark on community tours to energise the grassroots and branch execu…
John Boadu, the General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has made his assessment of commitments, dedication, determination and propositions of the NPP in which the party is working systematically to fulfil campaign promises.
…
Participants at a day's stakeholders forum on enhancing public accountability and environmental governance have urged government to ensure that it sets up offices of anti-corruption institutions at all municipal and district levels.
Th…
Richard Johnson said his six-year-old brother Adrian was just too small to withstand Hurricane Dorian. The boy was blown into churning storm surge and is among thousands of people missing, many of them children, after the worst hurricane t…
A 73-year-old woman in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has given birth to twin girls.
Doctors delivered the twins, who were born following IVF treatment, on Thursday.
"The mother and the babies are doing well," Dr Uma San…
1) He was an early riser and traditional eater
Needing little sleep, Mr Mugabe used to wake between 04:00 and 05:00 every morning to exercise and would, according to a close source, listen to the BBC World Service.
He also prefer…
The Agona Swedru High Court has adjourned the injunction case filed against the Agona East National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary primary to Friday, 27 September.
The court, presided over by Justice Janet Anima Marfo, adjourne…
he Member of Parliament (MP) for Adenta Constituency, Yaw Buabeng Asamoah yesterday inspected some ongoing road projects in the metropolis.
Accompanied by some party executives from the constituency, he visited the Tano asphalt road pro…
Four months after his younger sister Samya died in an Ethiopian Airlines crash with 156 others, Adnaan Stumo sifted soil through his fingers at the site where the plane came down.
His hand closed around a human jawbone.
“I just looke…
The number of women climbing the career ladder in science is "disappointingly low", say researchers.
Women make up half of students in the life sciences, but only one in four professors, according to data from 500 scientific institution…
The Chinese government says it plans to "curb and regulate" the use of facial recognition technology and other apps in schools.
The pledge came from Lei Chaozi, director of science and technology at China's Ministry of Education.
It …
Pope Francis has told Mozambicans they need to nurture peace to make it last.
The pontiff was speaking on the first full day of his visit to Mozambique, where a recent peace accord formally ended years of civil war.
"Peace must be th…
The former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, has issued this statement following Robert Mugabe's death:
"We will forever remember the worthy son of Africa, who came to our rescue when our country was victim o…
A member of the Technical Committee working to review the national youth policy, Mr Alex Bankole Williams, has called on the government to pay attention to policies of economic empowerment for the youth as a matter of urgency to reduce t…
Regional and constituency executives of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the largest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) have been advised to bury their political differences and see each other as one people and nation bu…
The two-day event is taking place under the theme “Sustainable Development of Cities and Human Settlements in the Digital Era”
Over 500 participants from 52 countries across the globe have converged in Addis Ababa for the 14th Global Fo…
Eritrea success story in the areas of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria programs
The HIV, TB and Malaria programs are among the successful programs in the Ministry of Health, Eritrea
Government of the …
Asia-Pacific Climate Week in Bangkok, Thailand (APCW 2019) wrapped up on Friday, with participants agreeing a set of key takeaways on what steps urgently need to be taken for the region to be able to profit from the advantages of the trans…
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President to Host InvestDRC Forum during First South Africa State Visit
InvestDRC will bring together an elite class of ministers and senior level government officials and top executives of private sec…
The death toll from Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas will be "staggering", the country's government has warned as aid efforts are being stepped up.
The official death toll stands at 30, but is expected to rise further.
Officials are s…
Mr Hackman Owusu Agyeman has been elected as the Chairman of the Council of Elders of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Mr Owusu Agyeman is the only surviving founding member who was part of the three signatories who signed forms for regis…
Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean independence icon turned authoritarian leader, has died aged 95.
Mr Mugabe had been receiving treatment in a hospital in Singapore since April. He was ousted in a military coup in 2017 after 37 years in pow…
The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says he will be happy to partner the party’s flagbearer, John Mahama if he is chosen as running mate for the 2020 presidential elections.
Johnson Asiedu Nketia w…
Several businesses in Cameroon have been fined by the government and had their licences withdrawn after they obeyed a lockdown imposed by separatists.
Kumba City Council says the businesses will be reopened once the owners pay a fine of…
Illegal brewers want to avoid the expense of getting a licenceImage caption: Illegal brewers want to avoid the expense of getting a licence
Kenyan police have started using drones to help identify illegal breweries.
The drones being …
A court in Honduras has sentenced former First Lady Rosa Elena Bonilla to 58 years in prison.
Bonilla, 52, was found guilty of misappropriating $779,000 (£635,000) from international donations and public funds during the four years her …
At least 42 people have died as ongoing floods swamp eastern Niger in West Africa.
Heavy rain started in June, but it was last week that the waters of the Niger River basin reached critical levels.
The country's minister for humanita…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged world powers on Thursday not to open a dialogue with Iran, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he may meet his Iranian counterpart to resolve a crisis over Tehran’s nuclear project and san…