Iran's supreme leader has accused the country's enemies of stirring days of protests that have claimed at least 22 lives.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was speaking for the first time since people protesting at Iran's economic troubles clashed…
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says the festive period is "going to kill the players" after they beat Watford 3-1 in their 10th game in a month.
Gabriel Jesus is out for one to two months with a knee problem he suffered two days ear…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) would rise again to win political power in 2020. He said the Party had learnt lessons in the 2016 general elections, which were shaping it to win power b…
Felix Mensah Nii Annang-La, Tema Metropolitan Assembly has called on all Ghanaians to emulate President Akufo-Addo’s sense of national love which entails the forgiveness, temperance and tolerance of opponents.
He urged Ghanaians to be m…
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for unity among the global community to tackle overwhelming challenges and defend values shared by all, in his New Year Mesasage.
“On New Year's Day 2018, I am not issuing an …
Parliament has been recalled to attend an emergency sitting on Friday to consider a motion for a parliamentary probe into the purported sale of seats at an event for participants to sit close to the President.
A statement signed by the …
The Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the 36th Anniversary commemoration of the 31st December Revolution which came off in Ho on Sunday, says President Mahama was not late to the event.
Former President Jerry Rawlings, lead celebrant,…
The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, says he is at a loss why President Akufo-Addo has not yet signed the Special Prosecutor bill into law.
According to General Mosquito as Asiedu Nket…
The election of a new Presiding Member of the Ejisu-Juaben Municipal Assembly has ended inconclusively as neither of the two candidates for the position was able to cross the two-thirds majority votes’ threshold after two rounds of voting.…
Guinea’s government has approved a more than $2.8 billion investment by Chinese company TBEA Co Ltd in a new bauxite mine, an aluminum refinery and an aluminum smelter, the mines ministry said on Friday.
Guinea has about a third of the …
U.S. President Donald Trump targeted online retailer Amazon(AMZN.O) on Friday in a call for the country’s postal service to raise prices of shipments in order to recoup costs.
“Why is the United States Post Office, which is losing many …
No-one really enjoys a long airport stopover, but for one Zimbabwean family, Bangkok's main airport has been home for nearly three months.
According to the Thai immigration bureau, the four children under 11 and four adults arrived in B…
The Sekyere East District Assembly has received high marks for transparency and accountability in its capital projects implementation. It scored 98 per cent in the area of project contractor selection and contracting, 74 per cent, when it…
The Minority in Parliament has stated that findings by the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) against the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta over US$ 2.25 million bond vindicate the minority’s position that the bon…
Organisers of Berlin's New Year's Eve celebrations are to set up a "safe zone" for women for the first time.
The new security measures planned for the Brandenburg Gate party come amid concerns about sexual assaults.
A large number of…
Twelve people have died in twin attacks on Coptic Christians in the Helwan area south of Cairo, officials say.
Ten people died when gunmen tried to storm a church south of Cairo, but were intercepted by police.
About an hour later, a…
South Korea has revealed it seized a Hong Kong-registered ship last month suspected of supplying oil to the North in breach of international sanctions.
Officials said the Lighthouse Winmore had secretly transferred 600 tonnes of refined…
Government would from next year vet all small-scale miners across the country to regularise and monitor their activities.
The move would ensure that small-scale mining is done in a responsible, environmentally-friendly and sustainable m…
The General Assembly of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) on Thursday suspended the Assembly Member for the Asokwa New Town, Mr Oscar Riches alias Ghana Beyeyie, for one year for assaulting the Deputy Coordinating Director of the KMA,…
Liberia’s vice president Joseph Boakai conceded defeat in a presidential election run-off to former soccer star George Weah on Friday, easing the country further towards its first democratic transition of power in decades.
Boakai’s conc…
A massive late-night fire that broke out at a Mumbai complex has killed at least 15 people, officials said.
The blaze erupted just after midnight at a building in the popular Kamala Mills restaurant and shopping compound. It engulfed th…
A judge in Cameroon has ordered the release of a US-based author and academic who was detained for allegedly threatening President Paul Biya's life.
The judge ruled that Patrice Nganang should be expelled from the central African state,…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said a bomb blast in a St. Petersburg supermarket on Wednesday was an act of terrorism, and that security forces whose lives were threatened by terrorist suspects should shoot to kill if necessary.
Putin…
Togbe Afede XIV, President of the National House of Chiefs and Agbogbomefia of Asogli has charged the citizenry to “unite behind the vision of Ghana beyond aid” to confront challenges of the country in 2018.
He said Ghana’s slow economi…
The UN children's fund says the scale of attacks on children in the world's conflict zones reached "shocking" levels in 2017.
In a new report, Unicef said there was widespread and blatant disregard for international laws designed to pro…
A senior UN official says he fears children waiting to be evacuated from the besieged rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area near the Syrian capital, Damascus, are being used as bargaining chips.
The UN's humanitarian co-ordinator, Jan Egeland,…
Zimbabwe's former army chief, Constantino Chiwenga, has been appointed as one of the country's new vice-presidents.
Mr Chiwenga led the military takeover in November that resulted in the overthrow of President Robert Mugabe.
He recen…
Two Reuters journalists working on coverage of the Rohingya crisis in northern Myanmar have been remanded in custody for two more weeks.
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were detained on 12 December after meeting police officers offering them in…
Ukraine and separatist rebels in the east of the country have exchanged hundreds of prisoners, in one of the biggest swaps since the conflict began in 2014.
Some 230 people were sent to rebel-held areas in return for 74 prisoners who ha…
Danquah Institute founder Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko says it is “unfortunate” that budgetary estimates are being misrepresented as actual expenditure in the ongoing controversy surrounding allocations to the Ministry for Special Development…
Mr. Kenneth K. Essuman, Mfantseman Municipal Chief Executive, has appealed to Assembly Members who intend to ‘cut corners’ in the execution of projects to eschew the notions to safe guard the good reputation of the Assembly.
He urged th…
The Tema East Constituency members of the New Patriotic Party have appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to reward Mr Ben Ashitey by giving him an appointment for his loyalty and resourcefulness.
There is a common adage that…
The African Union, has lauded the late Libyan President Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's role in maintaining peace and security in Africa.
"The collapse of the state of authority in Libya, created and brought in its wake other problems we did…
Former US President Barack Obama has warned against the irresponsible use of social media, in a rare interview since stepping down in January.
He warned that such actions were distorting people's understanding of complex issues, and spr…
Vote counting is under way in Liberia in a run-off presidential election between Vice-President Joseph Boakai and ex-football star George Weah.
Mr Weah, 51, won the first round, but did not secure the required 50% of the vote for an out…
In the latest in our series of letters from African journalists, Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani looks at why - despite knowing the risks - Nigerians are willing to make the dangerous journey across the harsh desert and unpredictable seas to reach …
An aspirant for National Chairmanship of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Stephen Ayesu Ntim, has urged the national delegates to fully endorse his candidature for a promising, viable and more visible NPP that is ready to consolidate politic…
Mr Joshua Agudah, leading member of the Tema East National Democratic Congress has stated that the names making rounds for a Presidential slot in their party were all winnable candidates for 2020 elections.
“If it were permissible, I wo…
China on Friday urged the United States not to set itself up as a “human rights judge” and denounced the U.S. Treasury Department for punishing a Chinese public security official for alleged rights abuses.
Gao Yan was one of the targets…
Mr Cassel Ato-Forson, Ranking Member on Finance has described as profligate an amount of GHC272 million allocated to the Office of the Chief of Staff for the 2018 financial year.
According to him, GHC100 million out of the amount given …
The spokesman of South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has denied a report that a businessman sanctioned by the US was his adviser. It was also "not true" that Benjamin Bol Mel had business ties with the president, Ateny Wek Ateny said.
He…
In the tiny nation of the Comoros Islands, lying off the east coast of Africa, Albert Karaziwan is a big man - even though he doesn’t live there. He’s been a roving ambassador for the country, has twice attended the United Nations General …
All African Churches (AAC) has called on Africa Leaders to ensure that justice, peace and good governance reign to encourage the youth to stay on to help in the development agenda of the continent.
According to the AAC, greed, lack of l…
Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, the Volta Regional Minister, has said Municipal and District Chief Executives (MDCE), Coordinating Directors and staff of Assemblies in the Region would sign performance contracts next year, 2018.
He bemoaned the…
Nigeria may have Africa’s biggest economy, but four out of every ten people in the country’s workforce were unemployed or underemployed by the end of September, the government statistics office said on Friday.
The regional power climbed…
The Ejisu Constituency of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has discounted the reported abduction of a member of the party, labeling the purported incident as a “cruel hoax”.
It has therefore called for thorough police investigations by to…
The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has dared the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government to implement the Special Prosecutor Bill if it does not fear its implementation.
According to …
Members of Parliament (MPs) have urged the government to withdraw the licence of the Great Consolidated Diamond Ghana Limited (GCDGL) for failing to honour its contractual obligation to revive the operations of the Ghana Consolidated Diamo…
The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction about the poor attendance of Members of Parliament (MPs) to parliamentary sittings.
He said the attitude of the legislators delayed the conduc…
Parliament has urged the Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Sophia Akuffo, to expedite the probe into the conduct of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Charlotte Osei, and her two deputies.
The Majority Leader, Mr Osei Kyei-M…