A lightning strike killed at least 16 people and injured dozens more at a Seventh-Day Adventist church in Rwanda on Saturday, an official said.
Most of the victims died instantly when lightning hit the church in the southern district of…
A plane carrying 71 passengers and crew has crashed on landing at Nepal's Kathmandu airport, killing at least 40 people. At least 22 survived.
Rescuers pulled bodies from the charred wreckage of the plane, operated by Bangladeshi airlin…
Former Vice-President Mr Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur has dismissed claims that former President Jerry John Rawlings is showing disloyalty to the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Mr Rawlings' continued criticisms of the party and the p…
At the occasion of the 2018 Munich Security Conference, Kofi Annan released the following remarks on the threats and opportunities technology poses to democracy. The article has since been published by over ten publications in four langu…
A Turkish court has sentenced 25 journalists to jail for alleged links to a group the government blames for a failed coup attempt in July 2016.
Twenty-three of them were convicted of membership of an armed terrorist organisation and wer…
The Assin North Municipal Assembly (ANOMA), on Monday, began a demolition exercise to de-congest the municipality of all unauthorised structures.
This is to pave way for construction works to begin on the much awaited first-class ring …
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has launched a Professionals Forum to discuss issues of importance to the party and help to implement the recommendations of the 2016 Election Report to ensure victory for the party in 2020.
The Pr…
Members of Parliament in Somalia have voted to reject a controversial deal involving the port of Berbera in Somaliland. The authorities in the self-declared republic of Somaliland recently entered an agreement to manage the port with a Dub…
Pope Francis will visit Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in September in the first papal visit to the Baltic states in 25 years, the Vatican said on Friday.
Pope Francis arrives to lead his Wednesday general audience in Paul VI hall at the…
Doctors from the Canadian province of Quebec have shocked the world by turning down a pay rise.
Why would anyone turn down a pay rise?
For doctors from Quebec, the answer is simple: patient care.
An eight-year, retroactive deal st…
A coalition of Volta Youth, an emerging pressure group in the Volta Region has kicked against the creation of a new region out of Volta, saying what was needed was “development, not division of the Region.”
It said instead of creating n…
Russia has said it will support Africa’s push to have a permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council.
Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea and Ivory Coast are the current African members of the council, but they occupy non-permanent sea…
Alhaji Abdallah Otito Achuliwor, one of the aspirants seeking the Regional Chairman position of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Upper East has affirmed his determination to make the party more vibrant in the region.
He said there …
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo departed Ghana yesterday (March 8) to attend the International Solar Alliance (ISA) Summit, being held in New Dehli, India, at the invitation of the Prime Minister of India, Narend…
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called on the Maltese government to bring its rich expertise in the services sector and financial resources to bear on Ghana through investment for the mutual benefit of the peoples of both countri…
Mr Dennis Armah-Frempong, the District Chief Executive (DCE) of Agona East, has inspected a number of feeder roads being constructed by the assembly to facilitate transportation of goods and services in the district.
The DCE was accompa…
A UN aid convoy has managed to enter the rebel-held area of Eastern Ghouta in Syria which has been under intense bombardment, officials say.
For the first time since Monday, food supplies got into the town of Douma, the Red Cross said.
…
The largest ever Winter Paralympics were officially opened in freezing conditions at the Olympic Stadium in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Forty-eight different nations, plus a national Paralympic athletes team consisting of Russian competit…
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump are to meet in person by May, it has been announced, an extraordinary overture after months of mutual hostility.
News of the meeting was delivered by South Korean officials a…
The Minority Members in Parliament Wednesday staged a walk out over what they said was the Speaker's continuous refusal to recognise their leaders.
Their concern was that the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, did not c…
Women workers in Spain are marking International Women's Day with an unprecedented strike targeting gender inequality and sexual discrimination.
Work was being halted as part of a 24-hour strike organised by the 8 March Commission and b…
The UK is to pay for a new wing in one of Nigeria's largest prisons to help expedite the transfer of offenders from British jails.
Up to £700,000 will be spent on a 112-bed annex in Kiri Kiri prison in the country's largest city Lagos.
…
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, swore in three new Ambassadors, who are to safeguard and promote the image and interests of Ghana outside her shores in Japan, Zimbabwe and Ethiopia.
They are Mr. Frank Okyere, G…
Erratic rains and rising cereals prices intensify hunger risks around Eastern Africa
High levels of food insecurity persist in the world, due largely to conflicts and to adverse climatic shocks that are taking a toll, particularly in …
Ezimakor was released unconditionally from DSS custody in Abuja around 10:30 p.m. local time
The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomed the release today of Tony Ezimakor, Abuja bureau chief of the privately owned Daily Independent…
A parade of security agencies, school children and volunteer organizations to mark 61 years of nationhood, has been held in Kumasi, with a call to Ghanaians to show love and be proud of their country.
Mr. Simon Osei-Mensah, the Ashanti …
The National Peace Council (NPC) has called for the government to focus priority on tackling issues of exclusion in governance, corruption and unemployment to achieve lasting peace and development.
It added that the lack of food, access…
The Ejisu-Juaben Municipal Assembly has made job creation a top priority on its development agenda.
Madam Beatrice Serwaa Derkyi, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), said providing employment opportunities for the people, was at the he…
Donald Tusk has insisted the EU "does not want to build a wall", but Brexit means "we will be drifting apart".
The EU Council president said Theresa May wanted to "demonstrate at any price that Brexit could be a success", but that was n…
There has been a significant drop in the number of child marriages worldwide, the United Nations children's agency says.
Unicef estimates that 25 million child marriages have been prevented in the past decade.
One in five girls are n…
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has criticised China's economic engagement in Africa, ahead of his first official visit to the continent.
He said China encouraged dependency, utilised corrupt deals and endangered its natural resourc…
The Mississippi state Senate has passed a bill that would ban abortions after 15 weeks - a move that would give it the strictest limits in the US.
The Gestational Age Act still has to go back to the House for second approval.
If it p…
Archbishop Óscar Romero, who was killed in 1980 while he was celebrating Mass in El Salvador, will be declared a saint, Pope Francis has announced.
Pope Paul VI, who oversaw many of the reforms the Catholic Church underwent in the 1960s…
The Metropolitan Chief Executive of Tema has asked Ghanaians not to allow themselves to be defined by underdevelopment but should rather soar above their challenges and build a better future.
Speaking on behalf of President Akufo-Addo, …
Mr Salifu Saeed, Northern Regional Minister, has said there is the need for all to unite as one people as they take advantage of the several development initiatives of the government.
He said “we must be at peace with one another and w…
Theresa May has warned that "no-one will get everything they want" out of Brexit negotiations but she is confident a deal can be done.
Setting out UK hopes for a future EU economic partnership, Mrs May warned both sides had to accept "h…
Voting is under way in Sierra Leone, where more than three million people are eligible to choose a new president, parliament and local councillors.
In the capital, Freetown, long queues could be seen at polling stations even before dawn…
US President Donald Trump's top economic adviser Gary Cohn is resigning, the White House has said.
It is the latest in a series of high-profile departures from President Trump's team.
There has been speculation that Mr Cohn, a suppor…
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has enjoined all Ghanaians to use the 61st independence anniversary, which falls today, as a day of solemn reflection.
Ghana’s independence must inspire the citizenry to establish and manage a statecr…
The Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has alleged that a member of the Electoral Commission (EC) was going round clandestinely lying to journalists to win public sympathy in the ongoing removal p…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has advocated two five-year terms for Presidents serving under a constitutional democracy.
According to him, in most four-year terms, the first year was used for acclimatisation while the last year t…
Parliament has passed the Legal Profession Regulations Bill amidst protests from the Minority caucus in Parliament.
The endorsement means that, the General Legal Council (GLC) would continue to conduct entrance exams at the Ghana School…
The leader of Zimbabwe's newest political party - made up of former Zanu-PF members who were ousted alongside Robert Mugabe - has met up with the former president.
Retired Brigadier Ambrose Mutinhiri says he visited the elderly politici…
The Islamic State (IS) group has published a video purporting to show an ambush in Niger in which four US soldiers were killed last October.
It is not clear why the release of the video - via an IS outlet on messaging app Telegram - was…
Italy's voters have turned to right-wing and populist parties in an election that is set to leave the country with a hung parliament.
The Eurosceptic, anti-establishment Five Star Movement was the biggest party with almost a third of th…
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr David Asante-Apeatu, has rounded up his three-day working visit to the Brong Ahafo Region with a pledge to clamp down on electoral violence in the Asunafo South District.
Several acts of p…
Parliament has eulogised the memory of the late Nana Asante-Frempong, former Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwabre East Constituency of the Ashanti region for the passion he had towards the development of his area.
Most members in their …
The Madina Constituency of the New Patriotic Party has elected its executive officers to steer the affairs of the party. Mr Eric Nartey Yeboah polled 372 votes as against 168 by Mr Michael Mackenzie, the incumbent, to win the Chairmanship …
French energy company Total (TOTF.PA) substantially raised its presence in Libya with the purchase of a 16.33 percent stake in Libya’s Waha concessions from U.S. Marathon Oil (MRO.N) for $450 million on Friday.
The deal will…
A letter written by Mahatma Gandhi about Jesus Christ is being put up for sale in the US.
The letter, signed by Gandhi and dated 6 April 1926, was written to Milton Newberry Frantz, a religious elder in the US at the time.
Gandhi wro…
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