As women water vegetables and uproot weeds in a rural corner of north-eastern Nigeria, men in uniform stand guard nearby holding huge rifles.
They are Agro Rangers - a special security unit set up by the government to defend farmers f…
The Majority Leader in Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, has outlined key interventions introduced by the government since January to improve the economy, create jobs, and strengthen essential public services.
Speaking during the opening of…
The Professional Forum (ProForum) of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced plans to work closely with Ghana's missions abroad to connect with the country's diaspora community.
The aim is to leverage the exper…
National Coordinator of the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP), Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, has expressed his readiness to contest for the National Chairmanship of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) — but only if the c…
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has expressed concern over the limited capacity of the current parliamentary chamber, urging the state to begin planning for a more suitable facility to accommodate the growing numb…
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has officially referred the nomination of Supreme Court Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie as Chief Justice of Ghana to Parliament’s Appointments Committee for vetting.
This follows the nomination of Jus…
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has sworn in the newly elected Members of Parliament (MPs) for the Akwatia and Tamale Central constituencies.
At the commencement of the Third Meeting of the First Session of t…
Dozens of people have been killed in an oil tanker explosion in Nigeria's central Niger state after the vehicle skidded off the road and crashed, spilling fuel.
Villagers rushed to collect fuel from the overturned tanker which suddenl…
Donald Trump has said he did not want a "wasted meeting" after a plan to have face-to-face talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin about the war in Ukraine were put on hold.
The US president indicated that a key sticking poi…
Former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has convened a unity breakfast with all five New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential aspirants, resulting in a collective pledge for a peaceful and issue-based campaign ahead of the party’s pre…
One week ago, US President Donald Trump was given a hero's welcome in Israel after securing the Gaza ceasefire and exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners.
But the days since have shown just how precarious the ceasefire…
Madagascar's coup leader Colonel Michael Randrianirina, who seized power this month, named businessman and consultant Herintsalama Rajaonarivelo as the island nation's new prime minister on Monday.
Randrianirina was sworn in as presiden…
Former Government Spokesperson on Governance and Security, Dr. Palgrave Boakye-Danquah, has said the newly rebranded United Party (UP) will not outlive its founder, former Trade and Industry Minister Alan Kyerematen.
He argued that …
Mr Ibrahim Bukari Baba, the Bono East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) says it will be unfair for the party to deny the former Vice President Ahaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia the second chance to lead the party in the Election 2…
New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has pledged to make grassroots participation a central part of his presidency by holding annual constituency meetings across the country to listen to the concerns of p…
The Director of Strategy, Research, and Communication at the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), Sammy Darko, has dismissed reports suggesting friction between the OSP and the Office of the Attorney-General (AG) over the handling o…
Former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday hosted a breakfast meeting with the five presidential aspirants of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at his residence at Nima in Accra.
The meeting was convened by the former Presid…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Hanna Tetteh, has called for bold and realistic reforms to make United Nations peace operations more effectiv…
Parliament has rescinded its decision to commence parliamentary business at 2 p.m.
Per a business statement to be read at the start of the Third Meeting of the First Session of Ninth Parliament at 2 p.m. today proceedings will now st…
Emeritus Professor Ernest Aryeetey, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, has stated that democracy has not failed Africa; instead, African countries have misunderstood and misused the opportunities it offers.
In an…
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Wa East, Mr Adamu Sayibu, has outlined key development interventions being implemented in the district over the past few months.
The DCE made the disclosure at a meeting organised by the Regional…
Staunch conservative Sanae Takaichi was elected Japan’s first female prime minister by parliament on Tuesday, in a landmark moment for the historically patriarchal country where both politics and workplaces are dominated by older men.
T…
Cameroon's influential Catholic Church has called for calm, as fears grow that violence could erupt once official results from the presidential election are declared.
Opposition candidate and ex-government spokesman Issa Tchiroma Baka…
Nicolas Sarkozy has become the first French ex-president to go to jail, as he starts a five-year sentence for conspiring to fund his election campaign with money from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
Not since World War Two Nazi …
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has been unanimously elected as the Chairperson of the Africa Geopolitical Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
The election took place on October 19, 2025, during the…
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has amended the charges in the high-profile corruption case involving former Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, and nine others, increasing th…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he would be ready to join Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin at a proposed summit in Hungary if he were invited.
The US and Russian presidents announced after their phone call on Thursday t…
A community clinic just north of Johannesburg has become the frontline of a battle in South Africa over whether foreigners can access public health facilities.
What started as a small local action in one area in 2022 has spread, with …
Former Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has officially declared her intention to contest for the position of General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
In a message released on her birthday, Ursula called on p…
Some political scientists and the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) have welcomed the launch of the United Party (UP) by Alan Kyerematen, saying the party's emergence will deepen the country's democratic credentials.
Howeve…
An aspiring National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), David Kankam Boadu, has appealed to the party’s five presidential aspirants to call for calm among their supporters to prevent internal divisions that can tarnish the image …
New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer aspirant Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has pledged to relocate several key ministries from Accra to various regions as part of an ambitious plan to promote genuine decentralisation and balanced national deve…
Member of Parliament for Techiman South, Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah, has urged delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to prioritise electability over seniority in choosing the party’s next flagbearer, insisting that Dr. Mahamudu Ba…
Member of Parliament for Sissala West, Mohammed Sukparu, has assisted 450 newly admitted senior high school students from the constituency.
This donation comes in handy as parents are struggling to prepare their children for sch…
In October 1945, delegates from across the world descended on a town hall on the outskirts of Manchester city centre to attend a seismic event in African politics, the ripple effects of which still resonate 80 years later.
The Fifth P…
Rachel Reeves chose to stress the long-term damage done to the UK economy by the 2020 Brexit deal, in her remarks at a key international economic committee at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
In remarks published this weekend, t…
Security measures will be tightened around France's cultural institutions after a major jewellery heist at the Louvre museum in Paris on Sunday, advisers for the country's interior minister have said.
The decision was made on Monday a…
The Member of Parliament for Techiman South, Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah, has expressed strong confidence in former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s ability to lead the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to victory in the 2028 general electio…
Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila has announced a movement to "save" his country, after a meeting with other opposition leaders in Kenya's capital Nairobi.
The meeting, held on Tuesday and Wednesday, resolved to rally Congolese…
U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest soon to discuss a way to end the war in Ukraine.
So what might a peace deal look like?
WHO WOULD GET WHAT?
Russia controls more than 116,00…
President John Dramani Mahama has received widespread praise from traditional leaders and local officials for the ongoing rehabilitation of the Ho–Aflao road under the Big Push initiative.
Commendations for the project echoed across sev…
Togbui Nyamekor Glakpe V, Paramount Chief and President of the Ave-Dakpa Traditional Council, has advised the NDC National Chairman, Mr. Johnson Asiedu Nketia, to caution government appointees and ministers to work in line with the Preside…
Air Commodore David Anettey Akrong, the Acting Commandant of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), has called for a comprehensive rethink of global peace operations to ensure they remain effective and adaptabl…
Last week, China's Ministry of Commerce published a document that went by the name of "announcement No. 62 of 2025".
But this wasn't just any bureaucratic missive. It has rocked the fragile tariffs truce with the US.
The announceme…
Toting sub-machine guns and sometimes wearing masks as they drive along the streets of Uganda, members of an elite military unit are increasingly viewed as a private army to keep 81-year-old President Yoweri Museveni in power - along wit…
The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has stated that he will remain in touch with the electorate because the party is a grassroots-based party.
He said staying in touch with the peop…
The National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Salam Mustapha, has responded to the United Party’s rejection of the NPP’s amnesty offer, stating that the party remains committed to fostering internal unity and reconcili…
John Bolton, who served as Donald Trump's national security adviser before becoming a vocal critic of the president, has been criminally indicted on federal charges.
The Department of Justice presented a case to a grand jury in Maryla…
Col Michael Randrianirina has been sworn in as the new president of Madagascar days after a military takeover on the Indian Ocean nation.
He swapped his fatigues for a suit and thanked the young people who took to the streets for week…
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has paid a glowing tribute to the late Apostle Kwadwo Safo Kantanka, describing him as “a grace and a gift not just to his family, but to Ghana and the entire African continent.”
The remarks were …
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