Joe Biden has told the BBC that pressure from the Trump administration on Ukraine to give up territory to Russia is "modern-day appeasement" in an exclusive interview, his first since leaving the White House.
Speaking in Delaware on M…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has cancelled 701 diplomatic and service passports because the holders failed to return them as directed.
The cancellation takes effect from May 6, 2025.
They are made up of 341 diplomatic and 360 se…
The Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) has urged Ghana’s Judiciary and Parliament to introduce legislation that will require the resolution of parliamentary election petitions within 120 days.
In a statement issued after a pos…
Israel's military says it has hit Houthi targets in Yemen in response to the group's missile launch at Israel's Ben Gurion airport the previous day.
The IDF said it attacked sites that it claimed served as a "central supply source for…
Rwanda is in the "early stage" of talks with the Trump administration to accept migrants deported by the US, the East African country's Foreign Affairs Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe has said.
His comments come after US Secretary of St…
Minister in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has revealed that 71 illegal miners have been arrested and over 150 excavators, vehicles, and firearms seized in the ongoing fight against illegal min…
The Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin on Monday led a protest march dubbed "Save the Judiciary."
The protesters demanded the reinstatement of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo.
Presenting a petition on behalf of…
A former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu says the suspension of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo by President John Dramani Mahama was a “dangerous turning point” in Ghana’s democratic history.
Speaking d…
President John Dramani Mahama has directed all political appointees under his administration to donate one month of their salary to the newly established Mahama Medical Trust Fund (MahamaCares), aimed at supporting medical care for Ghana…
President John Dramani Mahama will deliver a special national broadcast on Wednesday, May 7, to provide an update on the progress of his administration’s 120-day contract with the people of Ghana.
The announcement wa…
Drone strikes have hit a major power station in the Sudanese city of Port Sudan causing a "complete power outage", the country's electricity provider said.
Explosions and huge fires have been reported near the city's main internationa…
Germany's conservative leader has unexpectedly fallen short of a majority in a parliament vote to become chancellor.
Friedrich Merz needed 316 votes in the 630-seat Bundestag but only secured 310, in a significant blow to the Christia…
The Ghana Police Service has officially invited Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin to assist in an ongoing investigation following a viral video allegedly showing him assaulting a police officer during the ‘Save th…
A large crowd of supporters of the Coalition of Political Parties, yesterday hit the streets of Accra, to protest against the suspension of the Chief Justice (CJ), Justice Gertrude Araba Sackey Torkornoo, and the dismissal of some publ…
The Upper West Regional Minister, Mr Charles Lwanga Puozuing, has urged the new Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to endeavour to stay in their respective jurisdictions for effective delivery of their manda…
"Celebration? What celebration? It feels more like a funeral" - the damning words of a former senior Nato figure to describe this week's ceremonies marking Victory in Europe Day.
The top-level diplomat who spent years at the transatla…
Three Bulgarians convicted of spying for Russia previously attended an event in the Palace of Westminster, a BBC News investigation has found.
Orlin Roussev, Biser Dzhambazov and Katrin Ivanova were present at an event to debate Brexi…
The Kenyan government has described as "shameful" an incident in which a shoe was thrown at President William Ruto during a rally on Sunday.
Widely shared video clips show the footwear striking the president's left arm as he held it a…
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) nominee for Ayawaso North, Mr Haruna Mohammed Awal, has been confirmed and sworn into office by the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Ms Linda Obenewaa Akweley Ocloo, in Accra yesterday.
This was after…
The Ketu South Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), in the Volta Region, Nicholas Kwabla Worklachie has hinted of adopting a 360-degree appraisal approach aimed at fast tracking the successful implementation of governments resetting agenda for…
The Chief Executive of the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly, George Justice Arthur, has pledged his unwavering solidarity with Ghanaian workers and resolved to advocate policies that uplift them and foster dialogue among stakeholders.
…
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has urged female Members of Parliament (MPs) to collaborate and work to create an inclusive and equitable society where women play a vital role in shaping the country's future an…
At least seven people have been killed after a hospital and market were bombed in South Sudan, a medical charity has said, as fears grow of a return to civil war.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said helicopter gunships dropped a bomb o…
Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the infamous former prison on an island near San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.
In a message on his Truth Social site on Sunday, President Trump said tha…
The Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board, Sammy Gyamfi, has launched a blistering attack on the New Patriotic Party (NPP), accusing the party of hypocrisy and double standards over its criticism of Pre…
Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A Plus, has declared his unwavering support for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), stating that he envisions a long-term association with the party.
Speaking on Upside Down on Channel One T…
A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) communication team and private legal practitioner, Kwesi Botchway Jnr, has described the Attorney-General’s public commentary on the ongoing prosecution of former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Di…
The Constitutional Review Committee has received more than 600 submissions on proposed reforms to Ghana's 1992 Constitution, but the two main political parties have not yet contributed to the process, Dr Rainer Akumperigya, Secretary of …
The victory-party din for Mark Carney and his Liberal Party had only just faded when Donald Trump chimed in with a less than ringing endorsement of the winners.
"It was the one that hated Trump, I think, the least that won," the US pr…
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa is setting up a judicial commission of inquiry to establish whether attempts were made to prevent the investigation or prosecution of apartheid-era crimes, his office said on Wednesday.
The move …
The Chairman of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Constitutional and Legal Committee, Frank Davies, has raised concerns about the procedures leading to the suspension of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo by President John Dramani Mahama.
…
The Majority Leader and Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has called for urgent reforms to reduce port charges and boost trade among countries in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
Delive…
In Western Sydney, an audience of Stetson-wearing Australians are sitting in their fold-up camping chairs, swigging beers and eating a spiralled fried potato on a skewer known as a 'chip on a stick'.
People here are enjoying bull ride…
The authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are seeking to lift former President Joseph Kabila's immunity from prosecution after accusing him of backing rebels in the east.
There was a "substantial body of documents, testimony…
Assembly members of the Ayawaso North Municipal Assembly in the Greater Accra Region have overwhelmingly confirmed Haruna Mohammed Awal as the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE).
All the 18 assembly members voted ‘Yes’ to approve his no…
The Paramount Chief of the Nandom Traditional Area in the Upper West Region, Naa Professor Edmund Nwinyem Delle Chiir VIII, is rallying support from natives outside the traditional area for development.
As a start, he is in the Greate…
A hot meal is hard to come by in the Gaza Strip, but a lunch for needy families in the south is about to be delivered by donkey and cart.
Today's dish is koshari - made with lentils, rice and a zesty tomato sauce - in a set of huge co…
A prominent Tanzanian Catholic priest and government critic has been violently attacked amid rising political tensions ahead of elections due in October.
Fr Charles Kitima, who had attended an all-day religious meeting, was ambushed b…
The mediation talks to resolve the Bawku conflict by the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has been put on hold.
This was after the two factions, Mamprusis and Kusasis, formally introduced themselves to the Asantehene at separate mee…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Savelugu in the North Region, Hajia Fatahiya Abdul Aziz, has raised concerns about the Free Sanitary Pads initiative launched by President John Dramani Mahama.
While applaud…
President John Dramani Mahama says he harboured no illusions about the complexity of the illegal mining crisis while campaigning for office, but remains firmly committed to sustaining the fight against the destructive a…
The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, has disclosed that the former Director of the National Signals Bureau, Mr Kwabena Adu-Boahene, will soon be charged for his alleged role in a GH?1.3 million internet servic…
Former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has visited a Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) student who was stabbed by an unknown assailant in Kumasi on Monday night.
The student (name witheld), a member of the …
A Kenyan member of parliament has been shot dead in the streets of the capital Nairobi by gunmen on a motorcycle in a suspected assassination.
Police said the attackers had been trailing Charles Ong'ondo Were's vehicle before one of t…
US Vice-President JD Vance has said the war in Ukraine is "not going to end any time soon", in an interview with Fox News.
Vance said the question facing the US administration now was how it could help Russia and Ukraine "find middle …
Former Attorney General Nii Ayikoi Otoo has backed calls for a review of the constitutional provision that allows Members of Parliament to be appointed as Ministers of State.
His comments follow rece…
The US president and his 145% tariffs have not instilled fear in many Chinese traders.
Instead, they have inspired an army of online Chinese nationalists to create mocking memes in a series of viral videos and reels – some of which in…
Last Wednesday (April 23rd), the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) held a regional dissemination event to share with Ghanaians results from the 2024 Afrobarometer survey.
One of the findings that has gained media attentio…
The Progressive People's Party (PPP) has defended the suspension of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, asserting that the process was lawful and in compliance with the 1992 Constitution.
The party said the President acted on the advice…
On a searing afternoon in Vietnam, Tung Linh declared she "basically knows nothing" about the bloody, decades-long war that pitted her country's Communist-run North against the United States-backed South.
"My grandparents fought in th…
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