The prime minister of Mauritius has accepted that his coalition, L'Alliance Lepep, has suffered a "huge defeat" following Sunday's parliamentary election.
"The population has decided to choose another team," Prime Minister Pravind Jug…
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name Rep Michael Waltz, a Florida Republican, to serve as national security adviser, two sources familiar with the matter told CBS News, the BBC's US partner.
A veteran of the war in Afghani…
Several airlines have suspended flights to Haiti after a passenger plane from the US was hit by gunfire as it tried to land in Port-au-Prince.
Spirit Airlines Flight 951 from Fort Lauderdale in Florida was diverted to the neighbouring…
Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah, Chairman of the Economic Sub-Committee for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Manifesto, has clarified that the party’s Presidential Candidate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, is not distancing himself from th…
The Sekondi High Court has set aside the injunction that prevented Joana Gyan Cudjoe, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate for Amenfi Central, from contesting the upcoming parliamentary election.
The ruling, delivered on M…
The Majority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has stated that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) caucus in Parliament remains the majority side in the House.
He said the NPP side will not relinquish that position unless a dire…
The presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama is at a church service with members of the clergy in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region on Monday.
This is a follow up to a similar event in Accra some weeks …
Herders scooping murky water from a small pond in grasslands in South Sudan are well aware of the dangers they face if they drink it.
"The water is dirty because this place has oil - it has chemicals in it," says their chief, Chilhok …
France and the UK will support Ukraine for as long as necessary "to thwart Russia's war of aggression", French President Emmanuel Macron and Sir Keir Starmer have said.
The prime minister marked Armistice Day at the Tomb of the Unknow…
Mr Alan Kyerematen, presidential candidate for Movement for Change, has said he would mobilise farmers, to transform the country’s agriculture sector, towards increased productivity and food security.
He, therefore, announced that he w…
The Vice President and New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, says the government has successfully revived and expanded Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), which he claims was nearly collapse…
A Former First Lady, Lordina Mahama, has urged the electorate in the Ahafo, Bono and Bono East regions to vote for former President John Dramani Mahama in the forthcoming general election.
She said the manifesto of the NDC had laudabl…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Vice Presidential Candidate, Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang has commended the people of Anlo for co-existing in peace over the years, saying that was worthy of emulation by others.
“Peace is…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered what he called "total support" for Africa, including in the struggle against terrorism and extremism.
The speech was read out at a summit in the Black Sea resort of Sochi by Russian Foreign…
Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille has been fired by the country's ruling council less than six months after he took office.
An executive order, signed by eight of the council's nine members, named businessman and former Haiti Senat…
The Republican Party is edging closer to overall control of the US Congress, having already secured a majority in the Senate and needing three seats to take the House of Representatives.
A party needs 218 seats to win a House majority…
The First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has hosted traditional priests, priestesses, and warlords of the Ga state to thank them for their support towards the successful rule of her husband, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over the pa…
The vice presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the 2024 elections, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has assured residents in the Damongo Constituency of strategic investment in the tourism sector if the party wins the Dece…
Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), President John Dramani Mahama, has expressed deep disappointment in the leadership approach taken by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, accusing him of sidelinin…
Education Minister Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has advocated strong support for Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as the ideal candidate to advance the initiatives and achievements of President Akufo-Addo’s administration.
…
Africa's main public health body said it is seeking assurances that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's administration will provide the funding and mpox vaccines promised by his predecessor.
In September, U.S. President Joe Biden pledge…
US President-elect Donald Trump has doubled down on his campaign promise of the mass deportation of illegal immigrants, saying the cost of doing so will not be a deterrent.
In some of his first public remarks since winning the electio…
The running mate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the December 7 Presidential contest, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has ended her 3-day campaign tour of the Volta Region during which she was enstooled as a queen mother of …
The December 7 election will be a test of the integrity and strength of the Ghanaian media, the Afetornyornufia of Ho-Bankoe, Mama Bobi III, has said.
She added that the media was the guardian of the truth for the people of Ghana, for…
The First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has called on the electorate to vote massively for Dr Mahamudu Bawumia come December 7, for the continuity and economic prosperity of the county.
She also called on the electorate to vote for NPP pa…
Donald Trump's transition team is already vetting potential candidates who could serve in his administration when he returns to the White House in January.
On Thursday, he made the first announcement, naming his campaign co-manager Su…
South Africa's radical opposition party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), appears to be on a downward spiral after another high-profile member defected to ex-President Jacob Zuma's party.
Dali Mpofu, an advocate and former EFF cha…
The Volta Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mawutor Agbavitor, has stated that the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, offered only empty promises to the people during …
Youth in Zongo communities have been advised to act as peace ambassadors by desisting from acts that could tarnish the reputation of their communities in the upcoming general election slated for December 7 this year.
That, the Chairma…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that the lives of the people have been impacted positively in the eight-year tenure of his government.
For instance, he mentioned the introduction of the free senior high school policy as…
The intentions expressed by four Members of Parliament to contest the December 7, 2024 parliamentary elections in different capacities from the status on which they are presently in Parliament cannot be concluded as 'crossing carpet,' fo…
The geopolitical conflict in Mozambique comes at a very delicate time for South Africa, when logistics and the supply chain are under pressure from several other disruptive challenges says Dr. Juanita Maree, Chief Executive of the Southern…
President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday announced that Susie Wiles, one of his two campaign managers, will be his White House chief of staff, entrusting a top position to a political operative who helped the Republican win election.
Th…
Botswana’s new president has told the BBC that he wants undocumented Zimbabweans to be legalised by granting them temporary work and residence permits.
"They do jobs that would otherwise not get done," Duma Boko told the BBC Africa Da…
The New Patriotic Party’s flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has addressed recent critiques suggesting that he has shifted from Ghana’s economic challenges to digitalization.
According to Bawumia, digitalization is a …
The Electoral Commission (EC) has accredited the Alliance for Christian Advocacy Africa (ACAA) to observe the December 7 presidential and parliamentary polls.
This is in furtherance of the EC’s commitment to transparent and peaceful e…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has reiterated that the final voters register for the December 7 polls it presented to the various political parties and independent presidential candidates last Wednesday remains the true certified copy of …
Ghana's outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo is facing a backlash on social media after he unveiled a statue of himself during a tour of the country’s Western Region.
The monument is intended to honour the development initiatives the pr…
Vladimir Putin has congratulated Donald Trump on his election victory, calling him a "courageous man".
Speaking at an event in the Russian city of Sochi, the Russian president said that Trump was "hounded from all sides" during his fi…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has granted Executive approval for the reclassification of certain districts into municipalities and some municipalities into metropolises.
This decision follows a request from t…
The Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has strongly criticized the Minority caucus in Parliament for allegedly attempting to sabotage the payment of public servants’ salaries amid the ongoing parliamentary impass…
The Chairman of the National Peace Council (NPC), Rev. Dr Ernest Adu-Gyamfi, has urged political parties, institutions and citizens to use non-violent means to resolve conflicts.
“Disagreements are inevitable in any democracy, but ho…
The youth, especially those in Muslim communities across the country, have been advised not to allow themselves to be used by politicians to create violence before, during and after the December 7 general election.
The Songhai Youth C…
The Prince of Wales has warned of the "troubling reality" the planet faces, as he focused on the need to tackle illegal wildlife trade during a visit to South Africa.
In a speech at a United for Wildlife summit in Cape Town, Prince Wi…
This is surely the most dramatic comeback in US political history.
Four years after leaving the White House, Donald Trump is set to move back in, after millions of Americans voted to give him a second chance.
The election campaign …
The former First Lady, Lordina Mahama, has donated medical supplies and equipment to the Tishigu Health Centre in the Tamale North constituency of the Northern Region to enhance the facility’s efficiency and delivery.
The items includ…
Professor Adu Gyamfi, a political historian at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has described the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) target of securing 85% of the votes in the Ashanti Region in the 2…
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has assured Ghanaians that the current parliamentary standoff does not amount to a constitutional crisis.
The impasse follows a recent Supreme Court ruling that dismissed Bagb…
The Director of Communications of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Ahiagbah, has appealed to the electorate in the Volta Region to vote massively for the party in the forthcoming elections to end the years of neglect and abuse in t…
Donald Trump is set to return to the White House, having promised action on issues including immigration, the economy and the war in Ukraine.
He looks likely to enjoy plenty of support for his political agenda in Congress after his Re…
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