The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has asked the handlers of the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, to be truthful to him and not to be moved by their parochial interests.He said the team should be f…
Nana Ohene Ntow, the Senior Campaign Advisor to independent presidential candidate Alan Kyerematen, has lauded former Electoral Commission (EC) Chairman, Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, as the best Commissioner of the Electoral Comm…
A prominent female #MeToo activist in China has been handed a five-year jail sentence for "subversion against the state".
Sophia Huang Xueqin was convicted and sentenced on Friday, nearly 10 months after she went on trial.
Labour a…
The UN Security Council has demanded that Sudanese paramilitary forces call off their eight-week siege of el-Fasher, a city in the Darfur region where fighting has sparked fears of a possible genocide.
Sudan's army has been fighting t…
The Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, has lashed out at the Majority Caucus over the absenteeism of its members in the House.
The MP bemoaned that most members from the Majority have abandoned the bu…
The Chairperson of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Kathleen Addy, has said vote buying by political office seekers is at variance with democratic governance.“Aspirants giving out amounts of money and other items to secu…
A senior Kenyan police officer has been shot dead after he opened fire at a magistrate in court in the capital, Nairobi.
The chief inspector opened fire on Makadara Principal Magistrate Monica Kivuti shortly after she made a ruling in…
The G7 has agreed to use frozen Russian assets to raise $50bn (£39bn) for Ukraine to help it fight invading Russian forces.
US President Joe Biden said it was another reminder to Russia "that we're not backing down", but in Moscow Pre…
The Constitution Review Consultative Committee (CRCC) has recommended that the President should pay tax on his salary and emoluments.
Such a move, the committee said, would serve as an example to the rest of the citizenry.
“This will…
The Majority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has called on the media to throw their weight behind national efforts to detoxify the unhealthy political atmosphere in the country to aid the course of democracy.He said the pres…
A French banking consultant who spent almost two years in detention in Iran has been released and has arrived home at an airport near Paris, French TV pictures show.
Louis Arnaud, who is in his 30s, was arrested in September 2022 - ac…
At least 80 people have died after a boat sank in Democratic Republic of Congo, the country's president has said.
The disaster happened on Wednesday on the Kwa River, 70km (44 miles) from the town of Mushie in the province of Maï-Ndom…
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has initiated an engagement with key state institutions to work with them to create the right and just environment for free, fair, peaceful and credible elections on December 7, 202…
The flag bearer of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has called on Ghanaians to rally behind the party and elect him as the next president at the December 7 polls.
He said the flag bearers of the two major parties, …
The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Wassa Amenfi East, Ernest Frimpong, has been released by the Tarkwa Police Command in the Western Region.
Mr Frimpong was released on Wednesday evening after the Police took a …
The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has proposed an amendment to the Chieftaincy Act to empower chiefs to help in the governance of the country.
He said under the current Chieftaincy Act 2008 (Act 759), chiefs were powerless and co…
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has made light of his fall during Wednesday’s Democracy Day ceremony, saying it was his Yoruba culture on display.
Mr Tinubu slipped and fell over at an official event to mark 25 years of democracy in t…
Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been accused of violating a UN arms embargo by supplying drones to the warring sides in the 14-month conflict that has devastated Sudan. We look at the evidence to back up the claim.
On the…
The Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has called on the media and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to continue to keep politicians on their toes.“But if politicians know there are vibrant media and civil society organisations out…
Argentina's Senate has narrowly approved President Javier Milei's controversial economic reform package, with the vote taking place as violent clashes raged between protesters and riot police outside Congress.
Demonstrators in Buenos …
The United States' envoy to Sudan has warned that el-Fasher, a besieged city in western Darfur, could fall to rebel forces imminently.
El-Fasher is the only city still under army control in the western Darfur region.
The armed forc…
US President Joe Biden has said he will respect a jury’s decision to find his son guilty of gun crimes, after a week-long trial that laid bare a tumultuous time for the family.
The 12-person jury found Hunter Biden, 54, guilty of lyin…
The Essikado-Ketan parliamentary aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Charles Bissue has stated that the constituency will remain a safe seat for the party.
He described the December 2024 general election as crucial and expressed …
The 2024 flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has stated that this year’s general election is an election for change to reset Ghana’s narrative and effect a course correction from the country’s dis…
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has underscored the need for the military to be restricted from polling stations in the upcoming December 7 general elections.
The Speaker reveals that his outfit would engage the President, flag…
The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has promised to pay living allowances to paramount and divisional chiefs as well as queen mothers if he is elected president.
He said this will help empower them to support…
France's political leaders are scrambling to prepare for snap elections after President Emmanuel Macron dissolved parliament in response to a stinging European vote defeat by the far-right National Rally.
Finance Minister Bruno Le Mai…
A severe heatwave continues to wreak havoc in India as the eastern state of Odisha on Monday reported eight deaths within a 72-hour period.
Official figures released in May suggested 60 people died between March and May across India d…
At least 25 people have been killed and others abducted by gunmen in Nigeria’s northwestern Katsina state, authorities say.
Dozens of gunmen on motorbikes stormed Yargoje in Kankara late on Sunday, the state commissioner for security …
The flag bearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama says a change of government in the December elections, is not a victory for only his political party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) but the …
The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama, has urged the Electoral Commission (EC) to extend the upcoming mop-up voter registration exercise beyond district offices to include hard-to-reach areas.
The …
The wreck of a plane carrying Malawi's vice-president has been found with no survivors, President Lazarus Chakwera has said.
Saulos Chilima and nine others were flying within the country on Monday morning when their aircraft disappear…
Hamas says it has submitted its response to a US-backed plan for a ceasefire in Gaza, with a senior group official telling the BBC that it still requires an Israeli commitment to a permanent ceasefire.
In a statement, the group, and i…
The Ashanti Regional House of Chiefs has expressed its utmost respect and admiration for Vice President and NPP Flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
Dr. Bawumia, who is in the Ashanti Region for a three-day campaign tour, held interactions…
The Founder and Leader of the Movement for Change, Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, has asked students to rally behind him to win this year's presidential election.
He gave the assurance that his presidency would come out with pragmatic pol…
The Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has disclosed that the government is set to present a Bill to Parliament in the coming days to regulate the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy and ensure its sustainability.
This follows c…
-Mr. Jens Otto Krakstad, a Senior Researcher with the Institute of Marine Research in Norway and Cruise Leader for the Research Vessel Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, has disclosed that Ghana's fish stock depletion problem is due to overfishing.
M…
Unlike the Asunafo and Asutifi parliamentary seats which have been equally shared among the two major political parties — the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the Tano North and Tano South seats have bo…
James Lawson, the black civil rights activist who travelled to India to study non-violent protest and served as chief strategist to Dr Martin Luther King Jr, has died at the age of 95.
Lawson, a Methodist minister, learned Mahatma Gan…
An aircraft carrying Malawi's Vice-President Saulos Chilima and nine others has gone missing, a statement from the president's office has said.
The Malawi Defence Force aircraft "went off the radar" after it left the capital, Lilongwe…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has urged the police not to be selective in applying the law.
“The laws of the country are meant for all of us. There should be no discrimination in applying them. We will not be victims of t…
John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has once again denounced the detention of Phillis Naa Koryoo Okunor, the NDC parliamentary candidate for Awutu Senya East.
Naa Koryoo was taken into custody a…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has given an assurance that he will always insist on due process and rules of natural justice in alleged cases of corruption involving state officials and all Ghanaians.He said mere allegations without…
At least 11 people have died and more than 50 others are injured after tornadoes tore through parts of South Africa’s coastal province of KwaZulu-Natal on Monday, authorities said.
The devastating storms caused major damage, particularl…
At least 45 civilians have been killed in a spate of attacks over the past week across the Democratic Republic of Congo's troubled North Kivu province.
Decades of fighting between armed groups over lucrative gold and mineral deposits …
The BBC has learned that the appointment of Britain’s next ambassador to the United States has formally been put on hold because of pre-election Whitehall rules.
There have been widespread reports – not denied by Downing Street - that…
John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has pledged that his administration will collaborate with relevant authorities and partners to retrieve monies and properties acquired through corrupt means if …
The flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress, (NDC) John Dramani Mahama has indicated that when elected as President, his government would exempt canoe and artisanal fishermen from the closed season programme.
The closed se…
There will be a mop up voter registration exercise from August 1 to 3, 2024, ahead of the December general election, the Electoral Commission (EC) has said.
The exercise will be conducted at the commission’s district offices and at pris…
Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has quit the emergency government in a sign of deepening divisions over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's post-conflict plans for Gaza.
Speaking during a news conference in Tel Aviv on Sunday…