Twenty prisoners were killed in Madagascar as the authorities attempted to stop a riot in a prison in the south of the island, the justice ministry said.
The trouble began at the prison in Farafagana at around 12:00 local time (09:00 GM…
The Berlin hospital treating the seriously ill Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, says he appears to have been poisoned.
The Charité hospital released a statement saying "clinical evidence suggests an intoxication through a subs…
The police in Madagascar say 11 out of 31 prisoners who escaped from a facility in the south-east of the country on Sunday have been recaptured.
The police and army were deployed to Farafanga prison when dozens of prisoners turned again…
More now from Argentina where health officials have confirmed a record 8,713 new cases of coronavirus and 381 more deaths over 24 hours.
The health ministry has warned that although quarantine measures have been tightened in the capital…
There have been clashes for a second night in Wisconsin, with buildings and cars set alight, following the police shooting of a black man on Sunday.
Jacob Blake, 29, is in a stable condition after he was shot several times as he went to…
US President Donald Trump has warned his fellow Republicans their opponents may "steal" November's election, as his party anointed him as their candidate.
"They're using Covid to defraud the American people," Mr Trump told delegates on …
At least 12 people have been killed as two storms tore through the Caribbean on Sunday.
Hurricane Marco and Tropical Storm Laura brought high winds and rough seas leaving at least nine people dead in Haiti and another three in the Domin…
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) will on August 31, launch its manifesto for the upcoming 2020 December general elections.
The National Communication Officer of the party, Sammy Gyamfi who disclosed this, said the launc…
The newly elected General Secretary of the Convention People's Party (CPP), Nana Yaa Akyimpim Jantuah says the party will go back to its original blueprint of grassroots organisation to build a more formidable party.
She has therefore c…
The Convention Peoples Party (CPP) is set for transformation to challenge the current duo-political system, which has covertly established undemocratic structures inimical to the development of the country.
Nana Akosua Frimponmaa Sarpo…
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Asawase Constituency have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to ensure peace ahead of the 2020 general elections.
Two constituency executi…
Protests have erupted in the US state of Wisconsin after police shot a black man many times while responding to what they said was a domestic incident.
The man, identified as Jacob Blake, was taken to hospital for surgery and is now in …
The New Patriotic Party (NPP), has expressed its unwavering determination to set up three ultra-modern recording studio to support players in the Arts and Entertainment industry.
It is to offer the brilliant array of multi-talented arti…
India carried out more than one million coronavirus tests on 21 August, realising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pledge to ramp up tests to one million a day.
It fell to 801,147 and 609,917 tests in the next two days.
But how did India…
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the National Democratic Party (NDP) has cleared eight aspirants, in the phase one of its Parliamentary vetting exercise to represent the Party in the Volta Region for the December general elections…
Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dipped by 6.1% for the second quarter of the year compared to the same period last year.
The country is battling a global coronavirus pandemic that has affected other economies.
The rate of unem…
Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has bid farewell to Madam Tove Degnbol, the outgoing Ambassador of Denmark to Ghana.
The Minister lauded the excellent bilateral relationship bet…
A group of people on Saturday, besieged the house of Private Legal practitioner, Mr. Ishmael Kofi Tekyi Turkson pleading with him to contest the Agona West Parliamentary Election as an Independent Candidate in the upcoming December 7, poll…
Mr. Thomas Ntumy, Volta Regional Chairman of the Convention People's Party (CPP) has said the Party would address festering unity among its members towards ensuring a successful general elections.
He said some loopholes aiding the diso…
Footage of rats crawling freely in a ward at one of Zambia's biggest hospitals has landed the facility's administrators in trouble.
The video captured the rats rummaging a plastic bag as a patient lay on a bed next to it at Kitwe Centra…
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor, has predicted victory for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) ahead of the December 7 polls.
The former President said considering the government's remarkable economic performance, social interv…
Opposition supporters in Belarus have held a mass rally in the capital Minsk, two weeks after a disputed election gave President Alexander Lukashenko another term in office.
Correspondents in the city said tens of thousands filled the c…
Kellyanne Conway has announced that she is resigning from her post as senior adviser to US President Donald Trump.
In a statement, Mrs Conway, 53, said she was stepping down at the end of August to focus on her children, giving them "le…
The man who killed 51 people at two mosques in New Zealand in 2019 had plans to target a third mosque, his sentencing hearing has heard.
Brenton Tarrant also planned to burn down the mosques, wanting to "inflict as many fatalities as po…
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has "strongly reprimanded" his Finance Minister Tito Mboweni over comments on social media on the sacking of Zambia's central bank governor.
Mr Mboweni had in a series of tweets on Sunday challen…
The Bono Regional Chairman of the Convention People's Party (CPP), Mr Salifu Ali Dayinday has said the party was targeting five parliamentary seats out of 12 in the region.
He mentioned Wenchi, Berekum East, Dormaa Central, Banda Consti…
South Africa's students in all grades resume classes on Monday after weeks of closure because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Final-year students had resumed classes earlier to prepare for examinations.
President Cyril Ramaphosa closed …
he National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddie Blay has called on Ghanaians to renew the mandate of the party in order to safeguard the country's future.
According to him, the NPP under President Akufo-Addo has been able…
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has givien the Nana-Addo administration a pat on the back for its performance in office.
According to Kufuor, the government has done wonders in less than four years in office.
He said this in a r…
Mr Benjamin Anafo, the Convention People’s Party (CPP) Parliamentary Candidate for Zebilla Constituency in the Upper East Region says, the constituents are fed up with the failed promises of the two major political parties and are ready fo…
Mr Ivor Kobina Greenstreeet, newly elected Presidential Aspirant of the Convention Peoples’ Party (CPP) on Sunday said: “Ghana needs the CPP desperately.
Our country needs a progressive government to transform the nation”.
He theref…
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has stated that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will remove import duty on sanitary pads.
The intervention is geared towards reducing its market price, encourage usage and promote personal hygiene …
Spain saw one of the most draconian Covid-19 lockdowns in Europe, but two months after it was lifted, the virus is spreading faster than in any neighbouring nation.
It now has Europe's fastest-rising caseload, with 142 positive cases pe…
A post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and the EU "seems unlikely" at this stage, the bloc's negotiator has said.
Speaking after the latest round of talks, Michel Barnier said he was "disappointed" and "concerned".
His UK counterpar…
Mr. Benjamin Yeboah Sekyere, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tano South Constituency in the Ahafo Region on Thursday, described the level of development brought to the area under President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's government as unpr…
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan reconverted the historic Chora church, one of Istanbul’s most celebrated Byzantine buildings, into a mosque on Friday, a month after opening the famed Hagia Sophia to Muslim worship.
The mediaeval Church…
Victor Mpofu is using satire to shine a light on Zimbabwe’s political problems, reaching a growing audience despite living in fear of retribution from President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government.
Mpofu, aka Doc Vikela, has seen his follow…
Doctors in most public hospitals in Kenya’s capital went on strike on Friday to protest against delayed salaries and a lack of protective equipment when handling patients who may have COVID-19.
The strike began at midnight on Friday, sa…
Volunteers in Mauritius say the government is putting in place restrictions blocking them from accessing shorelines where they have been helping clean up a recent oil spill.
Authorities have said the areas need to be restricted for publ…
Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has urged her supporters to step up their strikes despite "intimidation" from the authorities, as prosecutors question her allies.
In a new video address from exile in neighbouring Lithua…
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Rwanda’s top referral hospital has…
The Convention People's Party (CPP) vetting committee has approved 20 aspirants to contest for various positions in the upcoming national congress of the Party.
This was revealed at a press briefing organised by the Party's congress pla…
Two gold nuggets worth around A$350,000 (£190,000; US$250,000) have been discovered by a pair of diggers in southern Australia.
Brent Shannon and Ethan West found the nuggets near goldmining town Tarnagulla in Victoria state.
Their luc…
Crowds rejoiced after a group of colonels seized power in Mali, a vast country stretching into the Sahara, where troops - including French soldiers and UN peacekeepers - are fighting jihadist groups, but not everyone is happy, writes West …
Two children were left severely injured when an explosive, a remnant of the Nigeria's civil war of 1967-1970, detonated in Eziorsu, Ugwuta in the south-eastern Imo state.
The explosive detonated on Tuesday night when the children, aged …
Former President John Dramani Mahama, flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described the upcoming elections as a critical event that would help mould the nation's destiny.
He said the December general elections woul…
Mr John Dramani Mahama, Flagbearer, National Democratic! Congress (NDC), says a new NDC government would implement a free Primary Health Care Plan to provide quality health care for all Ghanaians.
He said "this will remove cost as a barri…
The Bolivian justice ministry has filed a criminal complaint against former President Evo Morales for statutory rape and human trafficking.
It comes after photographs were published in national media of the 60-year-old ex-leader with a …
The army officers that seized control in Mali have announced that land and air borders will be reopened on Friday.
The borders were closed after a coup this week.
The coup leaders have also said they are in contact with opposition gr…
Newly minted Democratic White House nominee Joe Biden said US President Donald Trump has "cloaked America in darkness for much too long".
The former US vice-president said his rival has unleashed "too much anger, too much fear, too much…