1) He was an early riser and traditional eater
Needing little sleep, Mr Mugabe used to wake between 04:00 and 05:00 every morning to exercise and would, according to a close source, listen to the BBC World Service.
He also prefer…
The Agona Swedru High Court has adjourned the injunction case filed against the Agona East National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary primary to Friday, 27 September.
The court, presided over by Justice Janet Anima Marfo, adjourne…
he Member of Parliament (MP) for Adenta Constituency, Yaw Buabeng Asamoah yesterday inspected some ongoing road projects in the metropolis.
Accompanied by some party executives from the constituency, he visited the Tano asphalt road pro…
Four months after his younger sister Samya died in an Ethiopian Airlines crash with 156 others, Adnaan Stumo sifted soil through his fingers at the site where the plane came down.
His hand closed around a human jawbone.
“I just looke…
The number of women climbing the career ladder in science is "disappointingly low", say researchers.
Women make up half of students in the life sciences, but only one in four professors, according to data from 500 scientific institution…
The Chinese government says it plans to "curb and regulate" the use of facial recognition technology and other apps in schools.
The pledge came from Lei Chaozi, director of science and technology at China's Ministry of Education.
It …
Pope Francis has told Mozambicans they need to nurture peace to make it last.
The pontiff was speaking on the first full day of his visit to Mozambique, where a recent peace accord formally ended years of civil war.
"Peace must be th…
The former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, has issued this statement following Robert Mugabe's death:
"We will forever remember the worthy son of Africa, who came to our rescue when our country was victim o…
A member of the Technical Committee working to review the national youth policy, Mr Alex Bankole Williams, has called on the government to pay attention to policies of economic empowerment for the youth as a matter of urgency to reduce t…
Regional and constituency executives of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the largest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) have been advised to bury their political differences and see each other as one people and nation bu…
The two-day event is taking place under the theme “Sustainable Development of Cities and Human Settlements in the Digital Era”
Over 500 participants from 52 countries across the globe have converged in Addis Ababa for the 14th Global Fo…
Eritrea success story in the areas of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria programs
The HIV, TB and Malaria programs are among the successful programs in the Ministry of Health, Eritrea
Government of the …
Asia-Pacific Climate Week in Bangkok, Thailand (APCW 2019) wrapped up on Friday, with participants agreeing a set of key takeaways on what steps urgently need to be taken for the region to be able to profit from the advantages of the trans…
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President to Host InvestDRC Forum during First South Africa State Visit
InvestDRC will bring together an elite class of ministers and senior level government officials and top executives of private sec…
The death toll from Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas will be "staggering", the country's government has warned as aid efforts are being stepped up.
The official death toll stands at 30, but is expected to rise further.
Officials are s…
Mr Hackman Owusu Agyeman has been elected as the Chairman of the Council of Elders of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Mr Owusu Agyeman is the only surviving founding member who was part of the three signatories who signed forms for regis…
Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean independence icon turned authoritarian leader, has died aged 95.
Mr Mugabe had been receiving treatment in a hospital in Singapore since April. He was ousted in a military coup in 2017 after 37 years in pow…
The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says he will be happy to partner the party’s flagbearer, John Mahama if he is chosen as running mate for the 2020 presidential elections.
Johnson Asiedu Nketia w…
Several businesses in Cameroon have been fined by the government and had their licences withdrawn after they obeyed a lockdown imposed by separatists.
Kumba City Council says the businesses will be reopened once the owners pay a fine of…
Illegal brewers want to avoid the expense of getting a licenceImage caption: Illegal brewers want to avoid the expense of getting a licence
Kenyan police have started using drones to help identify illegal breweries.
The drones being …
A court in Honduras has sentenced former First Lady Rosa Elena Bonilla to 58 years in prison.
Bonilla, 52, was found guilty of misappropriating $779,000 (£635,000) from international donations and public funds during the four years her …
At least 42 people have died as ongoing floods swamp eastern Niger in West Africa.
Heavy rain started in June, but it was last week that the waters of the Niger River basin reached critical levels.
The country's minister for humanita…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged world powers on Thursday not to open a dialogue with Iran, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he may meet his Iranian counterpart to resolve a crisis over Tehran’s nuclear project and san…
The Birim Central Municipal Assembly has confirmed the President's nominee, Ms Victoria Adu as the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE).
All the 26 members of the Assembly voted yes and after the confirmation, the new MCE was sworn into offi…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to kick off what is in effect an election campaign casting parliament as the enemy of Brexit was overshadowed on Thursday when his younger brother quit the government, citing the national interes…
Mr Amoako Obuadabang Larbi, a former Member of Parliament has called on Ghanaians to see themselves as one people and not to allow politics to divide them.
He also urged various political parties to ensure that their functionaries refra…
The Chiefs and people of Diare and its environs in the Savelugu Municipality in the Northern Region have appealed to government to create a new constituency in the area.
They said "the creation of this new constituency will ease the pre…
Hajia Mrs Samira Bawumia, Wife of the Vice President, has called on Muslim youth to be courteous and exhibit high moral uprightness, which are the core values of the Islamic Faith.
She said immorality and indiscipline among other unacce…
Abuom is a laywoman in the Anglican Church of Kenya
This is the first in a series of interviews with Thursdays in Black ambassadors who are playing a vital role in increasing the impact of our collective call for a world without rape an…
The drills indicated an urgent need for a review and reclassification of the standards for each facility
A wooden boat sways idyllically in a marsh of the Malagarasi River where it begins from an eastern mouth of the great Lake Tanganyi…
President Filipe Nyusi, dancers and a guard of honour greeted him at the airport in the capital, Maputo.
Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi and Pope Francis walking past a guard of honour at the airport in Maputo, Mozambique
The str…
South Africa has temporarily closed its diplomatic missions in Nigeria following reprisal attacks by Nigerians triggered by xenophobic violence in South Africa.
Since Sunday, mobs have looted and destroyed shops, many of them foreign-ow…
housands of women and girls in Ituri Province have been subjected to gender-based violence
We estimate that the humanitarian community needs $91.7 million US dollars
Several weeks ago, a woman brought her 11-year-old da…
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Banda in the Bono Region, Madam Mary Konneh, has encouraged People Living With Disabilities (PWDs) not to let their conditions discourage them from pursuing their dreams and aspirations since they h…
Thai delegation headed by H.E. Mrs. Pornpimol Kanchanalak, Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, attended the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development
On 25 August-1 September 2019, an official Thai delegation hea…
The number of people in need of humanitarian assistance and protection in Central African Republic (CAR) has jumped from 2.5 million to nearly three million
“Spikes of violence” in previously unaffected areas of the Central African Repu…
Democratisation of energy is necessary to enable Africans to move into the digital age
By Sabine Dall’Omo, CEO of Siemens Southern and Eastern Africa
Without technological constraints, more people from across Africa are free …
Aid workers in Somalia have been warning for weeks that the additional counterterrorism sanctions could scare donors into suspending emergency funding
Laetitia Bader
Senior Researcher, Africa Division
Security Council Bloc…
Four mayors and six deputy mayors - all elected officials - have resigned in Rwanda in the last 24 hours.
Following their resignation, Interior Minister Anastase Shyaka tweeted: “They have failed to deliver what they have promised citiz…
Cocaine traffickers often use the many uninhabited islands off Guinea-Bissau's coast to land their shipments
The authorities in Guinea-Bissau have arrested eight people following the seizure of more than 1.8 tonnes of cocaine.
The haul…
The police in South Africa have said they are "concerned about a campaign of fake news on social media" relating to the recent outbreak of violence and looting targeting foreigners.
Videos and images of attacks and looting unrelated to …
Police in Italy have arrested a 46-year-old man suspected of using his young son to take part in drug trafficking in the far south-west.
The eight year old was talked into helping the gang, believed to be led by his father, which showed…
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has said she will withdraw the highly controversial extradition bill which triggered months of protests.
The proposal, introduced in April, would have allowed criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland Chin…
Dan Botwe, the Minister of Regional Reorganisation and Development, has postulated that his ministry is not redundant but a justified ministerial portfolio created by the administration of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and a vital componen…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Gomoa East Constituency in the Central Region, Mr Kojo Asemanyi, has said the government will do everything possible to ensure that the people living in and around the Buduburam camp are safe to go a…
The opening of the high-level segment of Asia-Pacific Climate Week (to 6 September) took place in Bangkok on Wednesday, with speakers warning of the dire consequences of low levels of ambition to tackle climate change for the region and po…
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Africa remains small by global standards, but prominent in relation to Gross domestic products (GDP)
Africa’s growth remains uneven, with East Africa out-pacing the rest of the continent; The contine…
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has described the recent hikes in fuel prices as insensitivity on the part of the Akufo-Addo led government to the plight of the ordinary Ghanaian.
According to the party, the increase …
Rescuers have begun to reach areas of the northern Bahamas devastated by Hurricane Dorian, with aerial images showing a trail of destruction.
PM Hubert Minnis said some areas had been "decimated" and expected the current death toll of s…
Africans have come out to boycott South Africa after days of looting and violence targeting foreigners in which five people died.
Nigerian singers and Zambia's football team are among those in the boycott.
South Africa's Minister of …