The French government says it will push through a controversial immigration law "in the coming hours", despite many of the measures being struck out as invalid.
Most of the 35 measures rejected by France's nine-member Consti…
The Kenyan High Court has blocked the government from deploying police officers to fight gangs in Haiti.
The judge argued that the deployment would be illegal as the National Security Council lacks the legal authority to sen…
South African opposition parliamentarian, Julius Malema, has called on Africa to unite and operate as one people.
He said the division of the continent into smaller countries was carried out to satisfy the interest of the West, beca…
The government has stated that it will not adopt a loose-guard attitude towards the fight against illegal mining for political capital as the country heads to the December 7 polls.
It said although this year’s elections were a crucial…
The West African bloc has angered Niger after it postponed its negotiation mission to the country because of "technical problems" with the plane that was supposed to take most of the delegation from the Nigerian capital, Abuja to Niamey.
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Zimbabwe's opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has resigned, saying his party has been "contaminated" and "hijacked" by the government.
"I will have nothing to do with sewer politics," he said in a 13-page statement on Thursday…
The UN's top court is to decide whether to issue emergency measures ordering Israel to halt its operations in Gaza.
The session of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday is part of a case brought by South Africa …
As delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) vote tomorrow to elect parliamentary candidates in constituencies where the party has sitting Members of Parliament (MPs) across the country, the stakes are high for a few incumbents whose reig…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Awutu Senya East has criticized the Ghana Journalists Association’s directive to journalists to avoid covering activities involving the constituency’s Member of Parliament (MP) Mavis Hawa Koomson.
Th…
Residents of Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region have threatened to oppose political activities in the area this year due to the poor state of roads.
The residents claim that the government has ignored their pleas for improved roads, c…
Private Legal Practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has expressed disappointment over the decision by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to drop the criminal trial, the application to confirm the seizure, and the freezing of …
Famine is stalking parts of Ethiopia. The epicentre is in the northern Tigray region.
Villagers who have not yet recovered from the ravages of the recent war in the region are now stricken by severe drought.
Repor…
Namibia's President Hage Geingob, 82, is flying to the US to receive "specialised" medical treatment for cancer, his office has said.
It comes less than a week after his office said that medical tests revealed that he had "c…
At least 12 people were killed and 75 injured when a UN facility sheltering civilians was struck in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, the UN's Palestinian refugee agency says.
UNRWA said two shells hit its Khan Younis Training C…
Six Ghanaians, including three soldiers, have been sentenced to death by hanging for their involvement in a coup plot three years ago.
This was the first treason trial in Ghana since 1966 when post-independence leader Kwame…
Six apartments out of the 24-unit housing complex being constructed by the Member of Parliament (MP) for Banda, Ahmed Ibrahim, at Banda-Ahenkro in the Bono Region have been completed.
The MP is providing the facility in response to acc…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region has fired back at former President John Dramani Mahama’s assertion that the region has been neglected by the ruling government, despite historically delivering significant electoral votes…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has justified its decision to reject the Electoral Commission’s proposal to change the election date from December 7 to November 7.
The Deputy Director of Elections of the NDC, Tanko Rashid Conpute…
Tens of thousands of Argentines have joined protests in the first major challenge to President Javier Milei's plans to slash workers' rights.
Large crowds gathered in the heart of Buenos Aires and other cities for demonstrat…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Moscow of "playing with the lives of Ukrainian prisoners", after a deadly plane crash in western Russia.
He demanded an international inquiry after Wednesday's crash in the …
At least 40 people were killed after a tunnel collapsed in a gold mine in Mali, officials say.
"It started with a noise. The earth started to shake," Oumar Sidibe, a local official for gold miners told the AFP news agency.
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The legal representative for ACP Benjamin Agordzo, Martin Kpebu, has described the trial of his client as politically motivated.
ACP Benjamin Agordzo, the late Dr. Mac Palm, and eight others were arraigned in 2021 on counts of conspirac…
The Islamic police in Nigeria’s northern state of Kano have launched a manhunt for six popular TikTokers, with the force saying they post “indecent and un-Islamic” content on the social media app.
The head of the Kano State Hisbah Corps…
An aspiring parliamentary candidate in the Agona West Constituency in the Central Region, Yawson Otoo, has said that the party needs a new candidate to retain the seat in the 2024 elections.
He stated that currently, there was a lot of …
The Office of the Head of Local Government Service (OHLGS) has said it has put in measures to reduce audit infractions in the various metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs).
The measures include sanctioning of office…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said it does not support the proposal by the Electoral Commission (EC) to change the date of the Presidential and Parliamentary elections from December to November.
“Instead of cherry-picking,…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) sitting Member of Parliament (MP) for Trobu in the Greater Accra Region, Moses Anim, has urged delegates of the party to do him the honour by electing him as the parliamentary candidate on Saturday to retain t…
The Iraqi government has strongly condemned US strikes which targeted sites used by Iranian-backed groups in Iraq on Wednesday.
A spokesperson for Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said they "blatantly" violated h…
Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley has vowed to press on with her campaign in the wake of a second consecutive loss to Donald Trump.
Ms Haley campaigned across New Hampshire ahead of Tuesday's primary, courting both…
Namibia's ruling Swapo party says President Hage Geingob is "in good spirits and is receiving good medical attention" for his cancer treatment.
Last week, the presidency said Mr Geingob would start treatment for cancer after routine med…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he is pleased Chad's President, Mahamat Idriss Déby, has "stabilised" the West African country after Déby took power in a coup three years ago.
The two presidents met in Moscow on Wednesday as R…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has thrown his support behind organised labour’s call on the government to reverse the Value Added Tax (VAT) imposed on electricity.
The Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), expresse…
ACP Grace Ansah-Akrofi, the Director of the Public Affairs Directorate of the Ghana Police Service (GPS), has stated that the service is diligently preparing for this year’s general elections.
She highlighted that the personnel of the s…
The Member of Parliament for Weija-Gbawe constituency in the Greater Accra region and Deputy Minister of Health, Tina Gifty Naa Ayeley Mensah, is highly tipped by the Chief Executive of Weija-Gbawe municipality, Patrick Kwesi Brako Kumor, …
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has rejected the Electoral Commission’s proposal to change the election date from December 7 to November 7.
The proposal was raised during the recent Inter-Party Advisory Committee …
The Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, in consultation with the Office of the President, has slated February 6, 2024, for the inauguration of all Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs).
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Former President John Dramani Mahama has urged the minority in Parliament to vigilantly monitor both the Akufo-Addo-Bawumia government and the Bank of Ghana to ensure the prudent utilization of the second tranche of the $600 million IMF ba…
The Member of Parliament for Akuapem South, OB Amoah, says his decision to withdraw from the New Patriotic Party’s upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for January 27, 2024, is based on personal grounds and is also in…
President Joe Biden is the projected winner of New Hampshire's Democratic primary, even though he was not on the ballot.
A write-in effort helped him avoid the embarrassment of losing to Dean Phillips, a Democratic congress…
Turkish MPs have ratified Sweden's bid to join Nato in a long-delayed vote that represents a big step forward on the Nordic nation's path to membership.
Sweden applied to join in 2022 after Russia's full-scale invasion of Uk…
Liberia's new President Joseph Boakai has been declared "perfectly fine" by his doctors, his office says.
The 79-year-old failed to reach the end of his inauguration speech and had to be helped away from the podium during hi…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has dropped a high-profile economist from an advisory panel as questions are being raised about her PhD.
Thabi Leoka said that the London School of Economics (LSE) awarded it but Busin…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has justified its proposal to change the date for both Presidential and Parliamentary elections from December 7 to November 7, 2024.
The EC stated that the proposal, initially put forth by the political par…
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has again rejected the idea of creating a Palestinian state.
His comments came hours after a phone call with US President Joe Biden after which the US leader indicated Mr Netan…
In a function room on the edge of Moscow, something unusual is happening.
A group of women are publicly criticising the Russian authorities. Their husbands are among the 300,000 reservists mobilised by Russian President Vla…
The European Union has imposed sanctions, including asset freezes, on six firms it says are responsible for arming and financing the rival warring factions in Sudan.
Among the companies targeted are two involved in the manufacture of we…
In the first vote of its kind, the House of Lords has called for the new UK-Rwanda treaty to be delayed until Kigali improves its asylum procedures.
Peers backed a non-binding motion urging the government not to ratify the t…
The General Overseer of Living Streams International, Rev. Dr Ebenezer Markwei, has urged the Electoral Commission (EC) to be firm, fair and transparent in its activities as the country heads for the December 7 elections. He commended the …
After declaring his parliamentary ambition to run on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Akim Swedru Constituency of the Eastern Region, the Controller and Accountant General, Mr. Kwasi Kwaning Bosompem, continues to enjoy b…
The Ashanti regional chapter of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has strongly criticized the government, accusing it of neglecting the Ashanti region and sidelining it in terms of development.
The party …
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