The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has criticised Nigeria over its extradition of Cameroonian separatists, saying the move breached international agreements.
On 5 January, Nigerian officials arrested Sisiku Ayuk Tabe, the leader of the Anglo…
The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), Africa's largest peacebuilding organisation, has called on the African Union (AU) to re-engage Kenya's two leaders as part of efforts to resolve the unfolding political crises in that coun…
Parliament on Thursday bared its teeth at the proliferation of secret recordings, and cautioned the public that the practice, without consent or authorisation, was criminal and punishable.
Quoting Article 18 (2) of the 1992 Constitution…
Madam Martha Kwayie Manu, District Chief Executive (DCE) for Sefwi-Juaboso, has called for chiefs to lead the fight against illegal mining in the communities.
She said efforts to stop the illegal activity, to safeguard the environment, …
Former Attorney General Betty Mould-Iddrisu says she did nothing wrong when the state failed to put up a defence in the suit filed by businessman Mr Alfred Agbesi Woyome over the abrogation of an alleged contract with the government in 200…
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), has called for the speedy passage of the Right to Information (RTI) Bill to improve the transparency and accountability not only in the petroleum industry but the entire extractive sector.
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Maldives police have fired tear gas at crowds of opposition supporters celebrating a Supreme Court ruling.
A reporter said police told crowds they would "not be responsible for damage inflicted by using force".
The court ordered the …
US President Donald Trump has accused top officials of politicising FBI and justice department investigations to damage his Republican party.
Later on Friday, he is expected to approve the release of a memo that is thought to suggest th…
The 68-year-old son of Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro has killed himself in Havana, according to Cuban state media.
Fidel Ángel Castro Díaz-Balart was found on Thursday morning and is said to have suffered from depression.
The fir…
The Five-Member Parliamentary Committee probing the ‘Cash-for-Seat’ allegations is expected to present its final report to Parliament on today.
Additionally, the House would start the debate on the Committee’s report on Tuesday, F…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has suspended the Upper West Regional Minister, Alhaji Sulemana Alhassan, from office with immediate effect.
A statement signed by the Director of Communications at the Flagstaff House, Mr Eugene …
India has announced an ambitious health insurance scheme, which is designed to be a safety net for millions of people who struggle to afford medical care.
It's thought to be one of the largest such schemes in the world, and is likely to…
Hong Kong police have successfully defused a "severely damaged" World War Two bomb that was found at a construction site in a busy commercial area.
Over 4,000 people were forced to evacuate and streets cordoned off as experts worked ove…
South African President Jacob Zuma has provided arguments on why he should not be prosecuted for corruption, the state prosecutor said on Thursday, as pressure mounted for the scandal-plagued leader to step down.
Zuma, who has faced and…
Mr Kwame Asafu-Adjei, Member of Parliament (MP) for Nsuta-Kwamang-Beposo has called on government to put in place measures to deal decisively with the problem of alien nomadic herdsmen once and for all.
According to him, many Ghanaians …
The United States (US) Embassy, in collaboration with the African American Association of Ghana (AAAG), would commemorate the 150th Anniversary of Dr W.E.B. Du Bois as part of the celebration of the Black History Month. The anniversary w…
Kenya's High Court has suspended the government's shutdown of three of the country's largest private TV channels.
KTN, NTV, and Citizen TV were taken off the air over plans to broadcast opposition leader Raila Odinga's unofficial "inaug…
The top Democrat on the US House Intelligence Committee has accused Republicans of tampering with a memo about FBI spying at the 2016 election.
Adam Schiff said Republicans had changed the text after it was voted on.
The secret docum…
The Minority in Parliament has called on the Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, to either resign or be sacked by the President because a report by the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has cited him for bre…
A former police chief in Uganda has been arrested after a dramatic stand-off at his house in Wakiso in the central region. Police cut through a metal door to arrest Muhammad Kirumira who had been locked in by his wife to prevent his arrest…
Cuba has announced that it's expanding its programme of sending doctors to Algeria. The country will receive in return new crude oil shipments which will compensate for the reduction of subsidised oil supplies from Venezuela.
The deal w…
The Volta Region Executives of the Convention People Party (CPP) has called on the Central Committee of the party to commence preparations towards the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in order not to lose time.
To be able t…
Parliament on Tuesday praised Liberia on its historic democratic transfer of power and congratulated President George Oppong Weah for his tenacity that propelled him into the highest political office of that country.
“I wish to congratu…
A leading opposition MP in Kenya has been arrested - a day after he attended the "swearing-in" of Raila Odinga as the "people's president" at a rally in the capital, Nairobi.
TJ Kajwang, a lawyer, was arrested outside a Nairobi court bu…
A stun grenade has been thrown and shots have been fired into the residential compound of prominent Kenyan opposition politician Kalonzo Musyoka, police say. No one was was injured in the attack on Wednesday night, and the motive was still…
A bullish US President Donald Trump has proclaimed a "new American moment" as he delivered his maiden State of the Union speech to Congress.
In a primetime address, the Republican leader said he was "extending an open hand" to Democrats…
An aspiring Agona West Constituency Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on delegates of the party to vote massively for him in the upcoming constituency election to ensure unity in the party.
According to h…
Africa’s leaders ended a summit Jan. 29 with a new statistic on their thoughts: By 2063, the continent will see a tripling of the number of working-age people, to nearly 2 billion. The increase will far surpass the increase in all of Asia,…
China has denied reports by French newspaper Le Monde that it has been spying on the African Union (AU) headquarters in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. The article claimed that over the last five years, data from the AU building, which…
The German government has denounced experiments funded by German carmakers in which humans and monkeys reportedly inhaled diesel exhaust fumes.
German media say the health impact research was done by EUGT, a body funded by Volkswagen, D…
Angry residents attacked police vans and officials whom they accused of arriving late to the scene of an accident which killed 36 people in India's eastern state of West Bengal.
Bystanders rushed to the rescue when a bus crashed through…
Alhaji Sulemana Alhassan, the Upper West Regional Minister, has urged Municipal and District Chief Executives (MDCEs) to learn and adopt good leadership skills in order to effectively manage huge resources under their jurisdictions.
“T…
The President of the policy think tank, IMANI Africa, Mr Franklin Cudjoe, has expressed concern over the logistical challenges faced by the Ghana Police Service, saying the situation is hindering the efforts of the police at providing adeq…
The Chairman of the Commission of Enquiry into the creation of new regions, Justice S.A. Brobbey, has said the people of the Volta Region have always been living together and will continue to live together even if the petitioners for the c…
African leaders have been cautioned not to allow themselves to be dragged into the competing bluster between the United States of America (USA) and North Korea even though they may remain their individual allies.
Professor Emeritus Divi…
Kenyans have taken to Twitter to criticise authorities in the capital, Nairobi, for what they say was their ineffective response to last night's fire that gutted an informal settlement, killing at least three people and leaving 6,000 homel…
Militants have killed at least 11 soldiers in an attack on an army post in Kabul, the fourth major assault in a surge of violence in just over a week.
Sixteen other soldiers were injured in the raid near the main military academy in the…
The Managing Editor of The Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr., has praised pressure group Occupy Ghana for its unwavering stance against the presence of the two former Guantanamo Bay detainees, Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih …
The National Council of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has refuted claims by its suspended General Secretary, Kwabena Agyei Agyapong, that his suspension was illegal.
The council says it followed all due processes in handing out th…
President Donald Trump has told global finance leaders he will always put the US first when it comes to trade, but "that does not mean America alone".
"The US is open for business," he said in his inaugural address to the World Economic…
The National Organiser of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has advised party members to chase out aspiring flagbearer candidates who come to them campaigning for a position yet to be opened.
Kofi Adams said the party is …
At least 37 people have been killed and more than 70 injured in a fire at a hospital in South Korea.
The blaze is thought to have started in the emergency room at Sejong Hospital in the south-eastern city of Miryang.
About 200 patien…
Researchers have identified the remains of the earliest known modern humans to have left Africa.
New dating of fossils from Israel indicates that our species (Homo sapiens) lived outside Africa around 185,000 years ago, some 80,000 year…
The Leader and Founder of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Mr Kwesi Addai Odike, has described the late K.B. Asante as a statesman and diplomat who served his country selflessly without blemish.
He said as a secretary to the fi…
The Deputy Greater Accra Regional Minister has asked staff of the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) to always take initiatives as a way of promoting the work of the Assembly.
Madam Elizabeth Sackey says workers should not wait for somebo…
Mr Emmanuel Otto Bekoe, Presiding Member of Nsawam-Adoagyiri Municipal Assembly, has urged parents and guardians to put an end to child labour and take advantage of government’s free education to enroll their wards in school.
Mr Otto Be…
Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency has arrested and is holding a former top official who served in President Muhammadu Buhari's government.Babachir Lawal's arrest comes 24 hours after former president Olusegun Obasanjo claimed people close t…
Veteran US diplomat Bill Richardson has resigned from an international panel set up by Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi to advise on the Rohingya crisis.
He claimed the panel was a "whitewash" and accused Ms Suu Kyi, his long-time friend…
The La Nkwantanang-Madina Municipal Assembly (LaNMMA) has held a three-day workshop to educate sub-district heads on their roles and duties in the assembly.
According to the Municipal Chief Executive of LaNMMA, Ms Jennifer Dede Afagbedz…
The National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Kofi Adams, has said the party’s re-organisation and re-registration exercise is on course.
The exercise forms part of the recommendations from the Professor Kwesi Bot…