The alert level for Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano has been raised to the second-highest level possible, after a series of eruptions.
All flights around the volcano have been rerouted and a 5km (three-mile) exclusion zone has also be…
The Electoral Commission has fixed Thursday, January 31, 2019 to hold the parliamentary by-election at Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency in Accra.
The date was agreed at an emergency meeting of the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) o…
Voting has commenced in some 47 districts across the country for the creation of six new regions.
The referenda is seeking to create the Western North, Ahafo, Bono East, Oti, North East and Savannah Regions.
At least half o…
From stopping child trafficking to mapping slums or delivering medicines, governments and companies found new ways to use technology in 2018 to help people globally.
Here are 10 new uses of technology in the past year:
1. Drone-deliv…
A Pakistan court on Monday jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for seven years on graft charges that he says were politically motivated.
The anti-corruption court said in its ruling that the three-time prime minister was unable to…
Togbe Afede XIV, President of the National House of Chiefs (NHC), has asked chiefs to play active part in ensuring that the December 27 referendum on the creation of new regions is successful and peaceful.
He said it was important for t…
With Christmas fast approaching, African shoppers are snapping up festive decorations to add some sparkle to the holiday season.
Reuters photographers took the streets of cities across the continent to capture traders and hawkers sellin…
As many as 3,000 people have been evacuated after residents of a newly completed tower block in Australia reported hearing "cracking noises".
Police confirmed they had found a crack in the 33-storey Opal Tower, in Sydney Olympic Park, f…
The new leadership of the Electoral Commission (EC) has assured that it is working to ensure that the citizenry realise that it is not working for the interest of any political party.
Some political figures have in the past criticised t…
The world economy is set to enjoy a very good year. In that, it will be much like 2018 and 2017 and most probably like 2020 and 2021. Economic growth will be fairly strong in most of the countries where such expansion does the most good. W…
Israel will hold an early general election in April, a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday, after members of his governing coalition met to discuss differences over legislation.
“The leaders of the coalition d…
A survey on interest, knowledge and awareness of citizens on the upcoming referendum on proposed creation of new regions has shown that there is high interest amongst citizens in the affected areas regarding the issue and they believe it i…
A petition to stop a man being deported back to the Democratic Republic of Congo on Christmas Day has been signed by more than 3,000 people.
Otis Bolamu worked for the DR Congo government before seeking asylum in Swansea, the petition s…
Coastal residents near Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano have been warned to keep away from beaches amid fears it could trigger a new tsunami.
On Saturday, giant waves crashed into coastal towns on the islands of Sumatra and Java, killi…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the injunction placed on its presidential primary may not affect the election as the party has taken steps to resolve the issues before January 26, 2019.
It said the writ of summons which tr…
Ex-oil tycoon Martin Fayulu has emerged as one of the main candidates in this month's presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo, writes the BBC's Dickens Olewe.
Martin Fayulu means business.
A campaign poster for the …
Former President John Dramani Mahama has called on the rank and file of the party to rally behind him to present a renewed and reinvigorated National Democratic Congress (NDC) that would lead the country beyond the unprecedented economic h…
Stakeholders have been called upon to come out with policies and programmes that could bring an end to all forms of violence and abuse meted against women and girls in the country.
Mr Tontie Binado, Brong Ahafo Regional Programme Office…
With barely a week to go for the referendum on the proposed creation of new regions, the Electoral Commission (EC) is yet to complete work on the final voters’ register to be used for the exercise.
This has generated debate amongst vari…
At least 13 miners have been killed and 10 more injured in a methane explosion at a Czech coal mine, officials say.
Most of the victims were Polish miners provided by an agency, the state-run OKD mining company said.
Thursday's blast…
The al-Shabab leadership has broadcast a 42-minute statement accusing Islamic State (IS) group fighters of "spoiling the ongoing jihad in Somalia".
Through their spokesperson, Ali Mohamud - alias Ali Rage, the group called on its fighte…
Anti-government protests that started on Wednesday in northern Sudan have been spreading to other cities, including the capital, Khartoum. The protesters are angered by a proposed hike to bread and fuel prices, and have been calling for a …
"Bobs" are quite the topic of discussion in the UK right now - people "bored of Brexit", desperate to read, talk and hear about something, anything, else.
But if Bobs are big in the UK, spare a thought for their numbers in the EU.
An…
A new British law banning all ivory sales has been welcomed by a dozen African states, and by campaigners who say poachers have been using the legal trade in antique ivory to cover their own activities.
The law has been described as the…
The Sunyani Municipal Assembly has acquired thousands of refuse containers to be distributed among households in the municipality for proper waste management.
According to the city authorities, the assembly has finalized processes with …
Mr Frank Annor-Dompreh, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee has described the conduct of Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Minority spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, as a nuisance to the committee.
According to him, the Ranking Member is be…
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has described the new August 4 holiday proposed in the Public Holiday Amendment Bill by the government as inconsistent with the history of the country.
The CPP said the most dangerous part of the bi…
Belgium is due to extradite a former Rwandan army major Bernard Ntuyahaga to Rwanda.
He has described efforts to send him back to Rwanda as a death sentence, telling Belgian news site La Libre, "if I go to [Rwanda's capital] Kigali, I'l…
The Trump administration is planning to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan, US media say.
Reports, citing unnamed officials, say about 7,000 troops - roughly half the remaining US military presence in the country - could go h…
African media have been missing out at the Russian President’s questions and answers press conference dubbed "The Direct Line" by the Kremlin administration.
The country’s Foreign Ministry has not granted accreditation to the African me…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo–Addo, Wednesday, giving an account of his stewardship over the year, appealed to citizens be part of the systematic development processes and not impede the path for bringing modernisation for their wellbei…
The Centre for Local Governance Advocacy (CLGA) has organized a two-day capacity building training workshop for assembly members of newly-created district assemblies in the Ashanti Region in Kumasi.
The workshop, which was a collaborati…
Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has debunked claims by the Minority that the Ministry has inflated the cost of a building it bought to house Ghana’s new mission in Oslo, Norway.
…
Hundreds are massing up in the proposed Oti Region in northern parts of Volta Region ahead of the referendum on new regions scheduled for Thursday, December 27.
With barely a week to go, bus loads of natives from the enclave are arrivin…
Zimbabwe's military used "unjustifiable" force against opposition protesters in the wake of this year's presidential election, an inquiry has found.
Six people were killed after troops intervened to curb protests in the capital, Harare,…
A fast-food outlet in South Africa has been ordered to withdraw a commercial showing an African explorer conquering Europe in the 17th Century.
The advertising board said colonialism was "traumatic" for Africans and was "not open for hu…
South African prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for Zimbabwe's ex-first lady, Grace Mugabe, for allegedly assaulting a model in 2017, police say.
The move comes after a court annulled her diplomatic immunity in July.
South Af…
The European Commission says it has started to implement its preparations for a no-deal Brexit - in case the UK leaves the EU without a plan.
It has announced temporary measures to try to reduce the impact, but says it cannot counter al…
An Accra High Court has placed an interim injunction on the upcoming election by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), aimed at selecting a flagbearer for Election 2020.
The interim injunction followed the filing of a suit …
The Minority Leader in Parliament, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, has called for the collapse of the Ministry of Regional Reorganisation and Development after the referendum for the creation of six proposed regions in 2019.
He again indicated tha…
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has criticised the newly crowned Miss World Africa for "wearing Indian hair".
Tweeting a photo with fellow Ugandan Quinn Abenakyo shortly after her pageant win, he said "we must show African beauty in it…
The "bestial" murder of two young women in Morocco is being investigated as a terrorism attack, Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said.
Three men were arrested on Thursday over the murder of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, fro…
A Kurdish-led alliance in Syria says President Donald Trump's surprise decision to withdraw US troops will allow the Islamic State (IS) group to recover.
A statement from the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) warned of a military vacuum tha…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated he will not preside over the loss of Ghana's sovereignty to China.
The President was responding to public concerns on Ghana's recent relations with China at a meet the press encounter a…
The spokesman of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s electoral commission, Jean-Pierre Kalamba, has told the BBC that he cannot rule out a postponement of elections scheduled for Sunday.
He said that if the electoral material was not rea…
Ethiopia’s parliament has approved a controversial bill that allows Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to set up a commission to resolve conflicts triggered by identity and border disputes between regional administrations.
The bill was fiercely …
Mrs Cecilia Abena Dapaah, the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources has implored Mr Sampson Ahi, the former Deputy Minister of Works and Housing, to desist from the politics of personal attacks because it would not help in the progres…
The Minority in Parliament has called for a full scale enquiry into the saga over the inflated cost of a property to establish a new mission in Oslo, Norway.
According to them, there should be an independent national enquiry into the tr…
The UK Government is increasing its footprint in Ghana by ten per cent.
2018: an incredible year for the UK and Ghana
The UK has set out a new and distinctive offer to further its partnership with Ghana. This new agenda kicked off wi…
President Joseph Kabila's preferred successor, Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, has a fearsome reputation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The question is whether Mr Shadary can convert that into a victory in Sunday's presidential electio…
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