US President Donald Trump has defended the use of tear gas on a crowd of migrants, including children, trying to cross the US-Mexico border on Sunday.
Border agents were forced into action because they were "being rushed by some very to…
Protests in Tunisia began overnight on Monday and have continued into Tuesday ahead of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to the north African country.
Rights activists and journalists say they object to the prince's regiona…
Lesotho is aiming to make money from the booming medicinal marijuana industry, but the BBC's Vumani Mkhize says the southern African nation already has an unheralded illicit trade in the drug for recreational use.
Green dust swirls arou…
Traditional authorities in the Asutifi South District of Brong-Ahafo Region over the weekend expressed appreciation to the Member of Parliament (MP) for his efforts at enhancing the development of the area.
They showered praises on Alha…
Some constituency executives have stated that Mr Alban Sumana Bagbin has worked hard to become a conspicuous figure that cannot be ignored in the forthcoming primaries.
"Having worked so hard from ordinary Member of Parliament through t…
The privately owned Lesotho Times newspaper says it has learned that the nation's MPs are demanding a 100% pay increase.
The newspaper reported that Prime Minister Thomas Thabane had instructed Finance Minister Moeketsi Majoro to explo…
Electoral reforms are high on the agenda as Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed hosts dozens of opposition leaders in his office to discuss what he called "the building of democratic institutions and culture".
The meeting, which is bei…
The Republic of The Gambia has deposited at the African Court on Human and Peoples Rights, the declaration required under Article 34(6) of the Protocol, to allow Non-governmental Organisations and individuals to access the Continental Cour…
Madam Paulina Patience Abayage, the Upper East Regional Minister, has said she would focus her attention on vulnerable groups to help improve their lives.
“I am going to work with women, children and the disabled in the region to establ…
Mr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, a Presidential Aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has appealed to party’s delegates to vote for him to lead the party because “it is his time”.
He explained that when he contested with the late Pr…
Mr Anthony Mensah, the Asutifi North District Chief Executive (DCE), has appealed to residents in the area participate in the Assembly’s activities to achieve its development goals.
He said the Assembly did not only represent the centra…
The Deputy Central Regional Minister, Mr Thomas Yaw Adjei Baffoe, has admonished political party supporters not to insult political opponents since it does not help to grow the country’s democratic governance.
He said politicians should…
Chinese state media heaped pressure on Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday after her ruling pro-independence party suffered heavy defeats in local elections at the weekend, as party officials sought to work out what went wrong.
Tsai…
Europe’s top court will hold an urgent hearing on Tuesday over whether Britain can unilaterally reverse its decision to leave the EU, in a case supporters of membership hope could pave the way to a second referendum and ultimately stop Bre…
More than 700 people have been injured in a 6.3-magnitude earthquake that struck western Iran on Sunday night, state television reports.
The epicentre was in Kermanshah province, where last year more than 600 people were killed in the c…
A conference focusing on the sustainable use of the world's oceans seas, lakes and rivers is under way in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
Thousands of delegates from around the world including researchers and conservationists are expected …
At least one million bees are suspected to have died of poisoning in a wine-producing area of South Africa.
Brendan Ashley-Cooper told the BBC that an insecticide used by wine farmers, Fipronil, was thought to have killed the insects on…
The Minority in Parliament has accused the government of diverting the first tranche of the US$1.3 billion cocoa syndicated loan for the 2018/19 crop year.
They claim the loan has been diverted into areas that will not directly benef…
STAR Ghana Foundation, a donor pool organization, was on Thursday launched in the Central Regional Capital, Cape Coast.
The Foundation seeks to promote active citizenry participation in local governance to contribute to advancing democr…
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law the national minimum wage bill, his office said on Monday, part of efforts by the government to tackle wage inequality in Africa’s most industrialized economy.
The National Mi…
Russia on Monday ignored Western calls to release three Ukrainian naval ships it fired on and captured near Crimea at the weekend and accused Kiev of plotting with its Western allies to provoke a conflict.
Kiev in turn accused Russia of…
Zimbabwe's former President Mugabe, 94, is unable to walk because of ill health, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.
Mr Mugabe has been in Singapore for treatment for an undisclosed illness for the past two months, he added.
The f…
Saudi Arabia aims to raise the kingdom’s mining revenues to $64 billion from $17 billion by 2030, Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Monday.
Mining vast untapped reserves of bauxite, phosphate, gold, copper and uranium is key to th…
A needle was found inside a punnet of strawberries on sale in a New Zealand supermarket, the second such incident in recent months.
The strawberries were bought at a Fresh Choice supermarket in Geraldine, a town on the South Island.
…
Brigadier-General Joseph Nunoo-Mensah, a former National Security Advisor has flayed the government for under-performing in the last two years considering the mouthwatering promises made to the citizenry in the 2016 electioneering campaign…
The Second African Culture and Sustainable Development Conference has been launched in Accra to help spur actions at pushing Africa’s development agenda through cultural perspective.
Scheduled for November 28 to 30, the three-day event …
At least 29 people are now known to have died after a cruise boat carrying party revellers capsized on Lake Victoria, Ugandan police say.
The vessel was carrying close to 100 people when it sank on Saturday near Uganda's capital, Kampal…
Mexico will deport Central American migrants who attempted to storm the US border, its interior ministry said.
The group, part of the migrant caravan heading towards the US from Central America, was rounded up after trying to cross the …
It's Monday, it's a new week, and while we won't pretend to know everything that's going to happen over the next seven days, we have some sense of what's coming up.
Here's your briefing on some of the most important and interesting stor…
The Minister of Information, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has denied claims that the government intends to increase staffers in the Office of the President from the current 998 to 1,614.
Rather, he said, the number of staffers was decreasi…
Children as young as five are being trafficked or made to work for companies supplying some of the world’s top brands, which practice “willful ignorance” of the problem, said the director of a new film.
“Invisible hands” depicts childre…
Ethiopian Airlines is accelerating its strategy of weaving a patchwork of new African routes to soak up traffic on the continent and fly customers towards its more lucrative flights to rapidly expanding Asian markets.
With a long-delaye…
African countries are missing out on a boom in Asian tourism, mainly from China, and must ease visa and entry requirements to tap into a historic shift generating billions of dollars in revenue, government officials and industry leaders sa…
The Eastern Regional Minister and Member of Parliament (MP) for Nkawkaw, Mr Eric Kwakye Daafour, has assured that Parliament would pass the Right to Information (RTI) Bill into law before it rises in December this year.
The Regional Min…
Government is determined to fight corruption in the public sector with stringent policies and measures to prevent public officials from receiving or soliciting gifts from service providers.
This has become necessary as the current admin…
Milestone achieved safely, on budget and on schedule
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG) has achieved first ore at its Bauxite Production Expansion Project in Kamsar, Guinea safely, …
South Africa will invest $1 billion in South Sudan’s oil sector, including in the construction of a refinery, the South African minister for energy and his South Sudanese counterpart for petroleum said on Friday.
South Sudan’s oil indus…
French President Emmanuel Macron will formally receive a report on Friday expected to recommend changes to French law to allow cultural artifacts seized from former African colonies to be returned to their home countries.
The report by …
Spain’s eleventh-hour objection over Gibraltar prevented the European Union on Friday from clearing the last hurdle before a leaders’ summit on Sunday is due to endorse the Brexit deal with Britain.
A meeting in Brussels of national neg…
Parliament has approved a loan of US$1.5 billion for the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) to support the development of educational infrastructure. This came despite objections raised by the Minority. They insisted that they could not…
A traditional leader has underscored the need for Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to empower Zonal Councils under their jurisdiction to ensure effective decentralization.
Nana Antwi Boasiako VI, Ankobeahen of Abe…
Minister orders termination of all contracts with US based Oil Service Company Subsea 7 for refusal to comply with Local Content laws and regulations
Encourage by proactive steps taken by Schlumbeger and Technip FMC to comply with local…
Britain is to spend £50 million ($64 million) on combating female genital mutilation (FGM) in Africa, the government said on Friday, calling it the biggest single investment to date in ending the practice.
International development mini…
US President Donald Trump has said the CIA did not conclude that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Khashoggi was killed on 2 October in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
US offici…
A former militia leader from the Central African Republic (CAR) is to appear before judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on Friday.
Alfred Yekatom, known as "Rambo", led a mostly Christian "anti-Balaka" militia …
The Deputy Minister of Local Government, Collins Ntim, on Wednesday laid in Parliament a Legislative Instrument (LI) for the creation of five new Districts and Municipal assemblies.
The Municipal Assemblies proposed are Korle-Klottey Mu…
The Minister for Trade and Industry, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, says contrary to claims by some members of the Opposition, the Akosombo Textiles Ltd (ATL) has been revived at the behest of the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo…
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) have co-hosted the EIB Africa Day 2018 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. UNIDO’s Director General, LI Yong, and EIB President, Werner Hoyer, ope…
A former judge and leading opposition figure has been sworn in as the head of Ethiopia's electoral board.
Birtukan Mideksa is the latest significant appointment of a woman to a key public office.
Ms Birtukan returned to Ethiopia earl…
Theresa May has hailed the draft agreement on post-Brexit relations as "right for the whole of the UK" and insisted a deal "is within our grasp".
The political declaration - outlining how UK-EU trade, security and other issues will work -…
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