Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has urged the House of Lords to pass his flagship Rwanda bill, as he warned peers not to "frustrate the will of the people".
Giving a press conference after the legislation was approved by MPs, Mr…
Donald Trump has joined his wife Melania in mourning her mother, Amalija Knavs, at a private funeral in Florida.
The former first lady announced the death of her mother at the age of 78 earlier this month.
She del…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has told the United States that he opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state once the conflict in Gaza comes to an end.
In a news conference, a defiant Mr Netanyahu vo…
The National Executive Committee of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has rejected a petition by Trade and Industry Minister, KT Hammond, seeking to disqualify his opponents in the party’s Adansi Asokwa parliamentary primary.
KT Hammond pet…
An overpowering stench dominates the scene of Tuesday night’s explosion in the Nigerian city of Ibadan where emergency agencies are still hard at work.
The death toll has risen from two to five following the blast in Bodija, a residenti…
An associate Professor of the University of Buffalo, USA, Dr Dorothy Siaw-Asamoah, has applauded Ghana's 30 years of uninterrupted parliamentary democracy, describing it as a beacon of hope on the continent.
She said Ghana's shining exa…
The US has carried out a fourth round of strikes on Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, Pentagon officials confirmed on Wednesday night.
Some 14 Houthi missiles, which the US says may have been intended for attacks on shipping…
Ugandan security forces have blockaded the homes of prominent opposition politicians, ahead of a planned protest in the capital, Kampala.
Both veteran opposition leader Kizza Besigye and Bobi Wine, a former pop star whose real name is R…
The government of the Comoros has ordered an overnight curfew after the police and military clashed with protesters angered by the re-election of President Azali Assoumani.
Opposition parties have called for the poll to be declared void…
Israel is accused of having targeted a group of Palestinian civilians with no links to armed groups and who posed no threat to Israeli forces, according to witnesses in the occupied West Bank.
Seven men - four of them broth…
Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, the 2020 running mate of NDC flagbearer John Mahama, has criticized President Akufo-Addo for his remarks on the lack of development in Ekumfi, Central Region.
In a statement on X, formerly known as T…
A former Minister of Defence and Member of Parliament for Navrongo Central, Mark Owen Woyongo, has died.
The Woyongo Family head, Mr. Awini Zinge, confirmed the death in a statement on Thursday, January 18. Mr Woyongo was 74 years old.
…
Donald Trump's lawyers accused E Jean Carroll of courting publicity on Wednesday, as she said her reputation was left "shattered" after accusing him of sexual assault in the 1990s.
The second day of the civil defamation tria…
Pakistan has launched missile strikes into Iran, reportedly killing nine people, after Iran carried out strikes in Pakistan late on Tuesday.
Pakistan said its strikes had hit "terrorist hideouts" in Iran's south-eastern Sist…
Somalia has turned away a plane transporting officials from Ethiopia to the self-declared republic of Somaliland in a major escalation of the diplomatic row between the countries.
Somalia's information minister told the BBC …
A former Sierra Leonean president has been granted permission to travel abroad on medical grounds despite facing treason charges.
The High Court ruling comes amid speculation that Ernest Bai Koroma has agreed to go into exil…
In the most recent round (Round 9, 2022) of the Afrobarometer survey, 53 per cent of Ghanaians said they turn to radio every day for news; 48 per cent said television, 30 per cent said social media such as Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, etc.…
A former National Chairman of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) Workers' Union and a farmer, Maxwell Osei-Gyamerah, has expressed the hope that he will be the next parliamentary candidate to represent the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at the O…
The Northern Regional Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alhaji Hamid Gbewaa has been suspended from the party.
This is following his alleged assault of the Regional Treasurer of the NDC Hajia Shamima Yakubu.
…
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has said he could return money to the UK if no asylum seekers are sent to his country under his deal with the government.
The UK has paid £240m to Rwanda, with a further £50m to come. So far, …
Russian riot police fired tear gas and hit protesters with batons in Bashkortostan on Wednesday after a rights activist was sentenced to four years in a penal colony.
Footage showed supporters of Fail Alsynov clashing with p…
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) says it will open nominations for its flagbearer position by March 2024.
In an exclusive interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), Nana Ofori Owusu, National Chairman of the party, said the group w…
The Second Deputy Whip of the Minority Caucus in Parliament, Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe, has urged traditional leaders to oppose sod-cutting ceremonies by the Akufo-Addo government in their jurisdictions this year.
The lawmaker says any proje…
The Seventh-Day Adventist Church is proposing an amendment to the December 7, 2024, date for the general elections.
In a petition to the Electoral Commission and the Attorney General, the church stated that the date, which falls on a Sa…
Saudi Arabia reinforced its call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, and an end to the spiraling volatility in the Red Sea, today at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2024.
Speaking at a session on ‘Securing an Insecure Worl…
Iran says it has hit a militant group in western Pakistan in a missile attack, its third air strike on another country this week after earlier attacks on targets in Iraq and Syria.
Iranian state TV said the operation hit two…
Fresh criminal charges against Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos are politically motivated, she has insisted.
Angola's public prosecutor has charged Ms Dos Santos with 12 crimes, including embezzlement and fraud, reports…
Comoros President Azali Assoumani has been re-elected for a fourth term in a poll disputed by the opposition as "fraudulent".
He secured the win with 63% of the vote, the electoral body Ceni said.
Opposition candi…
The Northern Regional Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alhaji Abdul Hamid, popularly known as Alhaji Gbewaa, has been granted bail following an overnight detention by the police.
Party supporters, who had gathere…
The Member of Parliament for the Akim Abuakwa South constituency, Samuel Atta Akyea, has criticized individuals who blame Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for the country’s economic woes.
He acknowledged that the economy is not i…
The Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, Samuel Atta Akyea, has commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his performance despite the numerous challenges he has encountered during his tenure.
He pointed out that, unlike his…
Niger's junta-appointed Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine is in Russia's capital Moscow for talks aimed at deepening economic and military ties between the two countries.
He is accompanied by Defence Minister Salihou Mody as well …
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has snatched second place in Iowa's caucuses, edging former UN ambassador Nikki Haley into third in a Republican contest dominated by Donald Trump.
Mr DeSantis had campaigned relentlessly in the…
A parliamentary candidate hopeful on the ticket of the governing New Patriotic Party in the Bekwai constituency, COP George Alex Mensah (Rtd), has vehemently denied any wrongdoing that may affect his chances of winning the polls.
He was…
Leader of the New Force, Nana Kwame Bediako, has promised to give the youth opportunities to be part of the country’s decision-making processes to choose leaders when he is voted into power in the 2024 polls.
According to him, the youth…
Former Sanitation Minister Cecilia Dapaah’s application seeking to restrain the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) from continuing to freeze accounts and seize cash recovered from her Abelemkpe residence has been adjourned to February …
A court has ruled stolen assets worth £6.9m ($8.9m) can be returned to Nigeria.
It comes after Jersey's Attorney General served a forfeiture notice to the Royal Court in Jersey in November.
The court ruled the mon…
The race for the Asante Akyem South parliamentary ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is heating up as the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Kwaku Asante-Boateng, who is seeking re-election and his closest contender, Bi…
Authorities in Mauritius are assessing the damage after Cyclone Belal brought torrential rain and flooding to the Indian Ocean island nation.
The country's meteorological service said the storm was now moving away eastwards,…
The US has condemned Iran over ballistic missile attacks near Iraq's northern city of Irbil, calling them "a reckless and imprecise set of strikes".
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they struck what they claimed were Israeli…
In a striking display of political solidarity, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Effutu and Deputy Majority Leader is on course to secure the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) nomination for the Effutu constituen…
Liberia's outgoing President George Weah has said he has no plans of seeking re-election in 2029 after his defeat in recent elections.
Mr Weah, a former international footballer, was elected in 2017 but lost in November polls to Joseph …
The leadership of the National Democratic Congress has condemned the attack on its Northern Regional Treasurer, Hajia Shamima Yakubu, by a regional party officer.
The party, however, stated that reports claiming that the incident happen…
Ghana will not make any meaningful progress if the citizens continue to vote on ethnic lines and for monetary gains, the Queenmother of Bake Clan of Ho Bankoe, Mama Bobi III, has said.
She said until the citizens stopped voting "on the …
Namibia has condemned former colonial ruler Germany for rejecting a case at the UN's top court accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.
Germany has offered to intervene on Israel's behalf in the case brought by South …
Ukraine's military says it has shot down a Russian military spy plane over the Sea of Azov, in what analysts say would be a blow to Moscow's air power.
Army chief Gen Valerii Zaluzhnyi said the air force had "destroyed" an A…
The recent District Level Elections (DLEs) have once again brought to the fore the worrying issue of dwindling participation of voters in the local elections and low representation of women in local governance in the country.
The DLEs, …
Spare parts dealers in Abossey Okai are expressing dissatisfaction with the government, citing concerns about the adverse impact of newly implemented taxes on their businesses.
They expressed disappointment, as they beli…
The HOPE Campaign has commenced its campaign activities towards the 2024 Elections. The campaign for the election is dubbed the “HOPEinBawumia” Campaign.
Fueled by its mission to connect with a vibrant Generation Z and millennial au…
Assin Central MP and former NPP presidential candidate, Kennedy Agyapong, has declared Energy Minister Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, popularly known as NAPO, as the ideal running mate for NPP flagbearer Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to secure victory …
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