Canadian intelligence has heard an audio recording of the killing of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has confirmed.
"Canada has been fully briefed up on what Turkey had to share," he said.
Mr Trude…
The final four hostages of the 82 people kidnapped from a boarding school in Cameroon have been released.
The principal, one teacher and two students were dropped off on the outskirts of Bafut, a town 15 miles (24 km) from Bamenda, loca…
Ethiopia has arrested more than 60 former security and intelligence officials for alleged human rights abuses and corruption.
The arrests came at the end of a five-month-long investigation, Attorney General Berhanu Tsegaye said Monday.
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The death toll in wildfires sweeping California has risen to 31, with more than 200 people still missing, officials have said.
Six more people were confirmed killed in the Camp Fire in the north of the state, taking the toll there to 29.
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Osie Adza Tekpor XII, Paramount Chief of Avatime Traditional Area in the Ho West District of the Volta Region has noted that the discourse on the creation of the proposed Oti Region was becoming personalised and could affect the peace of t…
Gabonese President Ali Bongo is seriously ill but on the mend, his spokesman says, ending weeks of official silence on his condition.
Speculation has mounted on the health of President Bongo, 59, with some reports saying he suffered a s…
Some assembly members in the Ayensuano District Assembly are demanding that their Member of Parliament (MP) give a detail account of the use of his MP’s Common Fund.
The assembly members believed that their MP, Mr Samuel Ayeh-Paye had n…
New crossings have been opened between the Turkish and Greek sides of Cyprus - the first in eight years.
Dozens crossed via the new routes near Dherynia and Lefke as guards removed barbed wire fences.
Monday's opening of new crossing…
A call has been made to the youth and the clergy in particular, to pray for divine intervention in the challenging times facing the country and its people.
Mr. James Gunu, Volta Regional National Democratic Congress (NDC) Secretary, in …
The Mfantseman Municipal Assembly (MMA) has gone the extra mile to significantly improve on the infrastructural development of the Municipality to include health, education and road.
The move, is to give strong support to the government…
An aspiring flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Goosie Tanoh, has stated that although Ghanaians are complaining about economic hardship, it is not an indication that the 2020 general election is going to be "a walk o…
A flag-bearer hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Kinsford Bagbin, has identified grass roots empowerment as imperative for the party to win Election 2020.
The veteran legislator, known for his principled stance and bl…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana on Monday (November 12, 2018) for a day’s official visit to Qatar, at the invitation of the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
It will be recalled that the Emir at the invit…
The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Thursday that Russia wants to lift banking restrictions on North Korea put in place to try to curb Pyongyang’s nuclear program, but the United States would not let that happen.
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Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said a deal between Britain and the European Union over Britain’s exit from the bloc was possible in weeks, despite continued political haggling over the future of the border between Ireland and Northe…
Africa is facing a looming debt crisis, say leading development economists.
"Almost 40% of sub-Saharan African countries are in danger of slipping into a major debt crisis" according to the Overseas Development Institute, ahead of a maj…
African island states this week said they need more help to cope with the health impacts of climate change, from worsening nutrition to a resurgence in mosquito-borne disease.
At least 23 percent of deaths in Africa are linked to the en…
The Executive Director of the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), Professor Kwesi Prempeh, has asked for a more united, committed and louder call for the removal of corrupt officials to compel the government to take swift action.
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Emeritus Professor Kwame A. Ninsin of the Department of Political Science, University of Ghana, has attributed the failure of African governments to the inability of researchers to research into developmental issues of national inter…
French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Theresa May laid a wreath at a memorial in the Somme valley on Friday, honoring fallen World War One soldiers on the eve of the centenary of the war’s end.
The Somme Offensive,…
Elections were last held in Libya four years agoImage caption: Elections were last held in Libya four years ago
The UN envoy to Libya has said that a National Conference will be held in the country in the first weeks of 2019, which shou…
Civil Society Consortium working to popularise the African Charter for Democracy, Elections, and Governance (ACDEG) and Network of Media have urged governments on the continent to promulgate and enforce Right to Information (RTI) Laws in t…
A Ryanair plane has been seized by French authorities in a row over money in the latest problem for the airline.
The French civil aviation authority grounded the Boeing 737 on Thursday at Bordeaux airport, before it was due to fly to St…
Party delegates have gathered at the national tallying centre in the Stade Municipal de Mahamasina in the capital, AntananarivoImage caption: Party delegates have gathered at the national tallying centre in the Stade Municipal de Mahamasin…
On the 80th anniversary of the Nazi Kristallnacht attack on Germany's Jews, French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe has revealed a 69% increase in anti-Semitic incidents this year.
"We are a very far cry from ridding ourselves of anti-Se…
The Upper East Regional Communications Secretariat of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the Special Prosecutor (SP), to immediately investigate the cost of construction of an Astro-Turf pitch in Bolgatanga.
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A former Dean of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) Law School, Kofi Abotsi, has observed that Parliament has over the years failed the citizenry due to its inability to keep the executive arm of government…
Kwesi Jonah, a Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), has suggested to the government to set up a District Development Fund (DDF) and an Urban Development Grant (UDG) to sustain local assemblies under the propo…
The US inquiry into alleged Russian meddling during the 2016 election could be under threat after President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions, top opposition Democrats say.
Nancy Pelosi, who leads Democrats in the House …
Britain is to step up its support for Commonwealth veterans who served in the UK's Armed Forces.
The Department for International Development (DfID) says thousands of veterans from more than 30 countries - many who fought during World W…
Malawian Vice-President Saulos Chilima has been fired by President Peter Mutharika in a cabinet reshuffle, the government has said.
Mr Chilima’s name was not on the list of cabinet members released by the chief secretary to the governme…
The head of the African Union Commission has called for a renewed effort to try to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Cameroon.
Moussa Faki Mahamat's call for an inclusive dialogue comes a day after dozens of school children we…
Mr Goosie Tanoh, Flagbearer hopeful of opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said efforts at rebuilding the NDC on stronger foundations will not be an easy task.
He however, said he was prepared to make the needed sacrifice …
The Department of Political Science of the University of Ghana (UG) Wednesday inaugurated the first ‘Ghana Political Science Association’ to enhance the political landscape and promote national socio-economic development through research.
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Naa Fuseini Seidu Pelpuo IV, the paramount Chief of Wala traditional Area, has thrown his support behind Goosie Tanoh who is contesting in the presidential primaries of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The overlord of…
Mr Kwesi Jonah, a Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), has encouraged government to set up a District Development Fund (DDF) and an Urban Development Grant (UDG) to sustain local Assemblies under proposed lo…
Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy after spending eight years on death row, has been freed from prison.
Last week's Supreme Court ruling sparked violent protests from Islamists and the government agreed to the…
Ghana’s Roberta Annan to Launch €100 Million New Investment Fund for Africa at 2018 Paris Peace Forum in Partnership with UN ITC & EU
On November 12th 2018, the Ethical Fashion Initiative alongside African Fashion Fund and the European …
Prince Charles has spoken about the ongoing dispute over whose Jollof rice is best, only to side step the issue of revealing his own preference.
Speaking in Nigeria at the end of his West Africa tour, he said:
Quote Message: Having a…
Nigeria’s Antigraft Agency, The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), removes Benedict Peters From ‘Wanted’ List
Benedict Peters has recorded successful outcomes in three other cases, including one overturning the forfeiture …
Millions of voters in Madagascar queued on Wednesday to cast their ballots for a president to tackle unemployment, poverty and corruption on the Indian Ocean island.
President Hery Rajaonarimampianina is seeking a second term in office …
Indonesia authorities extended on Wednesday a search for victims of a plane crash last week, when all 189 on board a Lion Air flight were killed, and for the aircraft’s second black box, the cockpit voice recorder.
The nearly new Boeing…
Tuning into the news at dawn on Wednesday, the extended family of Rashida Tlaib, the first Palestinian-American woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress, celebrated her victory in their home in the Israeli occupied West Bank.
Tlaib, a D…
Former President, John Agyekum Kufuor, has called for closer collaboration between Members of Parliament (MPs) and metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs) to enhance the speedy socio-economic progress of the nation.
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Parliamentarians have called for a bi-partisan approach to the two billion Sino-hydro barter arrangement with the Chinese Government.They said the country should approach the agreement with a singular view of maximising the gains Ghana cou…
Students kidnapped from a boarding school in Cameroon's North-West region have been freed, officials say.
The 78 students and three others were seized early on Sunday in the region's capital, Bamenda.
A driver was also released, but …
The Democrats have taken control of the US House of Representatives in the mid-term elections, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump.
A Democratic majority in the lower chamber for the first time in eight years will restrict his abil…
The Deputy Upper East Regional Minister, Mr Frank Fuseini Adongo, has reiterated the commitment of government in the fight against corruption.
He indicated that the government was winning the war against corruption through legal, poli…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has said time has exposed the falsehood and claims made by the then opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) that his government’s Green Book of achievements was photoshopped.
Ahead of the 2016 elections…
More than 200 mass graves containing thousands of bodies have been found in areas of Iraq that were once controlled by the Islamic State (IS) group, a UN investigation has found.
The graves were found in the north and western governorat…
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