African countries must cut their booming birth rate and provide secure jobs for young people or risk a rise in conflict and militant groups, Sudanese billionaire philanthropist Mo Ibrahim warned on Monday.
Leaders across the continent n…
The Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD), Mr Senyo Hosi has charged African citizens to stop worshipping politicians.
He has encouraged them to rather focus on demanding for accountability and true se…
Mr Mathew Kojo Njourkone, the Ashanti Regional Deputy Secretary for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has said it was not true that that former President John Mahama has been banned from entering the Ashanti Region.
He refuted th…
The owner of Leicester City FC died when his helicopter crashed outside the stadium, the club has confirmed.
Billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, two members of his staff, the pilot and a passenger were killed when the aircraft spirall…
The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall's visit to Ghana: A shared culture, and a shared love of Ghanaian music.
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will visit Ghana on 2-6 November. The visit will celebrate our shared v…
An Indonesian airliner has crashed into the sea with 189 people on board.
The Boeing 737, owned by the low-cost airline Lion Air, went down after taking off from the capital Jakarta.
Flight JT 610 was headed for the western city of P…
Gabon's President Ali Bongo is in hospital suffering from severe fatigue but is now recovering, the president's spokesperson has confirmed.
President Bongo was taken ill during a trip to Saudi Arabia last week and is receiving treatment…
Violence in South Sudan is blocking deliveries of food aid needed to stave off severe hunger in some areas, the World Food Programme said, adding to evidence that a peace deal signed last month is not holding.
The deal signed last month…
Dr Hannah Bissiw, a former Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, and Mr George Opare Addo, former MCE of Akuapem North, have been elected the National Women’s Organiser and National Youth Organiser respectively of the National Democrati…
Idris Elba has co-written a stage show about life in South Africa after Nelson Mandela, which will have its premiere in Manchester next summer.
The Luther star has written Tree with Kwame Kwei-Armah, the new artistic director of London'…
Germany's Angela Merkel has said she will step down as chancellor in 2021, following recent election setbacks.
"I will not be seeking any political post after my term ends," she told a news conference in Berlin.
She also said she wou…
The Coalition for Peace and Development in Buem, has said it was wrong for the demand for a separate region for the northern parts of the Volta Region to be viewed as an insurrection.
Mr Isaka Buraima, Chairman of the Coalition, said th…
Mr Haruna Iddrisu, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority Leader in Parliament, has called on government to desist from interfering in the administration of the nation's public universities.
He urged the Government not to under…
President Joseph Kabila was supposed to have stepped down nearly two years agoImage caption: President Joseph Kabila was supposed to have stepped down nearly two years ago
Opposition parties from the Democratic Republic of Congo say tha…
President Donald Trump has invited his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to visit Washington next year, US National Security Adviser John Bolton says.
It is unclear if Mr Putin has accepted the invitation.
The two leaders have met…
The African Union has through an assessment report commended Ghana’s government for its role in the maintenance of peace and security in West African and the entire Continent.
The Continental body said Ghana’s championing of democracy, …
Namibia has scrapped a requirement for companies seeking mining exploration licenses to be partly owned and managed by black Namibians, the country’s mining industry group said on Friday.
The policy was introduced in 2015 to increase th…
Ethiopia announced $7 billion worth of new road and power supply projects on Friday, according to the state-affiliated Fana news agency.
The government’s Public-Private Partnerships Office said the three road and 13 power projects would…
The Chiefs of the Builsa Traditional Area in the Upper East region have lauded the Government’s commitment to the implementation of policies and programmes aimed at accelerating the country’s development and improving the quality of life o…
Police in India have arrested 2,200 people for protesting against the entry of women into a prominent Hindu temple in the southern state of Kerala.
Hundreds clashed with women to prevent them from entering the Sabarimala shrine last wee…
A powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake south of the island of Zakynthos has been felt across western Greece.
Nobody was injured by the tremor, which struck at 01:54 on Friday (22:54 GMT), but there was significant damage to the local port …
Opposition supporters in the Democratic Republic of Congo are marching to demand the withdrawal of electronic voting machines that are to be used in elections due to be held in December.
The BBC’s Poly Muzalia in Kinshasa has been snapp…
The Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), has observed that the way resources are mobilised by political parties in the country tends to undermine their role in consolidating democracy and delivering development.
“Th…
Mr. John B. Ninson Effutu Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) has appealed to assembly members who run public toilets and civil servants occupying government accommodation facilities to honour their financial commitments.
Mr. Ninson made th…
An Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Ghana, Ransford Gyampo has called on tertiary students to reclaim the glory days when they were referred to as the conscience of the nation.
“I make this call to all stude…
The fiancée of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi says she has declined an invitation to the White House by US President Donald Trump accusing him of not being sincere about investigating the killing.
Hatice Cengiz told Turkish T…
The academic qualifications of Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari are again making headlines because the 76-year-old is seeking re-election in February.
According to the constitution, to run for president a candidate must show that th…
Some residents of the Mion District in the Northern Region have appealed to government to help provide more boreholes and rehabilitate existing water sources to enhance their access to potable water.
They said access to water sources t…
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The twins were visiting a cousin to show her the dress code for their wedding when they were abductedImage caption: The twins were visiting a cousin to show her the dress code for their we…
Exhibition of voters register has started in the Krachi East Municipality of the Volta Region with a low turnout.
Exhibition centres opened around 0700 hours, but recorded poor patronage on the first day.
Only 37 voters checked their…
A 56-year-old man has been arrested in Florida in connection with a mail-bombing campaign aimed at critics of President Trump.
US officials named the man as Cesar Sayoc, saying that more arrests could follow.
Twelve packages have bee…
Africa's objective of an integrated Africa cannot be achieved without peace and stability on the continent, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said.
He stressed that the continent's efforts at integration would be gloom-ridden i…
The United Kingdom and the European Union are close to agreeing a Brexit deal, Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab said on Thursday.
“We have made good progress. We are close to agreeing a deal,” Raab said. “There certainly is a risk of a no …
Cameroon has invited bids to build a new house for the president of the Constitutional Council, two days after the council announced the re-election of long-time president, Paul Biya.
The $475,000 (£370,000) mansion is in an upmarket ne…
China and Japan should safeguard free trade and anchor global growth, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Thursday, as Japan’s prime minister arrived in Beijing on a visit against a backdrop of trade friction with the United States.
Shin…
University students in South Africa say they have created new environmentally-friendly bricks using human urine.
The students from Cape Town combined urine collected from men's toilets with sand and bacteria - in a process that allows t…
The Ministry of Regional Reorganization and Development has appointed Mr Iddi Zakaria, a Development worker, as the Liaison Officer for the proposed Savannah Region to be carved out of the Northern Region.
Mr Dauda Eliasu and Mr Kunyuur…
Nigeria’s finance minister has clarified her comments about how the government’s plans to deal with growing population.
Speaking at the annual Nigeria Economic Summit in the capital, Abuja, Zainab Ahmed had said the government had been …
China’s military will take action “at any cost” to foil any attempt to separate the self-ruled island of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own, the country’s defense minister said on Thursday.
China has been infuriated by recent U.S. …
Liberia's President George Weah has announced the dropping of tuition fees for undergraduate students at state universities and colleges.
The students will, however, have to pay other fees associated with their studies.
Speaking at t…
The Koforidua Diocese of the Catholic Church Coordinator of the Justice and Peace Commission, Reverend Father Andrews Kwami Dunyo, has called on the citizenry not to leave governance of the country to only the executive arm of government t…
Madam Akua Zakaria, the Wa Municipal Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has said election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) will bring good governance to the doorsteps of the peo…
Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament has been given a messianic status by gurus of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Eastern region.
At a meeting with executives of the NDC at Asamankese the…
Ethiopian members of parliament have elected Sahle-Work Zewde as the country's first female president.
Ms Sahle-Work is an experienced diplomat who has now become Africa's only female head of state.
Her election to the ceremonial pos…
European share markets have steadied after big falls in Asian stocks that followed a bruising trading session on Wall Street.
Tokyo stocks slumped more than 3%, while losses pushed the US Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 int…
CIA director Gina Haspel has heard audio recordings that are believed to capture the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, media reports say.
They say Ms Haspel was allowed to listen to the audio during a visit to Turkey earlier …
Three political parties have described the recent disturbances at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) as largely avoidable if the authorities of the school had exercised some discretion and maturity in the hand…
The Saudi crown prince has vowed to punish all the "culprits" responsible for the murder of writer Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey.
Speaking at a business forum in Riyadh, Mohammed bin Salman said "the crime was painful to all Saudis" but he …
Northern Sector Action on Awareness Centre (NORSAAC), a Non-Governmental Organisation, has organised a sensitisation training for the people of Upper West Region on the forthcoming referendum on the proposed demarcation of new regions.
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More than 84 million Nigerian have registered to vote next yearImage caption: More than 84 million Nigerian have registered to vote next year
Nigeria’s parliament has passed a law capping campaign spending for next year’s elections.
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