Former Ghana President Jerry John Rawlings has described the late Winnie Mandela of South Africa as a very brave apartheid fighter who carried her defiance for the system with “quiet dignity.”
In a tribute to the late Winnie Mandela who…
Richard Commey (26-2, 23 KOs) is looking ahead to securing himself another crack at a world lightweight title belt in 2018.
Commey bounced back from two controversial split decision defeats, one being to current IBF world champion Rober…
A storm has damaged two minarets located at different entry gates of the iconic Taj Mahal in the northern Indian city of Agra.
Officials told the BBC that winds blowing at 130kmh (80mph) caused the 12ft (4m) pillars to collapse.
The …
A Syrian man says he has spent over a month stranded in the transit section of a Malaysian airport, partly as a consequence of his country's civil war.
Hassan al-Kontar's plight emerged when he began posting videos of himself at Kuala L…
A woman who had an affair with Missouri governor Eric Greitens says he "coerced" her into sex, according to a state committee report.
The bipartisan report, released on Wednesday, details graphic allegations against the governor.
Mr …
A documentary detailing Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's role in bringing down South Africa's apartheid government has many in South Africa raw with emotion. Winnie, made by French director Pascale Lamche, was aired last night on satellite TV c…
Mr. Kwesi Jonah, a Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), has called on political parties to build consensus on the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs).
He said no poli…
Mr Stephen Ashitey Adjei, an executive member of the Tema East branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the leadership of the party to ban former President Mahama’s unity walks.
“Every episode of the unity walks dr…
A German aid worker has been abducted by unknown gunmen in Niger.
The man and his Nigerien colleagues were travelling near the border with Mali on Wednesday when armed men on motorbikes surrounded their convoy.
The four Nigeriens hav…
The UN says protesters who placed corpses in front of their headquarters in the Central African Republic (CAR) were using the bodies for "propaganda".
"Some people are using dead bodies... to say that we have killed civilians," a UN spo…
The US says "all options are on the table" in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria, as Western leaders continue to weigh up military action.
White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told reporters that a final decision …
A high-powered National Democratic Congress (NDC) delegation, led by its General Secretary, Mr Johnson Aseidu Nketia has visited the Member of Parliament (MP) for Asunafo South, Mr Eric Opoku, and other sympathisers of the party who were a…
The chiefs and people from the Ahafo area of the Brong Ahafo Region have appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to expedite action on the recommendations of the Commission of Enquiry for the creation of new regions when they pre…
More than 400 people received free cataract surgery in Cape Verde thanks to the initiative ‘Let Your Eyes Enjoy!’
The project, boosted by Cavibel in collaboration with Elena Barraquer Foundation and Ruta de la Luz, seeks to improve t…
Nigeria's current population is nearing 200 million, according to the National Population Commission.
Chairman of the National Population Commission Eze Duruiheoma presented the figure at the Commission on Population and Development in …
Orlando Stadium in the heart of the sprawling township is a sea of black, green and yellow - the colours of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) – but this isn’t a party event.
Thousands of South Africans have gathered to commemor…
Israel is finalizing a deal to deport thousands of African migrants to Uganda under a new scheme after agreements with Rwanda and the U.N.’s refugee agency to find homes for those expelled fell through.
About 4,000 migrants have le…
In the shadow of other humanitarian crises, the number of people in need in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has more than doubled since 2014, reaching the same level as in Syria.
More than 13 million people are now in desperate…
US President Donald Trump has tweeted that Russia should "get ready" for missiles to be fired at its ally Syria, in response to an alleged chemical attack near Damascus on Saturday.
"Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice a…
US House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan will not run for re-election this year, in a big blow to Republicans ahead of autumn's mid-term elections.
A spokesman for Congress' most powerful lawmaker confirmed he would not stand for a…
An Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ustaz Sham-Una Jibril, who is known for his accurate predictions on both local and international issues, has predicted that the Ashanti Region which is known to be the ‘World Bank’ of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)…
A number of inmates at a jail in the northern Brazilian city of Belem have died during an attempted mass breakout.
They were aided by an armed group outside the jail which used explosives against one of the prison walls.
One guard di…
At least 257 people have died after a military plane crashed in northern Algeria, the defence ministry says.
The incident happened shortly after the aircraft took off from Boufarik military airport near the capital Algiers in the mornin…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has demanded "unhindered access" to Douma in Syria to check reports from its partners that 500 people were affected by a chemical attack there.
The Syrian government denies being behind any use of che…
China has given Ghana a US$66 million grant for the development of the University of Health and Allied Sciences and rehabilitation of the James Town Fishing Port.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced this yesterday when …
An aid worker was killed in South Sudan when gunmen shot at his agency vehicle, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
Armed men fired at the vehicle marked with logos of the Catholic Organization for Relief and Development Aid as it trave…
Vivo Energy, the African fuels supplier owned by oil trading giant Vitol and Helios Investment Partners, will float on the London Stock Exchange and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, the company said on Tuesday.
The public offering of th…
A top aide to Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has warned Nigerians living in London to be careful and to show restraint, following killings in the city.
The killing of black people, especially those of Nigerian origin in London, wa…
The biggest Facebook page linked to the Black Lives Matter movement was a scam run by a white man in Australia and has been taken down, CNN has reported.
It was part of a wider operation which raised more than $100,000 through online fu…
US President Donald Trump has cancelled his first official trip to Latin America to focus on the issue of a suspected chemical attack in Syria.
He will remain in Washington to "oversee the American response to Syria", the White House sa…
The Minority in Parliament has accused President Akufo-Addo of using the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to harass them over trumped-up charges related to the taking of double salaries by some ministers…
The Ga South Municipal Assembly (GSMA) has elected a 32-year-old teacher, Mohammed Abdul Wahab, as its Presiding Member.
Mr Wahab, the Assembly member for the Obom Electoral Area, who went unopposed, polled 26 votes out of the 28 vote…
BBC Studios announced at MIPTV today that Africa has secured over 300 hours of programming from across its portfolio since the start of 2018, including a first time deal with TV-on-the-go service, DSTV NOW.
MultiChoice's pay TV pla…
The United Arab Emirates denounced on Tuesday the seizure by Somali security staff of several million dollars from one of its civilian aircraft at Mogadishu airport this week.
The UAE said it was sending the money to the Somali army to …
A political pressure group OccupyGhana has lashed out at Government for rushing the Ghana-US Military Agreement co-operation to Parliament for ratification considering the intensity of debate it had generated.
It said the speed to ratif…
Israel's defence minister has said an Israeli sniper who shot a Palestinian across the border in Gaza in a controversial video "deserves a medal".
Footage of the incident, in which a soldier expresses joy at having captured it on film, …
Yulia Skripal has left hospital more than five weeks after she and her father, a former Russian spy, were poisoned with a nerve agent in an attack that has sparked one of the biggest crises in the West’s relations with the Kremlin since th…
Italy has broken up a criminal ring that smuggled migrants from Tunisia to Sicily on speedboats less than a year after a similar racket was dismantled, magistrates said on Tuesday.
Prosecutors in Palermo issued arrest warrants for 13 pe…
The race for the Northern Regional chairmanship position of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has switched into higher gear as the five candidates who sailed through the vetting process of the party intensified their campaign across the leng…
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Builsa North in the Upper East Region, David Amoabil Afoko, has urged unemployed youth in the area to embrace the government’s agricultural revolutionary programme dubbed, ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’…
US President Donald Trump has promised a "forceful" response to the alleged chemical attack in Syria, as Western leaders consider what action to take.
"We have a lot of options militarily," he told reporters. He added that a response wo…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has organised a three-hour health walk through the principal streets of Wa in the Upper West Region.
Dubbed: “Unity Walk.” The walk which came off last Saturday attracted the leadership of the par…
Three New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwarts in the Greater Accra Region are slugging it out for the topmost position of the regional chairman of the party.
They are Mr Divine Agatumi, the Chief Executive Officer of Standard Water, Mr Alf…
The authorities in South Africa say they are confident of apprehending 16 awaiting trial prisoners who escaped from a facility in the main city, Johannesburg, on Monday, the privately owned Eyewitness News site reports.
The prisoners, w…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said no evidence has been found of a chemical weapons attack in Syria's formerly rebel-held town of Douma.
Medical sources say dozens were killed in Saturday's alleged attack but numbers are im…
In our series of letters from African journalists, Joseph Warungu reflects on the plight of supporters of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga following his reconciliation last month with his bitter rival, President Uhuru Kenyatta.
One…
North Korea has promised the US it is ready to discuss the future of its nuclear arsenal when the two nations' leaders meet, US officials say.
Preparations for the summit have included secret, direct talks with North Korea, unnamed Trum…
Members of Effutu Municipal Assembly have in a special meeting elected Mr Andrews Ankama as the Presiding Member of the Assembly.
Mr Ankama Assembly Member for Abasaraba North/Zongo after the close of filing of nomination forms was the…
Nigeria, Cameroon and other states have renewed their support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) following the March election of Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji as president.
In a letter of congratulations to the Nigerian judge, the…
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will be seeking a second term in office in elections due next year, his office has said.
It ends months of speculation about whether the 74-year-old leader plans to run for re-election.
His first t…
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