Russian diplomats and their families are preparing to leave the UK after being expelled over the Salisbury spy attack.
Removal vans and diplomatic cars have been leaving the embassy in London.
The UK expelled 23 diplomats after Prime…
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been taken into police custody for questioning over allegations that he received campaign funding from the late Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.
Police are investigating alleged irregulariti…
Reverend Kingsley Appiagyei, the Head Pastor of Trinity Baptist Church Worldwide, has called on Ghanaians to adopt mental and attitudinal resilience against corruption.
He said for the country to develop holistically, the citizenry must…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured the chiefs and people of the Dorimon Traditional Area in the Upper West Region that government would give consideration to their request for a new district.
This followed a request by a …
The head of tax collection in South Africa has been suspended by President Cyril Ramaphosa, who accused him of failing the organisation and the country.The move against Tom Moyane is being seen by some as a crucial step towards restoring p…
US authorities are investigating whether a parcel bomb that exploded at a FedEx depot in Texas on Tuesday is connected to a suspected serial bomber.
The incident occurred at 00:30 (05:30 GMT) in Schertz, 65 miles (104km) south of Austin…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has delivered a fervently nationalistic closing speech to parliament, painting China as the rising global power.
Mr Xi said "achieving total unity" was the "collective hope of all Chinese people" and any att…
The Afigya Kwabre South Constituency Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Odeneho Kwaku Appiah has called on political parties and civil society organisations to brainstorm for electoral reforms with the aim to cause a paradig…
A group of funeral directors in South Africa are raising money for to pay for former President Jacob Zuma's legal fees as he prepares to face a corruption trial, reports Times Live.
The National Funeral Practitioners Association of SA (…
A retired police officer has been elected the Presiding Member of the newly inaugurated Okere District Assembly.Nana Katinka Adi, a government appointee, was the only candidate to file his nomination for the position and received 100 per c…
The son of South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma has slammed the prosecutors and the judiciary for facilitating what he calls a "witch hunt" against his father, TimesLive reports.
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has unexpectedly cancelled his planned visit to Rwanda where leaders are due to sign an Africa-wide free trade deal - known as the African Continental Free Trade Area Treaty.
This comes a day after Nig…
Within less than two decades it will be cheaper to operate robots in US factories than hire workers in Africa, a new report warns.
Falling automation costs are predicted to cause job losses as manufacturers return to richer economies.So…
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has released the names of hundreds of companies and individuals who failed to return $827m (£590m) illegally stashed abroad despite an amnesty.
After taking office last year Mr Mnangagwa gave indi…
Vladimir Putin has said he is open to "constructive" dialogue with other states after being re-elected president of Russia with an increased majority.
Saying there would be no "arms race", he promised to cut defence spending.
Congrat…
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has denied he played any role in the alleged cover-up of a land sale at the centre of a growing scandal.
The controversy relates to the sale of government land at below market price to a controversial …
Spanish ship seized by Italy for saving migrants from Libya return
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The Member of Parliament (MP) for Jirapa, Mr. Francis Bawaana Dakurah, has underlined the need to ensure that the elevation of the Jirapa District into a Municipality comes with the required infrastructure.
He said the new status would …
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has wondered why some people in the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) were unhappy over the appointment of Martin Amidu, as the Special Prosecutor.
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This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Bab…
Zimbabwe’s first presidential and parliamentary elections since the end of former strongman Robert Mugabe’s long rule will take place in July, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Saturday.
The polls will be the first major test of the …
Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza on Sunday set May 17 as the date for a referendum that could extend his rule for at least a decade.
The small and impoverished Central Africa nation has been unstable since 2015, when Nkurunziza dec…
France urged the European Union on Monday to consider new sanctions on Iran over its involvement in Syria’s civil war and its ballistic missile program, as Paris tries to persuade Washington to preserve a 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran.
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Women in Saudi Arabia need not wear headcover or the black abaya - the loose-fitting, full-length robes symbolic of Islamic piety - as long as their attire is “decent and respectful”, the kingdom’s reform-minded crown prince said.
With …
The Municipal Chief Executive of the newly elevated Kwaebibirem Municipal Assembly, Mr Seth Antwi Bosiako said the assembly is ambitious is to depend solely on its Internally Generated Fund (IGF) for development of the municipality.
It …
Five Municipal and District Assemblies in the Volta Region have begun the involvement of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in their local governance system. The Assemblies are Krachi East and Nkwanta South Municipalities, Akatsi North, Ce…
Kuoro Richard Babini Kanton VI, Paramount Chief of the Tumu Traditional Area has conferred on President Akufo-Addo an honorary Sissala title known as “Nandon-Tengeh” meaning a true or a dependable friend.
The Paramount Chief said the ge…
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari says he will not attend the Extraordinary African Union summit on free trade in Rwanda this week.
The meeting in Kigali is intended to formally launch the African Continental Free Trade Area Treaty, …
World leaders are congratulating Vladimir Putin on his election for a new six-year term as Russian president, but so far no Western leaders have responded to his victory.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said his country's partnership with …
Authorities at Ghana’s Premier University, University of Ghana has warned the Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah, to stay off the issue involving the Africa Integras contract that is under some contro…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has alleged that former Foreign Affairs Minister Hannah Tetteh maltreated his wife, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings on several occasions.
According to Mr Rawlings, he would have grabbed any chance to c…
Angola’s economic growth prospects are on the rise as higher oil prices and sounder policies under President Joao Lourenco bring greater stability to Africa’s second biggest crude exporter, the International Monetary Fund said on Friday.
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It was, for the most part, an exercise in bitter retrospection.
Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe spent much of his first press conference since being ousted reflecting on the illegality of last November's "coup d'etat," and on …
A South African man who runs a taxi with a colleague has sparked a flurry of online praise after announcing free rides for pensioners aged over 70.
Yaseen Abrahams shared his initiative on Facebook pages for Bonteheuwel, a township near…
Ukraine’s plans to force activists and non-governmental organizations to declare detailed financial information are likely to have a chilling effect on civil society, two leading international rights bodies said on Friday.
Ukraine’s law…
Many Assemblies across the country do not have reliable revenue database and those that do were not always able to maintain them properly to aid effective revenue mobilization, Dr Nana Ato Arthur, Head of the Local Government Service, has …
Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Ranking Member on Foreign Affairs has called for international publicity to highlight the “Right of Abode” law, which offer Africans in the Diaspora the chance to have residence in Ghana.
According to him, al…
Amnesty International on Friday accused international oil majors Shell and Eni of negligence when addressing spills in Nigeria.
Describing their actions as “serious negligence”, Amnesty said the companies were “taking weeks to respond t…
Social media users in Pakistan have reacted with outrage after a popular morning TV show darkened fair-skinned models' faces and asked contestants to "transform" them into beautiful brides.
The show Jago Pakistan Jago asked contestants …
In the past four years, the import of arms by African countries has dropped by 22%, according to a report on the global arms industry by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. But in Nigeria arms imports rose by 42% in the s…
North Korea's foreign minister has attended talks in Stockholm with Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, ahead of a possible meeting between US President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un.
Pyongyang said Ri Yong-ho's trip was for "bilatera…
A colourful ceremony has been held at Juaso to commemorate the formal elevation and official inauguration of the Asante Akim South District into a municipal status.
Asante Akim South is among the three districts in the Ashanti Region, …
Madam Sarah Adwoa Safo, the Member of Parliament for Dome Kwabenya, Thursday said government was determined to drive the agenda for growth, job creation and prosperity for all, hence the creation of new assemblies to bring governance to t…
Bernice Adiku Heloo, former Deputy Minister of Environment, Science Technology and Innovation, has urged government to ensure that no flood related deaths occurs this year, as the rainy season approaches.
Harping on sanitation, the form…
Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana and Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever, come face to face at the AFRICA CEO FORUM
Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana, will take part in the AFRICA CEO FORUM on 26 and 27 March in Abidjan.
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China for a grant of USD 31.6 million towards construction of the Commission's proposed new Headquarters building project…
“Aside from the 2017 Winter Olympics, the annual meeting of the African Development Bank this May in Korea, is the most important event on our calendar,” says Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance, Kim Dong Yen.
He …
South Africa's former President, Jacob Zuma, is to face prosecution for 16 charges of corruption, Chief Prosecutor Shaun Abrahams has confirmed.
Mr Abrahams said he believed there were "reasonable prospects of a successful prosecution".…
Liberia's Ministry of Health has revealed it is fighting to control an outbreak of Lassa fever which has killed two people since the beginning of March. A spokesman told the BBC the two confirmed victims were a 57-year old woman and a 44-y…
Germany's new interior minister has said he believes "Islam does not belong" to the country, in direct contrast with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Horst Seehofer has long been a vocal critic of Mrs Merkel's refugee policies but has now take…
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