The UN Security Council has extended by one year an arms embargo against the Central African Republic.
The vote took place on Thursday in New York among the 15 council members, with 14 votes in favour and an abstention by China.
Fran…
US President Joe Biden has called for states to offer $100 (£71) to the newly vaccinated in an effort to address flagging jab rates amid virus surges.
The president also issued a strict new vaccine requirement for US federal workers, th…
A Covid outbreak first discovered in the Chinese city of Nanjing has spread to five provinces and Beijing, with state media calling it the most extensive contagion after Wuhan.
Almost 200 people have been infected since the virus was fi…
Australia has deployed hundreds of soldiers to Sydney to help enforce a Covid lockdown.
A Delta outbreak which began in June has produced nearly 3,000 infections and led to nine deaths.
Australian Defence Force soldiers will undergo …
The US aid agency (USAID) boss Samantha Power will next week visit Ethiopia to push for more aid to be allowed into conflict-hit Tigray region, the agency says.
Ms Power will meet government officials to seek a solution to the…
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has lifted an international arrest warrant against former Ivory Coast first lady Simone Gbagbo.
She was facing accusations of crimes against humanity committed during the country's 2010-2011 post-e…
The ousted Member of Parliament for Assin North constituency in the Central region, Mr James Gyakye Quayson says he was in good spirits and unshaken by events leading to the annulment of his election.
"All my beloved constituents should…
Minority Leader in Parliament and MP for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu, has suggested government’s claims of managing a resilient economy underpinned by high discipline and competence, is a façade soon to be exposed.
He predicts that onl…
A high court in the northern Nigeria has acquitted the leader of a banned Shia Muslim group and his wife who had both been charged with inciting violence and unlawful assembly.
Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, 68, leads the Islamic Movement of …
For years the fortunes of Teodoro "Teodorin" Nguema Obiang Mangue mirrored those of his country, Equatorial Guinea, as it rose to become one of sub-Saharan Africa's biggest oil producers.
The son of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbaso…
South Africa's government has said it is "appalled" by last week's decision to grant Israel observatory status at the African Union (AU).
Its foreign office accused the body of making a "unilateral" decision without consulting its 55 me…
Civilians have borne the brunt of unlawful killings, kidnappings and the widespread destruction of houses during the four-year separatist conflict in Cameroon, Amnesty International says.
The rights group collected witness accounts and …
Burundi has agreed to receive Covid jabs, but the government says it will not urge people to get vaccinated, the health minister has said.
Dr Thaddée Ndikumana told reporters that the vaccines were proposed by the World Bank and they to…
The People’s National Convention (PNC) has held its 29th anniversary symposium to deliberate on ways to ensure the success of the Party in future political events.
Present at the symposium was the Party’s twin which is the Convention pe…
The Audit Service has called on the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) to increase its monitoring role on procurement processes at the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs).
That, it explained, was because of the poor …
The Local Government Service (LGS) has rated the Volta Regional Coordinating Council (VRCC) as the top performing among the 16 regions for the year 2020.
The rankings were released by the Office of the Head of the LGS, following a moni…
The UK is already undergoing disruptive climate change with increased rainfall, sunshine and temperatures, according to scientists.
The year 2020 was the third warmest, fifth wettest and eighth sunniest on record, scientists said in the…
A prominent Chinese billionaire has been sentenced to 18 years in prison, the latest in a string of punishments against outspoken corporate bosses.
Sun Dawu runs one of the country's largest private agricultural businesses in the northe…
Nigerian Instagram celebrity Hushpuppi , whose real name is Ramon Abbas, has pleaded guilty to money laundering in a US court.
He was arrested, along with other suspects, in Dubai last June over defrauding someone in connection with a $…
Somalis online have questioned why some state governments received donations of ballot boxes from the UN.
The UN office in Somalia (UNSOM) donated the election materials to the South-West regional state, state-owned Somali National TV r…
Tunisian President Kais Saeid has dismissed the head of the national television station, Mohamed Lassaad Dahech, and appointed a provisional replacement.
Earlier Mr Saeid sacked a large number of senior government officials.
He assumed…
Mr Gabriel Kwame Awuah, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bono Regional Council of Elders Chairman, has passed on.
The Ghana News Agency (GNA) gathered Mr Awuah, aged 81, died on Sunday, July 25 at the Sunyani Regional Hospital after a shor…
A Cape Coast High Court has restrained James Gyekye Quason, the Assin North Member of Parliament (MP), from holding himself as an MP for the Area.
The court presided over by Justice Kwasi Boakye has, therefore, ordered for fresh electio…
The surest way to break the duopoly of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and build inclusive governance is for minority parties to come together and forge a common goal.
The continuous reliance on …
The media in Libya has reported that Mohammed al-Kani, one of the war-torn country's most infamous militiamen, has been killed in the town of Tarhuna.
Mr al-Kani was accused of murdering men, women and children in the small town south-eas…
The African Union (AU) has joined the European Union and the US in calling for dialogue and calm in Tunisia after the president suspended parliament and sacked government officials.
The union urged Tunisia to respect its constitution an…
The top appeals court in France is due to rule on a conviction handed to the son of Equatorial Guinea's president for using public money to fund his lavish lifestyle.
If the decision goes against Teodorin Obiang, his assets could be red…
President Samia Suluhu has been given a Covid vaccine at the start of Tanzania's vaccination rollout.
The move marks a break with her predecessor, John Magufuli, a prominent coronavirus sceptic, who died in March from heart complication…
The Malaysian government has been asked why it revoked emergency Covid regulations as cases continue to spike.
Malaysia has reported more than a million cases and 8,000 deaths so far, but experts warn the real numbers are much higher as…
China is building a nuclear missile silo field in the west of the country, US scientists say.
Satellite images from Xinjiang province suggest the site could house about 110 silos when it is finished, says the report from the Federation …
Mr Bernard Mornah, the Immediate Past Chairman of the People's National Convention (PNC), on Tuesday, observed that the nature of the country's democracy does not help in sustaining minority political parties.
He therefore, called for…
Rev Dr Kwabena Opuni-frimpong, Founder of the Alliance for Christian Advocacy Africa (ACAA) has urged politicians not to play politics with matters of integrity.
"Political leaders must be very careful how they throw subjects that hinge…
The Ghana Civil Service, under the auspices of the Office of the President will from Wednesday, August 5 to 13, celebrate, the 2021 Civil Service Week Celebration and Awards Ceremony.
The event is to celebrate how the Service kept the a…
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has issued a code of conduct to regulate the conduct of party members in both presidential and parliamentary primaries ahead of the 2024 elections.
This, according to the party, will forestall the…
A South African state commission has expressed concern over the “inhumane” treatment of suspected looters in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces following the recent riots.
Many shops and properties were ransacked in the wake of the jai…
International monitors in South Sudan say they are worried over the continued clashes threatening the implementation of a revitalised peace deal.
Sporadic clashes are being reported in different parts of the country pitting government for…
Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu has been vaccinated against Covid-19.
"We are not an island and that is why now we are starting vaccination," said the president who took office in March.
Her predecessor, the late John Magufuli, was a…
A Georgia man charged with shooting dead eight people in three Atlanta-area spas in March has pleaded guilty to murdering four of the victims.
Robert Aaron Long made the plea as part of an agreement with state prosecutors. They have rec…
Americans living in areas seeing new surges of Covid-19 have been advised to wear masks indoors again - even if they are fully vaccinated.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) made the announcement on Tuesday, citing the…
Sydney's lockdown has been extended by another month as Covid cases continue to rise.
Australia's largest city has been under stay-at-home orders since late June due to an outbreak of the Delta variant.
More than 2,500 people have be…
A former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Samuel Koku Anyidoho, has interpreted his dismissal from the party to the Biblical Joseph story when his brothers sold him into slavery.
“When Joseph's brot…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has stated that the legacy and record of former President John Evans Atta Mills remain unmatched in the annals of Ghana’s history.
“He was a team leader and it was under his guidance that the Nationa…
Today, July 28, 2021, marks the 29th anniversary of the launch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), a day on which all Ghanaians who hold out the hope for a prosperous, stable and peaceful Ghana must rise up and salute.
The NPP has arisen …
A former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Samuel Koku Anyidoho, has been sacked from the party.
A letter from the Functional Executive Committee (FEC) of the party dated July 27, 2021, to the forme…
Linus Murangiri was crushed to death by a vehicle as he rushed to help put out a fire at a Kenyan wildlife sanctuary which was hosting a training exercise by the British army.
Despite all the publicity over the fire in March, his death …
Senegal's health ministry is warning that hospitals in the capital Dakar are becoming overwhelmed due to a surge in Covid-19 cases.
Infections have soared over the past month from a few dozen a day to around 1,700 daily cases.
A seni…
Tunisia's main political parties have accused the president of staging a coup after he sacked the prime minister and suspended parliament.
Kais Saied says he acted in accordance with the constitution.
The move followed Sunday's viole…
The head of the UN mission to South Sudan (Unmiss) has said it is "deeply concerned" by the "spate of extra-judicial executions" in the country.
Nicholas Haysom, the special representative of the UN secretary-general and head of Unmiss,…
Lawyers to Nigeria’s pro-Biafra leader Nnamdi Kanu say they have started legal action against Nigeria and Kenya at the African Union's commission on human rights.
They are demanding accountability from the two countries for what they al…
At least five policemen in India have died after police from two states fired at each other.
The unusual incident happened along the border between Assam and Mizoram states in north-eastern India.
Officials from both sides, including…
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