Iranian officials have denied reports of an explosion west of the capital Tehran on Thursday, the latest in a series of mysterious blasts to hit the country in recent weeks.
Social media users reported hearing explosions in the nearby c…
A Stockholm court has acquitted the Swedish ex-ambassador to China, who had been accused of going beyond her remit to have talks with a foreign power.
Anna Lindstedt had faced a possible jail term for brokering a meeting to secure the r…
Malawi’s new President Lazarus Chakwera has responded to criticisms of nepotism by saying that he had good reasons to select the cabinet that he did.
He has included a husband and wife duo as well as people who are related to each other…
The Patriotic Royals, a political pressure group sympathetic to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), has pledged its determination to step up campaigns to significantly woo more youth voters for a massive electoral victory in the Decem…
The Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Assembly (KKMA) has finally elected a Presiding Member for its third assembly after four attempts.
Mr. Joseph Gbeze polled 18 votes to beat his closest contender Mr. George Ahingua, who polled 10 votes.
…
Members of the Eminent Persons Group of Religious Leaders in Ghana (EPGRLG) has called on all politicians and their supporters to be circumspect and decorous in their utterances and actions.
"We appeal to all politicians and their follo…
South Africa has recorded its highest-ever single-day increase in Covid-19 cases.
The health ministry said there were 13,674 infections in the past 24 hours from the highest number of tests done in a single day in the country.
Nearly…
In Kenya, doctors are mourning a colleague who died after contracting coronavirus, the country's main medics' union is saying.
A colleague described the medic as a "young doctor with so much to offer".
She was a gynaecologist who was h…
Voting in Singapore’s election was extended on Friday, after coronavirus infection control measures led to long queues and delays at polling stations.
Personnel prepare ballot boxes at a polling station during Singapore's general election…
Rwandan police have arrested four people who escaped from a Covid-19 treatment centre at a school in the eastern region.
The four escaped at about 19:30 local time on Wednesday and were arrested the following day.
“Following informatio…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described as false the claim that its flagbearer’s running mate, Professor Naana Jane Opoku- Agyemang cancelled the teacher trainee allowance during her tenure as Minister of Education.
“The de…
Millions of refugees across Africa face even greater food insecurity because of aid disruption and rising food prices linked to the COVID-19 crisis, UN humanitarians warned on Thursday
The alert from the World Food Programme (WFP) and t…
Coronavirus - Nigeria: Phone Survey Data - Monitoring COVID-19 Impact on Firms and Households in Nigeria
This survey is being implemented by the National Bureau of Statistics with technical support from the World Bank
Nigeria was amo…
The campaign is being conducted by the peacekeeping mission’s field office in Kuajok,
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has embarked on a 14-day-long door-to-door awareness campaign on COVID-19 to reach individual house…
CARTOONS FOR CHANGE invites cartoonists and illustrators from all continents to protest 365 days against child labor
The International Labor Organization (ILO) based in Geneva, Switzerland, is holding its virtual summit this week with t…
UK still has no coherent strategy for engaging with Africa – Lords International Relations and Defence Committee
The House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee has today slammed the lack of a coherent UK strategy to it…
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) deployed 100 observers for the on-going Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) Exercise being carried out by the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) across the country. CODEO has an observer …
Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden has laid out his rescue plan for the coronavirus-crippled US economy, while berating President Donald Trump as incompetent.
Mr Biden said his $700bn (£560bn) plan would be the biggest investme…
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara may have to stand for a third term following the sudden death of Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly on Wednesday, according to an official quoted by the AFP news agency.
"All options are on the t…
The US has announced sanctions against Chinese politicians who it says are responsible for human rights violations against Muslim minorities in Xinjiang.
China is accused of mass detentions, religious persecution and forced sterilisatio…
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has posted on Facebook that he was "very well" despite having tested positive for the virus.
He announced on Tuesday he had tested positive after developing a high temperature and a cough.
On Facebo…
Bolivia’s interim president has tested positive for the virus. In a video posted on Twitter, Jeanine Anez said she felt well and strong but would remain in quarantine for two weeks.
The Bolivian government confirmed that at least seven …
The head of an intensive care unit (ICU) at a hospital in the US state of Florida has told the BBC that the facility is struggling with the number of patients being admitted.
"We have gone from one Covid floor to two, to three, and now …
Nigerians on social media have expressed anger over an online job vacancy in the United Arab Emirates that excludes Nigerians from applying.
The advertisement by Shirley Recruitment Consultants on the website Joblinks indicates that it is…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has registered and obtained a new voters' identity card.
Mr Rawlings on Thursday, July 9 visited the PWD Maintenance Unit Castle registration centre in the Klottey Korle constituency of the Greater A…
The Electoral Commission has announced that it will embark on a two-day registration exercise for all eligible Senior High School students across the country.
A statement issued and signed by Mrs Sylvia Annoh, the Acting Director of Pub…
The US attack that killed top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani violated international law, a UN expert says.
Soleimani died along with nine other people in a drone strike near Baghdad airport in Iraq in January.
A report by the UN's s…
Spain's autonomous region of Catalonia has made face masks mandatory in public for all those aged over five after a surge in new cases of coronavirus.
Anyone caught without a mask - even when social distancing can be observed - faces a …
A royal family in South Africa has confirmed the death of Queen Noloyiso Sandile from Covid-19.
A sister to the current Zulu monarch, King Goodwill Zwelithini, she served as regent of the amaRharhabe royal family.
Queen Noloyiso was ma…
Kenya has launched negotiations on a free-trade agreement with the United States.
The agreement is expected serve "as a model for additional agreements across Africa," a joint statement between the two countries said.
Kenya is seeking …
Sudan’s transitional government and rebel groups negotiating in South Sudan's capital, Juba, will sign a final peace deal in two weeks’ time, mediators have announced.
The news emerged after a delegation of South Sudanese mediators retu…
A preliminary report released by the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) shows significant progress in the ongoing national voter registration exercise despite pockets of incidents in some registration centres.
The Coaliti…
The Ghana chapter of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA-Ghana) has extended warmest congratulations to Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang on her appointment as running mate to the flag-bearer of the National Democratic Co…
The Centre for Democratic Development Ghana (CDD Ghana), has congratulated its Ex-Board Member, Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang on her nomination as the Vice Presidential Candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the Dec…
Women in Law and Development in Africa (WILDAF) Ghana, a Pan-Africa Women's Rights network, has congratulated Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang on her nomination as the Vice- Presidential Candidate for the National Democratic Congress(ND…
Coronavirus - Uganda: Government of Sweden boosts UNICEF lifesaving healthcare services during COVID-19 response
Responding to the most urgent needs of children and women impacted by COVID-19 and supporting the continuity of healthcare …
A quirky wooden sculpture of US First Lady Melania Trump is reported to have been set on fire near her hometown in Slovenia, prompting its removal.
Brad Downey, the American artist who commissioned the statue, said it was targeted on 4 …
Ivory Coast's PM Amadou Gon Coulibaly has died after falling ill at a ministerial meeting.
The 61-year-old had been chosen as the ruling party's candidate for October's presidential election, after Alassane Ouattara said he would not se…
The Nigerian government has reversed its decision to reopen schools across the country.
The Education Minister Adamu Adamu told reporters at the presidential palace that schools would only reopen when it was safe to do so and not when t…
Malawi's new President Lazarus Chakwera has named relatives as ministers in his new cabinet, sparking criticism.
The president's former running mate in the 2019 elections Sidik Mia has been appointed minister for transport while his wif…
Amid a surge in new cases, the government of West Bengal state has begun implementing a strict lockdown in areas with high infection rates.
All offices in these areas will be shut, transportation has been halted, and no marketing, indus…
The Electoral Commission (EC) Wednesday outdoored an initiative dubbed, “Let the Citizen Know”, to engage the electorate on its activities and processes ahead of the 2020 general election.
The initiative will also be a platform where th…
Former President John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described his running mate for the 2020 General Election as a phenomenal person committed to the causes of women and students.
At a cerem…
More than three million people in the US have now tested positive for Covid-19, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Over 131,000 deaths have been reported, and on Tuesday the US broke its record for most new cases reported in one day…
President Donald Trump has threatened to cut funding for US schools if they refuse to open in autumn due to concerns over coronavirus.
In a tweet on Wednesday, Mr Trump said having schools reopened would be "important for children & fam…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has described the performance of the new Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits and the fingerprint scanners as robust, effective and efficient.
The Commission said the frequent breakdowns and malfunctioni…
The bodies of at least 180 men have been found in mass graves in northern Burkina Faso, according to a report by Human Rights Watch.
The graves were found in a region where government forces are fighting a jihadist insurgency.
The men …
Mr Joseph Homenya, Volta Regional Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has warned that groups or individuals who would abuse the guarantorship system ascribed in Constitutional Instrument C. I) 126, would be dealt with according to l…
Nana Akosua Frimpomaa-Sarpong, the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) Vice Presidential Candidate for Election 2012, on Tuesday congratulated Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyeman for her nomination as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Runni…
President Donald Trump has formally moved to withdraw the US from the World Health Organization (WHO).
The president had made his intentions clear in late May, accusing the WHO of being under China's control in the wake of the coronavir…
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