After a slow-burning PR campaign, Adele's first new music in six years has arrived.
Easy On Me, a spare and emotional piano ballad, was released at midnight UK time, offering fans the first glimpse of her "divorce album", entitled 30.
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The Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Dr Sidie Mohammed Tunis, has called on the ECOWAS Leader, President Nana Akufo-Addo, to consider imposing harsher punishments on presidents who try to amend their constitutions to gain undue advantage.…
Madam Comfort Asante, President's nominee for the New Juaben North Municipality, has been confirmed.
All 29 Assembly members present voted unanimously to confirm the nominee to maintain her position as the Municipal Chief Executive.
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The General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr John Boadu, says the government's ban on illegal mining activities affected the party in the Western Region during the 2020 election but stressed that the ban was for the go…
Dr Hafiz Bin Salih, the Upper West Regional Minister, has urged the new Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to live moderate lifestyles and be concerned about the people's development and not their gains.
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Former US President Bill Clinton has been receiving hospital treatment in California for a "non-Covid-related infection".
Mr Clinton, 75, is "on the mend" and "in good spirits" after being admitted to UC Irvine Medical Center on Tuesday…
A mob in western Kenya has killed a self-confessed serial killer who escaped from custody two days ago, police say.
Masten Wanjala was traced by villagers to a house in Bungoma town and beaten to death, they say.
Authorities had laun…
Poland's parliament has passed a law allowing border guards to immediately expel migrants who cross the border illegally.
Guards will also be given power to refuse applications for international asylum, without examination.
Human rig…
Lebanon is holding a day of mourning after seven people died and dozens were hurt in some of the worst violence for years in the capital, Beirut.
Gunfire broke out on Thursday during a protest by Shia Muslim groups against the judge inv…
A total of 26 confirmed Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives are expected to be sworn in today, Friday, October 15, 2021.
Though 29 MMDCEs are supposed to be sworn in, three of them from the Ledzokuku Municipal, Ga Cen…
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has also extended his commiserations to the family of former Aviation Minister, Joseph Kofi Adda.
President Akufo-Addo in a Facebook post said the late Adda will be missed and will be remember…
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has sacked the state oil corporation boss Bol Ring Mourwel.
No reasons were given for the sacking announced in a presidential decree on the state broadcaster on Thursday night.
A new boss for the Ni…
The US has pledged an additional 17 million Covid-19 vaccines to the African continent, which is lagging way behind the world in vaccinations.
The vaccines will be distributed through the African Union.
The announcement was made duri…
The much anticipated re-opening of Indonesia's famed tourist island Bali has seen a slow start, with no international flights scheduled.
As of Thursday, fully vaccinated travellers from 19 countries including China, India, and France ca…
The Biden administration has unveiled plans to expand offshore wind energy in a move that could see turbines built along much of the US coastline.
Seven areas on both coasts and the Gulf of Mexico will be auctioned for wind farms in the…
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) says the humanitarian crisis caused by the war in northern Ethiopia is growing worse by the day, with up to seven million people in urgent need of food aid.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, …
A deadly bow and arrow attack in Norway which left five people dead appears to have been an act of terror, Norway's security service (PST) said.
However a motive has not yet been determined.
The suspect, a 37-year-old Danish citizen,…
The Francophonie summit due to be held in Tunisia in November has been postponed, the international organisation has said.
The 88 French-speaking countries were scheduled to meet in the island of Djerba next month but have decided to mo…
Education authorities in Sudan's capital have cut working hours and reduced the number of lessons per day because of a shortage of bread.
The Director of Basic Education in Khartoum State said the reduction will continue until the situa…
Police in the South African city of Gqeberha - formerly known as Port Elizabeth - are investigating the setting alight of three shops run by foreign nationals on Wednesday night, the local Herald Live news site reports.
This comes amid …
Mr Razak Kojo Opoku, a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on Ghanaians to recognize the hard work, efforts and commitment some members put in behind the scenes for their parties to achieve strategic objectives.
He said i…
Gender stereotypes, social norms, the burden of unpaid care work and the dominance of patriarchal structures continue to stifle efforts towards the economic empowerment of women particularly in relation to their access to productive resour…
The solution to social and economic challenges confronting Ghana is succinctly captured in the 2020 manifesto of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Former President John Dramani Mahama has said.
"High unemployment rate, businesse…
The Danish Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Tom Norring, has pledged the commitment of the Danish Government to support Ghana's security architecture to guard the country's enviable peace, tranquility and democratic credentials.
He said it was…
The Electoral Commission (EC) saved the country $90 million in the conduct of the 2020 Election, the Chairperson of the commission, Mrs Jean Mensa, has disclosed.
That, she said, was achieved through a reduction of the cost of the elec…
When Giulio Regeni's mutilated body was found in a ditch near Cairo in February 2016, it was so badly disfigured that his mother struggled to identify him.
Five years on, four members of Egypt's security forces go on trial in absentia o…
Authorities in Nigeria have announced that government workers who have not received Covid-19 jabs will not be allowed into their offices from December.
This effectively makes covid vaccines mandatory for federal civil servants across th…
Prince William has suggested entrepreneurs should focus on saving Earth rather than engaging in space tourism.
The Duke of Cambridge said great brains and minds should be "trying to repair this planet, not trying to find the next place …
The World Health Organization (WHO) says a new taskforce may be the last chance to find the origins of Covid-19.
It has nominated 26 experts to join the body, the Scientific Advisory Group on the Origins of Novel Pathogens (Sago).
Mo…
Carbon emissions are rebounding strongly and are rising across the world's 20 richest nations, according to a new study.
The Climate Transparency Report says that CO2 will go up by 4% across the G20 group this year, having dropped 6% in…
Four women and a man were killed and two others wounded when a man used a bow and arrow to attack them in Norway.
Police first received word of an attack in the town of Kongsberg, south-west of the capital Oslo, at 18:12 local time (16:…
Mr. Ansu Kumi, the Sunyani Municipal Chief Executive has promised regular and active engagements with all stakeholders to facilitate the progress of the Municipality.
"I think it is rather imperative to engage everybody so that together…
The General Secretary of the Peoples’ National Convention (PNC), Janet Nabla has commended the 2021 flagbearer of the party, David Apasera, and National Chairman, Moses Danibaah for discontinuing their legal battles against her and 17 othe…
A former Information Minister under the Kufuor Administration, Stephen Asamoah Boateng (Asabee) has declared his intention to contest the National Chairmanship position of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Asamoah Boateng in a Ci…
Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock has been given a role with the United Nations as a special representative.
Writing on Twitter, the ex-minister said the job would focus on helping Africa's economy recover from Covid.
It comes fou…
US officials are investigating possible cases of Havana syndrome illness in Colombia, days before a visit by the Secretary of State, US media say.
US embassy staff in Bogota may have been injured by the mysterious illness, which causes …
Mr George Kweku Ricketts-Hagan, Member of Parliament for Cape Coast South Constituency, has called on the authorities to stop manipulating the endorsement of the President's nominee, Mr Ernest Arthur as the Metropolitan Chief Executive of …
Soldiers and police have been deployed across schools in Eswatini where students have been protesting for weeks demanding political reforms.
Primary and high school students in Africa's last absolute monarchy, formerly known as Swazilan…
The top U.N. top court ruled on Tuesday largely in favour of Somalia in its dispute with Kenya, setting a sea boundary in part of the Indian Ocean believed to be rich in oil and gas.
Somalia said the ruling was a result of "sacrifice an…
President Joe Biden will host Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta for a meeting in Washington on Thursday as the White House weighs sanctions against parties to the conflict in a northern region of the neighboring East African country of Ethio…
A Malian former Islamist convicted of crimes against humanity for directing attacks on religious and historic buildings in Timbuktu has used a court appearance in the Hague to apologise for his actions.
Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi appealed t…
The Bawku Youth Parliament has congratulated Mr Amadu Hamza, the new Bawku Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for successfully taking the seat to continue with the development agenda of the area.
The young people, in a statement signed by …
The Western North Region branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)has held its annual delegates conference at Sefwi Wiawso in the Western North with a call on members to remain united.
The conference was attended by 153 delegates with 17 …
Assembly Members in the Agortime-Ziofe District in the Volta Region, on Monday confirmed Ms. Emelia Emefa Adzimah as District Chief Executive (DCE).
She polled 20 "yes" of the 22 valid votes cast to garner a 90.9 per cent endorsement …
The Winneba Police Divisional Command has pledged its readiness to provide security for the 2021 Second Extraordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament, which will commence on Tuesday, October 12 to Sunday, 18 at Winneba.
Chief Superinte…
The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has charged the reconstituted Legal Service Board to ensure that the right calibre of staff are recruited to ensure effective delivery of services.
“The country cannot afford to have a Legal Serv…
Some fishermen took to their heels on seeing an enforcement team patrolling Ghana’s coast to check illegal fishing practices.
The fishermen, suspected to have been engaged in illegal fishing, abandoned their canoes and other fishing gea…
The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr John Boadu, has urged members of the party to make inputs for amendments of the party’s constitution.
Such inputs, he said, should made in written submissions to that effect in …
Election 2024 may be three years away, but former Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, has initiated a campaign, canvassing for more supporters for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).
In a one-minute 21 seconds video mak…
In our series of letters from African journalists, Elizabeth Ohene looks at plans to build a state-of-the-art complex in Ghana to honour the pioneering US black civil rights activist William Edward Burghardt Du Bois.
Short presentational …
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