At the International Conference of Pan-African Progressive Forces held in Ghana, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Fifth Pan-African Congress in Manchester, over 300 delegates from 57 African countries and its global diaspora ado…
US President Donald Trump has threatened to escalate his crackdown on immigration - pledging to "permanently pause migration" to the US from all "third world countries" as he hit out against his country's "refugee burden".
Trump's soc…
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has described as "regrettable" the announcement by US President Donald Trump that South Africa would not be invited to take part in next year's G20 summit in Florida.
In a social media post, Tr…
The 14 districts within the Western Region are all participating in the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative (CoST) project assurance survey.
The Assurance Survey, also called Independent Review Process, would assess how infrastructur…
The National Democratic Party (NDP) has paid tribute to its founder, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, describing her as the party’s “guiding light” whose influence reshaped women’s participation in politics and left an enduring imprint on…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has urged the Ghanaian Community in Angola to participate in the upcoming Diaspora Summit in December this year.
He said the summit, scheduled to take place on December 19 an…
Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has strongly criticised the 2026 Budget Statement and Economic Policy Document, describing it as a “cut-and-paste” compilation that fails to provide a fresh policy direction.
Debating the poli…
Guinea-Bissau's deposed President Umaro Sissoco Embaló has arrived in neighbouring Senegal following his release by military forces that toppled his government this week, Senegal's authorities have announced.
It follows negotiations b…
President Vladimir Putin has doubled down on his core demands for ending the war in Ukraine, saying Russia will lay down arms only if Kyiv's troops withdraw from territory claimed by Moscow.
Putin has long pushed for legal recognition…
Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga says the 2026 Budget presented to Parliament reflects a decisive turnaround in Ghana’s economic management, arguing that the country has moved from what he described as “criminal handling” of the economy …
Nigeria yesterday welcomed an official government delegation from St. Kitts and Nevis, just weeks after the two nations achieved a historic milestone: granting visa-free entry to citizens of St. Kitts and Nevis. The visit was facilitated …
France's highest court has upheld a sentence against former French President Nicolas Sarkozy over the illegal financing of his 2012 re-election campaign.
He was found guilty of overspending on his campaign, then hiring a PR firm named…
Tanzania has cancelled next month's independence day celebrations, with the funds to be instead spent on rebuilding infrastructure damaged in recent election unrest, Prime Minister Mwigulu Nchemba has said.
His announcement comes as t…
Mr Hayford Obeng, Oti Regional Campaign Coordinator for NPP presidential aspirant Kennedy Ohene Agyepong, has urged delegates in the region to support the former Assin Central legislator, saying their endorsement is vital for the party’s r…
Nana John Gyamfi, the Oti Regional liaison campaign coordinator for Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has appealed to members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to rally behind the former Vice President’s candidature in the January 31, 2026, presidential…
The Member of Parliament for Atwima Nwabiagya North, Frank Yeboah, has strongly criticised the government’s allocation of GHS100 million for the completion of 10 Agenda 111 hospital projects, arguing that the funding level is so low th…
Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has clarified that the Kpandai parliamentary seat cannot be declared vacant despite a High Court order annulling the 2024 election results and directing the Electoral Commission (EC) to conduct a reru…
The issue of whether or not the Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, is in contempt of Parliament for attending an ECOWAS Parliament meeting when the House had decided to drop him from the Ghanaian delegation to ECOWAS…
Member of Parliament for Oforikrom, Michael Kwasi Addo, has criticised the 2026 Budget Statement and Economic Policy, describing it as a document packed with promises that are unlikely to be fulfilled.
Speaking on Citi Eyewitness Ne…
The sisters of the late former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, have described her as the “trailblazer” who shaped their childhood and guided their path into adulthood. They delivered the emotional tribute during a Requiem Mas…
A devastating fire has ripped through a high-rise public housing complex in Hong Kong, killing at least 55 people, making it the city's deadliest in more than 60 years. More than 270 people have been reported missing and thousands of res…
Pope Leo XIV is beginning the first foreign trip of his papacy. Over the next six days he will first visit Turkey for an historic Christian anniversary. He will then visit Lebanon just days after Israeli airstrikes on its capital, Beirut…
A group of military officers say they have seized control of Guinea-Bissau amid reports that the president, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, has been arrested.
Shortly after gunshots were heard in the capital, Bissau, government sources told the…
The Minority in Parliament has expressed strong displeasure with Tamale High Court Judge, Justice Emmanuel Brew Plange, alleging that his handling of the Kpandai election petition amounted to judicial irresponsibility.
In his ruling…
Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered that right-wing former president Jair Bolsonaro begin serving his prison sentence of 27 years and three months for plotting a coup after he lost the last election.
Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Tues…
President Donald Trump's senior Africa envoy, Massad Boulos, has rejected criticism that the US's latest proposal to end the Sudan civil war is "biased".
The US, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been attempt…
The Committee on Lands and Natural Resources in Parliament has called for the amendment of the Minerals and Mining Law to align with whatever proposed royalty rate will be contained in the lithium agreement between the government and Bar…
The Founder and Leader of the United Front Party (UFP), Nana Agyenim Boateng, known as Gyataba, has urged delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to rally behind Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum in the party’s flagbearer race.
According to hi…
The La Nkwantanang-Madina Municipal Assembly (LaNMMA) in the Greater Accra Region will take all the necessary administrative and legal steps to evict, demolish, and prosecute people who trespass on public lands in the municipality, the M…
Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Shamima Muslim has called for calm and dialogue in the ongoing national debate over religious rights in mission schools, warning that confrontational tones threaten to derail constructive engagement.
…
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, is leading a final effort to make peace in the long-running Bawku chieftaincy conflict this weekend.
In a high-stakes diplomatic effort to end one of Ghana's most protracted and deadly chieftaincy…
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has urged the media to deepen collaboration with Parliament to help reverse the worrying decline in public trust in the nation’s democratic and governance institutions.
“The 2…
Parliament has approved the abolition of the COVID-19 levy. The levy, introduced under the Akufo-Addo administration to support pandemic-related expenditure, has now been scrapped following the Finance Minister’s announcement of its re…
A group of 24 Nigerian girls who were abducted from their boarding school over a week ago have been released, the country's president said.
Armed assailants stormed the school in Nigeria's Kebbi State on 17 November, killing two membe…
Parts of Thailand are battling record floods, which have killed at least 33 people and prompted authorities to deploy military ships and helicopters to support relief efforts.
The deluge has hit 10 provinces across the country's south…
Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, former Chairperson of the African Union Commission, has described apartheid as the “worst form of colonialism,” recalling the brutal and deeply entrenched racial segregation imposed on Black South Africans.
…
Mr Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah, the Chairman of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Caucus in Parliament, has called on the Open Parliament Working Group, to urgently advance the implementation of various actions outlined in its plan.
He emp…
The G20 summit in South Africa, a gathering of the world's major economies, has ended with a joint declaration committing to "multilateral co-operation".
The declaration, which covered climate change mitigation and economic inequality…
One of the daughters of Jacob Zuma, South Africa's former president, has filed a criminal complaint against her sister, accusing her of recruiting men from South Africa to fight in the Russia-Ukraine war.
Nkosazana Zuma-Mncube alleged…
The Paramount Chief of Battor Traditional area, and the Vice President of the Volta Region House of Chiefs (VRHC), Togbega Patamia Dzekley VII, has stressed the need for peace and unity in the area, to ensure accelerated growth.
Tog…
Mr Pius Enam Hadzide, the Campaign Spokesperson for Dr Bryan Acheampong, one of the Election 2028 Presidential hopefuls of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) says voting for the aspirant will unite and maintain discipline in the party.
He said…
Former Government Spokesperson on Security and Governance, Dr Palgrave Boakye-Danquah, has described the Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng as “emotional” and unfit to be trusted in handling the ongoing GRA–SML corruption case.
Speak…
Ghana’s ability to fight corruption is being “severely weakened” by chronic underfunding of its key accountability institutions, according to the 2025 IMF Governance Diagnostic Report that warns the country’s anti-corruption architectu…
The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, has called for increased investment in literature on the legislative arm of government to help citizens gain a better understanding of its operations.
He made the remarks …
A father has told the BBC he felt powerless as he witnessed gunmen on motorbikes abduct dozens of children, including his son, after storming a Catholic boarding school in northern Nigeria in the early hours of Friday.
The father said…
UK's Indo-Pacific Minister Seema Malhotra has defended her government's immigration proposals during a visit to India, while expressing concern about a rise in foreign students seeking asylum at the end of their studies.
Under the new…
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Bagbin, has called on public servants to exhibit a high sense of accountability to build public trust in them. He said the recent Afrobarometer report indicated that trust in Ghana’s institutions r…
Ukraine's frontline soldiers have reacted to draft US peace proposals with a mixture of defiance, anger and resignation.
The BBC spoke to half a dozen who sent us their views via social media and email in response to the original US p…
Cameroonian opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who is contesting the outcome of the presidential election, has fled to The Gambia for his safety, The Gambian government has said.
Tchiroma Bakary has insisted he is the legitimate …
The Minority Chief Whip in Parliament, Mr Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has called for a weekly briefing from the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Emmanuel Amarh-Kofi Buah, on the government’s efforts to combat illegal small-scale mini…
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