The family of Stephen Ayensu Ntim, National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has requested the former’s temporary withdrawal from all party duties due to health reasons and the urgent need for medical care and…
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has signed into law an amendment that will allow, once again, civilians to be tried in a military court under certain circumstances.
A previous law permitting such trials was ruled unconstitutional b…
President Trump's comments on the Israel-Iran conflict have veered from full throated support for Israel's strikes to strongly distancing himself from them, and back again.
His ambiguity has added to the sense of uncertainty as the fi…
Supreme Court nominee Justice Dennis Dominic Adjei has come out strongly in favour of maintaining the traditional use of wigs and gowns by legal practitioners in Ghana, insisting that the attire plays a crucial role in preserving the dig…
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean A. Mensa, will appear before the Committee of the Whole on Thursday to respond to a question by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dayi, Rocks…
Protests against President Donald Trump have taken place in towns and cities across the US in a coordinated event titled "No Kings".
The demonstrations were held to counter a rare military parade hosted by Trump in Washington DC, and …
A call for all staff in Nigeria's ministry of agriculture to pray to help the country achieve food security has caused controversy.
An internal memo from the head of the ministry's HR department urges staff to attend a solemn prayer s…
Ibrahim Adjei, former Assistant Secretary at the Office of the Former President, Nana Akufo-Addo, has stressed that political affiliation must not be used as a cover to protect individuals accused of wrongdoing, especi…
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced the immediate evacuation of Ghanaians living in Iran due to heightened tensions between Israel and Iran.
In a Facebook post on Monday, June 16, 2025, the Minis…
Former Western North Regional Minister, Joojo Rocky Obeng, has officially declared his support for Kennedy Ohene Agyapong for the latter’s presidential bid, praising the former Assin Central MP for his longstanding phil…
After days of uncertainty and negotiations, the funeral arrangements for Zambia's former president have been finalised.
Edgar Lungu, who led Zambia from 2015 to 2021, died 11 days ago in South Africa where he was receiving treatment f…
US President Donald Trump rejected a plan by Israel to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, three US officials have told BBC's US partner CBS News.
Trump reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that ass…
Tensions are deepening within the Wulensi branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Northern Region, as a group of suspended members has demanded the immediate reversal of what they describe as an unconstitutional decisio…
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa, is expected to appear before Parliament this week to address concerns surrounding the unresolved parliamentary election in the Ablekuma North Constituency.
The…
President John Dramani Mahama has announced a new development plan for the Savannah Region, outlining a set of projects he says will begin in 2025.
The plan includes the construction of a public university, a regional hospital, a wate…
A teenager who was tricked into going to boarding school in Africa has won a significant legal victory against his own parents.
The 14-year-old boy, who cannot be identified, was taken from London to Ghana in March 2024 after being to…
North Korea says it has successfully relaunched its new 5,000-ton naval destroyer, less than a month after it capsized during the first attempted launch, state media reports.
The country's leader, Kim Jong Un, had reacted furiously to…
The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, has urged members of the NDC to rededicate themselves to the ideals and values of the party, whether in government or out of power.
He said that require…
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has apologised to the Spanish people after an escalating corruption scandal brought down a senior Socialist party colleague.
Sánchez, who has led Spain since 2018, said there was no such thing as "zero cor…
President John Dramani Mahama will on Saturday, June 14, 2025, begin a nationwide post-election “Thank You” tour with a major rally in the Savannah Region.
The event, scheduled for 2:00 p.m. at the forecourt of the Jakpa Palace in Damon…
China has said it is ready to drop the tariffs it charges on imports from all 53 African countries with which it has diplomatic relations.
The move, announced at a China-Africa co-operation meeting, comes as the continent is facing the …
An Air India passenger plane bound for London's Gatwick airport crashed shortly after taking off in Ahmedabad, western India, on Thursday, killing 241 passengers and crew.
It later emerged that only one passenger, a British man, had s…
Akosua Manu, the 2024 Parliamentary Candidate for Adentan, has dismissed the government’s 24-Hour Economy policy as a political script of deception, arguing that the absence of corresponding budget allocations exposes it as a hollow promis…
Hundreds of thousands of people are "slowly starving" in Kenyan refugee camps after US funding cuts reduced food rations to their lowest ever levels, a United Nations official has told the BBC.
The impact is starkly visible at a hospi…
Non-essential US embassy staff and their dependants in Baghdad are to be evacuated from Iraq due to heightened security risks, US government sources have said.
Officials did not say exactly what prompted the removal, but have been tol…
A former Presiding Member of the then Zabzugu/Tatale District Assembly, Edward Dawuni Abebe Atta, has appealed to President John Mahama to nominate a District Chief Executive (DCE) from one of the four persons who were vetted for appointm…
President John Mahama yesterday received the credentials of five new ambassadors to Ghana at the Jubilee House in Accra.
They are Vietnam — Bui Quoc Hung; Greece - Athanasios V. Kotsionis; Jamaica High Commissioner — Lincoln George Down…
A former National Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akomea, has reacted to recent comments by Kennedy Ohene Agyapong in Mampong in the Ashanti Region and described the assertions as not true.
Mr Agyapong, a …
The Deputy Attorney General has confirmed that Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, popularly known as NAPO, is under investigation by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) in connection with projects undertaken during his time in government.
D…
A UN panel has urged the UK to renegotiate a deal returning the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, saying it "fails to guarantee" the rights of the Chagossian people.
The deal, signed last month, returned sovereignty of the Indian Ocean arc…
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has announced that Parliament will soon begin drafting legislation to support lifestyle audits for individuals suspected of acquiring unexplained wealth.
According to the Speaker, the proposed law is…
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has said that the House is ready to legislate a lifestyle audit act to end the abuse of state resources by individuals appointed into privileged positions in society.
He said ena…
Editor of Newscenta newspaper, Elvis Darko, has criticised the newly introduced GHS1 fuel levy, warning that it will not resolve Ghana’s energy sector crisis and risks creating false hope among the public.
Describing the measure as a “d…
The Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, has urged political parties to reform their internal electoral primaries system to allow all card-bearing members to participate in the process instead of the current delegate system, which he said w…
The UK has sanctioned two far-right Israeli ministers over "repeated incitements of violence against Palestinian communities" in the occupied West Bank.
Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich will both be banned from entering the UK and…
Voters in Burundi are heading to the polls amid a backdrop of surging inflation, fuel shortages and complaints of political repression.
Seats in the National Assembly and local councils are up for grabs but Évariste Ndayishimiye is sa…
After a six-year delay, India is finally set to count its population in a two-phase census that will conclude in 2027, the government has announced.
India's decennial census is one of the world's largest administrative exercises and p…
To mark the 46th anniversary of the June 4 Uprising, a founder member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Goosie Tanoh has called for a “radical reset” of the NDC party to restore the core values of probity, justice, accountabilit…
President John Mahama has defended the government’s decision to impose an additional GH¢1 Energy Sector Recovery Levy, stating that the move—though difficult—is critical to resolving the country’s crippling energy sector debts and preven…
On the morning of 9 May, I was part of a BBC Arabic team which left the Syrian capital, Damascus, for the southern province of Deraa. From there we planned to go to the frontier with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
We wanted to ge…
Zambia's former President Edgar Lungu has died at the age of 68, his party has said in a statement.
He had "been receiving specialized treatment in South Africa" for an undisclosed illness, the Patriotic Front (PF) added.
Lungu led…
The Eastern Regional Minister, Mrs Rita Akosua Adjei Awatey, has made a passionate appeal to traditional authorities in the region to join hands with the government in the fight against illegal mining, commonly known as “galamsey.”
Spe…
The National Coordinator of the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP), Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, has urged Ghanaians to rally behind the newly approved GHS1 fuel levy, warning that without it, the alternative could be…
The World Bank says it is lifting a ban on loans to Uganda that it had put in place two years ago when the country passed a draconian new law against LGBTQ people.
In 2023, Uganda voted in some of the world's harshest anti-homosexual …
The Swiss Ambassador to Ghana, Simone Giger, has urged greater inclusion of women in Ghana’s political landscape, warning that the country risks missing out on crucial leadership potential by sidelining half of its population.
Speaking …
Kenyan free-speech advocates and lawyers have condemned the prosecution of the author of an unauthorised biography of Kenyan President William Ruto's daughter.
Charlene Ruto accused Webster Ochora Elijah of "misusing" her name by writ…
A travel ban issued on Wednesday by US President Donald Trump is set to primarily affect countries in Africa and the Middle East.
Twelve countries face full bans, which will come into force on Monday. People from a further seven natio…
Mr Charles Kwesi, a bailiff with the Tarkwa High Court, has been acclaimed by Presiding Members in the Western Region as their Dean.
He was endorsed after a two-day workshop for Presiding Members and Finance and Administration staff o…
To mark the 46th anniversary of the June 4, 1979, a founding member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Goosie Tanoh has called for a “radical reset” of the NDC party to restore the core values of probity, justice, accountability,…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced a series of proposals aimed at honouring the legacy of its founder, and late former President Jerry John Rawlings, and strengthening the party’s historical identity.
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