A car has ploughed through a pedestrian area in the western German city of Trier, killing five people including a nine-week-old baby girl, police say.
The driver, a 51-year-old local man, has been arrested. The prosecutor s…
The Police Administration on Monday debunked assertions being peddled by the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama who said on one of his campaign tours that officers were being bribed to vote for the governing …
Child trafficking has risen in Mali, with more being recruited by armed groups and forced to work in gold mines, according to the UN.
The situation is worsened by conflict, Covid-19 and deteriorating economic conditions, the UN refugee …
A US state of Georgia election official has said President Donald Trump will bear responsibility for any violence that results from unsubstantiated election fraud claims he has stoked.
"It's all gone too far! All of it! It h…
Madam Susana Agoriba Kubirizegah, the Parliamentary Candidate (PC) for the Progressive People's Party (PPP) in the Navrongo Central Constituency says the PPP government will revamp the Pwalugu tomato factory to create more employment op…
Nigerian MPs have summoned President Muhammadu Buhari over the recent killing of at least 43 farmers in north-east Borno State, local media report.
The lawmakers while debating the motion said it was of urgent national importance.
Mo…
Police in Nigeria's Ogun state have arrested two suspects at a baby factory run by a woman who was released on bail.
The state police spokesperson Abimbola Oyeyemi said a girl who had been lured by the baby factory operator escaped and …
A Former Minister of Finance, Mr Seth Terkper, has accused the government of exaggerating the impact of COVID-19 on the Ghanaian economy to hide their inefficiencies.
He said although the pandemic had brought some challenges to the econ…
Nana Akomea, a member of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Communication Team, on Tuesday called on former President John Dramani Mahama, to tell Ghanaians how he intends to correct his mistakes when re-elected into power.
In …
Special voting for persons with special Election Day assignments totalling 109, 577, has ended across the country.
The exercise took place at 311 Electoral Commission (EC) designated voting centres in all 275 constituencies.…
Democrat Joe Biden has been declared president-elect, but Donald Trump is challenging the result in some key states, alleging electoral fraud.
The president has been dealt a series of legal blows, as time runs out for him ov…
An Algerian court has sentenced two former Prime Ministers to five years in prison on corruption charges.
Ahmed Ouyahia and Abdelmalek Sellal were accused of having had illicit dealings with the directors of a telecoms company.
The t…
The head of local forces in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray says they are still fighting near the regional capital, Mekelle, which was seized by government troops at the weekend.
Debretsion Gebremichael, who leads the T…
Lawyers in Cameroon have begun a boycott of all courts in protest against what they describe as police brutality.
Earlier this month police officers assaulted and tear-gassed several lawyers who were trying to get bail for their colleag…
The government has cautioned the media and voters in next Monday’s general election to expect a lot of fake news in the final week ahead of the elections.
It said there was credible information of impending fake and doctored audios, doc…
Madam Abla Dzifa Gomashie, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate (PC) for Ketu South, has appealed to constituents to vote for her for the desired change.
She said as a woman who had served as a Deputy Minister …
Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will resort to false allegations and fabricated videos in the last week to December 7 Elections, to create a bad image of the Government.
He averred th…
Iran has held a funeral for its top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who was assassinated on Friday in an attack that it has blamed on Israel.
Defence Minister Amir Hatami vowed in a speech to avenge Fakhrizadeh's deat…
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed lauded his soldiers on Monday for victory over a rebellious northern movement, but the leader of Tigray’s forces said they were still fighting amid fears of a protracted guerrilla conflict.
The nearly …
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has condemned protesters and warned opposition politicians who he said mislead the youth to get involved in violence.
He was addressing the country on Sunday about the violence sparked by the arrest of…
Britain and the European Union cautioned each other on Monday that time was running out to reach a Brexit trade deal, with negotiators still seeking agreement on state aid, enforcement and fishing to avoid a turbulent exit in a month.
T…
A volunteer has died while trying to rescue illegal miners trapped underground since Wednesday in Bindura, northern Zimbabwe.
The state newspaper the Herald reports that over the weekend, a boulder rolled down onto the man, pushing him …
First Lady Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has urged supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti region to go all out and vote massively for the Party on December 7.
She advised the supporters of the Party's stronghol…
Mr John Daramani Mahama(JM) the Flagbearer of National Democratic Congress (NDC) has assured supporters of the party in Yendi and Ghana as a whole that NDC will win 60 percent of the seats in Parliament come December 7, 2020 elections.
…
The President of the Republic of Ghana and Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Akufo-Addo has advised the electorates of Kwesimintsim and Mpohor Constituencies against voting 'skirt and blouse' in the December polls to give h…
The Chairman of Northern Development Authority, Dr Hakeem Wemah, has warned against the usurpation of the mandate of the Electoral Commission by anyone during the December 7th presidential and parliamentary elections.
According Dr Wemah…
Mr Evans Opoku-Bobie, the Ahafo Regional Minister has called for a military base to help stop the needless and uncontrolled recurring of political violence in the region, as the December 7, polls gathers pace.
He noted the establishment…
Superintendent of Police, Mr Bempah Sarpong, Aflao Police Commander has urged Ketu South residents to go out to cast their ballot on election day without fear of intimidation from security agents.
Chiefs and people of the border Constit…
Mr. Phanuel Kadey Donkor, Adaklu District Chief Executive (DCE) at the weekend reiterated that government would not shield any individual or group who would engage in acts that would derail the electoral process during the forthcoming gene…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Sunday received tremendous reception when he visited the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Constituency of the Western Region.
The President who was in th…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has described media reports suggesting that the Commission has burnt one million extra ballots meant for the Ashanti Region, as misleading.
A statement issued by the Commission and copied to the…
The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas has called on Ghanaians to demonstrate political maturity and work together to consolidate the peace of the country, …
US President-elect Joe Biden has appointed an all-female senior press team, in what his office claims is a first in the country's history.
The team will be led by Kate Bedingfield, former deputy campaign communications dire…
Australia has demanded China apologise for posting a fake picture on a government Twitter account that depicted an Australian soldier murdering an Afghan child.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Beijing should be "utterly a…
The Somalia government has recalled its ambassador to Kenya, Mohamud Ahmed Nur Tarzan, accusing the country of political interference.
Somalia has also asked the Kenyan ambassador to Somalia, Lucas Tumbo, to leave the country "for consu…
The former Member of Parliament for Mfantseman in the Central Region, Mr Ekow Kwansah Hayford, has been laid to rest.
Hundreds of mourners from all walks of life thronged the MA School Park in Mankessim last Saturday to pay their last r…
The British and Canadian High Commissions will deploy more than 100 election observers to monitor the December 7 elections.
The observers, to be deployed to seven regions, formed part of the UK, Canadian and other international partners…
Ethiopia's northern Tigray region has said its forces have shot down a federal warplane and captured its pilot as fighting there enters its fourth week, regional state broadcaster Tigray TV has reported.
"A warplane, a MiG, sent by the …
Kenya's health minister Mutahi Kagwe has declared November the darkest month since the coronavirus pandemic struck the country in March.
The minister said the number of cases recorded this month has doubled those recorded in October and…
Ms Felicia Tettey, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for Sagnarigu Constituency is the only female candidate in the region contesting the Parliamentary election.
She is challenging the incumbent, Alhaji Alha…
The New Patriotic Party's (NPP) parliamentary candidate for the Yendi Constituency in the Northern Region, Alhaji Farouk Aliu Mahama, has donated some items to artisans in the Yendi Municipality.
The items, worth GH¢156,000 comprised 20…
The government has given back 40 per cent of lands it compulsorily acquired at Amrahia, Kweiman and Danfa for use as dairy farms.
For close to 50 years after the collapse of the projects, the lands which cover almost 2000 acres had beco…
Turkey on Friday rejected a call by the European Parliament for sanctions against Ankara over President Tayyip Erdogan’s recent visit to the breakaway Turkish Cypriot state in north Cyprus, calling the demand “disconnected from the realiti…
Asymptomatic COVID-19 patients are driving a surge in new cases in South Korea, frustrating efforts to control transmission by the Asian country which managed to keep infections under control in previous outbreaks.
South Korea reported …
About nine million female voters are expected to cast their ballots during the December 7 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections, statistical data from the Electoral Commission (EC) indicates.
Mr Michael Boadu, EC Director of Training…
Ugandan police have opened investigations into their violent crackdown on protesters last week that led to the death of at least 45 people, the Daily Monitor newspaper reports quoting the police spokesperson.
The inquiry will "identify …
Ya-Na Abukari II has given an assurance to the European Union (EU) delegation to Ghana that there will be permanent peace in Dagbon now and forever.
The King who was receiving the delegation in his Palace was grateful to EU and the Yend…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has secured a one million Euros grant from the European Union (EU) to undertake civic education ahead of the 2020 general elections aim at curbing electoral violence.
The grant, which s…
Mr James Oppong-Boanuh, the Inspector General of Police on Thursday cautioned the public against any impersonation of security operatives ahead of the elections, stressing that security at the polling stations is the responsibility of assi…
A former Member of Parliament (MP) for the Builsa North Constituency in the Upper East Region, Mrs Agnes Asangalisa Chigabatia, says women are influential and play vital roles in the political landscape.
She said the involvement of wome…
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