The Chinese embassy in Australia rejected on Friday s "unfounded accusations" against China made by the defence and foreign ministers of Australia and their U.S. counterparts after annual talks in Washington.
The two countries, in a sta…
Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, better known by his nickname Farmajo, says he has suspended the prime minister's power to hire and fire officials, escalating a growing rift sparked by the disappearance of a security agent.
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South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the public to nominate their next chief justice.
This he said will "further deepen public confidence in the independence and integrity of the judiciary".
The president's office s…
The Executive Secretary of the National Peace Council, George Amoh, has warned that the entrenched politicisation of national issues is a threat to the country’s democracy.
He explained that the surest ways to protect the democratic dis…
A Smart Voting app devised by jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been removed from Apple and Google stores on the day Russians start voting in parliamentary elections.
Russian authorities had threatened to fine the two …
More than 300 migrants have crossed the English Channel in two days, the Home Office has confirmed.
On Wednesday 85 people made the crossing in four boats, followed by another 222 migrants in 10 boats on Thursday.
The French authorit…
Russia needs to work with the Taliban government in Afghanistan, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday at a meeting of a China- and Russia-led security bloc, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
Speaking via video link at the …
Time magazine has listed seven Africans among its list of the 100 most influential people in the world for 2021, including figures from the world of academia, science, activism and economics.
The Nigerian head of the World Trade Organiz…
South Africa's top court has ruled that the former President Jacob Zuma has failed in his bid to have his 15-month jail sentence overturned.
In July, Mr Zuma asked the constitutional court to revoke the sentence, arguing that it was exc…
The Western Regional Minister, Mr Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah has given the assurance that the region will remain resolute and focused on its investment drive.
He said in view of this, a youth summit would be held in the Region in Oct…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, ECOWAS Chair, Friday left Accra for Guinea to meet her military leaders a day after the regional bloc imposed travel and financial sanctions on the junta and their families.
The development is a f…
The leaders of the two recent coups in Mali have been granted amnesty by the country's interim parliament.
Colonel Assimi Goïta and other army officers involved in overthrowing President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta in August last year and in…
Some flights expected to land in Kenya's main airport in the capital Nairobi were diverted over bad weather.
The flights landed at the airport in the coastal town of Mombasa.
Local media reports indicated that there was heavy mist at…
Former President John Dramani Mahama says members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) are irritated by the hypocrisy of 'so-called economic experts' in the country.
He explained that prior to election 2016 which saw his…
The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) has placed a travel ban on all the members of the military junta in Guinea and their immediate family members.
In addition, the regional political and economic bloc has placed a free…
The Duke of Edinburgh's will is to remain secret for at least 90 years to protect the "dignity and standing" of the Queen, the High Court has ruled.
It has been convention for over a century that, after the death of a senior member of t…
Dutch Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag has resigned over her handling of the Afghan evacuation crisis last month.
She is the first Western government official to step down over the chaos that followed the Taliban takeover.
Dutch MPs had …
Some 10,000 migrants have gathered under a US-Mexico border bridge over recent days, leading to a growing humanitarian crisis.
The bridge connects Del Rio in Texas to Mexico's Ciudad Acuña and the temporary camp there has grown with sta…
The UN is expressing concern that hundreds of trucks carrying aid to the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray are not returning.
The UN team in the country says none of the 149 trucks in a convoy that went into the Tigrayan capital Mekel…
A former Director of Communications for the governing New Patriotic Party, (NPP), Nana Akomea, has urged former President John Dramani Mahama to withdraw the do-or-die comment he made in relation to the 2024 election.
According to Nana …
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Madina, Mr Francis-Xavier Sosu, has stressed the need for state actors and civil society organisations to ensure that the country’s democracy is preserved.
That, he said, c…
The President of the Chamber of Local Government, Dr Richard Fiadomor, has called for a review of the process of removing Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) from office.
According to him, it was baffling that…
The Biden administration has asked a judge to stop the enforcement of an abortion law in Texas.
The law, which came into effect on 1 September, is one of the most restrictive in the country.
It bans abortion from as early as six week…
North and South Korea have tested ballistic missiles hours apart from each other, highlighting an arms race on the peninsula as nuclear talks with the North remain stalled.
The North fired two ballistic missiles across its east coast, i…
The main defendant in the November 2015 Paris attacks trial has sought to justify the murder of 130 people as retaliation for French military action against Islamic State (IS) jihadists.
Prosecutors say Salah Abdeslam, 32, is the only s…
Nigeria's Information Minister Lai Mohammed has said the country would "in a few more days" lift the ban on social media platform Twitter.
He, however, did not give a specific date when pressed, Reuters news agency reports.
Mr Mohamm…
Germany has joined France in expressing concern about a deal reportedly being made between Mali’s military rulers and a Russian security firm called Wagner.
Unnamed sourced have told AFP and Reuters news agencies that the deal would see…
Angola's former president José Eduardo dos Santos returned home on Tuesday after spending two years in Spain, amid growing tensions between his family and the current head of state João Lourenço over alleged corruption.
It is unclear fo…
Leader of ECOWAS Delegation to Guinea and Ghana's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Mrs Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, says the ousted Guinean President Alpha Conde is physically healthy, but still in shock following the cou…
Dr Vladimir Antwi-Danso, Dean of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC), has stated that going to the ballot every four or five years does not equate to democracy, but rather living by its tenets and working in the supre…
The Women's Wing of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the United States (U.S.) has taken a 'swipe at' former President Mr John Dramani Mahama for his comments that the 2024 elections would be a "do or die" at polling stations.
According …
The Authority of Heads of State and governments of ECOWAS will hold an extraordinary summit in Accra tomorrow, Thursday, September 16, 2021, to discuss the political situation in Guinea.
This follows a visit by a high-powered ECOWAS Del…
West African civil society groups have called for an inclusive dialogue for the restoration of democratic governance in Guinea.
The civil society groups, in a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency, said they were mindful of the Regi…
Energy Minister Matthew Opoku Prempeh says the jobs of staff of the Electricity Company Ghana Limited and other power distribution companies will be at risk if the energy sector continues to record the level of losses the industry is curre…
At Afghanistan's border with Uzbekistan a cargo train rolls over a bridge and into the newly created "Islamic Emirate". The Taliban's white and black flag flutters next to the Uzbek one. Some traders have welcomed the group's return to pow…
The head of the Islamic State group in the Sahara has been killed by French troops, President Emmanuel Macron has said.
Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi formed Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) in 2015.
The group is blamed for mos…
The UK, US and Australia have announced a historic security pact in the Asia-Pacific, in what's seen as an effort to counter China.
It will let Australia build nuclear-powered submarines for the first time, using technology provided by …
A former chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Bernard Mornah has described as ‘ugly and disturbing’ the recent confusion that has rocked the political party.
He said the feuding factions must allow cool heads to prevail a…
A political scientist, Dr Seidu Alidu, has made a strong case for the 1992 Constitution to be holistically reviewed to reflect current democratic trends.
The changes, he argued, would also meet the needs and aspirations of the people.
…
The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has asked members of the party to prepare to wrest power from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in 2024.
He has, therefore, asked party faithful not to…
A number of civilians were reportedly killed in north-east Nigeria's Yobe State when a military aircraft fired on a village.
Residents of Buhari village close to the border with Niger told the BBC they saw warplanes flying above them be…
The United Nations has urged Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to resume talks to resolve the dispute over the Nile dam “within a reasonable time frame”.
A UN Security Council statement noted on Wednesday that the three nations should restart t…
A Beijing court has thrown out a landmark sexual harassment case brought against one of the country's most famous TV hosts.
It ruled that there was insufficient evidence to support the case against Zhu Jun.
The plaintiff had accused …
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said the EU should seek to beef up its military capabilities to confront security threats and global crises.
She told the European Parliament she believed EU military forces would b…
A former health minister in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Dr Eteni Longondo, has been freed after spending 17 nights in Kinshasa’s main prison.
The former minister was released on bail on Tuesday, according to his lawyer, Hugues Pul…
Kenyans online are expressing their outrage following a sharp rise in the cost of fuel.
The country’s energy regulator Epra, which sets fuel prices, announced an increase in petrol prices to over 130 shillings ($1.2; £0.9) per litre – t…
Covid-19 has claimed the lives of 72 Ethiopians in the last two days, the health ministry has said.
It is the highest number of deaths recorded in the country since last week when the ministry officially confirmed the presence of the hi…
Zimbabwe has barred unvaccinated civil servants from going to work with immediate effect.
Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said the government had given its workers "ample time" to get Covid-19 vaccines.
The authorities say abo…
The Frantehene in Ejura Sekyredumasi, Nana Owusu Sekyere Bobo III, has commended former President John Dramani Mahama for the development projects he brought to the community during his presidency.
He said during the tenure of Mr Mahama…
Two political parties have called for a review of the 1992 Constitution to reflect the current democratic dispensation.
According to the Convention People’s Party and the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), having operated under the 1992 Cons…