For decades, US presidents have had to grapple with a hugely sensitive tightrope known as the "One China" policy. The BBC explains what it consists in.
What is the 'One China' policy?
It is the diplomatic acknowledgement of China's pos…
A new centre to treat people who have mental health issues has been opened in Liberia's capital, Monrovia.
The centre is the only one of its kind in the West African nation, which does not have a government facility providing mental hea…
Mali's foreign ministry summoned France's ambassador on Tuesday to protest against comments by French President Emmanuel Macron on the country's military-dominated government.
The foreign ministry said it had summoned the French ambassa…
Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, Volta Regional Minister, has called on Members of Parliament (MPs) from the region to come together for the development of the region.
According to him, the people in the region would be happy to see MPs from bot…
Mr Divine Osborn Kwadzo Fenu, the President's nominee for District Chief Executive (DCE) for North Tongu, has been endorsed by the Assembly members.
The 41 members of the North Tongu District Assembly voted in favour of the nomine…
Nigeria is expecting to receive more than three million doses of Pfizer vaccines in the next two weeks, a healthcare official said on Tuesday.
Nearly five million people across the country have received their first jab, representing abo…
Members of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) have confirmed the nomination of Mr Samuel Pyne, as the Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE).
Fifty-five out of the 58 members present voted in favour of the nominee, giving him 94.8 per c…
Members and sympathisers of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the North East Region have been urged to remain resolute and work assiduously to break the eight-year cycle.
Mr Danladi Abdul-Nasir, Dean of Metropolitan, Municipal and Dis…
Members of Krachi West District Assembly have confirmed Mr Emmanuel Kajal Jalulah as the new District Chief Executive (DCE).
A total of 24 assembly members present voted for the nominee while nine voted against him.
Mr Jalulah, in hi…
Assembly members of the Agotime-Ziope District Assembly failed to confirm the President's only female nominee for the Volta Region, Madam Emilia Emefa Adzimah for the position of the District Chief Executive.
Out of the 22 assembly mem…
Mr Sule Salifu, the President's nominee for the position of Chief Executive for the Tamale Mertropolitan Assembly (TaMA) in the Northern region has been confirmed.
Out of 59 Assembly Members who were present and voted, 40 endorsed h…
The Municipal and District Chief Executive Nominees for West Gonja Municipality and North Gonja District in the Savannah Region have been endorsed by Assembly Members.
They are Mr Karim Musah Kusubari for the West Gonja Municipalit…
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has condemned the deportation of Somalis from the self-declared republic of Somaliland.
The agency placed the number of people forced out of their homes at 1,000. It said…
Mr Ebenezar Kojo Kum, the Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, has inaugurated three Traditional Councils in the Upper West Region.
They are the Sankana and Takpo-Wilaa Traditional Councils in the Nadowli-Kaleo District…
A Palestinian delegation to Ghana has urged the country to reject Israel's bid for an Observer Status on the African Union (AU).
He said granting Observer Status to Israel by the AU would contradict the continental body's support for th…
Victims of sexual abuse in the French Catholic Church have demanded action after the publication of a damning new inquiry.
Since 1950, clergy in the organisation have sexually abused some 216,000 children, according to the report - most…
The nomination of Mr Nkrumah Kwasi Ogyile, as the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Krachi Nchumuru of the Oti Region has been confirmed by the assembly members in the area.
The nominee received all 29 votes cast for an endorsement fr…
Congo-Brazzaville's President Denis Sassou-Nguesso could take legal action after he was named in the leaked documents, French broadcaster RFI reports quoting the information minister.
The Pandora Papers said Mr Sassou-Nguesso owned a co…
The southern Africa regional bloc, SADC, has agreed to extend the presence of regional troops battling insurgents in northern Mozambique.
Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi confirmed the extension late Tuesday at the end of an extraord…
Mali in West Africa is one of the poorest countries in the world. It’s also considered one of the most vulnerable to climate change.
The International Committee of the Red Cross is warning that the climate crisis is making an already di…
Boris Johnson is to promise that his government will show more "guts" than any before as it works to deal with issues facing society and the economy.
In his Conservative Party conference speech, the prime minister will pledge to move th…
Australia is to stop sending asylum seekers to Papua New Guinea (PNG), marking an end to its controversial detention regime in the nation.
PNG is one of two Pacific countries paid by Canberra to detain asylum seekers and refugees who at…
Tensions with China are at their worst in 40 years, Taiwan's defence minister has said, warning of the risk of an accidental strike between the two.
Chiu Kuo-cheng's comments came after China sent a "record number" of military jets into…
The Ningo-Prampram MP and one of the sponsors of the anti-LGBTQI Bill, Sam George, is not perturbed by the memorandum from 15 renowned legal, academicians and activists challenging the legislation that seeks to fully criminalise LGBTQI act…
The opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC, believes the Justice Koomson Committee that probed the Ejura disturbances, did nothing but a “poor attempt at a cover-up.”
It said the three-member committee failed in its mandate and pr…
The leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Upper East and North East Regions have honoured the National Youth Organiser of the party, Henry Nana Boakye (Nana B).
They honoured the NPP patriot for his contribution to the grow…
Ugandans traveling to its neighbour South Sudan no longer require visas to enter the country.
The move reciprocates one taken by Uganda in September to scrap visa entry requirements for South Sudanese that came into effect on Friday.
…
Singapore has passed a controversial law aimed at countering foreign interference in domestic affairs, in a move that critics say could be used to stifle dissent.
It allows authorities to order social media sites and Internet providers …
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has urged the militants operating in parts of the northern province of Cabo Delgado to turn themselves over to the authorities or face being killed.
Speaking after a memorial service to mark 29 years of…
Taiwan has urged Beijing to stop "irresponsible provocative actions" after a record number of Chinese warplanes entered its air defence zone.
Monday's incursion marks the fourth straight day of incursions by Chinese aircraft, with almos…
"Peace" was a key word for the African presidents who spoke at the inauguration celebration for Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
While congratulating Mr Abiy following his election victory, they also spoke about bringing the nation…
The President's Nominee for MCE of the Lower West Akim Municipal Assembly, Mr Seth Oduro Boadu, has been confirmed by the Assembly.
He obtained 34 out of the 47 votes to secure the two-thirds majority threshold, for his confirmation a…
Mr David Akolgo Amoah, the District Chief Executive Elect for the Bolgatanga East District, has pledged to abide by the tenets of good governance for the development of the district.
He said this in his victory speech after his confir…
Mr Abdulai Abanga, the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Binduri Constituency in the Upper East Region says the poor performance of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary elections in the Region was self-i…
Outgone Municipal and District Chief Executives (MDCEs) in the Upper East Region have pledged their unflinching support for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to enable the Party break the eight-year rule of political parties in Ghana.
Mr Wi…
Mr Francis Kofi Okesu, the President's nominee for the position of the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region, has received the endorsement of the Assembly.
All the 29-Assembly members of the Kr…
Ms. Virginia Elliot, the Public Affairs Counsellor and Acting Deputy US Ambassador to Ghana has urged Ghanaian youth to work hard to sustain the peace and democracy of the country.
Speaking at the opening session of a two-day capacity…
Some youth leaders among other stakeholders in the Zabzugu District of the Northern Region have pledged their commitment to ensure peace and tranquility in the area to attract the needed development.
They also committed themselves to t…
Mrs Elizabeth Kessewah Adjornor, Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) nominee for Jasikan, has polled 31 "Yes" votes out of 38 ballots cast to be approved.
The votes represented 83.8 percent while the rest; six "No" votes represented 16.2 p…
Mr Kwasi Adu Gyan, the Bono East Regional Minister has appealed to Assembly Members to give the President's Nominees one-time confirmation to improve the decentralized concept of governance for speedy community development.
He stated …
A video of an Air India plane stuck underneath an over-bridge in the capital, Delhi, has gone viral.
The scrapped plane, which had reportedly been sold off, was being transported when it got stuck.
The video shows traffic passing by …
Some 216,000 children - mostly boys - have been sexually abused by clergy in the French Catholic Church since 1950, a damning new inquiry has found.
The head of the inquiry said there were at least 2,900-3,200 abusers, and accused the C…
Mr Divine Richard Komla Bosson, Regional Director of the National Disaster Management Organisation, and President's nominee as Chief Executive, has received an 85. 7 per cent endorsement.
Mr. Bosson, a former member of the Assembly, got…
French President Emmanuel Macron has said he hopes the diplomatic tension with Algeria will ease soon.
"My wish is that we can calm things down because I think it is better to talk to one another, and to make progress," Macron told Fran…
Kenyan newspapers have given subdued coverage to what came out of the Pandora Papers which revealed how the family of President Uhuru Kenyatta secretly owned a network of offshore companies for decades.
The country's main daily newspape…
A former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Kpone-Katamanso, Mr Joseph Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo, has advised assembly members not to allow politics to create enmity among them.
"Politics should never divide u…
Ten people have died after tropical cyclone Shaheen battered parts of Iran and Oman.
The storm arrived in the area on Sunday, with winds between 120 and 150 km/h (75-93 mph) as its eye crossed land.
Thousands have been evacuated from…
India's top court has approved the government's decision to pay 50,000 rupees ($674; £498) as compensation for every death due to Covid-19.
The Supreme Court's order followed a petition by lawyers seeking compensation under India's disa…
South Africa’s Environment Minister, Barbara Creecy, says the spill from a chemical plant attacked by rioters in July in the port city of Durban has caused an environmental disaster.
She said it could several years for the local coastli…
The Sudanese government says the country is on the point of running out of essential medicines, fuel and wheat.
The cabinet said that while disaffected eastern tribes had some valid grievances, their two-week blockade of Sudan’s main po…
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