The United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (Unsom) has urged Somalia to hold one-person-one-vote elections by the end of 2020 or early 2021.
The mission, consisting of the United Nations, the European Union and 15 other partners, …
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has kicked against the compilation of a new voters’ register for the 2020 general election, claiming that it is a sinister move by the Electoral Commission (EC) to suppress votes in its strongholds an…
The chiefs and people of Krachi in the Oti Region have endorsed the decision made by their forefathers in voting for Trans Volta Togoland to join the Gold Coast, now Ghana.
This follows the recent declaration by members of the Home Stud…
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni will lead a 60-mile (100km) walk in honour of Ugandan fighters.
The three-day walk will start from Galamba in central Uganda to Birembo in the west.
A group of veterans and young Ugandans are partici…
China's finance ministry has just published a new list of six products from the United States that will be exempt from tariffs starting on 26 December.
They apply for six items, most of them chemical products such as white oil, high-den…
Mr Saeed Muhazu Jibril, West Gonja District Chief Executive (DCE), has called on students to continue to acquire knowledge even after graduation from school to improve their intellect and work environment.
He said learning is a continu…
Marry Mubaiwa sustained injuries during an explosion at a campaign rally
The estranged wife of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, Marry Mubaiwa, is too sick to flee the country, her lawyers are quoted as saying in the Zimbabwean newsp…
As protests over a controversial citizenship law rage across India, authorities resorted to shutting down the internet in cities where demonstrators flooded the streets. These are the latest shutdowns in a country which has seen the highes…
Donald Trump has become only the third US president to be impeached by the House of Representatives.
We answer your questions on the impeachment charges brought against the president.
When will the trial take place in the Senate? - K…
The Japan branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has organised a fundraising event in Yokohama to support the party’s agenda to win the 2020 elections.
Held on Sunday, December, 15, 2019, it was attended by party supporters and sympath…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has conferred on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the 2019 Foreign Service Special Recognition Award.
The award, presented at the Ministry's 2019 Festival of Nine Lessons an…
Youth participation in politics and elections has always been fundamental in the evolution of Ghana’s political landscape. Their active engagement in politics has in the past engineered regime changes and other significant events in Ghana’…
Kenyans on Twitter have forced airport authorities to install a proper Christmas tree at the country's main airport after heavily criticising the previous one.
Workers at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in the capital, Nairobi, were…
Donald Trump has become the third US president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives, setting up a trial in the Senate that will decide whether he remains in office.
The House voted on two charges - that the preside…
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Jean Mensa, has attributed the success of the just-ended district and unit committee elections to the feverish preparations the commission made towards them.
She said although parlia…
Members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Korley Klottey Constituency have reaffirmed their support for Dr Zanetor Agyemang-Rawlings, the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area to retain the seat in 2020.
At an engagement…
Ivory Coast and Ghana’s move to combat farmer poverty with a living income premium for their cocoa sales is being undermined by chocolate makers scaling down purchases and negotiating discounts on other parts of the price, sources said.
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The Middle Belt Development Authority (MBDA) has outlined a number of projects that have been completed under the government’s ‘$1 Million One Constituency’ initiative within the area of its authority.
The projects described as ‘game …
The Chamber for Local Governance (ChaLoG) has described as “untenable” reasons given by the Electoral Commission (EC) to compile a new Biometric Voters Register ahead of the 2020 general election.
The Chamber’s call comes on the back of…
A total of fifty-eight (58) persons living with disability (PLWDs) contested in this year's District Level Elections (DLEs) in the Ashanti Region, the Electoral Commission (EC), has announced.
Mr. Benjamin Bio, the Regional Director, sa…
Majority Leader and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has called on the Auditor General to make its reports to the House to exercise effectively its power over the purse.
"You submit your report to Parliament and …
The campaigns aim at preventing exploitation associated with irregular migration by empowering young people in Matoto, Guinea and in Oredo and Ikpoba Okha, Nigeria
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) together with communi…
Multilateral Development Banks pledge to step up support for forcibly displaced populations at Global Refugee Forum
Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) are stepping up their support for refugees and people affected by forced dis…
Australia has experienced its hottest day on record with the national average temperature reaching a high of 40.9C (105.6F).
The Bureau of Meteorology (Bom) said "extensive" heat on Tuesday exceeded the previous record of 40.3C set on 7…
The airport authorities in Kenya have been heavily criticised on Twitter for the Christmas tree at the main international airport in the capital, Nairobi.
One user said it looked like a pine tree in the desert while another described it…
The Electoral Commission (EC) will today, Wednesday, hold the district level elections in some electoral areas where polls were not held during the nationwide exercise on Tuesday.
The polls would be conducted between 7am and 5pm in the …
Jose Filomeno dos Santos denies corruption chargesImage caption: Jose Filomeno dos Santos denies corruption charges
Angola's justice minister says the country has so far this year recovered more than $5bn (£3.8bn) stolen from the state.…
The University of Abuja in the Nigerian capital has dismissed one of its lecturers over sexual harassment.
A female student had alleged that the lecturer, a professor, had demanded sex in exchange for marks.
The university said it ha…
Three Great Royal Statues of ancient Dahomey are displayed at the Quai Branly Museum in ParisImage caption: Three Great Royal Statues of ancient Dahomey are displayed at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris
The French culture minister says h…
Police have rescued a 12-year-old boy who fled a raging bushfire in Western Australia by driving his brother's pickup to safety with their dog.
Luke Sturrock was alone at home when a fast-moving blaze threatened the town of Mogumber, no…
Estonia's president has apologised after the country's interior minister described Finland's new prime minister as "a sales girl".
President Kersti Kaljulaid said she was "embarrassed" by the comments of Mart Helme, 70, who leads the po…
President Donald Trump has lashed out over his impending impeachment in a letter to top Democrat Nancy Pelosi, accusing her of declaring "open war on American democracy".
The president wrote that he had committed "no offences whatsoever…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has asked its members against rushing to pass comments on internal matters including decisions and actions of party leadership.
“While upholding the principle of free expression of views includin…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Effutu in the Central Region, Alexander Afenyo Markin, has constructed a multi-purpose community centre for the people of Eyipe, a community at Winneba in the Central Region.
The facility is expected …
Special aide to former President John Mahama, Joyce Bawa Mogtari, says Ghanaians have regretted voting out the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2016 elections.
According to her, interactions with a cross section of Ghanaians in…
Mr Eric Kwakye Darfour, the Eastern Regional Minister, has inaugurated an eight-member Regional Population and Housing Census (PHC) implementation committee to oversee the 2020 census activities in the region.
The eight-member committee…
Orange and GIZ form strategic alliance to enhance digital employability of 20.000 young people in Africa and the Middle East
This partnership will have a long-lasting impact on the economic perspective of young people
Today, …
Egypt: African Development Bank board approves €109 million to transform sewage coverage in Upper Egypt rural areas
The initiative is in line with the Bank’s water sector policy, which promotes efficient, equitable and sustainable devel…
Specialist risk intelligence firm EXX Africa publishes a new report that assesses that the West African country of Benin has set one of the most admirable examples on how to successfully mitigate country risk for foreign investment
EXX …
The ILO’s 14th Africa Regional Meeting in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, concludes with a Declaration reaffirming the need for a human-centered strategy to boost equitable development.
Representatives from 49 African countries have is…
African Development Bank urges African nations to persist with climate change ambitions as marathon talks end in Madrid
The African Development Bank has urged the continent’s nations to stay the course on climate action, after a maratho…
We might associate donkeys with Christmas, but new research from the University of Portsmouth shows the animals are keener on hotter periods of the year.
Donkeys, it seems, love sun and warmth. That’s the finding of the first study to e…
The Mozambican authorities are detaining 12 Iranians caught allegedly shipping drugs off the coast of the northern province of Cabo Delgado.
The boat was intercepted on Saturday in a joint operation carried out by the Mozambican navy an…
A Nigerian Prince, Adewale Oyekan of Lagos, was on Monday sentenced to death for the murder of a businesswoman.
Prince Adewale is the son of the late traditional ruler of Lagos Adeyinka Oyekan and had been employed by the deceased as a …
General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's former military leader, has been sentenced to death at a special court hearing in Islamabad.
The three-member court sentenced him over a high treason charge that has been pending since 2013.
Gen M…
The Electoral Commission (EC) says it is in the process of changing the current voter register for the 2020 election, a Deputy Chairperson in Charge of Operations, Mr Samuel Tettey, has said.
“The register that we are going to use for…
All is set for the district level elections today, as 57,030 candidates jostle to win seats in either the assemblies or the unit committees across the country, except in Nkoranza North, Nkoranza South and Lower Manya Krobo.
In the dis…
Fifteen years after the Indian Ocean tsunami killed more than 230,000 people on Boxing Day, 2004, a cargo container at a police station in southern Thailand bears witness to the hundreds of victims whose remains were never identified.
I…
The gap between men and women, measured in terms of political influence, economic gain and health and education, has narrowed over the last year, but will take another century to disappear, the World Economic Forum (WEF) said.
In the WE…
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday that official inquiries into last week’s fatal volcano eruption could take up to a year, and will carry potential criminal penalties of up to five years in jail.
Ardern also annou…