A powerful short film featuring acclaimed poet Maya Angelou was launched today by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on the International Day of Rural Women to raise awareness of the power and potential of rural wom…
EU provides extra €9 million to support FAO's work promoting nature-friendly agricultural practices in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific
The Agreement will focus on tackling land degradation and desertification, and bolster food sec…
A delegation led by Mohamed Hamdan "Hemeti" Dagolo, a senior member of Sudan's ruling Transitional Sovereign Council, is in the South Sudanese capital, Juba, for talks with rebel groups operating in Sudan.
The talks will open today afte…
Donald Trump's 2020 re-election campaign has disavowed a parody video showing the US president massacring media outlets and political rivals.
The video was on display at a conference organised by American Priority, a pro-Trump group.
…
A newborn baby girl has been discovered buried alive in northern India, a local police chief has revealed.
Abhinandan Singh told reporters the baby was found by a villager who was burying his own daughter, who had died minutes after bir…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has reiterated that he will review the Akufo-Addo-led administration’s flagship Free-SHS Policy within his first 90-days in office if elected in the 2020 general elections.
He noted that he will enga…
Mr. Abass Yussif, Acting District Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in the Krachi Nchumuru District of the Oti Region has called on all, regardless of educational background, to join efforts at eliminating corr…
Young people have been urged to develop greater zeal for the good of the country than partisan politics.
"If young people could put away extreme partisanship and concentrate on building Ghana, we will have a much better future."
Mr. …
The Nzema East Municipal Assembly in the Western Region has inaugurated its Municipal Guards to protect lives and properties in the area.
The Guards, otherwise known as City Guards, who were recruited after a three-month intensive train…
The first-time eligible voters have been encouraged to turn up massively to vote in the upcoming December 17 Referendum, Assembly and Unit Committee elections.
"Go and exercise your sovereign power as qualified voters who can contribute…
The Russia–Africa Economic Forum’s business programme will feature a session devoted to humanitarian and social cooperation between Russia and African countries “Russia and Africa: Science, Education, and Innovation for Economic Developmen…
The ‘Contribution of Nuclear Technologies in the Development of Africa’ panel discussion looks to play a key role in the Creating Joint Projects track of the
business programme. Session participants, including Director General of the Stat…
More than 110,000 people are taking part in search and rescue operations after Typhoon Hagibis struck Japan on Saturday.
The typhoon - the worst storm to hit the country in decades - has left at least 40 dead, with 16 missing.
Typhoo…
Somalia’s government says it is setting up a national blood bank for the first time in more than two decades.
The announcement comes on the second anniversary of the country’s deadliest bomb attack in the capital, Mogadishu, which kille…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged Ghanaians to unite for the accelerated development of the country.
He has also called on the people to cultivate the culture of tolerance to preserve the stability, peace and security of…
The Sunyani Catholic Diocese has launched a sensitisation programme to educate Ghanaians to understand issues about the forthcoming referendum and district level elections.
The programme is in line with the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Con…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is scheduled to touch base with home, the Eastern Region from Saturday, October 12 to Monday, October 15, 2019.
The President will among other things interact with students of the Koforidua Second…
The European Union and Britain agreed on Friday to hold intense talks over the next few days in a bid to secure a deal over Britain’s departure from the bloc, but arrangements over British-Irish border controls remain at issue, the EU said…
The US Treasury has imposed sanctions against the Gupta family and an associate over alleged corruption in South Africa.
The sanctions were targeted at brothers Atul, Ajay and Rajesh Gupta, and South African businessman Salim Essa.
T…
Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzra, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Ho West Constituency, has assured supporters and faithful of the party that victory was “on the horizon” for the party ahead of the 2020 general e…
The pace of change in Ethiopia has been so fast since Abiy Ahmed became prime minister in April 2018 that it is almost like observing a different country, and this is why he has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
The reforms he has int…
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for "his efforts to achieve international peace and co-operation".
This year's Nobel Peace Prize is the 100th to be awarded, but why is it so prestigious and who…
Three people were stabbed at a shopping center in the northern English city of Manchester on Friday and police said counter-terrorism detectives were leading the investigation.
The stabbings took place at the Arndale shopping center in …
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in southern India on Friday for talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to try to halt a slide in ties over the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir amid scattered anti-China protests from Tibeta…
Global ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] on Friday launched a pilot test of a boat service in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos to attract commuters seeking to avoid the megacity’s notoriously congested roads.
The Unite…
The Majority Leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has revealed that the leadership of Parliament does not intend to prevent the Special Prosecutor from working, however, he must work in accordance with the…
Seventeen aspirants have picked nomination forms to contest for the District Assembly and Unit Committee elections 2019 at the Anyaa East electoral area in the Ga-Central Municipality.
Out of this number, four aspirants will contest for…
Traditional authorities have been tasked to join the crusade against corruption by forming anti-corruption educational groups in their communities to campaign against all forms of corrupt practices in the society.
Their contribution tow…
Traditional authorities have been tasked to join the crusade against corruption by forming anti-corruption educational groups in their communities to campaign against all forms of corrupt practices in the society.
Their contribution tow…
For two decades, people living in Ethiopia and Eritrea could not visit or call one another
One of the heartbreaking byproducts of conflict is the sheer number of families that become separated and can no longer communicate with one anot…
By Morne van der Merwe, Managing Partner and Head of the Corporate/M&A Practice, Baker McKenzie Johannesburg
Countries in Africa are preparing for the reality that a hard Brexit could lead to increased risk aversion and reduced investo…
Merck Foundation releases ‘Merck More Than a Mother’ Local Song in partnership with The Gambia First Lady
Merck Foundation releases “Merck More Than a Mother” Local Song created by Sunita, a young Gambian Artist
Merck Foundation (Mer…
This award recognizes the critical work Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government has done to initiate human rights reforms in Ethiopia
Responding to the announcement that Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been awarded the 2019 Nobel…
A cargo plane carrying presidential staff crashed in eastern Congo on Thursday, and all eight passengers and crew are feared dead, a presidential adviser told Reuters on Friday.
The plane, carrying President Felix Tshisekedi’s driver, a…
Protesters in Ecuador have released ten police officers who were taken hostage amid violent demonstrations triggered by austerity measures.
Indigenous demonstrators paraded the officers, including one woman, on a stage in Quito before a…
The Convention People's Party (CPP), has elected officers for 14 regions. The election of regional officers was conducted in a record period of 13 continuous days in all the regions except Volta and Greater Accra.
A statement issued …
Casualties are increasing as Turkey presses on with its cross-border offensive on Kurdish-held areas of northern Syria.
At least 11 civilians have died and dozens of fighters from the Kurdish-led SDF and pro-Turkish factions have been k…
Fifteen candidates have filed nominations for the District Assembly and Unit Committee elections in the Gomoa East District in the Central Region.
There are 12 electoral areas in the District and a total of 53 candidates picked forms fo…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is optimistic that Ghana's commitment to pursue accountable and transparent democratic governance, especially at the local level would lead to accelerated growth.
He said the success of any governm…
Mr Adam Bonaa, a Security Analyst has urged Ghanaians planning to cause havoc in the 2020 general elections to desist from the act as it would destroy the high earned reputation of the country.
Mr Bonaa, who is also the Chief Executive …
US President Donald Trump has told a campaign rally in Minneapolis that he will push for stringent controls over the resettlement of Somali refugees in the state of Minnesota.
It hosts one of the largest populations of Somali refugees i…
The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who made peace last year with bitter foe Eritrea.
He was awarded the prize for his efforts to "achieve peace and international cooperation".
Mr Abiy's…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says practising multiparty democracy at the 'top' of the governance structure but making the district level 'non-partisan’ is deceptive, for which reason it is time to remove the "fiction and showcas…
A Senegalese government delegation, led by the country’s Minister of Water and Sanitation, His Excellency Serigne Mbaye Thiam, briefed the African Development Bank on Senegal’s preparations to host the World Water Forum in Dakar in March…
UNHCR has assisted 1,663 vulnerable refugees out of Libya in 2019
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in G…
From one Ebola front line to another in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Dr Didier Mwesha, WHO Infection Prevention and Control Expert
As of mid-June 2019, there were some 2071 Ebola virus disease cases in the 12-month period of th…
Trade ministers from across the Commonwealth today made a commitment to resist all forms of protectionism, and to work urgently together towards reforming the World Trade Organisation, which sets the global rules for international tra…
Anti-corruption officers in South Africa have seized upmarket homes and luxury cars during a series of raids in the coastal city of Durban.
The raids targeted the city's sacked mayor Zandile Gumede, and more than 10 other people.
Ms …
Riot police have shut a popular radio station critical of Liberia's president and former football star George Weah.
The officers broke a steel gate and stormed the offices of Roots FM in the capital, Monrovia, shortly after its breakfas…
You can be born into it, you can earn it, and you can lose it. Increasingly, you can also invest your way into it.
The "it" is citizenship of a particular country, and it is a more fluid concept than ever before. Go back 50 years, and i…