The Nandom District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Thaddeus Arkum Aasoglenang, has implored community leaders and members in the district to notify the security personnel about any "strange and suspicious" characters for thorough interrogation.…
The Member of Parliament for the Korle Klottey Municipality, Dr Zanetor Rawlings has earmarked GHC 60,000 from the MP's Common Fund to procure furniture for schools in the municipality as well as GHC 80,000 for the renovation of health fac…
More than 100 people have died due to flooding caused by heavy rains in the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, officials have said.
Dramatic images of the impact of flood water on urban life have been coming out of the affected a…
Police in Nigeria's largest city, Lagos, have rescued 19 pregnant women during raids at what they call "baby factories".
The women, aged between 15 and 28 years, were found in four different locations in the city, according to police sp…
The number of women elected as assembly members in district level elections (DLEs) has reduced by 50 per cent since 2006, the President of the National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG), Mr Bismark Nkum, has stated.
He…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primaries held in the ‘orphaned’ constituencies last Saturday ended in mixed fortunes for government appointees who had hoped to contest next year’s parliamentary elections on the party’s ticke…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primaries elections at the Amasaman Constituency in the Greater Accra Region has been called off.
The suspension is due to a court injunction placed on the elections by Rockson Adu Boahen, one…
Government is to constitute a 17-Member National Council and a National Secretariat to oversee implementation of the Ghana Beyond Aid Agenda.
The Council is to be chaired by the President regardless of the party in power with two Vice-C…
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have been criticised for using online translation tools to vet immigrants' social media posts.
A staff manual said pasting text into tools such as Google Translate and Bing was "the mo…
An Ethiopian student who invented an instant malaria detector has told the BBC that investors are willing to back him despite losing out to a 3D printer in a national innovation competition.
Torpout Nyarikjor, an engineer student at Dil…
US Democrats have opened a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump in the wake of new revelations about the president's contacts with Ukraine from an internal whistleblower.
We've answered a sample of your questions on th…
Akoto Ampaw, a private legal practitioner has urged the government to move away from secrecy in governance in a democratic society towards an effective and efficient implementation of the Right to Information Law (RTI).
That, he explai…
Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration on Thursday urged the international community to commit to protecting and promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms.
She noted that this was key …
Mr Nicolas Ofori Boateng, Central Regional Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has encouraged Ghanaians to be bold to question the source of wealth of people who get rich overnight.
"I think it's time we becom…
Egyptian police mounted a huge show of force in central Cairo and closed off entrances to Tahrir Square on Friday after calls for protests against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi following opposition accusations of corruption, which he deni…
Luxury handbag designer Lana Marks has been appointed U.S. ambassador to South Africa, the U.S. embassy said on Friday.
Marks was born in South Africa and speaks Afrikaans and Xhosa, the White House has said. The U.S. Senate confirmed h…
The Duke of Sussex has visited the former minefield in Angola where his mother Diana, Princess of Wales, walked 22 years ago, shortly before she died.
Prince Harry visited the site in Huambo, which has become a "bustling community" sinc…
Dr Foster Abu Sakara, the 2012 flagbearer of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) has postulated that he is prepared to lead a movement to “redeeming the nation’s dysfunctional democracy”.
“The National Interest Movement, my baby, will s…
The Tema Metropolitan Office of the Electoral Commission of Ghana says it is processing for court about hundred persons who allegedly engaged in multiple voter registration.
Nana Oduro Numapau, Tema Metropolitan Electoral Director, disc…
Mr Prince Bagnaba Mba, President of Forum for Equity has called continental and Regional bodies to draw up feasible plans that would enable them to establish continental and Region Electoral Colleges.
"Just as we have FIFA and CAF Refe…
It was not clear what prompted the late change in burial plansImage caption: It was not clear what prompted the late change in burial plans
Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe will be buried at his rural home over the weekend, ending a tug of war …
More than 300 boys and men, some as young as five and many in chains and bearing scars from beatings, have been rescued in a raid on a building that purported to be an Islamic school in northern Nigeria, police said on Friday.
Most of t…
Russian smokers have been left gasping after the emergencies ministry announced that smoking on the balconies of apartment blocks would be banned under new fire regulations.
Under the new rules, "open fire" is prohibited on apartment ba…
The Founder and Leader of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has announced his decision to run for president when nominations open for the 2020 general election.
The former presidential aspirant is making a comeback afte…
Brazilian officials are investigating the source of a vast oil spill that has hit dozens of beaches along the country's north-eastern coast.
Analysis showed the oil found was of a type not produced in Brazil, the environmental agency Ib…
The promise by Mr. Stephen Ashitey Adjei, a politician of Tema, to stage a one-man demonstration against government over job placement discrimination against the youth of Dade Agbo, in connection with the on-going port expansion project ca…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) will on Saturday, September 28 hold elections at constituencies termed as 'Orphan constituencies' across the country.
The Party lost the 2016 parliamentary election in 106 constituencies and is taking steps…
A majestic new mosque that took nearly a decade to build is holding its first afternoon prayers on Friday, in the Senegalese capital, Dakar.
Billed as the largest mosque in West Africa, the building and its grounds have a total capacity…
The whistleblower whose complaint has led to an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump is a CIA officer, US media report.
The unnamed officer once worked at the White House, several US outlets said.
The whistleblower says…
The 40th anniversary of the assumption of office of the only President of the Third Republic, Dr Hilla Limann, was observed last Tuesday at Legon in Accra with a call for the principles of truth and integrity, which were the attributes o…
More than 800,000 children are to be targeted for vaccination in the Democratic Republic of Congo, after a measles outbreak killed more than 3,500 people this year.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Congolese government aim to…
A whistleblower who exposed HIV and hepatitis epidemics in central China in the 1990s, potentially saving tens of thousands of lives, has died aged 59.
Dr Shuping Wang lost her job, was attacked, and had her clinic vandalised after she …
Jacques Chirac, the former French president who championed the European Union, but whose later years were blighted by corruption scandals, has died aged 86.
"President Jacques Chirac died this morning surrounded by his family, peacefull…
Out of the 30 people who have been cleared to contest the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Primaries in the 12 Constituencies in the Upper East Region, only three are women.
On Saturday, September 28, 2019, with the exception of Navrongo Centr…
Thirty Parliamentary aspirants of the New Patriotic Party, in the Upper East Region, have been vetted and qualify to contest in the parliamentary primary elections slated for Saturday, September 28.
The 30 aspirants would be contesting …
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has called on Ghanaians to blow the whistle on corrupt acts to reduce its prevalence and ensure socioeconomic transformation.
It said corruption was eating away the fortunes and progres…
The Ablekuma North Municipal Assembly in the Greater Accra Region improved on its revenue generation by collecting GHC1,403,772.27 between April-August 2019 compared to GHC888,806.59 within the same period in 2018.
The Assembly, which …
Retired Police Superintendent Peter Lanchene Toobu who resigned from active police service and veered into politics, said his decision was fueled by his desire to promote the welfare of rural women and make them resourceful.
The Nationa…
Gabon has enacted its revised hydrocarbon code supported by the International Monetary Fund
Gabon is among the top ten oil producers in Sub-Saharan Africa and has been an oil producer for more than 50 years. It reached its peak 12 years…
Fear is growing that "gangster politics" is taking root in parts of South Africa, writes the BBC's Andrew Harding after visiting an area hit by an outbreak of attacks on foreigners, mostly from elsewhere in Africa.
On the vast, rapidly …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said Ghana is developing a comprehensive primary healthcare package for its citizens.
The package, he explained, would lead to better health outcomes, lower cost of health care and healthier f…
The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations against Political Vigilantism (CCSAPV) has given government a one week ultimatum to accept the entire findings and recommendations of the Justice Emile Short Commission's Report on the Ayawaso W…
The Upper East Regional Women's Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Ms Georgina Ayamba, has called on women to work hard to retain the NPP government in power for the continuation of its pro-poor policies for the benefit of the v…
The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye, has stated that one way to restore confidence in the administration of justice is to apply a double-track system in the district, circuit and high courts.
By that system, he said…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is set to conduct parliamentary primaries in 104 constituencies on Saturday, September 28, 2019.
Termed “orphan constituencies”, these are areas where the party lost the 2016 Parliamentary Elections to the …
The US Democratic Party has begun a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump over allegations that he pressured a foreign power to damage a political rival.
Top Democrat Nancy Pelosi said the president "must be held accoun…
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have introduced their baby son Archie to renowned anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
It is the first time the four-month-old has been seen in public on the couple's 10-day tour of Africa.
…
A commercial court in London is due to hear another part in a legal battle which has left the Nigerian authorities facing the prospect of a $9bn (£7bn) compensation bill.
A company successfully sued the Nigerian government over a botche…
Maryan Seylac is a journalist from Somalia. She was one of the first female reporters from her city, Baidoa, and set up an organisation that seeks to encourage and support women journalists in the country.
She has told the BBC her story…
Three suspects accused of plotting to overthrow the government in Ghana have been charged in court.
They were arrested last week and accused of plotting to target the presidency with the aim of taking over government.
The ministry of…