Argentina's security ministry says it has foiled a plot to use the Russian embassy's diplomatic courier service to smuggle cocaine to Europe.
Police seized nearly 400kg of the drug from diplomatic luggage in an embassy annex after being…
The Minority NDC in Parliament has slammed the Akufo-Addo-led government for the lack of commitment to fight corruption in the country. According to them, the latest Corruption Perception Index released by the Ghana Integrity Initiative (…
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One of the incredibly rare chimps pictured in Nigeria
A trip into some of Nigeria's most remote forests has raised hopes for the survival of the world's rarest chimp.
The Nigeria-Cameroon chimp has been pictured by cam…
The Mfantseman Municipal Assembly (MMA) is determined to go the extra mile to significantly improve on the infrastructural development in the Municipality.The move is to give strong support to the government’s efforts to grow businesses an…
Four persons, including the New Patriotic Party (NPP) New Juaben South Constituency Organiser, Mr Obeng Manu, appeared before the Koforidua Circuit Court 'B' last Wednesday over their alleged involvement in a robbery case.
The other s…
The BBC is seeking a rising star of African journalism for the BBC World News Komla Dumor Award, now in its fourth year.
Journalists from across the continent are invited to apply for the award, which aims to uncover and promote fresh t…
Barnaby Joyce says he will resign as Australia's deputy prime minister following a politically damaging saga that began with his affair with a former staffer.
Mr Joyce said he would step down on Monday as leader of the Nationals, the ju…
U.S. Embassy Supports South African Wildlife Crime Investigations through Donation of Forensic Trailer Units
The trailers were handed over to representatives of the Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, and KwaZulu-Natal authorities
The U…
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US President Donald Trump has said arming teachers could prevent school shootings like that which left 17 people dead last week in Florida.
A staff member with a gun could end an attack "very quickly", he said.
Mr Trump floated …
An aspirant for the position of Women's Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Lower West Akyem Constituency in the Eastern Region has called on women and men to work together for the development of the country.
Speaking to…
Some of the schoolgirls missing after a militant attack on a boarding school in northern Nigeria have been rescued by the military, officials say.
About 100 children were believed to be missing after pupils and teachers fled into bush o…
Five police officers and a soldier have been shot dead during a raid on their station in South Africa's Eastern Cape province.
In a statement, the South African Government News Agency said three officers were killed instantly.
The of…
Bahrain has sentenced a well-known rights activist to five years in prison over his social media posts.
Nabeel Rajab - a key figure in 2011's pro-democracy protests - was convicted over posts on Twitter about the alleged torture of pris…
US evangelist Billy Graham - one of the most influential preachers of the 20th Century - has died aged 99.
He died at his home in Montreat, North Carolina, a spokesman for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association said.
In a 60-year …
The Islamist militant group al-Shabab is under financial pressure, prompting a drive to squeeze revenue out of poor rural communities, concludes an investigation by the Guardian newspaper.
The report says al-Shabab militants in Somalia …
Renowned Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais will stand trial in March over an article in which he criticised the country's Attorney General. He is charged with “outrage to a sovereign body,” considered a crime against state securi…
Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) have been called upon to suspend assembly members who contest political party positions since their decision is at variance with the 1992 Constitution and the Local Government Act…
The Foundation for Security and Development in Africa (FOSDA), on Wednesday commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s intervention in the Togo political crisis.
According to the Foundation, the President backed by ECOWAS had tak…
The newly-created 38 Municipal and District Assemblies (MDAs) throughout the country will be inaugurated in the second week of next month.
The Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) in charge of rural ec…
A doctor working in the Syrian rebel enclave of the Eastern Ghouta says the situation is "catastrophic" - and he believes the international community has abandoned the people living there.
"We don't have anything - no food, no medicine,…
Global oil consumption is likely to peak in the late 2030s according to a forecast published by BP.
The world currently consumes around 100 million barrels per day and BP estimates that number will go up by another 10% before levelling …
A plane belonging to the airline which previously blamed a passenger for its emergency door falling off has crashed in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Authorities confirmed the Dana Air passenger plane, which was flying from Abuja, skidded off …
Nii Korle VII, the Chief of Korleman has commended Mr Clement Wilkinson, the Ga West Municipal Chief Executive for initiating the construction of a technical/vocational institute in the town.
The educational project, which forms part of…
A Chinese man has been sentenced to nine months' hard labour for selling replicas of Zambia's national football kit.
Lusaka Magistrate Greenwell Malumani sentenced Huang Bing after finding him guilty of selling goods bearing a false tra…
Chad closed Qatar’s embassy and expelled its diplomats last August, accusing its government of trying to destabilize Chad via its northern neighbor, Libya.
The move came after Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cu…
Survivors of a Florida school shooting that left 17 people dead have travelled to the state capital to press lawmakers to take more action on gun control.
About 100 students arrived in Tallahassee hours before the state legislature reje…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says its ongoing national registration of members will close officially next Wednesday February 28, 2018.
A statement by NDC General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah entreated “all members and sym…
A Tanzanian man has been arrested in Kenya before attempting to board a flight to Dubai with $1m (£700,000) worth of gold.
The 46-year-old man was carrying 32kg of the precious metal when he was stopped by officers at Jomo Kenyatta Inte…
Oxfam’s chief executive apologized on Tuesday for saying a wave of condemnation over sex abuse by the charity’s staff was disproportionate as it had not “murdered babies in their cots” in a scandal that has prompted new reports of abuse.
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More than 5,000 people have attended the burial of Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai in his home village after he died of colon cancer.
The burial was marred by divisions in the party he formed and led, the Movement for Dem…
A Malaysian artist and activist has been fined and jailed for producing a caricature of the country's PM.
Fahmi Reza's cartoon of Najib Razak sporting clown make-up and arched eyebrows went viral during protests against Mr Najib.
The…
Catalan pro-independence politician Anna Gabriel has said she will not go before a court in Madrid this week.
Speaking from Switzerland, she said she was wanted for political reasons and did not think her trial would be fair.
She is …
Syrian pro-government forces have entered the Kurdish enclave of Afrin, provoking an immediate response from Turkish forces besieging the area.
The government was asked for military help by a Kurdish militia that has been trying to repe…
The constituency primaries for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), originally scheduled to be held between February 21 and 24, 2018, has now been slated for Saturday, February 24 to Tuesday, February 27, 2018.
“This decision has been n…
Unlocking Africa’s economic potential by increasing trade, collaboration and philanthropy within the Commonwealth will be at the forefront of conversations at the 5th Annual Commonwealth Africa Summit on March 12th – 15th 2018 in Londo…
A member of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Roads and Transport, Mr Samuel Ayeh-Paye, has called for the establishment of a road regulatory authority to oversee the numerous transport companies in the country.
The Member of …
About 7,000 people have stopped making regular donations to Oxfam since it emerged some of its staff used prostitutes in Haiti, MPs have heard.
Oxfam boss Mark Goldring apologised to the International Development Committee for the damag…
The city of Christchurch and several other districts on New Zealand's South Island have declared a state of emergency after being hit by the remnants of Cyclone Gita.
Dozens of schools have been shut and roads closed in the South Island…
Iran's Revolutionary Guards say they have found the wreckage of a passenger plane that crashed on Sunday.
State TV aired footage, taken from a helicopter, purportedly showing wreckage on snowy mountainsides.
The Aseman Airlines plane…
South Sudanese rebels have released two Kenyan pilots who were captured more than a month ago after their aircraft crashed.
A rebel spokesman said the Kenyans were freed after an insurance company paid more than $100,000 (£71,620) in co…
A Catholic bishop in southern Nigeria has resigned after bishops in the Ahiara diocese rejected him, reports the AFP news agency. The protests were motivated by the fact that Peter Okpaleke was not from the area, the Catholic Herald newspa…
Robert Mugabe may no longer be Zimbabwe's leader, but the country will still mark his birthday with a public holiday.
Zimbabwe's new government has said tomorrow - 21 February - will continue to be known as Robert Gabriel Mugabe Youth D…
The Convention Peoples’ Party (CPP) on Monday commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for providing sub-regional leadership to mediate in the protracted social-political unrest in Togo.
President Nana Akufo-Addo is currently in …
Mr Abraham Ossei Aidooh, a former Majority Leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, has stated that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo’s government has so far performed very well to the satisfaction of Ghanaians and the internatio…
The trial of an Ivorian man who tried to smuggle his eight-year-old son across the Spanish border in a suitcase is due to begin today.
Ali Ouattara is facing a possible three-year jail term if he is found guilty of attempting to get the…
Parliament has approved Mr Martin Amidu as the country’s first Special Prosecutor.
The Deputy Minority Ranking Member on Constitutional Affairs, Dr. Dominic Ayine, however asked Parliament to put the approval on hold, as his suit agains…
Kenyan officials have allowed two opposition supporters to fly to Zimbabwe after detaining them at an airport overnight.
Senator James Orengo and financier Jimi Wanjigi planned to attend opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai's burial.
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Bombardments by Syrian government forces have killed at least 100 people including 20 children in the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area outside Damascus, rescue teams and monitors say.
This would make Monday one of the deadliest days for t…
The former Vice-President, Mr Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, has assured the National Democratic Congress (NDC) party members that the NDC would surely return to power in 2020 and help revive the economy which was seriously facing challenges in…
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