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Equatorial Guinea government resigns after failing to meet barely 10% of its targets

Equatorial Guinea’s government has resigned after failing to meet its objectives, Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue said. Obiang, who is also the son of President...

Man jailed for storing human faeces outside his home in Northern Nigeria

A man in northern Nigeria has been sentenced to two weeks in prison after neighbours complained that he was storing bags of human faeces...

Russian artist and Putin critic shot dead in Poland

Police in Poland are investigating the murder of a Russian artist and vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin. Polish prosecutors said Robert K, known as...

Israel launches fresh strikes on Lebanon despite US President Trump criticism

Israeli forces have reportedly carried out new strikes in southern Lebanon despite renewed criticism from US President Donald Trump of Israel's actions in the...

Police kill 1-year-old boy over suspected shoplifting

A Mississippi family is demanding answers after a 1-year-old was killed when police responding to a shoplifting call at a Walmart fired at their...

Jamaica in talks to accept third-country migrants deported from US

Jamaica is in talks with Washington over accepting third-country migrants deported by the United States, the country's ​Deputy Prime Minister and Security Minister Horace...

Oil prices fall 5% to 3-month low on hopes Strait of Hormuz will open

Oil prices fell about 5% for a second day in a row to a three-month low on Tuesday as details emerged of an interim deal...

31 people dead after bus crashes in Ethiopia 

An overcrowded passenger bus veered off a hazardous mountain road and plunged into a deep ravine in northern Ethiopia early Monday morning, killing at...

Eight dead after US Air Force B-52 bomber crashes in California

Eight people, including two Boeing employees, have been killed after a US Air Force B-52 bomber crashed immediately after take-off from Edwards Air Force...

Ghanaian Students in UK demand immediate payment of scholarship arrears

Six Ghanaian master's students studying at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom have appealed to the Government of Ghana to urgently settle outstanding tuition...

Nigerian court orders electoral body to de-register main opposition party, four others

A Nigerian court on Monday ordered the electoral agency to deregister one of the main opposition political parties and four others for failing to...

Libya recovers 15 bodies of migrants east of capital Tripoli

The bodies of at least 15 migrants have washed ​ashore in Libya in a ‌coastal city east of the capital, Tripoli-based medics said on...

Supreme Court to hear Trump’s appeal involving lengthy detention of certain immigrants

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear an appeal by President Donald Trump's administration in a case involving the legality of subjecting certain convicted immigrants...

Russian strikes kill 11 and set historic cathedral in Kyiv ablaze

At least 11 people have been killed in a wave of Russian strikes on Ukraine that set a major religious landmark in Kyiv on...

Author Chimamanda Adichie accuses hospital of stalling review into son’s death

Prominent Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has accused a hospital in Lagos of obstructing an inquest into the circumstances surrounding her baby son's death. A...

11 skydivers and pilot killed in plane crash in the US state of Missouri

Eleven skydivers and one pilot have been killed in a plane crash in the US state of Missouri, officials said. The airplane, which was leased...

US musician Oliver Tree dies in helicopter collision in Brazil

The alt-pop US musician and internet personality Oliver Tree was among six people who died when the helicopter he was travelling in collided with...

WHO Chief condemns deadly xenophobic attacks in South Africa

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has strongly condemned the recent wave of xenophobic attacks in South Africa, describing the violence...

US deports Iranian pro-democracy activist to Central African Republic, lawyer says

The United States has deported an Iranian pro-democracy activist to the Central African Republic, her lawyer said on Friday, describing ​it as a "super dangerous" transfer...

Congo says 782 Ebola cases confirmed, two new health zones affected

The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 782 after 72 new infections were recorded within 24...

UK vows to phase out Russian diesel and jet fuel imports by new year

The UK government has committed to banning imports of diesel and jet fuel made from Russian oil by 1 January 2027. The ban forms part...

Deal to end fighting would lead to Hormuz reopening, Iran says

A deal with the US to end fighting in Iran is close and includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's Foreign Minister has said. Seyed...

US kills leader of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang in airstrike, Trump says

The US military has killed the leader of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua in an airstrike, President Donald Trump has announced. "At my direction,...

“Don’t even try” – UK PhD Cohort President tells prospective gov’t scholarship applicants

The President of the Ghanaian PhD Cohort Group in the United Kingdom, Prince Komla Bansah, has cautioned prospective beneficiaries of the Ghana Scholarships Authority...

Gov’t repatriates 327 stranded Ghanaians affected by demolitions in Côte d’Ivoire

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the repatriation of 327 Ghanaian nationals affected by an ongoing mass demolition exercise in the Port Bouët...

Jailed South Korea ex-president gets 30 more years for sending drones into North

A South Korean court has sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in jail for sending drones into North Korea. Prosecutors argued that...

Do not use my music, Ariana Grande tells White House

US pop star Ariana Grande has asked the White House not to use her music, after it did so in a social media video...

Thai Princess Bajrakitiyabha dies after more than three years in coma

Thailand's Princess Bajrakitiyabha, who has been in a coma for more than three years, has died, the royal household has announced. She was 47. She...

US and Iran exchange fresh strikes as fragile ceasefire collapses into renewed conflict

The US and Iran have exchanged strikes across the Middle East for a second consecutive day, further straining a shaky ceasefire agreed between the...

GIS warns of abuses in the implementation of the ECOWAS free movement protocol

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has raised concerns over rising abuses of the ECOWAS Free Movement Protocol by ECOWAS Community citizens, warning that irregular...

Nigeria evacuates citizens from South Africa as anti-migrant sentiment rises

Nigeria has become the latest African state to repatriate some of its citizens from South Africa following a rise in anti-migrant sentiments in the...

US dismantles West African birth tourism network, revokes over 100 visas

The United States Department of State has announced that a U.S. embassy in West Africa has dismantled a birth tourism network involving more than...

Ghanaians stranded in South Africa appeal to Mahama for help after evacuation exercise ends

A group of Ghanaians stranded in South Africa has made a passionate appeal to President John Dramani Mahama to intervene and facilitate their return...

South Africa says investigations ongoing, no decision yet on compensation for returned Ghanaians

South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, says the government is still investigating the circumstances surrounding the return of some Ghanaians...

74% of returned Ghanaians had overstayed visas – South Africa’s Int’l Relations Minister

South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, has stated that nearly 74% of Ghanaians recently returned home had violated the country’s...

Man accused of killing mother-in-law with poison because he felt disrespected by her

A man in Indonesia has been arrested for allegedly murdering his mother-in-law using satay laced with rat poison. Police say Purwadi Wahyudi ordered chicken skewers...

Air Canada pilot accused of flying for 17 years without correct licence

A former Air Canada pilot is accused of flying thousands of passengers on commercial flights without a proper licence for 17 years, officials say. Police...

US and Iran exchange fire after American patrol helicopter downed in Hormuz

The United States says it's completed a series of strikes against Iran, which has retaliated by launching drones and missiles. The US military said it...

IMF warns Nigeria of risks in $5 billion swap deal with UAE lender

The IMF on Tuesday warned of risks ​surrounding Nigeria's plan to borrow up to $5 billion through a derivatives agreement with ‌First Abu Dhabi...

Congo colonel sentenced to death over murder of UN experts

A Congolese military court has sentenced ‌an army colonel to death for taking part in a conspiracy to murder two U.N. experts in central...