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No Ghanaians detained in South Africa after latest protests – High Commissioner confirms

Ghana's High Commissioner to South Africa, Benjamin Quashie, has assured that no Ghanaian remains in police custody following anti-immigration protests that swept through parts...

Nigeria: Militants storm school in Borno state, students kidnapped

Gunmen stormed a secondary school in Nigeria's Borno state on Monday morning, kidnapping students as they sat for national examinations. The attack occurred at...

U.S. Embassy in Ghana announces online auction of vehicles, government property

The United States Embassy in Accra has announced an online auction of excess U.S. government property and vehicles, inviting members of the public to...

Supreme Court rejects Trump’s attempt to limit U.S. birthright citizenship

The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s contentious attempt to limit citizenship at birth for those born on U.S. soil, delivering a...

Advocacy groups file complaint against Ghana over Trump deportations

Advocacy groups have filed a complaint against Ghana at West Africa’s top human rights court, accusing the country of helping the United States deport people to...

US Supreme Court upholds bans on transgender women in female school and college sports

The US Supreme Court has ruled that states can ban transgender women from competing in female school and college sports. The court considered cases from...

Thousands of anti-migrant protesters march in South Africa amid heavy police presence

Thousands of people are marching in South Africa's main cities to demand that all undocumented migrants leave the country. Police officers – backed by private...

Pakistani strikes kill at least 28 civilians in Afghanistan, UN says

At least 28 civilians were killed after Pakistan launched air strikes in Afghan provinces along its border on Sunday, the United Nations Afghan mission...

Heavy security deployed in South Africa ahead of anti-migrant protests

Police officers have been deployed across South Africa because of fears that anti-immigration protests could turn violent as President Cyril Ramaphosa urged those planning...

Ghana High Commission urges nationals in South Africa to stay indoors over anti-immigrant protests

The High Commission of Ghana in South Africa has advised Ghanaian nationals to remain indoors and suspend business activities on Tuesday, June 30, as...

Gunmen abduct students sitting exams in northeast Nigeria

Gunmen burst into a secondary school in ​Nigeria's northeastern Borno state and abducted students as ‌they were sitting exams on Monday morning, police said,...

Fear grows in South Africa as anti-migrant ‘deadline’ looms

People intending to protest against migrants should do so without “intimidation, threats or ultimatums”, President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned on the eve of an...

Refugees will be told to repay around £10,000 under new asylum rules

People granted asylum in the UK will be required to pay back around £10,000 towards the cost of their accommodation and support once they...

US says it has agreed with Iran to ‘stand down’ after trading strikes, reports say

The US and Iran have agreed to "stand down" following an exchange of strikes over the past few days, media reports say, citing a...

I’ll never discuss my earnings with my spouse – Nancy Isime

Nollywood actress Nancy Isime has stated that she will never disclose her earnings to her man. She stated this while discussing privacy and boundaries in...

Gov’t prepares to evacuate about 900 Ghanaians from South Africa

Ghana’s High Commission in South Africa has moved nearly 900 Ghanaians to safe locations as part of urgent preparations to evacuate them ahead of...

Missing Chicago couple found dead in mass grave; 2 more bodies discovered

A Chicago couple has been found dead weeks after they went missing in Mexico City. Zafar Mawani and Guillermo Ortiz disappeared on May 20, after...

Venezuela welcomes 1,600 foreign rescuers in urgent search for quake survivors

Venezuela's government said on Saturday 1,600 members of foreign rescue teams had arrived to help search for survivors of the devastating twin earthquakes which killed more than...

MTN Chairman blames state failure for rising anti-foreigner sentiment in South Africa

Chairman of MTN Group, Mcebisi Jonas, has delivered a strong criticism of South Africa’s growing anti-foreigner sentiment, arguing that xenophobic rhetoric masks deeper failures of...

DR Congo takes Rwanda to international court over decades of conflict

The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed a case against Rwanda at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing its neighbour of breaching multiple...

King and Queen will not live in Buckingham Palace after renovations

King Charles and Queen Camilla will not live at Buckingham Palace when £369m of refurbishments are completed next year, the latest royal accounts have...

US strikes Iran after attack on cargo ship

The US military has conducted strikes on Iranian targets after President Donald Trump accused Iran of a "foolish violation" of its truce following an...

Thousands seek way out as South Africa braces for anti-immigrant protests

Thousands of Malawian migrants queued for processing at a makeshift camp in the South African city of Durban ​this week while hundreds of Zimbabweans...

TikTok, YouTube deactivate 4.7m child accounts in Indonesia

Social media companies TikTok and YouTube have deactivated a total of around 4.7 million accounts belonging ​to children under the age of 16 in...

King and Queen will not live in Buckingham Palace after renovations

King Charles and Queen Camilla will not live at Buckingham Palace when £369m of refurbishments are completed next year, the latest royal accounts have...

Trump asks Congress for $87.6bn for Iran war after Republican showdown

The White House has asked lawmakers to approve $87.6bn (£66.5bn), mostly for "urgent needs" connected with the US war on Iran, a day after...

Oil price falls back to pre-Iran war levels

The price of oil has fallen to levels not seen since before the Iran war as traffic through the key Strait of Hormuz shipping...

‘I thought I was going to die’ – Venezuelans describe earthquake panic

When the ground beneath Venezuela started violently rocking on Wednesday evening, Verónica feared the walls of her Caracas apartment would bury her. "I thought I...

Buildings collapse as quakes rock Venezuela, ‘high casualties’ likely

Strong earthquakes struck west of Venezuela's capital on Wednesday afternoon, bringing down buildings in Caracas and causing scientists to estimate "high casualties and extensive...

Missing #EndSARS journalist found dead, body abandoned in mortuary for 6 years

Nearly six years after he vanished while covering the #EndSARS protests in Lagos, a DNA test has confirmed that an unidentified body deposited at...

Police seal off Nairobi as Kenya braces for Gen Z protest anniversary demonstrations

Police in Kenya have sealed off key roads leading into central Nairobi ahead of planned nationwide protests marking two years since the deadly Gen-Z-led...

British Airways pilot who raped girl, 12, jailed

A pilot who travelled hundreds of miles to meet and rape a 12-year-old girl he met on Instagram has been jailed. Kwame Yeboah, 30, first...

France confirms its first case of Ebola

France has confirmed its first case of Ebola through a doctor who had returned from a humanitarian mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The...

Family of Zambia’s ex-leader should choose his burial site, S. Africa court says

A South African appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the family of former Zambian President Edgar ​Lungu should decide where he is buried, overturning...

Oil extends slide on expectations of smoother crude flows via Hormuz

Oil prices fell more than 1% on Wednesday, extending this week's losses and trading near four-month lows, amid signs that more oil tankers stranded...

Eight sentenced to 450 years in prison over anti-ICE riot where officer was shot

Eight people who US prosecutors say have ties to Antifa have collectively been sentenced to 450 years in prison for their roles in a...

Attack kills 20 in Nigeria’s central Plateau attack

Police in Nigeria's central Plateau state ‌said on Tuesday that 20 people had been killed in a weekend attack ​on a community in Bokkos...

Bawumia’s Spokesperson Dr. Ekua Amoakoh, earns prestigious U.S. leadership programme nomination

Dr. Ekua Amoakoh, spokesperson and Press Secretary to former Vice President and 2028 NPP Presidential Candidate Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has been nominated to participate...

Former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke acquitted of bribery after 13-year UK probe

Former Nigerian Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke has been found not guilty of bribery at a London court, ending a 13-year investigation by the UK's...

Twins marry twins in joyous Nigerian joint wedding

When guests gathered at a church in the south-west Nigerian city of Ibadan at the weekend, they knew they were witnessing something rare. A pair...