Former head of Rwanda's presidential guard Tom Byabagamba, 59, who once served as President Paul Kagame's personal bodyguard, has died in jail.
He was arrested...
Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang will represent President John Dramani Mahama at the inaugural Africa Mindset Reset Forum, scheduled for August 25 and...
Economist and Board Chairman of MTN Ghana, Dr Ishmael Yamson, has admitted that the company was late in publicly condemning xenophobic attacks against Ghanaians...
The Ebola virus continues spreading “exponentially” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations has warned.
Sounding the alarm that the outbreak...
President John Dramani Mahama has dismissed suggestions that a prosperous and economically independent Africa could threaten other parts of the world, arguing that the...
At least 50 people, mostly children, died after an overloaded boat capsized on Thursday in Nigeria's northwest Sokoto state, witnesses said.
The accident took place...
Cameroon's President Paul Biya returned home on Thursday after his longest recorded stay abroad since taking power more than four decades ago, ending months...
A man has been arraigned before a Kano Magistrate’s Court for allegedly conspiring with his father’s former wife to kill his father.
The suspect, Nura...
Volta Regional Minister James Gunu has called for stronger economic, educational, cultural, and people-to-people relations between Ghana and Namibia.
According to him, the historical bonds...
Foreign Affairs Minister and North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has disclosed that a high-level committee of experts has been working on an African...
Zambia's electoral commission has suspended the counting of votes from Thursday's presidential, parliamentary and local elections over alleged attacks on polling staff.
The authority said...
A Senegalese court has sentenced three TikTok influencers to prison terms and fined two of them after finding them guilty of insulting President Bassirou...
Ghana has expressed support for Jamaica’s planned petition to King Charles III seeking legal guidance on the country’s slavery reparations claim against Britain.
President John...
President John Dramani Mahama says he will champion the inclusion of Caribbean countries in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) when he assumes...
Visiting Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema has paid tribute to Ghana's late former President Jerry John Rawlings by laying a wreath at his...
Ghana and Gabon have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral ties with the signing of two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) aimed at enhancing diplomatic...
President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema of the Republic of Gabon has arrived in Ghana for an official visit aimed at strengthening bilateral relations between...
Minority Chief Whip and Nsawam-Adoagyiri MP, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has urged African leaders to convert the continent’s vast natural resources into real economic development rather...
President John Dramani Mahama has declared that Africa's vision of building a strong pharmaceutical manufacturing industry is steadily becoming a reality, urging leaders across...
President John Dramani Mahama has announced that Ghana will make the campaign for reparations for historical injustices against Africa a key priority when the...
President John Dramani Mahama has disclosed that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa recently sent a delegation to Ghana to discuss recurring xenophobic attacks against...
Deputy Minister of Health, Professor Grace Ayensu-Danquah, has called on African countries to increase domestic investment in healthcare, warning that the continent can no...
African Union (AU) Commissioner for Health, Ambassador Amma Twum-Amoah, has urged African countries to reduce their dependence on external donor support and build resilient...
West African leaders have endorsed the legal and institutional framework for the ambitious Nigeria–Morocco African Atlantic Gas Pipeline, moving the project closer to implementation.
The...
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has been elected Chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and...
The Minority in Parliament is calling on the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, to appear before the House to brief lawmakers on...
The Zimbabwean government has ruled out calls to expel an estimated 25,000 South Africans living in the country, saying it will not adopt retaliatory...
A special police team has begun investigating the killing of a provincial leader of an anti-migrant group in South Africa.
Police confirmed that Andile Mvuyelwa...
Kenya's High Court has dismissed a bid by a Rastafarian group seeking to legalise the use of cannabis for religious purposes.
The Rastafarian community had...
A physically challenged man has been arrested after customs officers allegedly discovered 1,590 ecstasy pills concealed inside his prosthetic leg during a routine operation...
Sierra Leone's government has dropped its charges, including treason, against ex-President Ernest Bai Koroma, who was arrested in connection with an attempted coup nearly...
The South African government says more than 53,000 foreign nationals have been deported or repatriated since launching a "migration management" campaign five weeks ago.
Most...
A Ghanaian woman stranded in South Africa has described the difficult conditions at the Pretoria West camp, where dozens of Ghanaians are awaiting evacuation...
