Ghana has experienced six successful elections in the fourth republic and as the country prepares to go to the polls for the seventh time on December 7, 2016, the spotlight is once again on Ghana as...
The armed forces are ill-prepared to defend the UK against a serious military attack, a senior commander warned the defence secretary. In a memo before he retired in April as head of Joint Forces...
UK Prime Minister Theresa May is likely to trigger the formal process of leaving the European Union early next year, according to a top EU official. European Council President Donald Tusk said Mrs...
Newcastle United winger Christian Atsu has revealed he received several offers abroad before deciding on a loan move with the Magpies. Atsu,24, joined the English Championship side on a season-long...
The Trump campaign has acknowledged in a statement that President Obama was born in the US. The Republican candidate had been a leader of the "birther" movement that questioned Hawaii-born Mr Obama's...
Russia's media watchdog, Roskomnadzor, has blocked access to two of the world's largest pornography websites. Internet service providers had until Tuesday to implement the ban. The sites now redirect...
David Bowie is the clear frontrunner to win this year's Mercury Prize, with one bookmaker making him 4/7 favourite. Bowie, who died in January, will become the first person to receive the £25,000...
Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry have not yet confirmed if they are moving to Channel 4 The number of viewers watching The Great British Bake Off went up by more than half a million on Wednesday...
Hackers allegedly from Russia have released more athletes' medical files stolen from the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada). The athletes include British cyclists Sir Bradley Wiggins, who won a gold...
Substantive Brexit talks between the UK and the rest of the EU are unlikely to start much before the end of 2017, a former European Council president says. Speaking to the BBC, Herman Van Rompuy...
Singapore Paralympians immortalised as Lego figurines It is the ultimate Lego dream: two of Singapore's Paralympic medal winners have been immortalised as toy figurines. Swimmers Yip Pin Xiu, a...
Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency has confirmed to the BBC that former first lady Patience Jonathan is taking the agency to court following an investigation into the four of her bank accounts. But...
Ghanaian Rapper Kwame Ametepee Tsikata popularly known in showbiz as ‘M.anifest’ has disclosed reasons why he calls himself ‘godMC’. In a phone interview with Feeling Daddy on Empire...
A UK parliamentary report has severely criticised the intervention by Britain and France that led to the overthrow of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. The foreign affairs committee accused the...
South Africa has barred controversial US pastor Steven Anderson from visiting the country because of his critical remarks about homosexuality. The home affairs minister said he was refused a visa as...
A Nigerian woman has given birth to a boy on board a rescue ship in the Mediterranean after being plucked from an overcrowded rubber dinghy. Medical charity MSF said because the baby was born in...
“Why…,” he paused looking up into the early morning sky with clouds hanging over the small village outside Aflao. Being seventy three years of age blessed with stable health his sharp eyes and...
South Sudan's political and military elite have made themselves rich while the country has struggled under a civil war of their making, a report says. Commissioned by actor George Clooney, the...
The Belgian Paralympian Marieke Vervoort, who suffers from an incurable degenerative muscle disease, says she will choose euthanasia, but not yet. The wheelchair racer, who won a silver medal on...
The Belgian Paralympian Marieke Vervoort, who suffers from an incurable degenerative muscle disease, says she will choose euthanasia, but not yet. The wheelchair racer, who won a silver medal on...
