The first African winner in Google's annual coding competition is 370km (230 miles) from home, sitting outside his cousins' house in the Cameroonian capital, Yaounde, because the government has cut...
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is not ill and will be back in Abuja in a matter of days, his media adviser has told the BBC’s Newsday programme. Femi Adesina said the president was on...
Nigeria’s biggest airline has said it will challenge its takeover by the government. Arik Air has been in financial trouble and the government said yesterday it was stepping in to prevent it going...
A US appeals court has rejected President Donald Trump’s attempt to reinstate his ban on citizens from seven mainly Muslim countries. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said it would not block a...
The Information Minister-designate, Mustpaha Hamid says the standard of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) must be raised to meet that of other international media houses. Appearing before the...
The standards chief of the US Congress says a senior Trump aide was "wrong, wrong, wrong" to promote Ivanka Trump products on live television. Jason Chaffetz, a Republican who heads the oversight...
More than 50 of the government's Toyota Prados could not be found Ghana's new government is trying to track down more than 200 cars missing from the president's office, a government spokesman has...
A US appeals court has rejected President Donald Trump's attempt to reinstate his ban on visitors from seven mainly Muslim countries. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said it would not block a...
European football's governing body will ask for its teams to be given 16 places at the expanded 48-team 2026 World Cup. Uefa will also request that the European teams who do qualify are kept apart in...
The minister-nominee for Information, Mustapha Hamid, says he will champion moves to make the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) effective and viable to the point that it can generate its own...
The Information Minister-designate, Mustpaha Hamid says the standard of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) must be raised to meet that of other international media houses. Appearing before the...
By: Kwesi Tawiah-Benjamin There are two distinguished Ghanaians I would like to invite to dinner before I depart from this part of the Jordan. Readers familiar with this column may have observed my...
More than 500 members of one Chinese family have posed for the ultimate family photo. The pictures were taken at a Ren family reunion at Shishe village in China's eastern province of Zhejiang. It was...
MPs have overwhelmingly agreed to let the government begin the UK’s departure from the EU in their final vote on the Brexit bill. The draft legislation was approved by 494 votes to 122, and now...
The latest news coming from Ghana my motherland is that, President Akufo-Addo has settled on lawyer Akoto Ampaw as the first person to fill the position of Independent or Special Prosecutor. Sources...
Former Minister of Youth and Sports Edwin Nii Lantey Vanderpuye claims he has a video which shows some officials of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) popping champagne and rejoicing over the...
Russia’s main opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has been found guilty of embezzlement and handed a five-year suspended sentence. It bars him from running for president next year against Vladimir...
The Confederation of African Football says it will take greater control over pitches at Africa Cup of Nations to avoid poor playing surfaces. The pitches at this year’s finals in Gabon came in for...
More than 500 members of one Chinese family have posed for the ultimate family photo. The pictures were taken at a Ren family reunion at Shishe village in China’s eastern province of Zhejiang. It...
More than 500 members of one Chinese family have posed for the ultimate family photo. The pictures were taken at a Ren family reunion at Shishe village in China’s eastern province of Zhejiang. It...