More than 3,000 people have been evacuated in buses and ambulances from a besieged rebel-held enclave in the Syrian city of Aleppo, officials say. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)...
‘’Imagine what Africa will look like when it has fully tapped into its potential‘,’ he said citing opportunities in agriculture, manufacturing and intra-African trade. ‘’But Africa and...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced alarm "over reports of atrocities against a large number of civilians" in Syria's city of Aleppo. Mr Ban urged all the sides, particularly Syria's...
A collection of moments subtle and grand of the 44th president of the United States. Barack Obama boards Air Force One at Yangon International Airport on Friday in Yangon, Myanmar, for the G-20...
The Islamic State (IS) group has retaken the Syrian city of Palmyra, hours after Russian air strikes appeared to have driven it back. The governor of Homs province, Talal Barazi, said government...
The move is to allow for the evacuation of civilians trapped in the battle zone. Mr Lavrov said some 8,000 people would be taken out. Government forces have retaken 75% of east Aleppo in recent weeks...
Few readers would know that the late Rudolf Leopold (1925-2010), founder of the Leopold Museum in Vienna, had an interest in African and Oceanian arts and even those aware of this, would hardly know...
A change in government come December 7 will spell doom for Ghana because the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has nothing to offer, according to the Minister of Transport Fifi Kwetey. Speaking at the...
For over 10 years now Eritrea, a small country in East Africa, has been winning the Malaria War without vaccines, though much work remains to be done. Since 2005 I have been monitoring the reduction...
I was listening to on Friday,18th November,2016, when I heard a news item about president John Mahama on a campaign in northern region, where he said “I have been forced to campaign as if I am...
The World Anti-Doping Agency and its head Craig Reedie faced stinging criticism from national Olympic committees yesterday for its handling of the Russian doping scandal, days before its board...
The last remaining food rations are being distributed in besieged rebel-held eastern districts of the Syrian city of Aleppo, the UN has said. Humanitarian adviser Jan Egeland warned that without a...
About 100 of the former ISF officers were taken at around midnight on Nov. 3 from Mawaly village Islamic State fighters abducted 295 former Iraqi Security Forces members near the militant stronghold...
These are two of the cars which were seized Prosecutors in Switzerland have seized luxury cars belonging to the vice-president of Equatorial Guinea, who they are investigating for corruption....
Artisanal and small-scale mining offers opportunities to generate jobs, reduce poverty, and provide livelihoods, but this sector has been largely ignored by policy-makers and donors, an UNCTAD...
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant appears to be using tens of thousands of people as "human shields" in and around Mosul, where Iraqi forces are waging an offensive aimed at retaking the country's...
Russia's seat on the UN Human Rights Council is under threat due to its support of the Syrian government's air campaign in Aleppo. More than 80 human rights and aid organisations, including Human...
Sexual harassment and even violence against female parliamentarians are widespread, a report from a global parliamentary grouping suggests. The study by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) is being...
Sexual harassment and even violence against female parliamentarians is widespread, a report from a global parliamentary grouping suggests. The study by the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) is being...
The late stateswoman, Dr Mrs Mary Grant who died at age 88 has been laid to rest. This was after a state burial at the forecourt of the State House in Accra on Friday. The former Member of the...
