Chad has strongly objected to a UN report accusing its soldiers of abuses in Central African Republic in an official letter seen by AFP on Friday. "The government of Chad strongly opposes this report...
For 17 years, an Andalusian priest has quietly served as bishop in Central Africa's Bangassou. But last month, creeping sectarian violence exploded in his town, handing him the toughest-ever...
Two East Timor journalists accused of defaming the prime minister were found not guilty by a Dili court on Thursday, in a case that had sparked alarm among press freedom campaigners. Dozens of local...
Lebanon has banned the screening of Hollywood blockbuster "Wonder Woman" because of its lead actress Gal Gadot, who served in the Israeli military, on the grounds of a long-standing boycott of the...
An Indonesian hamlet dubbed "the rainbow village" after being given a makeover in a kaleidoscope of colours is attracting hordes of visitors and has become an internet sensation. The collection of...
Surging violence in Central African Republic has killed hundreds and forced some 88,000 people to flee their homes since the beginning of the month, the United Nations said Tuesday. One of the...
The home-based Black Stars will face the Gambia's senior national team in a high profile international friendly on 8 June at the Accra Sports Stadium, GHANASoccernet.com can confirm The friendly is...
A Frenchman who was abducted nearly two months ago in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been freed, the office of President Emmanuel Macron announced Sunday. A French diplomat said the freed...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has overseen a test of a new anti-aircraft weapon system, state media said Sunday, amid mounting tensions in the region following a series of missile tests by...
Contacts between North and South Korea are extremely limited, and their tense shared border is one of the few places it is possible to see people from both sides, but Seoul has now authorised an NGO...
US lawmakers submitted a bill Thursday to tightly restrict travel and ban tourism to North Korea, citing the risk that Pyongyang will arrest Americans for use as diplomatic "bargaining chips." The...
Players of the Black Starlets team have each received US $1,000 for reaching the finals of the Africa U17 Championship. Ghana defeated Niger on penalties to book a place at the finals which will be...
Ghana will face Mali in the final of the 2017 African U17 Championship on Sunday. The Les Aiglonnets beat the Guinea 2-0 on penalties on Wednesday to set up the clash with the Black Starlets....
play videoStarlets are through to the finals after beating Niger Ghana’s Black Starlets beat Niger 6-5 on penalties to make it to the final of the ongoing Africa U-17 Cup of Nations in Gabon. Niger...
For decades, The Gambia has built a reputation as a haven for tourists willing to pay for sun, sand, sea... and sex. But its tourism board has ambitious plans to give a makeover to this tiny west...
A letter to President Alassane Ouattara: You reap what you sow Mr. President, from my rat hole somewhere on the outskirts of Accra, I extend my warmest greetings to you, in your presidential palace....
More than 58,000 Haitians who stayed in the United States under special protections since the catastrophic 2010 earthquake will be permitted to remain another six months, US immigration officials...
Donald Trump was on Monday to become the first serving US president to visit the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, located in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem. The city is revered by...
West African schoolgirls, some not yet teenagers, have taken a starring role at an engineering competition in Senegal, busting stereotypes with robotics expertise and innovative projects for their...
Military tensions on the Korean peninsula should not prevent the nuclear-armed North sending a team to the 2018 Winter Olympics in the South, according to the head of the Games organising committee...
