Guatemala has declared three days of national mourning after a fire killed at least 21 teenage girls at a children’s care home. Wednesday’s blaze at the government-run Virgen de Asuncion shelter...
Three men in the Volta region have been arrested and charged with treason with the possibility of facing the death penalty if they are convicted. The Volta Regional police command would arraign...
Volta Region Minister, Archibald Letsa, has revealed that some political elements are backing a group campaigning for the Volta Region to break away from Ghana. The Minister, who Chairs the Regional...
Mr Lord Paul Boateng, Representative of the House of Lords, United Kingdom, has called on Africans especially Ghanaians to seek economic emancipation and take over their resources. He has also...
Amnesty International on Thursday accused the Saudi-led Arab coalition battling rebels in Yemen of using banned cluster munitions in raids on residential areas. The Brazilian-manufactured munitions...
Syria's government and opposition groups are invited to resume peace talks in Geneva on March 23, the UN envoy said Wednesday, as the United States pledged support for the negotiations. Staffan de...
Nineteen teenage girls have died in a blaze at a children's care home in Guatemala, officials say. About 25 other people were injured in the fire at the Virgen de Asuncion shelter in San Jose Pinula,...
The United States on Wednesday rebuffed China's appeal for talks with North Korea, saying leader Kim Jong-Un was behaving irrationally and that it was reassessing its approach to dealing with...
March 8th is celebrated every year as International Women’s Day, as designated by the United Nations. Over the years, women have played and continue to play crucial roles in our national...
US congresswomen have walked out of work, joining women around the world who are going on strike as part of International Women’s Day. The move by House Democrats is part of a “Day Without a...
Rights groups on Wednesday urged the UN Security Council to impose "targeted sanctions" on Burundian officials over alleged human rights violations there, in an open letter published online. The...
Morocco is "more determined than ever" to develop the Western Sahara, Interior Minister Mohamed Hassad said Wednesday on a two-day visit to the disputed territory. Rabat insists the former Spanish...
People-smugglers have been blamed for the death of 22 African migrants whose bodies were found buried on a beach in Libya. The migrants had apparently refused to board the traffickers' boat, which...
A Vice Chairperson of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Anita De-Soso has urged women to have a high positive opinion about men as the world marks International Women’s Day today,...
Hundreds of uprooted South Sudanese students missed taking school-leaving exams this week after refusing a government order to leave the safety of a UN base to sit the tests. Officials said nearly...
The Maldives government on Wednesday denied it was selling a cluster of small islands to Saudi Arabia, following opposition protests against such a deal, but said it was seeking foreign investment to...
South African authorities have been asked to appear at the International Criminal Court on April 7 over the country’s failure to arrest Sudan President Omar Hassan al-Bashir during a visit two...
Civilians abandoned a battle-scared town along Myanmar's border with China on Wednesday, saying they feared an imminent army crackdown in retaliation for a deadly raid by ethnic rebels. At least 36...
South Africa has revoked its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) after the High Court said the move was unconstitutional. It had notified the UN of its intention to leave last...
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has obviously fallen in love with Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo. Interacting with journalists in Accra moments before his departure from Accra after attending...
