UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic have prevented heavily armed militia launching an attack on the town of Bambari. A spokesman for the UN peacekeeping mission, Vladimir Monteiro, said...
THE gaysim debate of whether to outlaw it or not in this country has been reignited. This time around Parliament has waded into the matter. ACCORDING to the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Honourable...
The United States will on Monday claim its seat at the UN Human Rights Council under the new presidency of Donald Trump, whose election has provoked deep concern over the body's future. Over its...
Benin will receive 150 million U. S. dollars from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a three-year economic program designed to enhance development in the west African nation. A statement...
About 32,000 South Sudanese have entered Sudan since the start of the year, with tens of thousands more expected to arrive fleeing a famine in their country, the UN refugee agency said Sunday. On...
Palestinian officials on Sunday called for a boycott of Israeli military courts after a Palestinian freed in a 2011 prisoner exchange was rearrested and sent back to prison for life. Speaking in the...
The main Syrian opposition group at peace talks in Geneva accused Damascus on Sunday of "stalling", after its chief envoy demanded all sides condemn the deadly suicide assault in Homs this weekend....
Several more rounds of Syrian peace talks will be needed to reach any accord, the UN envoy bidding to kickstart the sputtering process has told the rival sides, setting out three key discussion...
President Akufo-Addo has urged the Ghana Police Service to be neutral in the discharge of their duties. He said the Police service must not be seen to be tying their wellbeing to the governing party...
Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has broken a month long silence on the daylight assassination of her advisor, calling his killing a "great loss" for the country's democracy struggle. Ko...
Morocco's King Mohammed VI has called on the United Nations to take "urgent measures" following months of tensions with the Polisario independence movement in the disputed Western Sahara region. The...
Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured that his administration will ensure that the Police Service conducts its duties devoid of political interference. According to him, his...
Mossab Abu Toha has never actually left Gaza, instead devouring books as an escape. Now he is struggling to open the first English-language library in the beleaguered Palestinian territory. "Send us...
Most of the hundreds of people streaming over the US border into Canada in recent weeks are asylum-seekers, coming from Syria, Yemen, Turkey or Sudan, according to the United Nations' refugee point...
It’s been amazing five weeks of scintillating football, the goals, the assists, the tackles, flicks and goal bound misses of the league have contributed to the beauty of the 2016/2017 University of...
Civil defence personnel in hazmat suits sealed off the scene of the airport assassination of Kim Jong-Nam early Sunday to sweep the site for toxins -- almost two weeks after he was killed with a...
Israel's army dispersed dozens of Lebanese demonstrators Saturday after they crossed the border protesting against the alleged installation of spying equipment in their village, the Israeli army and...
The Ashanti Regional Youth Wing wishes to congratulate the former President of the Republic of Ghana, H. E. John Mahama for the honour he has done our country Ghana on the award he received from the...
An Indonesian woman arrested for the murder of the half-brother of North Korea’s leader has said she was given 400 Malaysian ringgits ($90; £72) to carry out a prank. Indonesian embassy officials...
A ceasefire went into force early Saturday in the Libyan capital after two days of fighting between rival gunmen injured nine people and forced residents to cower indoors, the government said. The...
