Ms. Auguster Asantewa Boateng, founder of The Butterfly Effect, a nonprofit and human right advocacy group, has been awarded for her outstanding role in promoting education among the marginalised in...
Polytanks Ghana, one of the leading producers of plastic storage tanks in Ghana, has presented an undisclosed amount to Safe Water Network, a non-governmental organisation, towards the organisation...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump are to meet in person by May, it has been announced, an extraordinary overture after months of mutual hostility. News of the meeting was...
The UK is to build a £700,000 jail in Nigeria so it can deport foreign criminals and free up places in British jails. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson announced construction of the “UN-compliant”...
Voting is under way in Sierra Leone, where more than three million people are eligible to choose a new president, parliament and local councillors. In the capital, Freetown, long queues could be seen...
The United Nations has appointed Anita Kokui Gbeho, a Ghanaian, as Deputy Joint Special Representative for the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). Her appointment was...
The flag of Ghana was lifted high when the country’s 18-member delegation to this year’s Harvard National Model United Nations (HNMUN) Summit in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States of...
More than 33 people have been killed in a fresh outbreak of ethnic violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities say. Unrest broke out between the Hema and Lendu communities in the...
Gunmen have launched attacks in the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, with the French embassy and a military HQ among the apparent targets. Burkina Faso’s government said security personnel had...
North Korea has been sending equipment to Syria that could be used to make chemical weapons, a UN report says. Some 40 previously unreported shipments were made between 2012 and 2017, the report...
North Korea will participate in the Winter Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang, according to South Korea’s news agency. The two countries have been discussing North Korea’s involvement at the border...
Ghana’s Police Service has served notice it will dismiss any of its personnel accused of sexual exploitation in South Sudan if found guilty after investigations. The Service says it has written to...
The Ghana Police Service has requested the United Nations to permit a three-member team to be immediately deployed to Wau in South Sudan “for a better understanding” of sexual abuse and...
Two large explosions in Somalia’s capital city Mogadishu have killed at least 18 people and injured dozens. One attack took place at the gates of the presidential palace, while a second hit near...
Children in South Sudan have been forced to watch their mothers being raped and killed, the UN says. A report by UN human rights investigators says that 40 officials may be individually responsible...
Ghana midfielder Michael Essien is reported to be attracting interest from American side D. C United ahead of the Major League Soccer season. The 35-year-old, who currently plies his trade with...
Ghana is participating in the Ninth Session of the United Nations (UN) Habitat World Urban Forum (WUF9) scheduled from February 7 to 13 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The country’s Ministry of Local...
After two years of winner-drought, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation has announced its 2017 Prize for Achievement in African Leadership is to be awarded to Former President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf....
The United Nations observes 11 February each year as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This Day is to celebrate the world’s efforts in getting more women to study and work in...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has described the realisation of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as an investment in the future of the youth and children of the African...
