UN chief Ban Ki-moon is "appalled by the chilling military escalation" in the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo, his spokesman says. Stephane Dujarric said the secretary-general was alarmed by reports...
There are no people more disrespected, oppressed, alienated, despised and castigated than the refugees no matter where they are. What is surprising is the amount of money allocated to the welfare and...
Gabon's constitutional court has upheld President Ali Bongo's election victory, rejecting opposition calls for a recount. There have been fears that such a decision could trigger fresh violence. The...
At least 13 people have died in two days of clashes in a city in central Democratic Republic of Congo that pitted security forces against militia fighters seeking to avenge the death of their leader,...
ISIS is allegedly an Al Qaeda-linked Islamic state of Iraq and the Levant, known for its ruthless tactics and suicide bombers and who currently poses a threat throughout the Middle East. It is also...
The Suhum Constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has taken responsibility for violent attacks on officials of the Electoral Commission (EC), attacks which have left the EC office shut...
The Kukuom Traditional Council in the Brong Ahafo Region has given government a 72-hour ultimatum to deploy military men to the town or it will advise residents to arm themselves. There were clashes...
South Sudanese ousted vice president, Dr Riek Machar, is increasingly becoming a pariah in the region with Ethiopia now declining to give him asylum, while Sudan is restricting his political...
South African police fired tear gas in clashes with students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday and arsonists torched a building at another campus overnight as protests over tuition costs...
Nigeria's president said on Thursday he would be open to U. N. bodies coming in to act as intermediaries in any talks with Boko Haram Islamist militants on the release of about 200 kidnapped...
Every effort must be made to stop the legal system being abused over allegations of serious misconduct by UK troops, Theresa May has said. The PM told defence chiefs she is determined to stop...
The Syrian military has announced a new offensive in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, where a quarter of a million people are living under siege. Jets pounded rebel positions in the city on Wednesday night...
A political crisis of longstanding duration has been brought to the world’s attention by the actions of a competitor at the recently concluded Olympic Games. Marathon runner Feyisa Lilesa’s...
A North Carolina police chief says video of a fatal officer shooting does not provide "definitive" evidence the black man who died was pointing a gun. But Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr...
The first batch of 500 pilgrims has arrived in Tamale in the Northern Region from Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The pilgrims are among 2,000 pilgrims expected to arrive in Tamale between...
International relations expert Dr Vladmir Antwi-Danso has said President John Mahama’s call for equitable representation on the UN Security Council will yield no positive outcome. President Mahama,...
The United Nations Security Council has insisted the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) hold presidential elections per the constitution after the country was rocked by deadly violence. The...
Ghana’s President, John Dramani Mahama, has told western leaders that shutting their doors to migrants who seek entry into their countries is not the solution to winning the war against terrorism....
Islamic State militants may have fired a chemical rocket at American troops based in Iraq, the US military says. A rocket that landed within several hundred yards of US troops at Qayara air base near...
President John Mahama has called on the world not to cow itself into submission by acting upon the dictates of terrorists. He observed that terrorists would wish for a disintegrated world where...
