‘My wife fears sex, I fear death’ – impacts of the USAID freeze
Life for Mike Elvis Tusubira, a motorcycle taxi rider with HIV in Uganda, has been turned upside down since US President Donald Trump halted...
Nigeria angered after military chief was denied Canada entry
The Nigerian government has condemned Canada for denying visas to its senior military officers, including the head of the military.Chief of Defence Staff Gen...
Scores of children raped by armed men in eastern DRC, UNICEF says
Scores of children caught up in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been subjected to sexual violence including rape...
Nigeria angered after military chief denied Canada entry
The Nigerian government has condemned Canada for denying visas to its senior military officers, including the head of the military.Chief of Defence Staff Gen...
Court orders amputation of man’s arm for severing 14-year-old boy’s hand
The Gombe State High Court No. 5, presided over by Justice A.M. Haruna, has ordered the amputation of Abdullahi Suleiman’s right hand after finding...
Bodies of 11 more migrants found in southeast Libya, security official says
Libyan security authorities have recovered at least 11 more bodies of migrants from a mass grave in the southeast of the country, a security...
TikTok returns to Apple and Google app stores in the US
TikTok is again available on the US app stores of Apple and Google after President Donald Trump postponed enforcement of a ban on the...
Liberian President suspends hundreds of officials over asset declaration failure
Liberian President Joseph Boakai has suspended more than 450 top government officials, including ministers, for failing to declare their assets to the anti-corruption agency.
They...
50 countries affected by USAID freeze, says WHO
Programmes to tackle HIV, polio, mpox and bird flu have been affected by the freeze on tens of billions of dollars of overseas aid...
Trump offers Putin a way back in from the cold
A single phone call will not magically end the war in Ukraine.Talks may now get underway. Exactly when and how they will conclude isn't...
Terrifying moment phone explodes in woman’s pocket [Video]
A cellphone exploded in a woman's pocket inside a busy supermarket in a terrifying scene that was caught on video.
Security camera footage showed the...
Botswana introduces monthly allowance for newborn babies
The Government of Botswana has announced a series of new social welfare initiatives aimed at improving the lives of its citizens, with implementation set...
No more minting ‘wasteful’ pennies, Trump tells Treasury
The US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has been told to stop minting one-cent coins, or pennies as they are widely called, by US President...
Why some Ghanaians are fighting in insurgency-hit Burkina Faso
Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in neighbouring Burkina Faso, describing scenes...
Uganda battles new Ebola outbreak – and a vaccine hesitancy crisis
A month after an Ebola outbreak struck Uganda in September 2022, Edward Kayiwa began feeling unwell: headaches, fever and muscle pain.He knew something was...
Woman, 23, slumps and dies while dancing at sister’s wedding
A 23-year-old woman has died after suffering a heart attack while dancing at her sister's wedding in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha, officials said on Sunday.The...
China’s tit-for-tat tariffs on US take effect
China's tit-for-tat import taxes on some American goods came into effect on Monday, as the trade war between the world's two biggest economies escalates...
Trump signs order freezing aid to South Africa over land law
US President Donald Trump has accused South Africa of human rights violations against white farmers, continuing a dispute that escalated this week as the...
Judge blocks Musk team access to Treasury Department records
A federal judge has blocked Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) from accessing the personal financial data of millions of Americans in Treasury...
Trump says he is revoking Biden’s security clearance
US President Donald Trump has said he is revoking Joe Biden's security clearance and access to daily intelligence briefings after his predecessor did the...
How Japan sparked Trump’s 40-year love affair with tariffs
When Donald Trump's fortunes took a downturn in the 90s and he needed to raise cash fast, he sailed his 282ft (85m) superyacht, the...
Zimbabwe extends retirement age for civil servants to 70
The Zimbabwean government has introduced a new policy to extend the retirement age for civil servants and uniformed personnel from 65 to 70 years...
Trump sanctions International Criminal Court, calls it ‘illegitimate’
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing it of "illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and...
US Army Major sentenced to 70 months for smuggling firearms to Ghana
A U.S. Army Major, Kojo Owusu Dartey, has been sentenced to 70 months in prison and three years of supervised release for his involvement...
USAID staff will be put on leave starting on Friday
Thousands of employees at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) will be placed on leave from Friday night, the agency says.A USAID statement...
Nollywood actress passes on aged 35
Nollywood actress Pat Ugwu has passed away at the age of 35.Her colleague, Emeka Okoye, announced the development in an Instagram post on Wednesday,...
17 children burnt to death in Nigeria school fire
At least 17 children have died in a fire at an Islamic school in northern Nigeria, officials say.Several other pupils were injured and rushed...
Why Trump tariffs could mean Barbie dolls cost more
Toy-making giant Mattel says it may increase its prices in the US to make up for the impact of Donald Trump's tariffs.It comes after...
Zayed Award for Human Fraternity announces 2025 honorees
The Zayed Award for Human Fraternity today announced its 2025 honorees: Prime Minister of Barbados and climate change champion The Honorable Mia Amor Mottley,...
Trump administration puts on leave USAID staff globally in dramatic aid overhaul
The Trump administration on Tuesday announced that it was going to put on leave all directly hired employees of the U.S. Agency for International...
Australia-Ghana partnership vital for solving Ghana’s food production challenges – Opoku-Agyemang
Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, the Vice President of Ghana, has emphasized the need for stronger agricultural collaboration between Ghana and Australia to address food...
Trump to sign executive order barring transgender female athletes from competing
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Wednesday designed to prevent people who were biologically assigned male at birth from participating in...
President Mahama confers with Egyptian President El-Sisi
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has reaffirmed his country’s commitment to deepening economic and trade relations with Ghana after a phone call with President...
US Immigration arrests Ghanaian convicted of sex crimes with minor
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested Joseph Osei Boateng, a Ghanaian national convicted of sex crimes involving a minor, in Columbus, Ohio.ICE...
Major breast cancer screening AI trial to begin
Nearly 700,000 women are set to participate in an NHS artificial intelligence (AI) breast cancer screening trial in England.Five different AI platforms will be...
Three missing siblings found dead in freezer
A community in Anambra State, Nigeria has been thrown into mourning after the shocking discovery of the lifeless bodies of three siblings in a...
USAID officials put on leave as Elon Musk says time for agency to ‘die’
Elon Musk has declared that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) should “die” amid reports that two top security officials at the...
Police rescue lady tied up in hotel by suspected ritualist she met online
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has successfully rescued a young woman from the clutches of a suspected armed robber and ritual!st, launching...
Ex-US Senator sentenced to 11 years imprisonment for bribery
Former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez has been sentenced to 11 years in prison, following his conviction on bribery and corruption charges.
Last July, a...
Drama as commercial sex worker seizes coffin over unpaid fee
A bizarre scene unfolded in Mbare when a commercial sex worker confiscated a coffin worth $60 from a hardware shop as compensation for an...