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Burkina Faso’s military government has said it foiled a “major plot” to overthrow junta leader Capt. Ibrahim Traoré, with the army alleging the plotters were based in neighboring Ivory Coast. Security Minister Mahamadou Sana said the coup attempt was led by current and former soldiers working with “terrorist leaders.” The …

The president of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, has strongly criticised the United States for imposing sweeping tariffs on African countries, including Ghana, without prior consultation or negotiation. He described the move as “brutal” and “unfortunate,” calling for a return to multilateral, rule-based trade discussions. Speaking during a joint press …

Torrential rains and floods have killed at least 33 people in Kinshasa – the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo – according to officials. “The republic will not abandon you,” President Félix Tshisekedi promised victims on Monday, saying he had called a government crisis meeting. Desperate residents are trying …

  A 14-year-old boy has lost a court case he brought against his parents after they moved him from London to Ghana to go to boarding school.   The boy, described in court as shy, articulate, a keen cook, and a footballer, said his parents had tricked him into going …

Delta Air Lines is offering US$30,000 to each person on board a plane that crash-landed in Toronto on Monday – all of whom survived.   As it landed in the Canadian city, the plane skidded along the runway in flames before flipping over and coming to a halt upside down. …

A man who murdered his partner’s 22-month-old son has been jailed for at least 25 years. Christopher Stockton, 38, claimed Charlie Roberts choked on a biscuit at their Darlington home in January 2024, but doctors quickly deduced the toddler had been fatally shaken. Stockton was jailed for life with a …

Two women aged 18 and 51 were killed and a third young woman wounded when a student carried out a knife attack at a school in eastern Slovakia.   Local police initially said the suspect – an 18-year-old student of the gymnasium – was on the run and urged people …

  The death toll from a cyclone that hit France’s Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on Saturday is likely to be several hundred, a local official has warned.   Entire communities were flattened when Cyclone Chido made landfall, causing wind gusts of more than 225 km/h.   The last reported …

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on the Electoral Commission (EC) to resume the recollation of outstanding constituencies from the December 7 elections. According to the NPP, its independent collation reveals that it won Dome-Kwabenya, Ahafo Ano North, Ahafo Ano South West, Obuasi East, Techiman South, Nsawam/Adoagyiri, Aowin, Ablekuma …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has filed a lawsuit to block the Electoral Commission (EC) from recollating and redeclaring the parliamentary results for the Dome-Kwabenya, Okaikwei Central, Ablekuma North, Tema Central, and Obuasi East constituencies. The NDC argues that the EC no longer has the authority to conduct these processes. …