Africa

Government is working on a policy framework to move public transportation from a dependence on petroleum fuels to electric vehicles, Vice President Bawumia has disclosed. ldquo;Where I want to see us go in the next few years is to move public transport completely from a dependence on petrol and diesel to fully electric vehicles.

Indigenes of the Western Region have complained bitterly about being cheated as far as the distribution of Ghana Gas 39; corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects is concerned. A charity group representing the people of the Western Region, Shaip Africa Foundation is especially unhappy with the decision by Ghana Gas and Quantum Terminal to construct a 200-bed hospital at the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) while considering constructing only a 20-bed hospital wor .

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr Opoku Ware Ampomah, has clarified that the recent increase in the cost of renal dialysis from GHS cent;380 to GHS cent;765. 42 was not sanctioned by the hospital rsquo;s management or approved by Parliament.

Electoral Commission (EC) has responded to the Coalition of Civil Society Organisations rsquo; (CSOs rsquo;) demand for the resignation of two Commissioners, Dr. Peter Appiahene and Madam Salima Tijani, saying that it does not make appointments to such positions.

Napoli say they "never meant to offend or mock" Victor Osimhen in a social media post but stop short of publicly apologising to him.

At least 11 people killed after flooding in South Africa's Africa's Western Cape province, including Cape Town.

East Africa will meet the Confederation of African Football's rigorous requirements for Afcon 2027, Ugandan official Rogers Byamukama says.

The East African nation has pledged 1,000 officers but many question their suitability.

It is just less than a year since Capt Ibrahim Traoré seized power during the second coup of 2022.

The Kenyan government has offered 1000 police officers to lead a multinational force to Haiti to tackle the ongoing gang warfare.

The BBC gains access to the West African country which is among the world's most deadly for jihadist attacks.

The death of popular 27-year-old singer MohBad has sparked protests in Nigeria.

Two sisters tell the BBC how the earthquake in Morocco has left them traumatised and anxious.

Ever since al-Shabab attacked the Westgate shopping mall, Kenya's Somali community has felt targeted by security forces.

Farming fish has seen rapid growth in Africa but it can be an expensive, high-risk operation.

The 25-year-old travelled for four months from Guinea to reach top university Al-Azhar in Egypt.

Ten years since the Westgate shopping mall attack remember the day when at least 67 people were killed.

In 2013, a group of al-Shabab militants attacked a shopping mall in Nairobi leaving 67 people dead.

Baby seals caught up in fishing nets are rescued on a South African beach.

Quobna Cugoano was captured by slavers aged 13 but later played a big part in the UK abolition movement.