Another Conservative MP has called for Boris Johnson to resign as the turmoil at 10 Downing Street continues. Former minister Nick Gibb is the latest Tory to submit a letter of no confidence in the prime minister. He said his constituents were furious that No 10 had been “flagrantly disregarding” the Covid rules they set. […]
Former US Vice-President Mike Pence has dismissed claims by Donald Trump that he could have stopped Joe Biden becoming president last year. In his strongest rebuttal yet, he said Mr Trump was wrong to suggest he had had the right to overturn the election. Separately the Republican Party censured two of its top lawmakers for […]
The chairman of the West African bloc ECOWAS said a surge of coups since a military government took power in Mali in 2020 must be contained before it devastates the whole region. At the opening of a second ECOWAS summit on dealing with the January coup in Burkina Faso, chairman and president of Ghana Nana […]
The government of Ghana has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Rwanda to deepen bilateral trade relations between the two countries. This is on the back of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement which is expected to boost intra-Africa trade. The Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr. Alan Kyerematen, signed on behalf […]
Dr. Edjah Nduom, a neurosurgical oncologist and son of businessman and politician Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom has been commended by US President Joe Biden for his work in the fight against cancer President Joe Biden on Wednesday relaunched the White House’s “Cancer Moonshot” initiative, committing the US to working toward reducing the death rate from cancer by at least […]
Former UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, early on today, Thursday, February 3, called on Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia at the Jubilee House in Accra. The meeting discussed challenging global issues, including the devastating Covid-19 pandemic, as well as digitization. On Covid-19, the pair spoke about the difficult global economic situation caused by Covid-19 and […]
Facebook’s owner Meta Platforms saw its stock market value slump by more than $230bn (£169bn) on Thursday, in a record daily loss for a US firm. Its shares fell 26.4% after quarterly figures disappointed investors. Meta also said that Facebook’s daily active users (DAUs) had dropped for the first time in its 18-year history. The […]
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet Friday ahead of the opening ceremony for the 2022 Beijing Olympics, in what is expected to be a show of unity amid each country’s increasingly fraught relationship with the United States. Though Russia and China do not share a formal alliance, both countries have drawn […]
Four senior aides to Boris Johnson have resigned from Downing Street within hours of each other amid growing pressure on the prime minister. Director of communications Jack Doyle confirmed his exit shortly after the departure of policy head Munira Mirza. They were followed on Thursday by chief of staff Dan Rosenfield and senior civil servant […]
The most divided Olympic Games in decades gets under way in China on Friday as Beijing becomes the only city to host both the Summer and now the Winter Games. As well as tight Covid-19 controls, the Games are fraught with political tensions over allegations of human rights abuses and boycotts. Most of the snow […]
